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Tag Archives: Shirley MacLaine
Bernie (2011) Richard Linklater, Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey
We meet Bernie Tiede (1958- ), a chubby undertaker, who takes pride in his work. Read More »
Two For the Seesaw (1962) Robert Wise, Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Edmon Ryan
Jerry Ryan is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career Read More »
Carolina (2003) Marleen Gorris, Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola
Carolina Mirabeau was raised ‘free-spirited’ with two sisters by eccentric, domineering grandma Millicent in the country. Read More »
Career (1959) Joseph Anthony, Dean Martin, Anthony Franciosa, Shirley MacLaine
Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. Read More »
Madame Sousatzka (1988) John Schlesinger, Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Peggy Ashcroft
Bengali Sushila Sen and her son, Manek, relocate from India to London after Sushila’s Read More »
Ask Any Girl (1959) Charles Walters, David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Gig Young
When Meg Wheeler, a naive young girl, goes to big city looking for a husband she lands a job Read More »
Can-Can (1960) Walter Lang, Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier
Montmartre, 1896: the Can-Can, the dance in which the women lift their skirts, is forbidden. Read More »
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968) Joseph McGrath, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth
Harriet Blossom, the lonely wife of a workaholic brassiere manufacturer Read More »
The Turning Point (1977) Herbert Ross, Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Mikhail Baryshnikov
The story of two women whose lives are dedicated to ballet. Deedee left her promising dance career to become a wife Read More »
The Matchmaker (1958) Joseph Anthony, Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine
It’s 1884 in Yonkers, New York. Dolly Gallagher-Levi is a Jane-of-all-Trades, but her latest and most lucrative venture is as a matchmaker Read More »
Gambit (1966) Ronald Neame, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom
Cockney cat burglar Harry Dean needs Hong Kong dancer Nicole Chang’s help to pull off the perfect heist. Read More »
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) Randa Haines, Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine
Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. Read More »
My Geisha (1962) Jack Cardiff, Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson
Paul Robaix is a well known director, married to Lucy Dell, a famous movie star. Read More »
Desperate Characters (1971) Frank D. Gilroy, Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson
Sophie and Otto Bentwood are set in their ways. And unsettled in their hearts. Read More »