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Dorthy Spencer is a Editor American born on 2 february 1909 at Kentucky (USA)
Dorothy Spencer (2 February 1909 – 23 May 2002) was an American film editor. Nominated for an Academy Award on several occasions she is remembered for editing several of director John Ford's best known movies, including Stagecoach (1939) and what film critic Roger Ebert calls, "Ford's greatest Western," My Darling Clementine.
She was born in Covington, Kentucky
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Nationality USA
Birth 2 february 1909 at Kentucky (USA)
Death 23 may 2002 (at 93 years) at Encinitas (USA)
Birth 2 february 1909 at Kentucky (USA)
Death 23 may 2002 (at 93 years) at Encinitas (USA)
Dorothy Spencer (2 February 1909 – 23 May 2002) was an American film editor. Nominated for an Academy Award on several occasions she is remembered for editing several of director John Ford's best known movies, including Stagecoach (1939) and what film critic Roger Ebert calls, "Ford's greatest Western," My Darling Clementine.
She was born in Covington, Kentucky
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The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
, 2h3Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, Sylvia Kristel, George Kennedy, Eddie Albert
Rating45%
Kevin Harrison (Robert Wagner), a corrupt arms dealer, attempts to destroy an American-owned Concorde on its maiden flight after one of the passengers, reporter Maggie Whelan (Susan Blakely), learns of his weapons sales to communist countries during the Cold War.
Earthquake (1974)
, 2h3Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree
Rating59%
Stewart Graff (Heston) is jogging near the Hollywood Sign. Back home, his wife Remy Royce-Graff (Gardner),a foul-mouthed bitter woman, starts her morning by picking a fight with him. After he has showered and is preparing to leave, Stewart finds Remy unconscious with a bottle of pills nearby. Accustomed to her periodic suicide attempts, Stewart prepares to induce vomiting when a violent tremor shakes the bedroom. Remy bolts out of bed, revealing that she was faking.
Limbo (1972)
, 1h52Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Kate Jackson, Katherine Justice, Hazel Medina, Stuart Margolin
Rating62%
Three women in Florida have husbands serving in Vietnam who are reported missing in action.
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
, 1h45Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Rod Steiger, Susannah York, George Grizzard, Don Murray, William Hickey, Pamelyn Ferdin
Rating59%
The opening of this play is "This is a simple-minded play about men who enjoy killing, and those who don't."
, 1h47Directed by Anthony Newley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Anthony Newley, Joan Collins, Milton Berle, George Jessel, Bruce Forsyth, Patricia Hayes
Rating49%
Heironymus Merkin vient d'avoir 40 ans, et est au beau milieu de la préparation du film retraçant sa vie. Il fait son autoportrait en se décrivant comme une marionnette contrôlée par un marionnettiste invisible. Dans sa jeunesse, Merkin sort de l'innocence de l'enfance dans les bras de Goodtime Eddie Filth (qu'on pourrait traduire par Eddie la Saleté Bontemps). Grâce à elle, Merkin se transforme en un coureur de femmes égoïste, cependant il est hanté par son amour perdu, Mercy Humppe.
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
, 1h48Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Carol White (actrice anglaise), Mala Powers, Suzanne Somers, Scott Hylands, Paul Burke, Edith Atwater
Rating61%
Cathy Palmer (White), a young British woman, comes to San Francisco to live. There she meets Kenneth Daly (Hylands), a relationship develops and she becomes pregnant, but when Cathy sees another side of Kenneth's personality, she elects to break off their engagement and abort the pregnancy.
Valley of the Dolls (1968)
, 2h3Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about television, Children's films
Actors Barbara Parkins, Sharon Tate, Patty Duke, Susan Hayward, Lee Grant, Tony Scotti
Rating60%
Three young women meet when they embark on their careers. Neely O'Hara (Duke) is a plucky kid with undeniable talent who sings in a Broadway show—the legendary actress Helen Lawson (Hayward) is the star of the play—while Jennifer North (Tate), a beautiful blonde with limited talent, is in the chorus. Anne Welles (Parkins) is a New England ingenue who recently arrived in New York City and works as a secretary for a theatrical agency that represents Lawson. Neely, Jennifer, and Anne become fast friends, sharing the bonds of ambition and the tendency to fall in love with the wrong men.
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
, 1h29Directed by Gene Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Elaine Devry, Aline Towne
Rating65%
Paul Manning discovers one day that his dear friend and neighbor Ed Stander has been cheating on his wife. Curious, he asks Ed about it and is given the history and tactics of men who have successfully committed adultery. With each new story, Paul can't help but notice the attractive blonde, Irma Johnson, who lives nearby.
Lost Command (1966)
, 2h9Directed by Mark Robson
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Michèle Morgan, Claudia Cardinale, Maurice Ronet
Rating62%
In the final moments of the 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu, a weakened French garrison anticipates a last assault by communist Viet Minh troops.
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
, 1h57Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Aviation films, Rail transport films, Political films, Évasion, Children's films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà, Adolfo Celi, Sergio Fantoni, Brad Dexter
Rating70%
Colonel Joseph Ryan (Frank Sinatra) is a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot who is shot down over Italy. He is captured by Italian troops and taken to a POW camp, run by the cruel Blackshirt Major Basilio Battaglia (Adolfo Celi). The camp is mainly populated by British prisoners.
Circus World (1964)
, 2h16Directed by Henry Hathaway, Richard Talmadge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Circus films
Actors John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale, Rita Hayworth, Lloyd Nolan, John Smith, Richard Conte
Rating60%
In 1901, Matt Masters (John Wayne), a Wild West circus star in the mold of Buffalo Bill Cody, bought a bankrupt circus in 1885 and successfully rebuilt it into a combination three ring and Wild West extravaganza, mixing Wild West Show acts with conventional circus acts in a winning combination. He has successfully toured the United States for more than a decade. Now that the century is about to turn, he wants to take his show to Europe.
Cleopatra (1963)
, 4h8Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Darryl F. Zanuck, Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau, Hume Cronyn
Rating69%
After the Battle of Pharsalus where Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) has defeated Pompey, Pompey flees to Egypt, hoping to enlist the support of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan) and his sister Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor). The Romans hold, and the armies of Mithridates arrive on Egyptian soil. The following day, Caesar passes judgment. He sentences Ptolemy's lord chamberlain to death for arranging an assassination attempt on Cleopatra. Cleopatra is crowned Queen of Egypt. She dreams of ruling the world with Caesar. When their son Caesarion is born, Caesar accepts him publicly, which becomes the talk of Rome and the Senate.
Wild in the Country (1961)
, 1h54Directed by Jerry Wald, Clifford Odets, Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, John Ireland, Gary Lockwood
Rating62%
The movie starts off with Glenn Tyler (Elvis Presley) getting into a fight with, and badly injuring, his drunken brother. A court releases him on probation into the care of his uncle in a small town, appointing Irene Sperry (Hope Lange) to give him psychological counselling. Marked as a trouble-maker, he is falsely suspected of various misdemeanors including an affair with Irene. Eventually shown to be innocent, he leaves to go to college and become a writer.
North to Alaska (1960)
, 1h57Directed by John Wayne, Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Stewart Granger, John Wayne, Capucine, Fabian Forte, Ernie Kovacs, Mickey Shaughnessy
Rating68%
After finding gold in Nome, Alaska, George Pratt (Stewart Granger) sends partner Sam McCord (John Wayne) to Seattle, Washington to bring back his fiancée, a French girl whom Sam has never met.
From the Terrace (1960)
, 2h29Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Barbara Eden, Ina Balin, Leon Ames
Rating66%
In 1946, David Alfred Eaton returns home from the war to Philadelphia. He finds his mother Martha driven to alcoholism by years of neglect and abuse from her husband Samuel Eaton, owner of a prestigious iron and steel company. Having withdrawn from his family after the death of his firstborn son thirteen years earlier, Samuel's resentment drove Alfred to turn his back on the family business and strike out on his own with his closest friend, Lex.