King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Sidney Lumet & Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, KING: A FILMED RECORD...MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS is a monumental documentary that follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars. KING was originally presented as a one-night-only special event on March 20, 1970, at an epic length of more than three hours (plus intermission). Since that time, the film has occasionally been circulated in a version shortened by more than an hour. Newly restored by the Library of Congress, in association with Richard Kaplan, and utilizing film elements provided by The Museum of Modern Art, the original version of KING can again be seen in its entirety, mastered in HD from the 35mm preservation negative. Admitted to the National Film Registry in 1999, KING is a cinematic national treasure that allows viewers to be first-hand witnesses to Dr. King's crusade, and thereby gain a fuller appreciation of both the personal challenges he endured and the vast cultural legacy he left behind.


Reunion in France

Jules Dassin

This thrilling World War II romance stars Joan Crawford, John Wayne, and John Carradine in the tale of a Frenchwoman who tries to help a downed U.S. flyer escape the Nazis. Michele de la Becque, a well-heeled, apolitical career woman in the Parisian fashion industry is in love with an industrial designer, Robert Cortot (Philip Dorn). Michele's luxurious life in the best social circles is relatively unimpeded at first by the presence of the Germans, but gradually a sense of patriotism and responsibility begins to dawn on her. She's crushed when she finds out that her lover is collaborating with the Nazis and turning out weapons for the German war machine. In the midst of this, she comes upon an Allied flyer (John Wayne) who has been downed behind enemy lines and is being hunted by the Gestapo. She gives him refuge and, on the rebound from her romantic heartbreak, finds herself falling for him.


Cairo

Maj. W.S. Van Dyke II

Robert Young and Jeannette MacDonald spoof spy thrillers in this romantic musical comedy homage to the espionage genre set amid the intrigue of World War II Cairo. In London while between films, wise-cracking movie star Marcia Warren (MacDonald--San Francisco) catches the eye of dashing, supposed newspaperman Homer Smith (Young--"Father Knows Best," "Marcus Welby, M.D."). But Smith is really a spy who suspects Warren of being a Nazi. Now, as love blooms in a bed of suspicion, Warren and Smith travel to Egypt to trap the real agent.


The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison and a young Natalie Wood co-star in one of the most romantic ghost stories of all time. Lucy Muir, a beautiful widow, moves with her daughter into a seaside cottage. She soon discovers her new home is haunted by the handsome ghost of a sea captain. When Lucy loses her income, the captain comes up with a solution to her financial woes and, in the process, wins her heart.


The Bride Wore Red

Dorothy Arzner

Academy Award winner Joan Crawford stars as the unwitting subject of a wager between titled aristocrats over whether breeding of luck determines nobility. But the wily heart of the woman who becomes the subject of their experiment confounds everyone's plans in The Bride Wore Red. To prove that accident of birth alone determines a person's character and station in life, skeptical, snobbish and eccentric Count Armalia devises a grand scheme: He lavishes money on cabaret singer Anni Pavlovitch and introduces her to society as Anni Vivaldi, planning to reveal the hoax after two weeks. Tutored in manners and sumptuously gowned, Anni plays her part flawlessly: She understands she has two weeks to snare a rich husband even if she must steal him from another woman or she will return to her life of poverty. But as Anni seduces the dashing, wealthy Rudi Pal away from his fiancée, she loses her own heart to the town postmaster.


There Was a Crooked Man (1970)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

In this dark Western with an all-star cast, the supposedly incorruptible warden of an Arizona penitentiary proves as corruptible as any other man when presented with a control of an inmate's fortune in loot and a getaway to the Mexican border.


Strange Cargo (1940)

Frank Borzage

Through impenetrable jungles, across perilous swamps, desperate for a second chance at life, a band of Devil's Island felons and a tough-as-nails prostitute struggle toward freedom. Among them is a mysterious, quiet-spoken visionary who may be literally the escapees' salvation. Film giants Clark Gable and Joan Crawford team for the eighth and last time in this gripping story that explores the lures of the flesh and the transcendence of the spirit. Gable is at his peak as a flinty convict who lusts after floozy Crawford from the moment he nabs her discarded cigarette. Fighting each other and the elements, the stars imbue this provocative adventure with audacity, power and passion.


Double Wedding

Richard Thorpe

William Powell and Myrna Loy star in this romantic comedy about Charlie and Margit and Irene and Waldo ... and just who should be in love with whom and how they are going to sort things out for a proper Double Wedding. Margit's (Loy — Thin Man films) younger sister Irene (Florence Rice) is engaged to milquetoast Waldo (John Beal). The only problem is, Irene does not want the milquetoast, she wants Charlie (Powell — Thin Man films, My Man Godfrey), the Bohemian artist living out behind Spike's place. When Margit marches over to Charlie's place to order him to stay away from Irene, the two realize that they are perfect for each other. Now, for true love to prevail, Charlie is going to teach Waldo how to have a spine. Based on the play Great Love by Ferenc Molnár.


Guys and Dolls

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

A singing Marlon Brando stars opposite Frank Sinatra in this classic musical. When Sky Masterson is challenged to take a missionary to Havana, he finds himself falling in love. But will she return his love when she realizes the trip was a ploy?


Diplomaniacs

William A. Seiter

The comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey are at it again in this screwball comedy. Willy Nilly (Wheeler) and Hercules Glub (Woolsey) are partners who own a barbershop. By getting Hercules' instructions wrong, Willy Nilly ends up locating their business on an Oklahoma Indian reservation where only one resident has facial hair! Whisked away by the oil-rich Oopadoop Indians, the pair are offered a million dollars by the chief of the tribe to represent them at the Geneva peace talks. What ensues is madcap hilarity on a steamship that goes in endless circles due to a drunken captain. The pair dodges assassination attempts and is spied on by the team of Schmerzenpuppen, Puppenschmerzen, Schmerzenschmerzen and Puppenpuppen! All aboard!


No Way Out

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Nominated for the 1950 Oscar® for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, this intense drama about racial hatred pulls no punches. When a white patient in a hospital dies under the care of a black intern (Sidney Poitier), the victim’s racist brother (Richard Widmark) seeks to destroy the doctor’s career. Although the hospital’s idealistic Chief Resident (Stephen McNally) tries to diffuse the escalating tension, the victim’s ex-wife (Linda Darnell) seems to go along with the vengeance-seeker—until she realizes she’s on the wrong side.


A Letter to Three Wives

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph Mankiewicz's unique intriguing comedy stars Ann Southern, Linda Darnell and Jeanne Crain as three wives who must wait out a long day to learn which of them has lost her husband to another woman. Just as their boat sets off for the day, Deborah, Rita and Lora Mae receive a letter from the alluring Addie Ross (narrator Celeste Holm) stating she has left town with one of their husbands. Each wife spends the fretful day pondering the state of her marriage and the affection each of their husbands has for Addie. By the end of the day, each woman is convinced she must surely be the betrayed wife.


People Will Talk

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Screen legend Cary Grant stars as Dr. Noah Praetorius, a lovable professor and head of a medical clinic who becomes the subject of a McCarthy-style investigation initiated by a jealous colleague (Hume Cronyn). Along the way, Praetorius befriends and ultimately marries a young woman who attempts suicide when she discovers she is pregnant. But as the witch-hunt into the good doctor's personal life progresses, so do the laughs in this well-crafted, all-star treasure that should be part of every film lover's collection of classics.


All About Eve

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington (Ann Baxter) is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing (Bette Davis). Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend (Gary Merrill), her playwright (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife (Celeste Holm). Only the cynical drama critic (Oscar® winner George Sanders) sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit. Thelma Ritter and Marilyn Monroe co-star in this acclaimed classic, which won six Academy Awards® and received the most nominations in film history.


Alice In Wonderland (1933)

Norman Z. McLeod

Alice's fantastic adventures lead her straight to some of the most memorable characters ever imagined including the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum in the original Alice in Wonderland. Based on Lewis Carroll's beloved story, this live-action fantasy features Hollywood icons Cary Grant, Gary Cooper and W.C. Fields along with Charlotte Henry as "Alice". Filled with spectacular sets and imaginative costumes, the classic Alice in Wonderland is a timeless adventure for the whole family!


Five Fingers (1952)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

The valet to the British ambassador in Turkey during WWII decides to improve his lot by selling his employer's top-secret documents to the Nazis.


Julius Caesar

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

During the era of the Roman empire, Brutus and Cassius lead a conspiracy to kill Caesar, only to fall to Mark Antony. Oscar-nominated Shakespeare adaptation stars Academy Award-winners Marlon Brando ("The Godfather"), John Gielgud ("Arthur,"), Greer Garson ("Mrs. Miniver"), Deborah Kerr ("From Here to Eternity") and Edmond O'Brien ("The Wild Bunch") and Oscar-nominees James Mason ("North by Northwest") and Louis Calhern ("The Asphalt Jungle"). Powerful drama received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and won an Oscar for Best Art Direction. Written and directed by Academy Award-winning writer/director/producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz ("All About Eve," "Sleuth") and produced by acclaimed actor/producer John Houseman ("The Paper Chase"). "Superior adaptation" - Leonard Maltin.


Suddenly, Last Summer

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn each received 1960 Oscar nominations for Best Actress in this gripping adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play. Beautiful Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of her cousin at the hands of cannibals. Catherine's aunt, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), tries to influence Dr. Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift), a young neurosurgeon, to surgically end Catherine's haunting hallucinations. By utilizing injections of sodium pentothal, Dr. Cukrowicz discovers that Catherine's delusions are, in fact, true. He then must confront Violet about her own involvement in her son's violent death.


The Adventures of Huck Finn (1939)

Richard Thorpe

Oscar-winner Mickey Rooney ("National Velvet," "Babes in Arms") stars in Mark Twain's classic adventure story about a young troublemaker who helps a runaway slave escape to the North.


Cleopatra (1963)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Richard Burton, Rex Harrison and Elizabeth Taylor star in one of the greatest screen spectacles ever made - the story of the Queen of the Nile and her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. The film is distinguished by superb performances from Burton and Harrison (nominated for an Oscar), but at its center is Elizabeth Taylor in one of the most glamorous roles of her career. Astounding in scope and grandeur, the picture won Oscars for cinematography, sets and special effects. It's famous moments include moviedom's most flamboyant entrance - Cleopatra's dazzling arrival in Rome. Bolstered by a talented supporting cast and utterly stunning backdrops, here is a truly epic portrayal of the woman who conquered two of Rome's greatest soldiers, affected the course of history, and became synonymous with beguiling beauty - Cleopatra.


The Barefoot Contessa

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

With extraordinary beauty, talent and grace, Spanish dancer Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner) was born to be a star. Aided by American movie director Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart), she attains great success and fortune in Hollywood's land of dreams. But, though she gives her all for stardom, there is one thing Maria will never compromise -her soul. No matter what the cost, The Barefoot Contessa will dance to no one's music but her own.