Edward Gargan

Das rote Licht -- Das Rote Licht, filmed on Kurt Kren's 16mm camera, captures the windows of Vienna's red light district. Furtive glances towards S and M mannequins and neon signs for clubs such as C'est La Vie and the Velvet Palace hark to the lonely in the night. Das Rote Licht has the look of a peep show film projected over and over again. The windows are filled with mannequins cast in leather juxtaposed to images of the bygone days of Vienna's Hapsburg Imperial Era .

Red Light -- A closer look

"Lady Be Good" tells the story of Dixie Donegan and Eddie Crane, once-married songwriting partners who, although now divorced, are still in love with each other. As they work together on a new collaboration, their friend tries to convince them to remarry in this musical comedy. Starring Academy Award, Emmy-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Ann Sothern (the "Maisie" film series) as Dixie, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Robert Young (TV's "Marcus Welby, M.D.") as Eddie, and Eleanor Powell ("Born to Dance") as the friend who tries to get the couple back together. Also starring Hollywood legends including Academy Award-winner Lionel Barrymore ("It's a Wonderful Life"), Emmy Award-winner Red Skelton ("Around the World in Eighty Days"), and Emmy-winning comedian Phil Silvers ("It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"). Contains timeless musical classics such as "Fascinating Rhythm" and "Lady Be Good," and the Academy Award-winning song "The Last Time I Saw Paris."

Ex-Golden Gloves fighter Danny Kenny has it all worked out. He'll turn pro to bankroll his brother's dream of writing a symphonic paean to the teeming city where they both live: New York. But life pulls the sidewalk out from under Danny when he's blinded during a brutal 15-round welterweight title bout. James Cagney plays Danny in this heart-tugging melodrama co-starring Ann Sheridan, Anthony Quinn, film-debuting Arthur Kennedy and in a rare acting turn before becoming a director, Elia Kazan. Among familiar studio players, there's an unbilled one: a vivid backlot and rear-screen Manhattan. "Sometimes we wonder," The New York Times' Bosley Crowther wrote, "whether it wasn't really the Warner brothers who got New York from the Indians, so diligent and devoted have they been in feeling the great city's pulse."

This heartwarming fantasy stars Cary Grant, a failed Broadway Producer who, upon learning of the existence of a dancing caterpillar owned by youngster Ted Donaldson, acquires the miraculous insect in order to exploit its commercial worth. When Disney offers him $100,000 for it, he knows he's onto something big.

Abbott and Costello portray private detectives in this fast-paced comic thriller. Recent detective school graduates Bud and Lou are minding their new business when accused killer Tommy Nelson (Arthur Franz) bursts into their office. Proclaiming his innocence, he convinces the two to get him to his beautiful fiancee Helen (Nancy Guild). Just as the police arrive to investigate, Tommy injects himself with invisibility serum being developed by Helen's uncle. Nelson convinces Lou to go undercover as a boxer to help flush out the real killer. With Nelson's unseen assistance, Costello reluctantly goes into the ring as "Lou the Looper" for one of the most hilarious fight sequences ever filmed.

There's more than meets the eye when Abbott and Costello help an invisible man look for a killer and head into the boxing ring for one of the most hilarious fight sequences ever filmed.

There's more than meets the eye when Abbott and Costello help an invisible man look for a killer and head into the boxing ring for one of the most hilarious fight sequences ever filmed.

Private detectives Bud and Lou try to prove an invisible prizefighter innocent of his manager's murder.

Oscar-winner Spencer Tracy ("Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde") received his fourth nomination as an exasperated banker who has misgivings about his engaged daughter's groom. Oscar-winner Elizabeth Taylor ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "National Velvet") portrays the daughter. With Oscar-nominees Billie Burke ("The Wizard of Oz") and Russ Tamblyn ("Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "Peyton Place"). Directed by Academy Award-winning director Vincente Minnelli ("An American in Paris," "Gigi") and produced by Academy Award-recipient Pandro S. Berman ("Ivanhoe," "Top Hat"). Nominated for Best Picture and Screenplay, this hilarious look at family chaos spawned a sequel. Although remade in 1991 with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton, this classic is considered by many as the best.

A hilarious look at family chaos when an exasperated banker (Spencer Tracy) has misgivings about his daughter's (Elizabeth Taylor) engagement.

A hilarious look at family chaos when an exasperated banker (Spencer Tracy) has misgivings about his daughter's (Elizabeth Taylor) engagement.