The Big Knife 1955  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jack Palance, Rod Steiger, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Strother Martin, Shelley Winters, Ilka Chase, Jean Hagen, Everett Sloane, Wesley Addy
Hollywood actor Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) would sell his soul for a good script. When he makes a deal with an unscrupulous producer (Rod Steiger), his actions bring tragic results.
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 Cinderella 1957  TV, 76 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Fantasy / Comedy / Romance
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Julie Andrews, Jon Cypher, Howard Lindsay, Dorothy Stickney, Ilka Chase, Kaye Ballard, Alice Ghostley, Edie Adams, Robert Penn, Alexander Clark, Iggie Wolfington, David F. Perkins
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote this musical especially for Julie Andrews, and it was performed live on TV to a record audience (for that time). (Andrews was also performing in "My Fair Lady" on Broadway at the time.) It is the rags-to-riches story of Cinderella who is oppressed by her mean-spirited stepmother (Ilka Chase) and stepsisters Portia and Joy (Kaye Ballard and Alice Ghostley) until she meets Prince Christopher (Jon Cypher).
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Johnny Dark 1954 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Paul Kelly, Ilka Chase, Sidney Blackmer, Scatman Crothers, Russell Johnson, Joe Sawyer, Robert Nichols
After being cheated by the automaker for whom he works, engineer Johnny Dark (Tony Curtis) steals the sports car he designed and enters a Canada to Mexico race.
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No Time for Love 1943   N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ilka Chase, Richard Haydn, Paul McGrath, June Havoc, Rhys Williams, Bill Goodwin, Marjorie Gateson, Morton Lowry, Frank Moran, Rod Cameron, George Dolenz, Rhys Williams, Ben Taggart
A famous photographer, Katherine Grant (Claudette Colbert), while photographing a tunnel being constructed under the Hudson River, takes pictures of sandhog Jim Ryan (Fred MacMurray) who is working on the tunnel project. A fight breaks out, and Jim wins. Katherine has taken pictures of the fight, and the pictures appear in a magazine. As a result, Jim is fired. Because she feels responsible, Katherine hires Jim as her assistant, which leads to romance despite great differences in their personalities.
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 Now, Voyager 1942 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Ilka Chase, Bonita Granville, John Loder, Franklin Pangborn, Lee Patrick, Charles Drake, Katharine Alexander, Mary Wickes, James Rennie, Reed Hadley, Janis Wilson
Lonely spinster Charlotte (Bette Davis) has been turned into an introverted woman by her domineering mother (Gladys Cooper) but changes her life around–thanks to a psychiatrist, Dr. Jaquith (Claude Rains). Charlotte embarks on an ocean voyage off South America and begins a shipboard romance with unhappily married Jerry Duran (Paul Henreid). While on the voyage, her mother dies, and Charlotte returns home. She meets Jerry's troubled daughter Tina, and the two bond. But there is not much hope of Jerry divorcing his wife. Bette Davis and Gladys Cooper were nominated for Oscars (Best Actress and Supporting Actress).
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 Ocean's Eleven 1960 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Richard Conte, Cesar Romero, Patrice Wymore, Joey Bishop, Akim Tamiroff, Henry Silva, Ilka Chase, Buddy Lester, Richard Benedict, Jean Willes
Under Danny Ocean's (Frank Sinatra) leadership, veterans of the 82nd Airborne regroup after 15 years to raid five Las Vegas casinos–the Sahara, Flamingo, Riviera, Sands, and Desert Inn–on New Year's Eve. Of course, there are more than a few hurdles to overcome while carrying out their "perfect" plan. This is the "Rat Pack's" first feature film.
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| 1. The Animal Kingdom (1932)
2. The Big Knife (1955)
3. Cinderella (1957)
4. Johnny Dark (1954)
5. No Time for Love (1943)
6. Now, Voyager (1942)
7. Ocean's Eleven (1960)
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