Sammy White

Billy Crystal Sammy Davis Jr, Sammy Davis Jr White House, Sammy Davis Jr Ronald Reagan

The relationships between a powerful Hollywood producer and the people that work for him. Grahame received an Oscar for her supporting role! Colorized version available.

Billy Crystal Sammy Davis Jr, Sammy Davis Jr White House, Sammy Davis Jr Ronald Reagan

A veteran New York City sports promoter transforms a beautiful physical education teacher into a famous athlete. Bronson's debut screen appearance!

James Lee (Dick Powell) takes a call from Mr. Shields.

Fred (Barry Sullivan) recounts his work with producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) on 'Doom of the Cat Men,' including their chat with the wardrobe man (Ned Glass)

Rosemary (Gloria Grahame) is upset with her husband (Dick Powell) for how rude he was at the party.

This is a complex story about Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a man whose ability to make new memories is damaged when he is struck in the head while confronting two drug dealers who are attacking his wife at their home in the middle of the night. His wife and one of the drug dealers are killed during the attack. Leonard then devotes his life to finding and killing the second attacker. Before finally achieving his goal, he is manipulated by others who use his condition for their own purposes. The movie alternates between color and black and white sequences. The black and white sequences proceed in chronological order, but the color sequences proceed in reverse chronological order. The forward black and white scenes and the reverse color scenes alternate until they meet in the middle of the story at the end of the film. In the two disc DVD set, the second disc contains the movie in chronological order. To play this version of the movie: (1) select the clock icon; (2) select the answer 'C' to every multiple choice question; and (3) arrange the tire changing steps in reverse chronological order (3-4-1-2). The movie will then begin to play (with the credits first - in backward order). Some functions (fast forward, chapter skip, etc.) are disabled. This is a synopsis of the story as presented when put together in chronological order. It is not the plot order presented in the film. The story starts in black and white. Leonard Shelby wakes up in a room at the Discount Inn puzzled as to why he is there. The phone rings and he speaks with an unknown caller. He tells the caller that he suffers from anterograde amnesia, a condition which makes him unable to create new memories. He describes the condition by detailing the story of Sammy Jankis (Stephen Tobolowsky), who had the same problem. Leonard describes how one must have a system of notes to deal with the problems and a drive to use them. Leonard says he has the drive that Sammy never had and the viewer sees Leonard

The trailer for The Bad and the Beautiful. In Hollywood, screenwriter James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell), movie star Georgia Lorrison (Lana Turner), and director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) each refuse to speak by phone to Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) in Paris. Movie producer Harry Pebbel (Walter Pidgeon) gathers them in his office and begs them to help Shields out. The backstory of their involvement with Shields unfolds. Shields is the son of a notorious old filmmaker who had been dumped by the industry. He was so unpopular that his son had to hire 'extras' to attend his funeral. Shields is determined to make it in Hollywood by any means necessary. In a flashback, Shields partners with aspiring director Amiel, whom he meets at his father's funeral. In a poker game, Shields intentionally loses money he does not have to film executive Pebbel so he can talk Pebbel into letting him work off the debt. Shields and Amiel learn their respective trades making low-budget films for him. Amiel decides he is ready to film a project he has been nursing along. Shields pitches it to the studio. He gets a large budget to produce the film, but has to betray Amiel by letting someone with an established reputation direct it. Shields next encounters alcoholic small-time actress Lorrison, the daughter of a famous actor Shields admired. He builds up her confidence and gives her the leading role in one of his movies over everyone else's objections. When she falls in love with him, he lets her think that he feels the same way in order to get the performance he needs. After a smash premiere makes her a star overnight, she finds him with a beautiful bit player named Laila (Elaine Stewart). He drives Lorrison away, telling her that he will never allow anyone to have that much control over him. Finally, Bartlow is a contented professor at a small college who has written a bestselling book. Shields wants to turn it into a film and have him write the script. Bartlow is not in