Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
Valley of the Dolls storyline. This Hollywood hit from bestselling novel by Jacqueline Susann is a high-gloss camp artifact–a time capsule (or some kind of capsule, anyway)–from the screwy ’60s.
Valley of the Dolls (1967) Read More
Beat Girl movie storyline. Before swinging London and the rock & roll explosion took over English youths, Britain’s first teen rebel didn’t have much of a cause but plenty of attitude.
Beat Girl (1960) Read More
The Lion in Winter movie storyline. An historical, dramatic tale of dysfunctional family intrigue set in the court of British King Henry II in 1183, from James Goldman’s sharply written screenplay.
The Lion in Winter (1968) Read More
In the Heat of the Night movie storyline. An intense whodunit detective story thriller set in the little town of Sparta, Mississippi during a hot summer.
In the Heat of the Night (1967) Read More
My Fair Lady movie storyline. One of the best and most popular musicals of all-time, from Lerner and Loewe – based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion.
My Fair Lady (1964) Read More
Based on Richard Condon’s novel, and adapted by George Axelrod. A complex, realistic depiction of brainwashing in a frightening, satirical psychological thriller. An American platoon fighting in the Korean War is captured and brainwashed by Communist North Koreans in Manchuria. Upon their return to the US, one of the veterans Major Bennett Marco (Sinatra) is haunted by recurring nightmares about their frightening incarceration.
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Read More
The Hustler movie storyline. Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge “Minnesota Fats” to a high-stakes match.
The Hustler (1961) Read More
Cool Hand Luke movie storyline. A social misfit Luke is arrested for destroying parking meters and imprisoned in a Southern prison farm, commanded by a sadistic, prison officer Captain.
Cool Hand Luke (1967) Read More
The Apartment movie storyline. C. C. Baxters generously lends out the keys to his NYC apartment to his company’s higher-up, philandering executives for romantic, adulterous, extra-marital trysts.
The Apartment (1960) Read More
George and Martha are a middle aged married couple, whose charged relationship is defined by vitriolic verbal battles, which underlies what seems like an emotional dependence upon each other. This verbal abuse is fueled by an excessive consumption of alcohol. George being an associate History professor in a New Carthage university where Martha’s father is the President adds an extra dimension to their relationship.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Read More