America, America 1963  N/R, 168 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Anatolian Smile
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Estelle Hemsley, Lou Antonio, John Marley, Harry Davis, Linda Marsh, Paul Mann, George Foundas
This film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Director, and Story and won the Oscar for Best Art Direction. The story depicts the struggles of a young immigrant (Stathis Giallelis) who, through hard work, is able to survive in his new land and bring his family to America.
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Baby the Rain Must Fall 1965  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Lee Remick, Steve McQueen, Don Murray, Paul Fix, Josephine Hutchinson, Ruth White, Charles Watts, Carol Veazie, Estelle Hemsley, Kimberly Block
This not-very-amusing film is about Henry Thomas (Steve McQueen) who is released from prison, but despite the efforts of his wife, Georgette (Lee Remick), he is destined to return to prison.
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Edge of the City 1957  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Robert F. Simon, Ruth White, Val Avery, John Kellogg, David Clarke, William A. Lee, Estelle Hemsley, Mike Dana, Roy Glenn, Ralph Bell
Longshoremen–cohorts Axel North (John Cassavetes) and Army deserter Tommy Tyler (Sidney Poitier)–confront their bullying, racist supervisor Charles Malik (Jack Warden). The result is death for Tyler. The police investigate, but North, who knows that Malik killed Tyler, keeps silent. It isn't until later that North challenges Malik to a showdown in a one-on-one fight to avenge Tyler's death.
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Green Mansions 1959  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mel Ferrer
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Perkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Henry Silva, Nehemiah Persoff, Michael Pate, Estelle Hemsley
Set in a South American jungle, this is a W.H. Hudson love story about forest sprite Rima (Audrey Hepburn) and a mere human being, Abel (Anthony Perkins).
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Take a Giant Step 1959 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Leacock
Cast: Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee, Frederick O'Neal, Beah Richards, Frances Foster, Ellen Holly, Royce Wallace, Pauline Meyer, Dee Pollock
A young African-American, Spencer Scott (Johnny Nash) finds that the world is filled with intolerance in this insightful story about a boy becoming a man.
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| 1. America, America (1963)
aka: The Anatolian Smile
2. Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
3. Edge of the City (1957)
4. Green Mansions (1959)
5. Take a Giant Step (1959)
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