Shortly before the start of the American Civil War rebel Kansas leader Luke Darcy dreams of a new independent Republic of Kansas. Read More »
Tag Archives: Melvin Frank
Above and Beyond (1952) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Read More »
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) Melvin Frank
A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed Read More »
Lost and Found (1979) Melvin Frank, George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Maureen Stapleton
A college professor (George Segal) and an English divorcee (Glenda Jackson) Read More »
Knock on Wood (1954) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher
Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has to see another love affair fail. Read More »
That Certain Feeling (1956) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders
When Larry Larkin’s comic strip needs some freshening up Read More »
Li’l Abner (1959) Melvin Frank, Leslie Parrish, Stubby Kaye, Peter Palmer
As Sadie Hawkins Day approaches, Daisy Mae hopes to win the hand of Li’l Abner by catching him in the traditional race. Read More »
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) Melvin Frank, Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Comedy
The story of Mel and Edna (Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft), a middle-class, middle-aged, middle-happy couple living in a Manhattan high rise apartment building. Read More »
Strictly Dishonorable (1951) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell, Comedy, Romance, Musical
Strictly Dishonorable is a musicalized version of Preston Sturges’ cynical Broadway comedy of the same title, previously filmed sans songs in 1931. Read More »
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) Melvin Frank, Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers, Comedy, Romance, War
Twenty years after their initial war-time visit three U.S. servicemen hold a reunion at an Italian village. Read More »