Desire Under the Elms

Delbert Mann

Perkins is the farmer's son Eben, awaiting the day he will inherit the land from his tyrannical, widowed father (Burl Ives). But when Eben's father takes a new wife and announces he'll leave the farm to her, passions erupt in a fiery night of lust and fury between Eben and his new stepmother (Sophia Loren, in her Hollywood film debut). With a sweeping score by Elmer Bernstein, Desire Under The Elms sizzles with a heated story of passion unleashed and temptation unbridled, and a heavy price paid for the pleasures of sin.


Dear Heart (1964)

Delbert Mann

Like a sailor with a girl in every port, Harry Mork has his own list of people, pulchritude and places. But that's changing for this roving salesman with a roving eye. He's found his match: a haughty, worldly-wise widow he plans to marry. But Harry's in for a big surprise. A blossoming wallflower named Evie has found him! With its bittersweet title tune (music by Henry Mancini), a tender, funny script by Tad Mosel (Up the Down Staircase) and top-notch stars under the direction of Academy Award winner Delbert Mann (Marty), Dear Heart has the kind of magic that wins hearts everywhere. Glenn Ford is errant-but-earnest Harry, dutifully engaged to a calculating small-town matron (Angela Lansbury). And Oscar® winner Geraldine Page is Evie, an out-of-towner in New York City for a convention – and embarking on a momentous journey following her wistful heart where it's never gone before.


That Touch of Mink

Delbert Mann

Love arrives with a splash when a handsome and eligible tycoon (Grant) and a beautiful working woman (Day) meet over a curbside mud puddle. He’s enchanted by her small town ways; she’s captivated by his romantic, debonair manner. But when it comes to marriage, they have decidedly different views – she wants it and he doesn’t! What ensues is a game of cat-and-mouse as each tries to win the other – with hilarious and heartwarming results.


Mister Buddwing (1966)

Delbert Mann

A man awakes on a Central Park bench, not knowing his name or how he got there. Adrift in the city, he sees a beer truck pass by.
Then an airplane flies overhead. Piecing the two events together, the man chooses Buddwing as his name…and continues his desperate
sidewalk quest to discover his true identity. James Garner portrays lost, disoriented Buddwing in this compelling mystery drama
directed by Delbert Mann (Marty) and featuring a cast that includes Angela Lansbury, Suzanne Pleshette, Katharine Ross and Jean
Simmons. There's another player, too: enveloping, challenging, intriguing New York City. Look for Nichelle Nichols, who became Star
Trek's Lt. Uhura that same year.


Night Crossing (1981)

Delbert Mann

Based upon a true story, this exciting film relates the escape of two young couples from East Germany aboard a hot-air balloon.


Marty

Delbert Mann

Ernest Borgnine plays the title character, a lonely middle-aged butcher from the Bronx living at home with his well-meaning but smothering mother. When his mother convinces him to go out dancing at the Stardust Ballroom, he meets a rather plain teacher, Clara, who is also middle-aged and unmarried. After a few dances, they hit it off, but when she meets his mother and his slacker friends, they are nasty and hostile, and Marty doesn't return her phone call. But finally, at a bar with his friends, realizes he needs to live for himself, and rekindles the romance.


Separate Tables (1958)

Delbert Mann

Separate Tables portarys a number of characters and their adventures at a British seaside hotel. Among the guests are an alleged war hero (David Niven), a timid spinster (Deborah Kerr) and her domineering mother (Gladys Cooper), and a divorced couple (Burt Lancaster, Rita Hayworth) trying to re-ignite their romance despite the presence of his. All of the characters' lives become intertwined in the course of the film as the story examines love affairs and secrets.