Cancel My Reservations 1972  G, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Forrest Tucker, Anne Archer, Keenan Wynn, Chief Dan George, Ned Beatty, John Wayne, Bing Crosby
A TV talk show host, Dan Bartlett (Bob Hope), gets involved with the murder of a millionaire Arizona rancher. This is really bad despite the big-name guest stars.
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Class of '44 1973  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, Deborah Winters, William Atherton, Sam Bottoms, Joe Ponazecki, Murray Westgate, Marian Waldman, Mary Long
Sequels usually aren't as good as the original, and that is the case here as this follow-on to "Summer of '42" has Gary Grimes and Jerry Houser back. They are having growing pains as they find romance in college. Entertaining.
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Halls of Anger 1970 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Calvin Lockhart, James A. Watson Jr., Janet MacLachlan, Jeff Bridges, Rob Reiner, Edward Asner, DeWayne Jessie, Patricia Stich, Roy Jenson, John McLiam
Racism is depicted in the nation's school system in this film about integration of an all-white school.
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In Search of America 1971  TV, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Carl Betz, Vera Miles, Jeff Bridges, Ruth McDevitt, Renne Jarrett, Howard Duff, Kim Hunter, Michael Anderson Jr., Sal Mineo, Tyne Daly, Glynn Turman, George Wallace
Ben (Carl Betz); his wife Jenny (Vera Miles); and shaggy-haired, college dropout son, Mike (Jeff Bridges)–along with Grandma Rose (Ruth McDevitt)–take off in their 1928 Greyhound bus on a cross-country jaunt to connect with each other and with the realities of the 1960s. They meet interesting people along the way in this made-for-TV film.
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Mark Twain Tonight! 1967  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook IS Mark Twain as he captures his mannerisms, voice, and inflections in this one-man show. Holbrook/Twain puffs away on a cigar and reminisces while delighting his audience with Twain's gift of insight and humor.
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Marlowe 1969 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno, Sharon Farrell, William Daniels, Jackie Coogan, Kenneth Tobey, Bruce Lee, H.M. Wynant
James Garner is very believable in the role of detective Philip Marlowe in this update of Ray Chandler's "The Little Sister." The "sister" hires Marlowe to find her missing brother, and there's lots of fun before the case is solved.
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A Memory of Two Mondays 1974  TV, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Jack Warden, Jerry Stiller, Dick Van Patten, Estelle Parsons, Tony Lo Bianco, Earl Hindman, George Grizzard, J.D. Cannon, Barnard Hughes
Arthur Miller's play is brought to the screen via this made-for-TV film and follows the lives of workers in a warehouse over a period of years during the 1930s' Depression.
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Oh, God! You Devil 1984 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: George Burns, Ted Wass, John Doolittle, Roxanne Hart, Julie Lloyd, Eugene Roche, Ian Giatti, Janet Brandt, Belita Moreno, Jason Wingreen
George Burns is back again in the role of God. There is a twist this time; Burns plays both God and the devil.
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Power, Passion and Murder 1987  TV, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
Director: Paul Bogart, Leon Ichaso
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Darren McGavin, Stella Stevens, Hector Elizondo, Brian Kerwin, George Murdock, Holland Taylor, Bryan Montgomery, David Ackroyd, Tracy Bogart, Gail Youngs, Christopher Darga
In 1930s' Hollywood, rising star Natica (Michelle Pfeiffer) begins an affair with a married, studio head (Hector Elizondo) that leads to her downfall. Made for TV.
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The Three Sisters 1966 N/R, 168 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Kim Stanley, Geraldine Page, Shelley Winters, Kevin McCarthy, Sandy Dennis, Luther Adler, Robert Loggia, Gerald Hiken, James Olson, John Harkins, David Paulsen, Salem Ludwig
This is a fine rendition of Chekhov's play about three 19th-century sisters Olga, Irina, and Masha (Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, and Kim Stanley) and their desire to move to Moscow where they hope to find happiness.
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Torch Song Trilogy 1988 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Brian Kerwin, Karen Young, Ken Page, Bob Minor, Eddy Castrodad, Charles Pierce, Axel Vera
Female impersonator Arnold Beckoff (Harvey Fierstein) is lonely and looking for love. He falls in love with a man he meets in a gay bar (Brian Kerwin) and is heart-broken when he later finds him in the arms of a woman. From Fierstein's popular Broadway play.
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| 1. Cancel My Reservations (1972)
2. Class of '44 (1973)
3. Halls of Anger (1970)
4. In Search of America (1971)
5. Mark Twain Tonight! (1967)
6. Marlowe (1969)
7. A Memory of Two Mondays (1974)
8. Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
9. Power, Passion and Murder (1987)
aka: Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
10. The Three Sisters (1966)
11. Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
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