Elwood Bredell Articles
Burt Lancaster Movie Schedule: SCORPIO, THE KILLERS, BRUTE FORCE

Burt Lancaster on TCM: THE LEOPARD, SCORPIO, THE KILLERS I haven't watched Michael Winner's Scorpio (1973), an unflattering portrayal of US foreign policy and the CIA that reunited Lancaster with his The Leopard co-star Alain Delon. As per the TCM synopsis, "a CIA hit man [Lancaster] is stalked by a former partner [Delon] when the agency turns on him." A Man for All Seasons' Best [...]
Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner: Robert Siodmark's THE KILLERS Academy Screening

Robert Siodmak's The Killers (1946), the film noir that catapulted Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner (above) to stardom, will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood’s Dark Side.” The Killers will be shown on Monday, June 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. [...]
Best Films – 1947

Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron, David Farrar in Black Narcissus FILM Black Narcissus d, scr: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Cheyenne d: Raoul Walsh; scr: Alan Le May, Thames Williamson Crossfire d: Edward Dmytryk; scr: John Paxton Down to Earth d: Alexander Hall; scr: Edwin Blum, Don Hartman The Ghost and Mrs. Muir d: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; scr: Philip Dunne Life with Father d: Michael Curtiz; [...]
Best Films – 1946

Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford in Gilda FILM Anna and the King of Siam d: John Cromwell; scr: Talbot Jennings, Sally Benson The Best Years of Our Lives d: William Wyler; scr: Robert E. Sherwood Cloak and Dagger d: Fritz Lang; scr: Albert Maltz, Ring Lardner Jr. From This Day Forward d: John Berry; scr: Hugo Butler, Garson Kanin Gilda d: Charles Vidor; scr: Marion Parsonnet [...]