A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination Read More »
Tag Archives: Melville Shavelson
Beau James (1957) Melville Shavelson, Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas
The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the ’20s. Read More »
On the Double (1961) Melville Shavelson, Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White
American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Read More »
A New Kind of Love (1963) Melville Shavelson, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter
The fashion industry and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding the mistaken impression Read More »
The Seven Little Foys (1955) Melville Shavelson, Bob Hope, Milly Vitale, George Tobias
Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. Read More »
Houseboat (1958) Melville Shavelson, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer
Tom Winters, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. Read More »
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) Melville Shavelson, Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Adventure, Drama, History, War
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. Read More »
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) Melville Shavelson, Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino, Comedy, War
It Started in Naples (1960) Melville Shavelson, Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica, Comedy, Drama
Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged “black sheep” brother. Read More »
The Five Pennies (1959) Melville Shavelson, Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Biography, Drama, Music
Loring “Red” Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise’s band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz. He forms the “Five Pennies” which features his wife, Bobbie, as vocalist. At the peak of his fame, Red and Bobbie’s daughter, Dorothy, develops polio. Red quits the music business to move to Los Angeles where the climate is better for Dorothy. As Dorothy becomes a young teen, she learns of her father’s musical past, and he is persuaded to open a small nightclub which is failing until some noted names from his past come to help out.
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