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ArticleThe cool world Duke, a young Harlem man rises to power in his street gang after taking inspiration from a Black Muslim preacher who spreads a dogma of hate against white oppressors.
- Contributor: Zipporah Films Collection (Library of Congress) - Lee, Carl - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Clarke, Shirley - Clanton, Hampton - Zipporah Films - Wiseman, Frederick - Miller, Warren
- Date: 1964
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ArticleMidnight cowboy Texas "cowboy", Joe Buck, takes a bus to New York to make his fortune hustling lonely, rich women who will pay for his sexual services. Shortly after arriving, he himself is hustled...
- Contributor: Vaccaro, Brenda - United Artists Corporation - Lloyd, John Robert - Schlesinger, John - Hellman, Jerome - Barry, John - Hoffman, Dustin - Holender, Adam - Jerome Hellman Productions - Utt, Kenneth ... Vaccaro, Brenda - United Artists Corporation - Lloyd, John Robert - Schlesinger, John - Hellman, Jerome - Barry, John - Hoffman, Dustin - Holender, Adam - Jerome Hellman Productions - Utt, Kenneth - Miles, Sylvia - Voight, Jon - Robertson, Hugh A. - Mgm/Ua Home Video (Firm) - Salt, Waldo - McGiver, John - Herlihy, James Leo
- Date: 1988
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ArticleThe band wagon Tony Hunter is a movie star whose career is in a downturn. Looking for a boost, Tony decides to try starring in a Broadway musical. His friends Lester and Lily Marton have...
- Contributor: Loew's Incorporated - Buchanan, Jack - Minnelli, Vincente - Fabray, Nanette - Green, Adolph - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Mgm/Ua Home Video (Firm) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Freed, Arthur - Mitchell, James - Levant, Oscar - Charisse, Cyd - Gist, Robert - Comden, Betty - Astaire, Fred
- Date: 1987
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ArticleTraffic in souls LU1767 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 2Dec13; LU1767. Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William Turner, Matt Moore. Material in the AFI/Nichol Collection may be from a reissue since it...
- Contributor: Tucker, George Loane - McNamara, Walter - Gail, Jane - Grandin, Ethel - Moore, Matt - Imp (Firm) - Afi/Nichol (Donald) Collection (Library of Congress) - Universal Film Manufacturing Company
- Date: 1913
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ArticleOn the waterfront Ex-fighter Terry Malloy could have been a contender, but now toils for boss Johnny Friendly on the waterfront. Terry is guilt-stricken when he lures a rebellious worker to his death. It takes...
- Contributor: Rca/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm) - Sony Pictures Entertainment Collection (Library of Congress) - Coca-Cola Company Collection (Library of Congress) - Spiegel, Sam - Brando, Marlon - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Horizon Pictures (G.B.) - Columbia Tristar Home Video (Firm) - Columbia Pictures - Bernstein, Leonard ... Rca/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm) - Sony Pictures Entertainment Collection (Library of Congress) - Coca-Cola Company Collection (Library of Congress) - Spiegel, Sam - Brando, Marlon - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Horizon Pictures (G.B.) - Columbia Tristar Home Video (Firm) - Columbia Pictures - Bernstein, Leonard - Malden, Karl - Schulberg, Budd - Kazan, Elia - Kaufman, Boris - Milford, Gene - Cobb, Lee J. - Steiger, Rod - Saint, Eva Marie
- Date: 1995
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ArticleThe godfather
Mario Puzo's The godfather The Corleone family nearly falls from power in America, but the organized crime family prevails and power passes from father to son.- Contributor: Pacino, AL - Castellano, Richard - Paramount Home Video (Firm) - Caan, James - Paramount Pictures Corporation - Coppola, Francis Ford - Brando, Marlon - Rota, Nino - Zinner, Peter - Puzo, Mario ... Pacino, AL - Castellano, Richard - Paramount Home Video (Firm) - Caan, James - Paramount Pictures Corporation - Coppola, Francis Ford - Brando, Marlon - Rota, Nino - Zinner, Peter - Puzo, Mario - Duvall, Robert - Conte, Richard - Ruddy, Albert S. - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Alfran Productions - Willis, Gordon - Reynolds, William - Hayden, Sterling - Keaton, Diane - Marley, John
- Date: 1981
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ArticleYankee Doodle Dandy Rousing musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan, famous entertainer, composer, playwright, and Broadway producer.
- Contributor: Joseph, Edmund - Turner Entertainment Co - Howe, James Wong - Leslie, Joan - Warner Bros. Pictures - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Curtiz, Michael - First National Pictures, Inc - Cohan, George M. (George Michael) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) ... Joseph, Edmund - Turner Entertainment Co - Howe, James Wong - Leslie, Joan - Warner Bros. Pictures - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Curtiz, Michael - First National Pictures, Inc - Cohan, George M. (George Michael) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Huston, Walter - Buckner, Robert - Cagney, James - Afi/Sonneborn (Jonathan) Collection (Library of Congress) - Twentieth Century-Fox Video - United Artists Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1982
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Article12 angry men
Twelve angry men In a New York City courthouse a 12-man jury deliberates the case of an 18-year-old, on trial for stabbing his father to death. If there is any reasonable doubt they are to...- Contributor: United Artists Corporation - Marshall, E. G. - Fonda, Henry - Hopkins, Kenyon - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Warden, Jack - Klugman, Jack - Sweeney, Joseph - Orion-Nova Productions (Firm) - Rodgers, Mark ... United Artists Corporation - Marshall, E. G. - Fonda, Henry - Hopkins, Kenyon - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Warden, Jack - Klugman, Jack - Sweeney, Joseph - Orion-Nova Productions (Firm) - Rodgers, Mark - Binns, Edward - Rose, Reginald - Lumet, Sidney - Balsam, Martin - Begley, Ed - Fiedler, John - Cobb, Lee J. - Voskovec, JiÅ™Ã
- Date: 1956
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ArticleThe crowd Mary, a working girl, meets John Sims, a dreamer who believes that luck will eventally bring him success. They marry after their first date--to Coney Island--and honeymoon at Niagara Falls. After 5...
- Contributor: Henderson, Dell - Murray, James - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Tomlinson, Daniel G. - Beaumont, Lucy - Roach, Bert - Turner Entertainment Co. Collection (Library of Congress) - Boardman, Eleanor - Vidor, King - Weaver, John V. A. (John Van Alstyne) - Clark, Estelle
- Date: 1928
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ArticleAll that jazz "It's showtime! In this part film à clef, part musical phantasmagoria, director/choreographer Bob Fosse takes a Felliniesque look at the life of a driven entertainer. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider, channeling Fosse) is...
- Contributor: Magnetic Video (Firm) - Palmer, Leland - Heim, Alan - Rosenberg, Philip - Burns, Ralph - Aurthur, Robert Alan - Vereen, Ben - Columbia Pictures - Foldi, Erzsebet - Scheider, Roy ... Magnetic Video (Firm) - Palmer, Leland - Heim, Alan - Rosenberg, Philip - Burns, Ralph - Aurthur, Robert Alan - Vereen, Ben - Columbia Pictures - Foldi, Erzsebet - Scheider, Roy - Gorman, Cliff - Reinking, Ann - Rotunno, Giuseppe - Lange, Jessica - Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation - Fosse, Bob
- Date: 1981
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ArticleHospital Shows the daily activities at New York City's Metropolitan Hospital with the emphasis on the emergency ward and outpatient clinics.
- Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Zipporah Films Collection (Library of Congress) - Metropolitan Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.) - Zipporah Films - Wiseman, Frederick
- Date: 1970
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ArticleKing Kong Kong, a giant gorilla, falls in love with Ann Darrow, the leading lady in a film being made on the remote island where he is worshipped as a god. He carries her...
- Contributor: Wray, Fay - Cooper, Merian C. - Afi/RKO Collection (Library of Congress) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Rose, Ruth - Cabot, Bruce - Armstrong, Robert - Creelman, James Ashmore
- Date: 1933
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ArticleThe Italian
Dago Beppo, an Italian gondolier, is in love with Annette, who has another suitor, wealthy but much older. Her father gives Beppo a year to prove himself, so he emigrates to New York...- Contributor: Beban, George - Paramount Pictures Corporation - Ince, Thomas H. - New York Motion Picture Corp - Williams, Clara - Barker, Reginald - Burke, J. Frank (John Franklin) - Sullivan, C. Gardner - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1915
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ArticleManhattan Describes the relationships of Isaac Davis, a successful New York television comedy writer, aged 42, with a variety of other New Yorkers: his mistress, Tracy, his ex-wife, Jill, his best friend, Yale,...
- Contributor: Brickman, Marshall - Afi/Sonneborn (Jonathan) Collection (Library of Congress) - Joffe, Charles H. - Murphy, Michael - Allen, Woody - Hemingway, Mariel - United Artists Collection (Library of Congress) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Kronenfeld, Anne Byrne - Willis, Gordon - Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions - Keaton, Diane - Streep, Meryl
- Date: 1979