Caliber 9 (O.V. Milano Calibro 9) Italy, 1972 Director: Fernando Di Leo Script: Fernando Di Leo (based on a book by Giorgio Scerbanenco) Cast: Gastone Moschin (Ugo Piazza), Barbara Bouchet (Nelly Borden), Mario Adorf (Rocco Musco), Frank Wolff (Inspector), Ivo Garrani (Don Vincenzo), Phillippe Leroy (Chino), Lionel Stander (Americano) Music: …
The Treasure of Sierra Madre USA, 1948 Director: John Huston Screenwriter: John Huston (based on the novel by B. Traven) Genre: Adventure, Western Soundtrack composer: Max Steiner Editing: Owen Marks Production: Warner Bros. Cast: Humphrey Bogart (Fred C. Dobbs) Walter Huston (Howard) Tim Holt (Bob Curtin) Bruce Bennett (James Cody) …
Carnival of souls USA, 1962 Genre: Suspense, horror Director: Herk Harvey Screenwriter: John Clifford Soundtrack composer: Gene Moore Production: Herk Harvey (Harcourt Productions) Cinematography: Maurice Prather Starring: Candace Hilligoss (Mary Henry) Frances Feist Sidney Berger Art Ellison Stan Levitt Tom McGinnis Forbes Caldwell Dan Palmquist Bill de Jarnette Pamela Ballard …
Dementia 13 USA, 1963 Director: Francis Ford Coppola Screenwriter:Francis Ford Coppola (with uncredited contributions by Jack Hill and Al Locatelli). Soundtrack composer:Ronald Stein Editor:Stuart O’Brien (with contributions by Morton Tubor) Producer:Roger Corman Starring: William Campbell (Richard Haloran) Luana Anders (Louise Haloran) Bart Patton (Billy Haloran) Mary Mitchel (Kane) Patrick Magee …
Son of the Sheik USA, 1926 Director: George Fitzmaurice Screenplay: Frances Marion, Fred de Gresac, George Marion Jr. Paul Gerard Smith Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Montagu Love, Karl Dane, George Fawcett Plot Frenchman André leads a band of Bedouin robbers and criminals in a North African desert. His attractive …
It (V.O. “It”) USA, 1927 Director: Clarence Badger and Josef von Sternberg (uncredited) Script: Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton Main actors: Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin Genre: Romantic comedy Plot Millionaire Cyrus Waltham runs a department store. His friend Monty visits him in his office and in a copy …
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari) Germany, 1920 Director: Robert Wiene Screenplay: Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz Main actors:Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger Genre: Mystery, silent films Plot Young Franzis chats with a mature gentleman, both seem quite …
The Prostitute (V.O. Prostitutka) USSR, 1927 Director: Oleg Frelikh Screenplay: E. Demidovich Noi Galkin Cast:Vera Georgiyevna Orlova, Olga Bonus, E. Yarosh Plot Young Lyuba lives in a boarding house with her aunt Varvara. Among the other guests there is a lecherous individual who seeks to seduce her. As a result, …
Kurutta ippeji (“A page of madness”) Japan, 1926 Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa Script: Yasunari Kawabata Cast: Masao Inoue, Yoshie Nakagawa, Ayako Iijima Plot We are shown several people in an insane asylum. A young woman dances frantically until she is exhausted (she apparently thinks she is a dancer performing some ritual …
The Haunted Castle (O. V. Schloß Vogelod) Germany, 1921 Director: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Screenplay: Carl Mayer Cast: Arnold Korff, Lulu Korff-Kyser, Lothar Mehnert, Paul Hartman Genre: Mystery, drama Plot Count Vogelschrey has summoned several friends to his castle to go hunting the next day in the forest. Although it seems …
