In this lightweight made-for-television domestic comedy, a beautiful divorcee, who got the house and the kids, finds herself allowing her husband and his ditzy young fiancee to stay with them after he gets into financial dire straits. Director: Richard Michaels. Writer: Larry Grusin. Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Allyce Beasley, Joseph Bologna, Oliver Clark, Tony…
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Francois Truffaut (1977) Camera Three
Francois Truffaut in conversation in 1977 with Richard Roud, then Director of the New York Film Festival. Truffaut, director of “Jules and Jim,” “The Four Hundred Blows, etc. was in America for the premier of “The Man Who Loved Women” at the 15th NYFF. The film director speaks of his childhood, the moral…
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon (1961) The United States Steel Hour
Charlie Gordon, a mentally challenged man who is eager to learn, is given an experimental operation to increase his intelligence to genius level. The experiment seems to work, until one of the lab animals the procedure was tested on begins to lose its intelligence… Director: Fielder Cook. Writers: James Yaffe (adapted by), Daniel…
Fade-In (1968/73) AKA Iron Cowboy
A sophisticated Hollywood film editor, on location for a film she is working on, falls for a local cowboy who is hired to work on the film. Director: Jud Taylor (as Alan Smithee). AKA Iron Cowboy. Writer: Jerrold L. Ludwig. Stars: Burt Reynolds, Barbara Loden, Patricia Casey, Noam Pitlik, James Hampton, Joseph V….