1776 1972  G, 141 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Drama
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Roy Poole, David Ford, Ronald Holgate, Ray Middleton, Blythe Danner, Donald Madden, John Cullum, William Hansen, Haward Caine, Virginia Vestoff, Emory Bass, Ralston Hill
Almost the entire cast of the popular Broadway musical is featured in this film about conflicts behind the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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 Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon, Gene Lockhart, Mary Howard, Howard Da Silva, Dorothy Tree, Harvey Stephens, Minor Watson, Alan Baxter, Elisabeth Risdon, Aldrich Bowker, Maurice Murphy, Louis Jean Heydt, Clem Bevans
Based on Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize winning play, this is a classic film about the 16th President, covering his childhood through election to the Presidency. Along with Lincoln's professional life, highlighted by his debates with Stephen Douglas (Gene Lockhart), his personal life, including the doomed courtship of Ann Rutledge (Mary Howard) and later marriage to Mary Todd (Ruth Gordon in her screen debut) are also part of the story.
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The Big Shot 1942  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning, Richard Travis, Susan Peters, Donald Crisp, Arthur Kennedy, Howard Da Silva, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson, Virginia Sale
After being double-crossed and sent to prison, gangster Duke Berne (Humphrey Bogart) is now dying and recounts his tale of betrayal by his lawyer.
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Blaze of Noon 1947  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Anne Baxter, William Holden, Sonny Tufts, William Bendix, Sterling Hayden, Howard Da Silva, Will Wright, Johnny Sands, Jean Wallace, Lloyd Corrigan
Early days of the United States Air Mail service provide the subject for this film featuring brothers Colin (William Holden), Roland (Sonny Tufts), Tad (Sterling Hayden), and Keith (Johnny Sands) who pioneered the new profession as daring pilots.
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The Blue Dahlia 1946  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Alan Ladd, Doris Dowling, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Will Wright, Frank Faylen, Hugh Beaumont, Tom Powers, Walter Sande
War veteran Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) returns home to his unfaithful wife, Helen (Doris Dowling). When Helen is subsequently murdered, Johnny and his friend, Buzz (William Bendix), are suspects.
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Blues in the Night 1941 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson, Wallace Ford, Howard Da Silva, Elia Kazan, Billy Halop, Peter Whitney, Joyce Compton, Herbert Heywood, George Lloyd, Charles C. Wilson, Matt McHugh
"Jigger" Pine (Richard Whorf) forms a jazz band, and the trumpeter Leo's (Jack Carson) wife Ginger "Character" Powell (Priscilla Lane) is their singer. They wait for that big break that doesn't come and spend their time riding the trains from one small gig to another. On one train ride they meet gangster Del Davis (Lloyd Nolan) who offers the band a job at his New Jersey roadhouse. They begin performing for Davis and employ sultry Kay (Betty Field) as their singer–and, too late, learn how mobster's moll Kay can tear the band apart.
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Border Incident 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya, Teresa Celli, Charles McGraw, Jose Torvay, John Ridgely, Arthur Hunnicutt, Sig Ruman, Otto Waldis
Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez (Ricardo Montalban) and American border patrol agent Jack Bearnes (George Murphy) join forces to infiltrate a smuggling ring and put an end to the killing and kidnapping of illegal aliens around the California border.
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 Brazil 1944 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Virginia Bruce, Tito Guizar, Fortunio Bonanova, Roy Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston, Frank Puglia, Howard Da Silva, Yolanda, Veloz
This film includes a lesson in the culture and history of Brazil, scuba diving in the beautiful waters, and songs galore.
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David and Lisa 1962 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Perry
Cast: Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin, Howard Da Silva, Neva Patterson, Clifton James, Richard McMurray, Jaime Sanchez, Nancy Nutter, Karen Lynn Gorney, Mathew Anden, Coni Hudak, Janet Lee Parker, Frank Perry
Two mentally disturbed teenagers David and Lisa (Keir Dullea and Janet Margolin) meet while both are undergoing treatment with Dr. Swinford (Howard Da Silva). Lisa is a schizophrenic having trouble reaching out to others. David is afraid of being touched, but he connects emotionally with Lisa. They both distrust their doctor, but when they begin to care for each other, they start their own psychological healings.
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Fourteen Hours 1951 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Keith, Howard Da Silva, Jeffrey Hunter, Grace Kelly, Martin Gabel
Mentally disturbed Robert Cosick (Richard Basehart) climbs out onto a 15-story ledge and threatens to jump. This story about a policeman's (Paul Douglas) attempt to talk him down provides a suspenseful and well-performed thriller. It also features stars in early roles: Grace Kelly in her film debut as Mrs. Fuller, Ossie Davis as a taxi driver, and Joyce Van Patten as Ruth's (Debra Paget) girlfriend.
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Garbo Talks 1984 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks, Steven Hill, Howard Da Silva, Dorothy Loudon, Hermione Gingold, Harvey Fierstein, Richard B. Shull
Estelle Rolphe (Anne Bancroft) is dying, and her last wish is to meet Greta Garbo. Her son Gilbert (Ron Silver) is determined to grant his mother's request.
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 The Great Gatsby 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Barry Sullivan, Ruth Hussey, Shelley Winters, Howard Da Silva, Henry Hull, Ed Begley, Elisha Cook Jr.
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, this is the story about a millionaire, Gatsby (Alan Ladd), who determines to gain admission to New York society. The film concentrates on the love story of Daisy (Betty Field) and Gatsby and plays down the message of an "empty" society.
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 The Great Gatsby 1974 PG, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Clayton
Cast: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Sam Waterston, Howard Da Silva, Edward Herrmann, Patsy Kensit, Scott Wilson, Lois Chiles
In this version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, Robert Redford takes on the role of Jay Gatsby who loves Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow) and believes that, if he is successful enough in business, Daisy will reciprocate his love.
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The Greatest Man in the World 1980 TV, 51 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Rosenblum
Cast: Brad Davis, Carol Kane, Howard Da Silva, Reed Birney, John McMartin, William Prince, Sudie Bond, Russell Horton, Henry Fonda
This made-for-TV tale, based on a James Thurber short story, is about a 1930s aviator who became famous after he flew around the world non-stop. The problem is that he is an illiterate dunderhead, and the media that made him a hero must now make him presentable.
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Juke Girl 1942 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Richard Whorf, Gene Lockhart, Faye Emerson, George Tobias, Alan Hale, Howard Da Silva, Fuzzy Knight, Donald MacBride
Migrant worker Steve Talbot (Ronald Reagan) gets involved in a feud between Florida packers and farmers that soon accelerates to murder.
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Keeper of the Flame 1942 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf, Margaret Wycherly, Forrest Tucker, Darryl Hickman, Howard Da Silva, Percy Kilbride, Donald Meek, Stephen McNally
A reporter, Stephen O'Malley (Spencer Tracy), sets out to write a tribute to a World War I hero after his untimely death. He meets the widow (Katharine Hepburn) and falls in love with her–then he discovers that the subject of his tribute was a Nazi agent.
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The Lost Weekend 1945  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Frank Orth, Byron Foulger, Lillian Fontaine, Lewis L. Russell, James Millican, Emmett Vogan, David Clyde
Ray Milland won the Oscar for his portrayal of Don Birnam, writer and alcoholic. Birnam's problem reaches a crisis during one long weekend of drinking, after which he suffers the D.T.s as his girlfriend Helen St. James (Jane Wyman) begs him to stop drinking. Ray Milland: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't take quiet desperation." This film also won the Best Picture Academy Award, as did Billy Wilder for his directing and writing.
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 M 1951 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Jim Backus, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr, Karen Morley, Norman Lloyd, John Miljan
This remake of the 1931 German film is not as good; however, it is an entertaining thriller about the tracking-down of a child murderer.
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Mommie Dearest 1981 PG, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Perry
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Mara Hobel, Howard Da Silva, Jocelyn Brando, Priscilla Pointer, Xander Berkeley, Robert Harper, Matthew Faison, Rutanya Alda, Harry Goz, Michael Edwards, Joe Abdullah, Jeremy Scott Reinbolt
Based on movie star Joan Crawford's daughter Christina Crawford's bestseller, this is the sordid story of what she went through growing up in the insecure world of Hollywood. Joan (Faye Dunaway) adopts Christina (Mara Hobel) and Christopher (Jeremy Scott Reinbolt) with plans to give them a happy family life. But, when Joan is troubled by problems with men and her sagging career, it is the children who bear the brunt of her problems. As they grow up, Christina and Christopher (now played by Diana Scarwid and Xander Berkeley) have memories of brutal treatment at the hands of their mother that continue to have an effect on them.
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Nevada Smith 1966 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette, Martin Landau, Raf Vallone, Janet Margolin, Pat Hingle, Howard Da Silva, Paul Fix, Val Avery, John Doucette, Gene Evans, Josephine Hutchinson
After the senseless, brutal murder of his parents, Indian half-breed Max Sand (Steve McQueen) wants revenge. Gun merchant Jonas Cord (Brian Keith) teaches Max how to use weapons, and, as "Nevada Smith," he goes from town to town hunting down the killers. One of them, Bill Bowdre (Arthur Kennedy) is now in prison, and Nevada commits a crime to get himself into the same prison in order to kill him. Remade in 1975 for TV.
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Action
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry, James Gleason, Howard Da Silva, Faye Emerson, Edward Brophy, Charles Drake, Peter Whitney, Vera Lewis, Ben Welden
Matt Sawyer is a newspaper reporter who captures a big story while on the trail of a murderer and then is sued for libel.
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The Outrage 1964 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson, William Shatner, Howard Da Silva, Albert Salmi, Paul Fix, Thomas Chalmers
After Col. Wakefield (Laurence Harvey) is killed and his wife Nina (Claire Bloom) is raped, Mexican bandit Juan Carrasco (Paul Newman) is accused of the crime. Events surrounding the horror are related differently by Nina, Carrasco, and an Indian (Paul Fix) who found Wakefield dying. A preacher (William Shatner) and a prospector (Howard Da Silva) tell the story–shown through flashbacks–to a con-man (Edward G. Robinson) while they wait at a train station, and finally the truth is revealed.
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Power 1980 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Shear, Virgil W. Vogel
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Howard Da Silva, Ralph Bellamy, Red Buttons, Jo Van Fleet, Brian Keith, Victor Jory, Paul(2) Stewart, Scott Brady
This TV drama is full of veteran stars, and tells the story of a labor leader's rise to power in the depression era. Could we be talking Jimmy Hoffa here? It's a pretty good show.
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Reunion in France 1942 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn, Reginald Owen, Albert Bassermann, John Carradine, Henry Daniell, Howard Da Silva, J. Edward Bromberg, Moroni Olsen
During World War II and the Nazi occupation of France, a Parisian woman (Joan Crawford) teams up with an American pilot (John Wayne) to escape the clutches of the Gestapo.
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The Sea Wolf 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Alexander Knox, Gene Lockhart, Barry Fitzgerald, Stanley Ridges, Howard Da Silva, Francis McDonald, David Bruce
Based on Jack London's novel, this is the adventure story of the diabolical Captain Wolf Larson (Edward G. Robinson) whose crew plots to save themselves from Larson's clutches.
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They Live by Night 1948 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, Helen Craig, Will Wright, William Phipps, Ian Wolfe, Harry Harvey, Charles Meredith
Set during the Great Depression, this story centers on three Mississippi prisoners who escape. One of them, Bowie (Farley Granger), wants only to live peacefully with his newfound love, Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell). But a life of crime beckons to reverse the new course of Bowie's plans.
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Three Husbands 1951 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, Vanessa Brown, Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, Robert Kames, Emlyn Williams, Billie Burke, Louise Erickson, Jonathan Hale, Jane Darwell, Benson Fong, Frank Cady, Dorothea Wolbert
When playboy Maxwell Bard (Emlyn Williams) arrives in Heaven, he is granted one last wish. His request is to watch from above the reactions of his three poker playing pals (Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, and Robert Kames) after they read the letters he left for them when he died. The letters tell about his affairs with each of their wives (Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, and Vanessa Brown), and the letters result in amusing reactions from the husbands.
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Tonight We Raid Calais 1943 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Annabella, John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, Beulah Bondi, Blanche Yurka, Howard Da Silva, Marcel Dalio, Ann Codee, Nigel De Brulier, Robert Lewis, Richard Derr, Leslie Denison, William Edmunds, Lester Matthews, Reginald Sheffield
British Commando Geoffrey Carter (John Sutton) sneaks behind enemy lines to destroy a German munitions plant in Nazi-occupied France. While on his mission, Carter meets Odette (Annabella) whose father (Lee J. Cobb) is a patriotic farmer and is aiding Carter by allowing him to pose as a family member. But Odette fears reprisals against her relatives and wants her family out of the conflict. As a result, she represents a threat to the success of Carter's mission.
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Two Years Before the Mast 1946  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Da Silva, Esther Fernandez, Albert Dekker, Darryl Hickman, Ray Collins, Frank Faylen
Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd) goes undercover and details hardship and brutality under the diabolical sea captain, Richard Henry Dana (Howard Da Silva).
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Unconquered 1947 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Ward Bond, Virginia Grey, Lloyd Bridges, Marc Lawrence, Cecil Kellaway, C. Aubrey Smith, Virginia Campbell, Katherine DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon, Victor Varconi, Richard Gaines
During the French and Indian War, Abby Hale (Paulette Goddard) is sentenced to slavery in America. Slave master Martin Garth (Howard Da Silva) covets Abby and tries to buy her, but Captain Christopher Holden (Gary Cooper) outbids him. The treacherous Garth conspires with the Indians to rid the wilderness of the settlers, and, in turn, he will gain a monopoly on the fur trade. Many problems ensue and are settled before Abby and Holden realize that they are in love with each other and plan to live happily ever after. Another Cecil B. DeMille extravaganza.
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| 1. 1776 (1972)
2. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
3. The Big Shot (1942)
4. Blaze of Noon (1947)
5. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
6. Blues in the Night (1941)
7. Border Incident (1949)
8. Brazil (1944)
9. David and Lisa (1962)
10. Fourteen Hours (1951)
11. Garbo Talks (1984)
12. The Great Gatsby (1949)
13. The Great Gatsby (1974)
14. The Greatest Man in the World (1980)
15. Juke Girl (1942)
16. Keeper of the Flame (1942)
17. The Lost Weekend (1945)
18. M (1951)
19. Mommie Dearest (1981)
20. Nevada Smith (1966)
21. Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
22. The Outrage (1964)
23. Power (1980)
24. Reunion in France (1942)
25. The Sea Wolf (1941)
26. They Live by Night (1948)
27. Three Husbands (1951)
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
28. Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
29. Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
30. Unconquered (1947)
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