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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 Hamlet 1964  N/R, 199 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Colleran, John Gielgud
Cast: Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, Barnard Hughes, Eileen Herlie, William Redfield, John Cullum, John Gielgud, Frederick Young, Michael Ebert, George Rose, George Voskovec, Hugh Alexander, Dillon Evans, Linda Marsh
This version of Shakespeare's play was filmed with a process that made the dark story even darker during a live performance on Broadway. Richard Burton excels in his role of Prince Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark. Soon after Hamlet's father is killed, his mother, Queen Gertrude (Eileen Herlie), marries her brother-in-law Claudius (Alfred Drake). When the ghost of Hamlet's father returns, he tells Hamlet that Claudius murdered him and demands that Hamlet seek revenge. Hamlet fakes madness to avoid suspicion, and before it is over, not only Claudius, but Gertrude, Hamlet's chief counselor Polonius (Hume Cronyn) and Polonius' daughter Ophelia (Linda Marsh)–who loves Hamlet– and Hamlet all lie dead. John Gielgud directed the Broadway production (and was also the voice of the Ghost); Bill Colleran directed the filming, using 15 cameras to catch all of the action.
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| 1. America, America (1963)
aka: The Anatolian Smile
2. Hamlet (1964)
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