The 300 Spartans 1962  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Lion of Sparta
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, David Farrar, Donald Houston, Anna Synodinou, Kieron Moore, John Crawford, Laurence Naismith, Robert Brown, Ivan Triesault
The Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. was an important battle that changed the direction of civilization in that time period. This is a colorful adventure film that tells the story of how 300 Spartans, led by King Leodinas (Richard Egan), held off thousands of invading Persian soldiers at the mountain pass while the remainder of Greece's leadership debated whether or not to send soldiers.
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Baker's Hawk 1976  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Western
Director: Lyman Dayton
Cast: Clint Walker, Burl Ives, Diane Baker, Lee Montgomery, Alan Young, Taylor Lacher, Bruce M. Fischer, Cam Clarke, Phil Hoover, Danny Bonaduce, Brian Williams, Dick Haynes, Burt Mustin, Martin Eric, Harold Lee Thompson
After he finds an injured red-tailed hawk, twelve-year-old Billy Baker (Lee Montgomery) takes the hawk to a hermit, Mr. McGraw (Burl Ives), who lives in the hills. Billy and McGraw tame the hawk, but then it attacks a bully who is fighting Billy. When a group of vigilantes decide to take action against McGraw, Billy talks his father, Dan (Clint Walker), into coming to the aid of McGraw and to stand up against the vigilantes. An entertaining Western for the whole family.
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The Best of Everything 1959 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne, Robert Evans, Louis Jourdan, Joan Crawford, Brett Halsey
Three women seek success in the Big Apple in this somewhat dated story adapted from Rona Jaffe's novel.
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 Cable Guy 1996 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, George Segal, Diane Baker, Ben Stiller, Eric Roberts, Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Andy Dick, Owen Wilson
This comedy is about a cable installer (Jim Carrey) who invades both the romantic and professional lives of his customer (Matthew Broderick).
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The Diary of Anne Frank 1959  N/R, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Ed Wynn, Lou Jacobi, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber, Diane Baker, Douglas Spencer, Charles Wagenheim, Dodie Heath, Edmund Purdom
Anne (Millie Perkins) and her parents, the Van Daans (Lou Jacobi and Shelley Winters), are Jews hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II. This is Anne's story about coming of age in an attic surrounded by the threat of immediate death. Anne wrote, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." Shelley Winters won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Oscars were also presented for Art Direction/Set Decoration and Cinematography. The film was nominated for five other Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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Harrison's Flowers 2000 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Cast: Andie MacDowell, David Strathairn, Elias Koteas, Adrien Brody, Brendan Gleeson, Alun Armstrong, Scott Anton, Diane Baker, Dragan Antonik, Quinn Shephard
Newsweek photojournalist Harrison Lloyd (David Strathairn) agrees to one last assignment before devoting himself to his wife, children, and hothouse orchids. Thus, he heads off to war-torn Croatia and is soon reported missing and presumed dead. His wife, Sarah (Andie MacDowell), has a gut feeling that Harrison is alive and flies to the Balkans in search of him.
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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man 1962 N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
aka: Adventures of a Young Man
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Richard Beymer, Arthur Kennedy, Jessica Tandy, Susan Strasberg, Paul Newman, Simon Oakland, Diane Baker, Eli Wallach, Dan Dailey, Ricardo Montalban, Corinne Calvet, Fred Clark, James Dunn, Juano Hernandez, Michael J. Pollard
Combining 10 of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, this is the tale of Michigan born and bred Nick Adams (Richard Beymer). Nick leaves his parents' (Arthur Kennedy and Jessica Tandy) home and tries, but fails, to get his desired job as a news reporter in New York City. He enlists in the Italian army during World War I and is taken under the wing of hospital orderly John (Eli Wallach). Nick falls in love with nurse Rosanna (Susan Strasberg) who tragically dies in an air raid. Through all the suffering, Nick finally attains maturity as a responsible man.
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The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit 1968  G, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Dean Jones, Diane Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Fred Clark, Ellen Janov, Morey Amsterdam, Kurt Russell, Lurene Tuttle, Alan Hewitt, Adam Williams
An ad agency executive, Fred Bolton (Dean Jones), tries to win a sales promotion for his boss and his daughter Helen's (Ellen Janov) love via a horse. Disney.
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 Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, Peter Ronson, Thayer David, Robert Adler, Alan Napier, Ben Wright, Molly Roden, Ivan Triesault, Red West, Edith Evanson
Scottish Professor Lindenbrook (James Mason) and his student Alec McEwen (Pat Boone) travel to Iceland at the beginning of their journey to the center of Earth. Along with Carla, whose geologist husband was killed when he attempted the same journey, and their guide Hans (Peter Ronson), they journey through an extinct volcano into Earth's core. On the trek, they encounter floods, winds, and treacherous areas of heat and cold–along with prehistoric beasts and Count Saknussemm (Thayer David) who killed Carla's husband and has been striving to be the first person to reach the center of Earth. Special effects are what earn this film its three stars.
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Krakatoa, East of Java 1969 G, 130 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Volcano
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle, John Leyton, Sal Mineo, J.D. Cannon, Rossano Brazzi, Marc Lawrence, Jacqui Chan, Geoffrey Holder, Niall MacGinnis
In 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa exploded, sending shock waves several times around the Earth and causing thousands of deaths from fires and tidal waves. This action film uses the explosion as a background for its story of a ship that heads to the island in search of sunken treasure with an assorted collection of people on board, including criminals being taken to prison. Excellent special effects help make this watchable. Rereleased with a new name, perhaps due to the fact that Krakatoa is west of Java rather than east.
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Marnie 1964 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren, Diane Baker, Louise Latham, Martin Gabel, Bob Sweeney, Henry Beckman, Alan Napier, Bruce Dern, Mariette Hartley
Marnie (Tippi Hedren) works in an office until she finds the opportunity to steal company funds and then moves on to the next business. When her new boss (Sean Connery) recognizes her from a previous heist, instead of turning her in, he marries her and tries to find out what makes her behave in such strange ways. An interesting Alfred Hitchcock tale.
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Mirage 1965 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Weston, Walter Abel, George Kennedy, Leif Erickson, Anne Seymour, Hari Rhodes, Robert H. Harris, House Jameson, Syl Lamont, Eileen Baral, Neil Fitzgerald
After a blackout at a Gotham skyscraper, everything inside the building changes for David Stillwell (Gregory Peck). He knows that he is linked to the death of Charles Calvin (Walter Abel) who fell out of the 27th-story window, but Stillwell suffers from amnesia and cannot remember anything. Stillwell does know that danger lurks and seeks help from private eye Ted Caselle (Walter Matthau) who doesn't appear to believe that Stillwell has a problem–and then Caselle is murdered. The plot twists and turns as Stillwell finds himself the intended victim in a series of murder attempts. Remade in 1968 as "Jigsaw."
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 Murder at 1600 1997 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Dwight H. Little
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Alan Alda, Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller, Ronny Cox, Diane Baker, Tate Donovan, Harris Yulin, Nicholas Pryor, Tom Wright, Charles Rocket, Tamara Gorski, Nigel Bennett, Douglas O'Keeffe
Washington, D.C., police detective Harlan Regis (Wesley Snipes) is sent to the White House to investigate the murder of a woman. He runs into Secret Service agent Nick Spikings (Daniel Benzali) who refuses to cooperate but does manage to share convictions with Secret Service agent Nina Chance (Diane Lane) that there is more to this crime than meets the eye.
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The Prize 1963 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker, Kevin McCarthy, Leo G. Carroll, Micheline Presle, Gerard Oury, Sergio Fantoni, John Wengraf
This film adaptation of Irving Wallace's novel is the story of a Nobel Prize winner (Paul Newman) who stumbles into a kidnapping plot and a love affair while in Stockholm to pick up his award.
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 The Silence of the Lambs 1991  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Brooke Smith, Kasi Lemmons, Diane Baker, Roger Corman, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Charles Napier, George A. Romero, Tracey Walter, Frankie Faison, Paul Lazar, Dan Butler
FBI recruit Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is given quite an assignment for her first case. In order to get a psychological profile of the killer she is pursuing, she must go to Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) who is himself a homicidal maniac locked in a cell for eight years. The film received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actress (Foster), and Actor (Hopkins) and was nominated for two other awards.
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Stolen Hours 1963 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Susan Hayward, Michael Craig, Diane Baker, Edward Judd, Paul Rogers, Robert Bacon, Paul Stassino, Peter Madden, Chet Baker, Jerry Desmonde
This remake of Bette Davis' "Dark Victory" features Susan Hayward in the role of the dying woman who marries her doctor. Stick with the original.
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Strait-Jacket 1964 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle
Cast: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John, John Anthony Hayes, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Edith Atwater, Howard Hoffman, Mitchell Cox, Lee Majors, Vicki Cos
Twenty years after she was sentenced to prison for murder, Lucy Harbin (Joan Crawford) is released and reunited with her daughter, Carol (Diane Baker)–then more murders begin to take place.
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Tess of the Storm Country 1960 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Paul Guilfoyle
Cast: Diane Baker, Jack Ging, Lee Philips, Wallace Ford, Robert F. Simon, Bert Remsen, Archie Duncan, Grandon Rhodes, Nancy Valentine
In this rendition of Grace Miller White's novel, the story is updated to the 1960s. A Scottish woman, Tess (Diane Baker), moves to the Pennsylvania Dutch country and has problems fitting in with her Mennonite neighbors–until she sides with the farmers who are unhappy about a toxic chemical company polluting the land. During the confrontations, she falls in love with a Mennonite, Peter Graves (Jack Ging), and finally, after her work to save the environment, the community accepts her.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1974 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Hardy
Cast: Diane Baker, Pamelyn Ferdin, Michael-James Wixted, Cliff Robertson, James Olson, Nancy Malone, Allyn Ann McLerie, Liam Dunn, Anne Seymour, Booth Colman, Shirley Slater, Johnny Lee
This TV remake of the 1945 Oscar-winning classic does an adequate job of telling Betty Smith's story of a widow raising her children in Brooklyn in the early 1900s. After her husband (Cliff Robertson) dies, Francie (Diane Baker) must make it on her own until she meets and marries a policeman (James Olson). Originally intended as the pilot for a TV series, the series did not come to be.
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Trial Run 1969 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: James Franciscus, Leslie Nielsen, Diane Baker, Janice Rule, John Vernon, David Sheiner, Fred Beir, Paul Carr, Lili Valenty, Jack Collins
The guidelines for American Bar Association members are examined in this story of an ambitious lawyer (James Franciscus) who will allow nothing to stand in the way of his success.
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Twenty Bucks 1993 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Keva Rosenfeld
Cast: Linda Hunt, David Rasche, George Morfogen, Sam Jenkins, Elisabeth Shue, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Lloyd, Diane Baker, Brendan Fraser, William H. Macy
A 20-dollar bill begins its journey at an ATM and changes hands numerous times in this story that follows its variety of transactions and the lives it touches. Some of the "short stories" are quite interesting.
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A Woman of Substance 1984 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Liam Neeson, Barry Bostwick, Diane Baker, Miranda Richardson, John Mills, Gayle Hunnicutt, Barry Morse, Saskia Reeves
Based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's popular novel of the same name, this TV miniseries tells the story of Emma Harte, who started as a poor shop girl and rose to head a vast empire. In the process, she overcame many obstacles, including the social issues of the 1890s-1930s in England. Jenny Seagrove plays the young Emma, and Deborah Kerr is the older Emma. Followed by a sequel: "Hold the Dream." Kerr received an Emmy nomination for her acting, and the production was also nominated for Best Miniseries.
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| 1. The 300 Spartans (1962)
aka: Lion of Sparta
2. Baker's Hawk (1976)
3. The Best of Everything (1959)
4. Cable Guy (1996)
5. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
6. Harrison's Flowers (2000)
7. Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
aka: Adventures of a Young Man
8. The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
9. Imaginary Crimes (1994)
10. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
11. Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
aka: Volcano
12. The Last Survivors (1975)
13. Marnie (1964)
14. Mirage (1965)
15. Murder at 1600 (1997)
16. The Net (1995)
17. The Prize (1963)
18. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
19. Stolen Hours (1963)
20. Strait-Jacket (1964)
21. Tess of the Storm Country (1960)
22. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974)
23. Trial Run (1969)
24. Twenty Bucks (1993)
25. A Woman of Substance (1984)
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