Charles Wagenheim

Cat Ballou -- Classic Western spoof about a notorious female outlaw (Jane Fonda) and her devoted gang of followers. Highlighted by Lee Marvin's Oscar(r)-winning performance (Best Actor, 1965) as the legendary gunslinger--and town drunk--Kid Shelleen.

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef -- Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida...

The colorful film biography of Frederic Chopin, played by Cornell Wilde, with Paul Muni in fine form as Chopin's mentor. The lovely Merle Oberon plays George Sands, his obsession, whom the infatuated Chopin meets in Paris and follows to Majorca, where he becomes consumptive.

When a business magnate dies, his board of directors fight over who should run the company in this enjoyable film staring Oscar-honoree and Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Barbara Stanwyck ("Double Indemnity"). Golden Globe-winner June Allyson ("The Three Musketeers," "Little Women") and Oscar-winner William Holden ("Sunset Boulevard") are among the top cast in this well-made drama. Directed by multiple Oscar-winner Robert Wise ("The Sound of Music"). Nominated for several Oscars, including Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.

Derived from the Old Testament, the story revolves around the character of Ruth, a pagan priestess who serves in her temple under the High Priestess, and who falls in love with a Hebrew man named Mahlon. This love brings her spiritual beliefs into question as she has trouble reconciling her pagan religion with his belief in one invisible deity. By the time they marry, she has decided to convert to Judaism, but her newfound spiritual beliefs are put to the test when Mahlon dies. Ruth travels back to Bethlehem with Mahlon's mother, Naomi, where she suffers religious persecution for her prior beliefs as a pagan, and she and Naomi grow closer as they try to survive the hardships of poverty together. This relationship and her own spiritual reflection strengthen her belief in Judaism, and she again finds love with another Hebrew man, Boaz.

The House On Telegraph Hill is an intriguing cliffhanger set in a spooky Victorian mansion below Coit Tower in San Francisco. Victoria Kowelska (Valentina Cortese) has lived through World War II bombings and relocation camps, and has finally emigrated to America. Now she should be blissfully happy with her devoted husband (Richard Basehart) in their mansion overlooking the San Francisco Bay, but Victoria is not who she seems. Her child belongs to someone else, and her husband and housekeeper are frightening her half to death.

The story of a peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous, a poverty-stricken, pure hearted adolescent, who saw a vision, of a "Beautiful Lady" near her home town of Lourdes in 1858. The wondrous news spreads rapidly throughout France, leaving in its wake a variety of consequences: adoration, suspicion and greed among the people of Lourdes skepticism from the town doctor (Lee J. Cobb) charges of insanity from the town prosecutor (Vincent Price) threats of physical punishment, then support and guidance from the Dean of Lourdes (Charles Bickford), who finally becomes convinced that the miracle has, indeed, taken place. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Actress and Best Score, this true story is both first-rate filmmaking and an inspiring tribute to faith, courage and the human spirit.

Screen legend Bette Davis ("Dark Victory," "All About Eve") earned an Oscar for her powerful portrayal of a tempestuous Southern belle who loses her fiance (Oscar-winner Henry Fonda -- "The Lady Eve," "The Grapes of Wrath") through her cruel behavior. When he becomes stricken by the plague, she realizes the error of her ways and comes to his aid. Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Co-star Fay Bainter ("Woman of the Year") also received an Oscar. Directed by Oscar-winner William Wyler ("Ben Hur," "The Best Years of Our Lives"). Written by Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner John Huston ("The Maltese Falcon," "The African Queen," "Prizzi's Honor").

An 1880s Montana cattle baron (John McLiam) hangs a cattle rustler, mostly as an example to the gang's leader (Jack Nicholson). Nicholson vows revenge, but falls in love with the daughter (Kathleen Lloyd) of the cattle baron, and decides to settle down and become a farmer. But he continues to assist the rustlers who still raid McLiam's land. McLiam hires a top-gun bounty hunter (Marlon Brando). Nicholson sets out to kill Brando, but loses his chance. Brando resumes a murderous rampage which will soon wipe out all the outlaws-except Nicholson, who will precede his final battle to the death with Brando in a competition of mugging, switching accents (Brando) and mannerisms that would, in themselves, do in lesser men. This enormously entertaining movie was directed by Arthur Penn.

Laid-back rustler Tom Logan (Jack Nicholson) and his gang buy a ranch next to their new target: rich landowner Braxton (John McLiam). While Logan courts his neighbor's daughter (Kathleen Lloyd), Braxton gets wind of the rustling plot and hires gunman Lee Clayton (Marlon Brando) to do the dirty work. Brando delivers an inspired, bizarre performance as the cross-dressing, perfume-soaked hit man in Arthur Penn's off-kilter Western.

Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson ignite the screen in this rousing story of a wealthy Montana rancher who hires a professional killer to track down a gang of horse thieves.

Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson ignite the screen in this rousing story of a wealthy Montana rancher who hires a professional killer to track down a gang of horse thieves.