Cockfighter 1974  R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Born to Kill
Gamblin' Man
Wild Drifter
Director: Monte Hellman
Cast: Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton, Troy Donahue, Millie Perkins, Laurie Bird, Ed Begley Jr., Warren Finnerty, Robert Earl Jones, Steve Railsback, Patricia Pearcy, Tom Spratley
This violent thriller is about a Georgia man, Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates), who trains roosters to become fighting cocks. Frank's thoughts serve as narration–an interesting experiment in filmmaking.
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 Cry-Baby 1990   PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: John Waters
Cast: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Kim McGuire, Darren E. Burrows, Stephen Mailer, Troy Donahue, Joe Dallesandro, Mink Stole, Alan J. Wendl, Kim Webb
Set in Baltimore in 1954, it is the "Drapes" vs. the "Squares" in this good comedy/musical. Cry-Baby (Johnny Depp) is the bike-riding, black-jacketed, juvenile delinquent from the wrong side of the tracks, while Allison (Amy Locane) is a good girl who falls for Cry-Baby and is looking for a new lifestyle. The 1950s are recreated well, complete with jukeboxes and music of the era.
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The Godfather Part II 1974  R, 201 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, Richard Bright, G.D. Spradlin, Abe Vigoda, Bruno Kirby, Troy Donahue, John Aprea
In this sequel to "The Godfather," Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) takes over as head of his father's family and modernizes it into a sleek 1920s' New York crime syndicate. Exciting from beginning to end, the movie earned six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro). It was nominated for five others, including Best Actor (Pacino), Best Supporting Actor (Michael V. Gazzo and Lee Strasberg) and Best Supporting Actress (Talia Shire).
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Imitation of Life 1959  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Robert Alda, Sandra Dee, Juanita Moore, Susan Kohner, Dan O'Herlihy, Troy Donahue, Jack Weston, Mahalia Jackson, Bess Flowers, Joel Fluellen, Peg Shirley
This is a revised version of the earlier film, but now the story has been updated to fit the 1950s. Two single mothers Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), who is White, and Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), who is Black, move in together and raise their daughters. Lora is an aspiring actress, and Annie takes care of the household chores. But, personal problems enter their lives. Light-skinned, 18-year-old Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner) passes for White and breaks her mother Annie's heart. Meanwhile, Lora's 16-year-old daughter Susie (Sandra Dee) feels neglected by her mother as Lora's time is taken up with her career, and Susie falls for photographer Steve Archer (John Gavin). But, when Annie dies, Lora and the daughters realize their mistakes and change their attitudes about life. Both Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.
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The Lonely Profession 1969 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Heyes
Cast: Harry Guardino, Dean Jagger, Ina Balin, Joseph Cotten, Barbara McNair, Dina Merrill, Fernando Lamas, Troy Donahue, Stephen McNally, Jack Carter
A private eye (Harry Guardino) is hired to trail the mistress of a reclusive millionaire. After he locates and spends a night with her, he finds her dead the next morning. Now he must clear himself. A good made-for-TV movie that stresses realism in its presentation.
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Man of a Thousand Faces 1957 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau, Jim Backus, Jeanne Cagney, Robert Evans, Celia Lovsky, Jack Albertson, Philip Van Zandt, Nolan Leary, Roger Smith, Robert Lyden, Troy Donahue, "Snub" Pollard
This film presents the biography of the celebrated silent screen actor Lon Chaney (James Cagney), master of horror and make-up. Although it dwells too much on his troubled private life, and not enough on his successes, it is a well-executed drama with a moving performance by Cagney.
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Palm Springs Weekend 1963  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Ty Hardin, Stefanie Powers, Robert Conrad, Andrew Duggan, Jack Weston, Carole Cook, Jerry Van Dyke, Bill Mumy, Zeme North, Dorothy Green, Robert Gothie, Greg Benedict, Gary Kincaid
Spring break is here, and Los Angeles area students arrive in Palm Springs for Easter weekend during which time they plan to blow off steam. The students–including Jim Munroe (Troy Donahue) who finds romance with Bunny (Stephanie Powers) who happens to be the daughter of the local police chief (Andrew Duggan)–will enjoy sun and romance before heading back to their respective schools.
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Parrish 1961 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Troy Donahue, Claudette Colbert, Karl Malden, Dean Jagger, Connie Stevens, Diane McBain, Sharon Hugueny, Dub Taylor, Hampton Fancher, Sylvia Miles, David Knapp, Saundra Edwards, Bibi Osterwald, Hayden Rorke, Madeleine Sherwood
In this soap opera of a story set in the Connecticut River Valley, Parrish McLean (Troy Donahue) lives with his mother, Ellen (Claudette Colbert), and enjoys the reputation of "Ladies' Man." But, when Ellen marries tobacco czar Judd Raike (Karl Malden), Judd determines to turn Parrish into a businessman and teach him the tobacco business from the ground up.
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The Perfect Furlough 1958 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Tony Curtis, Keenan Wynn, Elaine Stritch, Janet Leigh, Linda Cristal, Troy Donahue, Marcel Dalio, Les Tremayne, Jay Novello, King Donovan
Tony Curtis plays a soldier stationed in the Arctic when he wins a furlough to Paris where he begins a romance with a military psychiatrist (Janet Leigh).
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Rocket to the Moon 1967 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Comedy
aka: Blast Off
Those Fantastic Flying Fools
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Frobe, Terry-Thomas, Hermione Gingold, Graham Stark, Lionel Jeffries, Daliah Lavi, Dennis Price, Judy Cornwell, Stratford Johns, Jimmy Clitheroe, Edward de Souza, Renate von Holt, Allan Cuthbertson
This sci-fi comedy is loosely based on a Jules Verne novel ("De la terre a la lune") and tells the story of Phineas T. Barnam (Burl Ives) and his friends who try to finance the first trip to the Moon. Many obstacles stand in the way.
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Rome Adventure 1962 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Troy Donahue, Angie Dickinson, Rossano Brazzi, Suzanne Pleshette, Constance Ford, Al Hirt, Hampton Fancher, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Chad Everett, Gertrude Flynn, Pamela Austin, Lili Valenti, Mary Patton, Maurice Wells
In her film debut, Suzanne Pleshette takes the role of high-school librarian Prudence Bell who travels to Rome where she meets Don Porter (Troy Donahue). When Don's girlfriend Lyda (Angie Dickinson) goes back to the U.S., Prudence and Don tour Italy's ancient ruins, museums, and fountains. They fall in love, but problems lie ahead when Lyda returns to the scene.
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Seizure 1974  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Christina Pickles, Joseph Sirola, Herve Villechaize, Mary Woronov, Troy Donahue, Anne Meacham, Roger De Koven, Richard Cox
The Blackstones and their friends are forced to endure fatal party games when they fall into the hands of evil uninvited guests at the Blackstone manse.
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A Summer Place 1959 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Troy Donahue, Constance Ford, Beulah Bondi, Jack Richardson, Ann Doran, Marshall Bradford
Beautiful photography helps make this film adaptation of Sloan Wilson's novel a success. The plot contrasts the middle-aged adultery of Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan) and Sylvia Hunter (Dorothy McGuire) with the teenage love affair involving their children Molly Jorgensen (Sandra Dee) and Johnny Hunter (Troy Donahue).
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Susan Slade 1961 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGuire, Lloyd Nolan, Brian Aherne, Grant Williams, Natalie Schafer, Kent Smith, Bert Convy, Guy Wilkerson, Maurice Wells, Ramsay Hill, Everett Glass, John A. Alonzo, Bob Baker
Seventeen-year-old Susan Slade (Connie Stevens) ends up pregnant after having an affair with Conn White (Grant Williams) who dies when he falls off Mt. McKinley. Susan attempts suicide, but Hoyt Brecker (Troy Donahue) rescues her. She confesses to her parents, Roger and Leah (Lloyd Nolan and Dorothy McGuire) that she is pregnant, and they take her to Guatemala to have the baby. She has the baby, and then Roger dies of a heart attack. Susan and Leah return home to California, and Leah pretends that she is the baby's mother. Now, Hoyt and aspiring author Wells Corbett (Bert Convy) propose to Susan, but she refuses both of their offers. After her baby is badly burned in an accident, Susan confesses that she is the mother. Wells loses interest in Susan, but Hoyt is still smitten. Will Susan marry Hoyt and live happily ever after?
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The Tarnished Angels 1958 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Robert Middleton, Alan Reed, Alexander Lockwood, Christopher Olsen, Robert J. Wilke, Troy Donahue, William Schallert, Eugene Borden
Roger Shumann (Robert Stack) had been a flying ace in World War I but is now struggling to make a living as a barnstorming pilot. Along with his wife LaVerne (Dorothy Malone), 9-year-old son Jack (Christopher Olsen), and his troupe, Roger arrives at an air show and meets New Orleans journalist Burke Devlin (Rock Hudson). As Burke gets to know Roger's family, he is attracted to LaVerne. Tragedy lies ahead in this story about the importance of living the truth.
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This Happy Feeling 1958 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Curt Jurgens, John Saxon, Alexis Smith, Mary Astor, Estelle Winwood, Hayden Rorke, Troy Donahue, Gloria Holden, Alex Gerry
Young Janet Blake (Debbie Reynolds) has a crush on an older man, Preston Mitchell (Curt Jurgens), while neighbor Bill Tremaine (John Saxon) pines for her attentions.
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The Voice in the Mirror 1958 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Keller
Cast: Richard Egan, Julie London, Arthur O'Connell, Walter Matthau, Troy Donahue, Ann Doran, Mae Clarke, Harry Bartell, Max Showalter, Hugh Sanders
This film explores the tragedy inherent in alcoholism as Jim Burton (Richard Egan) tries to rise from adversity with the help of his patient wife, Ellen (Julie London).
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| 1. Cockfighter (1974)
aka: Born to Kill
aka: Gamblin' Man
aka: Wild Drifter
2. Cry-Baby (1990)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. Imitation of Life (1959)
5. The Lonely Profession (1969)
6. Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
7. Palm Springs Weekend (1963)
8. Parrish (1961)
9. The Perfect Furlough (1958)
10. Rocket to the Moon (1967)
aka: Blast Off
aka: Those Fantastic Flying Fools
aka: Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
11. Rome Adventure (1962)
12. Seizure (1974)
13. A Summer Place (1959)
14. Susan Slade (1961)
15. The Tarnished Angels (1958)
16. This Happy Feeling (1958)
17. The Voice in the Mirror (1958)
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