7 Women 1966  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Seven Women
Director: John Ford
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Flora Robson, Mildred Dunnock, Anna Lee, Woody Strode, Betty Field, Eddie Albert, Mike Mazurki, Irene Tsu
China, in the mid-1930s, was ravaged by war. This is the story of women missionaries in North China who were beset by a band of thieving warriors. This was John Ford's last film.
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Baby Doll 1956  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock, Rip Torn, Lonny Chapman, Eades Hogue, Noah Williamson, R.G. Armstrong, Madeleine Sherwood
The setting for this Tennessee Williams tale is Mississippi where Silva Vacarro (Eli Wallach) runs a cotton mill, and Archie Lee Meighan (Karl Malden) lives with his young wife, Baby Doll (Carroll Baker), who sleeps in a crib. Following a suspicious fire at Vacarro's mill, he plays on Baby Doll's naivete to invalidate Meighan's alibi. Academy Award nominations included Best Actress (Carroll Baker), and Mildred Dunnock was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Aunt Rose.
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Bad for Each Other 1953  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Dianne Foster, Mildred Dunnock, Frank Sully, Ray Collins, Rhys Williams, Arthur Franz, Marjorie Rambeau, Lester Matthews
Doctor Tom Owen (Charlton Heston) returns home after the war, is talked into setting up a plush practice for wealthy patients in the city, and then realizes that his true calling is for ministering to the coal miners in his hometown.
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Behold a Pale Horse 1964  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Raymond Pellegrin, Paolo Stoppa, Mildred Dunnock, Christian Marguand, Daniela Rocca, Michael Lonsdale, Rosalie Crutchley
A Spanish Civil War guerilla fighter, Manuel Artiguez (Gregory Peck), continues to fight for the Loyalist cause after Franco's victory–until he runs into corrupt police officer Captain Vinolas (Anthony Quinn) who decides to put an end to Artiguez's efforts.
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A Brand New Life 1973 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam O'Steen
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Martin Balsam, Marge Redmond, Gene Nelson, Mildred Dunnock, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Karen Philipp, Lloyd Battista, Barbara Colby, Amy Robinson
Victoria and Jim (Cloris Leachman and Martin Balsam) have been married for 18 years, and now they are expecting their first child. They quickly learn that friends and family have more than a little advice on how to adjust to a new baby in the family.
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 Butterfield 8 1960 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock, Betty Field, Susan Oliver, Jeffrey Lynn, Kay Medford, George Voskovec
Elizabeth Taylor won the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance as a high-priced call girl. The story is pure soap, but it is glitzy, and Elizabeth Taylor's acting is impressive.
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The Corn Is Green 1945 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Bette Davis, John Dall, Joan Lorring, Nigel Bruce, Rhys Williams, Rosalind Ivan, Mildred Dunnock, Gwyneth Hughes, Thomas Louden, Arthur Shields
Bette Davis gave a classy performance as a devoted teacher in a Welsh mining town. When she discovers a gifted young student, they work together to help him win a scholarship to Oxford.
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Death of a Salesman 1951  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell, Howard Smith, Royal Beal, Don Keefer, Jesse White, Claire Carleton, Elisabeth Fraser
Willie Loman (Fredric March) is Arthur Miller's traveling salesman who realizes his life has been a waste. His solution is suicide; through the use of flashbacks his tragedy is told.
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I Want You 1951  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow, Robert Keith, Mildred Dunnock, Ray Collins, Martin Milner, Jim Backus, Walter Sande
The Korean War's impact on families is the subject of this film, which provides an insightful artifact of the Cold War era.
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 The Jazz Singer 1952 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Mildred Dunnock, Eduard Franz, Tom Tully, Allyn Joslyn, Alex Gerry, Harold Gordon, Hal Ross, Justin Smith, Anitra Stevens, Gayne Whitman, Anthony Jochim
Danny Thomas takes over the Al Jolson role in this remake of the 1927 film about the cantor's (Eduard Franz) jazz-singing son Jerry Golding (Thomas) who strives for a musical career. Jerry returns from the Korean War to his home in Philadelphia where his father wants him to be the cantor in their synagogue. But Jerry, who wants to sing on Broadway, breaks his father's heart when he favors show business over being a cantor. He does find romance with musical comedy star Judy (Peggy Lee) and rises to stardom. By story's end, his father has given Jerry his blessing. Songs include "Lover," "Birth of the Blues," and "Just One of Those Things."
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Kiss of Death 1947 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Taylor Holmes, Mildred Dunnock, Howard Smith, Millard Mitchell, Anthony Ross
Richard Widmark made his film debut as a psychopath, Tommy Udo, in this gangster film that is gripping at times but has become somewhat dated. This is the one where Udo pushes the old woman in a wheelchair down the stairs.
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 Love Me Tender 1956 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Elvis Presley, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Neville Brand, Mildred Dunnock, Bruce Bennett, James Drury, L.Q. Jones
This film represents Elvis Presley's first starring role. The story takes place in Texas just after the Civil War and has a plot of brothers fighting for the same girl.
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The Nun's Story 1959 N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Dean Jagger, Peggy Ashcroft, Mildred Dunnock, Beatrice Straight, Lionel Jeffries, Colleen Dewhurst, Niall MacGinnis
Sister Luke (Audrey Hepburn) discovers that she is not prepared to serve the church after the Nazis murder her father. She simply cannot forgive them. The film received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress, and Director.
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The Pick-Up Artist 1987 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: James Toback
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Mildred Dunnock, Harvey Keitel, Vanessa Williams, Robert Towne, Lorraine Bracco, Bob Gunton
Robert Downey Jr. plays the role of a man who has no trouble finding women, and the more the merrier. That was his way of life until he meets Randy Jensen (Molly Ringwald) who has other plans for him. But, Randy just happens to be the daughter of a mobster (Dennis Hopper).
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Something Wild 1961 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Garfein
Cast: Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, Charles Watts, Jean Stapleton, Martin Kosleck, Clifton James, William Hickey, Diane Ladd, Reid Cruickshanks
This offbeat, dark drama follows Mary Ann (Carroll Baker) who lives with her overbearing mother (Mildred Dunnock). Mary Ann is raped one night and, rather than tell her mother, she runs away, taking a job in a seedy store in Manhattan. Despondent, she finally attempts suicide by jumping off a bridge but is stopped by Mike (Ralph Meeker) who takes her in. While drunk, Mike tries to rape Mary Ann, but she gets away. She soon returns and asks him to marry her.
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Sweet Bird of Youth 1962 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Geraldine Page, Paul Newman, Ed Begley, Shirley Knight, Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock, Corey Allen, Dub Taylor, Madeleine Sherwood, Philip Abbott, Barry Cahill, Barry Atwater, Charles Arnt, James B. Douglas
This is an excellent version of Tennessee Williams' hit play in which Geraldine Page and Paul Newman recreate their Broadway roles. The story is about has-been film star Alexandra Del Lago (Page) and her young lover Chance Wayne (Newman) who is looking for fame and fortune. They visit Chance's hometown where the corrupt politician Boss Finley (Ed Begley) rules. Finley's daughter Heavenly (Shirley Knight) wants to reunite with Chance, but Finley and his son (Rip Torn) will stop at nothing to prevent that from happening. Geraldine Page: "My checkout time in any hotel in the world is when I–is when I want to check out." Ed Begley received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. Geraldine Page and Sandra Knight were nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress.
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The Trouble with Harry 1955 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe, Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick, Mildred Dunnock, Jerry Mathers, Royal Dano, Barry Macollum, Parker Fennelly
Young Arnie (Jerry Mathers) discovers the corpse of Harry in a Vermont woods. He goes home and tells his mother (Shirley MacLaine) who recognizes Harry as her ex-husband and thinks she is responsible because she hit him with a bottle. Meanwhile, a hunter (Edmund Gwenn), also spots Harry and thinks he shot him while hunting. Others also believe they are the ones who are responsible for his death. To ensure that the authorities do not discover the body, the villagers get together and bury Harry. The trouble with Harry is that he is a corpse that just does not stay buried, and his body keeps popping up around town. Alfred Hitchcock, in a change for him, shows comic genius in directing this comedy. The film marks Shirley MacLaine's film debut.
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Viva Zapata! 1952 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman, Mildred Dunnock, Arnold Moss, Frank Silvera, Margo, Alan Reed, Lou Gilbert
During the Mexican Revolution Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) came down from the hills and rose to the presidency of his country. Once in office, he was confronted with the ease of corruption. Anthony Quinn carried away an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Marlon Brando was nominated for Best Actor.
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Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice 1969 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Fuller, Mildred Dunnock, Joan Huntington, Peter Brandon, Michael Barbera, Peter Bonerz, Richard Angarola, Claire Kelly, Valerie Allen
After Claire (Geraldine Page) is left penniless when her husband dies, she moves to Arizona with a plan to make money: start a pine tree garden, hire a housekeeper who has savings, kill her and bury her under a new pine tree, and take the deceased's savings. But Alice (Ruth Gordon) becomes suspicious when one of her ex-employees is missing and gets a job with Claire as a housekeeper. And the battle of wits begins. The two fine actresses, as expected, are good in their roles in this thriller/black comedy.
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| 1. 7 Women (1966)
aka: Seven Women
2. Baby Doll (1956)
3. Bad for Each Other (1953)
4. Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
5. A Brand New Life (1973)
6. Butterfield 8 (1960)
7. The Corn Is Green (1945)
8. Death of a Salesman (1951)
9. Dragonfly (1976)
aka: One Summer Love
10. I Want You (1951)
11. The Jazz Singer (1952)
12. Kiss of Death (1947)
13. Love Me Tender (1956)
14. The Nun's Story (1959)
15. The Pick-Up Artist (1987)
16. Something Wild (1961)
17. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
18. The Trouble with Harry (1955)
19. Viva Zapata! (1952)
20. Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969)
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