1898 City Hall
Down in Dixie
Loading a Mississippi Steamboat
Mardi Gras Carnival (Documentary Short)
Scene on the Steamship ‘Olivette’
Torpedo Boat ‘Dupont’
Way Down South
1902 Arrival of Rex (Documentary Short)
Mardi Gras Parade (Documentary Short)
1915 Garden of Lies His Turning Point Prohibition Wormwood 1916 The Folly of Revenge 1917 Burn the Candle The Price She Paid 1918 Tarzan of the Apes Uncle Tom's Cabin was the most-filmed story of the silent film era. This popularity was due to the continuing popularity of both the book and "Tom shows," meaning audiences were already familiar with the characters and the plot, making it easier for the film to be understood without spoken words. This 1918 version was directed and adapted by J. Searle Dawley. Also that year Marguerite Clark married New Orleans, Louisiana plantation owner Harry Palmerston Williams (1880-1936) with whom she would remain until his death. Their former mansion on St. Charles Avenue in Uptown New Orleans now houses the Milton Latter branch of the New Orleans Public Library. Marguerite Clark Little Eva and Topsy Sam Hardy Simon Legree Florence Carpenter Eliza Harris Frank Losee Uncle Tom J. Searle Dawley Film Director The Light 1920 The Sporting Duchess White Youth 1921 Millionaire for a Day 1923 The White Rose In Acadia, now part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them into exile with their lands forfeit to the Crown. Evangeline follows the exiled men in hopes of finding her beloved, but even after he and the other Acadians are released in Louisiana, she cannot find him, always arriving at some locale just after he has departed. But she dedicates her life to searching the continent for the man she loves. Dolores del Rio Evangeline Roland Drew Gabriel Alec B. Frances Father Felician Edwin Carewe Film Director 1933 Repeal Bring Wet Flood! (Short Film) 1934 Dixieland (Documentary Short) Lazy River 1935 Naughty Marietta Princess Marie de Namours de la Bonfain is a beautiful, young, sophisticated French princess of 23, who finds more worth in true love than a title. On the eve of her arranged marriage, to a Spanish-grandee, whom she doesn't love, her maid, Marietta comes to her to say farewell. Marietta is to leave that night on a cargo ship bound for New Orleans where she is to make a new life and find a husband. Princess Marie trades places with Marietta to escape her unwanted marriage and takes on the maid, Marietta's identity. While sailing, the cargo ship is taken hostage by pirates, but, Captain Richard Warrington and his mercenaries soon come to the rescue. Captain Warrington is quickly taken by the beautiful princess aka Marietta and she with him. But, he has no interest in marriage and she's afraid she might be recognized. Meanwhile in France, a search and reward is out for Princess Marie's whereabouts. Princess Marie's Uncle and fiancée soon discover that she is in New Orleans and sail for America. When they arrive Princess Maria's true identity is revealed. That eve, a elegant ball is thrown in her honor. Captain Warrington learns that the Princess will be sent back that night to France, but, he isn't going to let the women he loves get away that easy. Jeannette MacDonald Marietta Nelson Eddy Captain Warrington Frank Morgan Gov. Gaspar d'Annard Hunt Stromberg Film Producer W.S. Van Dyke Film Producer 1938 Jezebel Jezebel was, in 1938, widely regarded as Warner Bros.’ “compensation” to Bette Davis for her losing the opportunity to play Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind. Resemblances to the two properties are inescapable: Jezebel heroine Julie Morrison is a headstrong Southern belle not unlike Scarlett (Julie lives in New Orleans rather than Georgia); she foolishly loves a man (played by Henry Fonda) who is betrothed to another; and she makes a public spectacle of herself by wearing an inappropriate red dress at a ball, just as Scarlett brazenly dances with Rhett Butler while still garbed in widow’s weeds. Bette Davis won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Julie Morrison; an additional Oscar went to Fay Bainter for her portrayal of the remonstrative Aunt Belle (she's the one who labels Julie a "Jezebel” at a crucial plot point). Jezebel was based on the old and oft-produced play by Owen Davis Sr. Bette Davis Julie Morrison Henry Fonda Preston Dillard George Brent William Wyler Film Director 1938 The Buccaneer In the War of 1812, the British have sacked Washington and hope to capture New Orleans, where pirate Jean Lafitte romances blueblooded Annette de Remy and openly sells his loot in a pirates' market. But he never attacks American ships. Can the British bribe Lafitte to help them? Can Lafitte persuade American authorities of his loyalty? Will a love triangle between Annette and pretty Dutch girl Gretchen (survivor of a pirates' prize) bring about Lafitte's undoing? 1940 Modern New Orleans (Documentary Short)
1912 The Darling of the C.S.A.
A silent, black & white, war romance.
Anna Q. Nilsson Agnes Lane
Guy Coombs Captain Hunt, C.S.A.
Hal Clements Brig. General Morton, C.S.C.
Kenean Buel Film Director
1912 A Mardi Gras Mix-Up
A silent, black & white, comedy romance.
Tom Moore Actor
Lottie Pickford Actor
Stuart Holmes Actor
1912 The Belle of New Orleans
A silent, black & white, comedy romance.
Tom Moore Actor
Lottie Pickford Actor
Gene Gautier Actor
1914 Springtime
Elmo Lincoln Tarzan Brawny Lincoln is the original screen Tarzan.
A silent film well done and more faithful to the book than later versions.
Enid Markey Jane Porter
True Boardman John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
Kathleen Kirkham Alice Clayton, Lady Greystoke
George B. French Binns, a sailor
Gordon Griffith Tarzan, younger
Colin Kenny Greystoke's nephew
Thomas Jefferson Professor Porter
Bessie Toner Bar Maid
Jack Wilson Captain of the Fuwalda
Scott Sidney Film Director
1918 The Revelation
Joline, a cabaret singer in Paris, models for her lover, painter Paul
Granville. Paul becomes famous for his paintings of Joline in the guise
of famous women like Cleopatra and Salome. But when he paints Joline
as the Madonna, a miracle occurs which transforms her life and
ultimately saves his.
Charles Bryant Paul Granville
Alla Nazimova Joline
Frank Prior The Prior
George D. Baker Film Director
1918 Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1929 Evangeline
Fredric March Jean Lafitte
Franciska Gaal Gretchen
Walter Brennan Ezra Peavey
Cecil B. DeMille Film Director
1939 The Cat and the Canary
Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman.
Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' six remaining relatives to
his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' reading of the will. To the others
disappointment, Joyce is the sole heir, but, due to a streak of insanity
running in the family, a second will has been made in case Joyce falls
victim to it. This puts Joyce in danger. Suddenly, Miss Lu, Cyrus' maid,
appears and warns them that the spirits have told her that one of them
will die that night. Following this, Hendrick, a prison guard, warns them
that, "The Cat", a homicidal maniac has escaped. This sets up Cyrus'
relatives with a night filled with murders, mysteries and intrigue.
Bob Hope Wally Campbell
Paulette Goddard Joyce Newman
John Beal Fred Blythe
Elliot Nugent Film Director
1940 Old New Orleans (Documentary Short)
1941 Swamp Women
1941 The Flame of New Orleans
French farce comes to the New World in 1840 as Claire Ledoux convinces
the middle-aged banker who is her fiancé that she is two different
women -- a deception made necessary by the arrival of a man acquainted
with the swath she cut across Europe. Giraud has been about to foreclose
on a $150 loan made to a sea captain who needed the funds to court
Claire. Get Claire's "cousin" out of New Orleans before the wedding,
Giraud tells the sea captain and the debt will be paid.
Marlene Dietrich Countess Claire Ledoux, aka Lili
Bruce Cabot Robert Latour
Roland Young Charles Giraud
Mischa Auer Zolotov
Andy Devine Andrew, The First Sailor
Frank Jenks Second Sailor
Eddie Quillan Third Sailor
Laura Hope Crews Auntie
Franklin Pangborn Bellows
Theresa Harris Clementine, Claire's Maid
René Clair Film Director
1942 Campus Capers (Short Film)
1944 The Mummy’s Curse
1947 New Orleans
Great film set in New Orleans and featuring some of the greatest
musicians in the history of jazz.
Arturo De Cordova Nick Duquesne
Billie Holiday Endie (Miralee's maid)
Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong
Arthur Lubin Film Director
1948 Louisiana Story
1949 American Heritage of Hospitality (Documentary Short)
1950 Panic in the Street
The Black Death threatens New Orleans in this intense tale. When a body is found on the waterfront, a doctor (Widmark) is called upon for a diagnosis. The carrier proves to be deadly in more ways than one. Fine performances, taut direction - this was one of director Elia Kazan's favorite movies. This was filmed on location in New Orleans.
Richard Widmark Lt. Cmdr. Clinton 'Clint' Reed M.D.
Jack Palance Blackie
Barbara Bel Geddes Nancy Reed
Paul Douglas Capt. Tom Warren
Zero Mostel Raymond Fitch
Elia Kazan Film Director
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Marlon Brando Stanley Kowalski 1952 Holiday for Sinners The Steel Trap 1953 Louisiana Territory
Set in the French Quarter of post WWII New Orleans, desperate and neurotic Blanche DuBois searches for someplace and someone to call her own when she is forced out of her hometown after trying to seduce a teenage boy whom she was teaching. What she finds is a wild town filled with characters more desperate than herself - namely the brutish Stanley who is in love with Blanche's sister Stella and deeply mistrusts Blanche and her shadowy past.
Vivien Leigh Blanche DuBois
Kim Hunter Stella Kowalski
Karl Malden Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell
Rudy Bond Steve
Nick Dennis Pablo Gonzales
Peg Hillias Eunice
Wright King A Collector
Richard Garrick A Doctor
Ann Dere The Matron
Elia Kazan Film Director
1953 Thunder Bay
In 1946, ex-Navy engineer Steve Martin comes to a Louisiana town with
a dream: to build a safe platform for offshore oil drilling. Having finessed
financing from a big oil company, formerly penniless Steve and his
partner Johnny are in business... and getting interested in shrimp-boat
captain Rigaud's two lovely daughters. But opposition from the fishing
community grows fast, led by Stella Rigaud. Other hazards include
sabotage, a hurricane... and a treacherous board of directors.
James Stewart Steve Martin 1955 Louisiana Hayride (Television Movie) Riot on Pier 6 Pete Kelly’s Blues Swamp Women The First Hundred Days (Short Film) 1956 Nightmare 1957 Band of Angels Bayou Wonders of New Orleans (Short Film) Drango Satchmo the Great Claire Bloom Bonnie Brown 1958 Damn Citizen 1958 King Creole Carolyn Jones Ronnie This is a grade B musical with an implausible plot. Military cadets stage a raffle so one of them can go to the Mardi Gras and ask a French actress to be homecoming queen. Honestly! Is that not a stupid premise for a film? Pat Boone performs with complete lack of passion. Tommy Sands and Gary Crosby are incredibly obnoxious sidekicks and the Oscar-nominated song score (Bourbon Street Blues, Shenandoah, What Stonewall Jackson Said, Mardi Gras, Just Like The Pioneers, Bigger Than All Of Texas, That Man, Loyalty, I'll Remember Tonight) has only one gem in it (the love song I'll Remember Tonight) - Newman was nominated both for the song score and the jazzy, New Orleans type background scoring which ranges from mediocre to serviceable. The only things going for it are the pastel tones of the DeLuxe Color and the charming, natural and delightful performance of Christine Carere as the French actress. She is fresh and natural in the Leslie Caron style and is the only thing worth watching the film for these days. She made only 21 movies before retiring from film in 1966. Unless you are a Pat Boone fan (and this is far from his best), don't bother. Pat Boone Pat Newell Christine Carère Michelle Marton 1958 New Orleans after Dark The Invisible Avenger Joanne Woodward Clara Varner Orson Welles Will Varner Anthony Franciosa Jody Warner Lee Remick Eula Varner Angela Lansbury Minnie Littlejohn Martin Ritt Film Director 1959 Louisiana Hussy Nan Peterson Nina Duprez, alias Minette Lanier Robert Richards Pierre Guillot John Wayne Col. John Marlowe William Holden Maj. Henry 'Hank' Kendall 1959 The Sound and the Fury Loosely based on the William Faulkner novel, this movie follows the lives and passions of the Compsons: a once-proud Southern family now just barely scraping by both financially and emotionally. Howard passes the time in a bottle; his brother Bengy is child in a man's body; sister Caddy has come crawling home after years of being kept by a string of "admirers". Only Jason, the cruel, cold-hearted adopted head of the family, and Quentin, who was abandoned at birth by Caddy, have the fire and the fury needed to put the family back on its feet again. 1960 Coronado 9 (Television Series) Desire in the Dust 1961 Blood of the Zombie 1962 The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus Walk of the Wild Side 1963 Girls in Trouble Steve McQueen Eric Stoner “The Cincinnati Kid” Edward G. Robinson Lancey Howard
Joanne Dru Stella Rigaud
Gilbert Roland Teche Bossier
Dan Duryea Johnny Gambi
Jay C. Flippen Kermit MacDonald
Marcia Henderson Francesca Rigaud
Robert Monet Phillipe Bayard
Antonio Moreno Dominique Rigaud
Harry Morgan Rawlings
Fortunio Bonanova Sheriff Antoine Chighizola
Anthony Mann Film Director
1954 Naughty New Orleans
1958 Buccaneer
A swashbuckling version of the adventures of pirate Jean LaFitte and
his association with President Andrew Jackson during the War of
1812. Remake of Cecille B. DeMille's 1938 production.
Yul Brynner Jean Lafitte
Charles Boyer Dominique You
Inger Stevens Annette Claiborne
Henry Hull Ezra Peavey
E.G. Marshall Gov. William Claiborne
Charlton Heston Gen. Andrew Jackson
Lorne Greene Mercier
Ted de Corsia Capt. Rumbo
Douglass Dumbrille Collector of the Port
Anthony Quinn Film Director
The King as a teenager with a criminal record who becomes a successful pop singer in New Orleans but is threatened by his ties to crime, represented by Walter Matthau. One of the better Elvis films, based on Harold Robbins' A Stone for Danny Fisher. The is Elvis' last film appearance before his service in the Army.
Elvis Presley Danny Fisher
Walter Matthau Maxie Fields
Dolores Hart Nellie
Dean Jagger Mr. Fisher
Liliane Montevecchi Forty Nina
Vic Morrow Shark
Paul Stewart Charlie LeGrand
Jan Shepard Mimi Fisher
Brian G. Hutton Sal
Michael Curtiz Film Director
Tommy Sands Barry Denton
Sheree North Eadie
Gary Crosby Tony Runkle
Fred Clark Curtis
Dick Sargent Dick Saglon
Barrie Chase Torchy
Jennifer West Sylvia
Geraldine Wall Ann Harris
Edmund Goulding Film Director
1958 The Long, Hot Summer
Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS after being kicked out of another
town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns just about
everything in Frenchman's Bend and he hires Ben to work in his store. Will
thinks his own son, Jody, who manages the store, lacks ambition and
despairs of him getting his wife, Eula, pregnant. Will thinks his daughter,
Clara, a schoolteacher, will never get married. He decides that Ben Quick
might make a good husband for Clara to bring some new blood into the
family. Written by William Faulkner.
Paul Newman Ben Quick
Brothers Pierre and Jacques Guillot are partners in trading furs and Spanish Moss and Jacques is mad at his brother because Pierre is about to marry Lily and Jacques thought he had the inside track on her. Jacques refuses to attend the wedding, and is out gathering moss with his assistant Cob when Callie, an old Gris-Gris woman, leads them to where she has found a badly beaten and unconscious young woman. They take her to Doc Opie just as Pierre and Lily are being escorted to their new home by friends following their wedding. Later, Minette tells him that Pierre had forced his attention on her while she was ill. Jacques moves her into his shack to protect her from Pierre. The doctor brings Pierre and Lily a New Orleans newspaper showing a very beautiful woman identified as Mrs. Minette Lanier who had recently committed suicide in the neighboring exclusive community of Grange Hill. They go to New Orleans and look up Clay Lanier, who has been on a prolonged binge ever since his wife's suicide. His servant, Burt, tells them that the real Minette had been crippled after falling off a horse, and Clay had brought Nina Duprez to his home as a companion for Minette. Nina is more interested at being Clay's companion and pulls a few tricks and incidents that convinces Minette that Clay is carrying' on with Nina, and she commits suicide. Clay knows her suicide was engineered by Nina, almost kills her and tries to kill himself, but Burt interferes and, during the fight, Nina manages to escape and collapses from the beating and exhaustion at the spot where Callie found her. Clay sobers up and decides he will go after Nina and finish the job.
Peter Coe Jacques Guillot
Betty Lynn Lili Guillot
Howard Wright Cob
Harry Lauter Clay Lanier
Helen Forrest Callie, the Gris-Gris Woman
William Rowland Film Director
Lee Sholem Film Director
1959 The Alligator People
1959 The Horse Soldiers
An 1863 Union cavalry officer is sent 300 miles into Confederate territory
to destroy a railroad junction and is accompanied by a fellow officer who
is also a pacifist doctor. Based on a true Civil War story.
Constance Towers Miss Hannah Hunter of Greenbriar
Judson Pratt Sgt. Maj. Kirby
Hoot Gibson Sgt. Brown
Ken Curtis Cpl. Wilkie
Willis Bouchey Col. Phil Secord
Bing Russell Dunker, A Yankee Soldier Amputee
O.Z. Whitehead Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Hank Worden Deacon Clump
John Ford Film Director
1963 Toys in the Attic
A man returns to his home in New Orleans with his child bride, where
they will live with his two impoverished, spinster sisters. A toned-down
version of the Lillian Hellman play.
Dean Martin Julian Berniers
Geraldine Page Carrie Berniers
Yvette Mimieux Lily Prine Berniers
Wendy Hiller Anna Berniers
Gene Tierney Albertine Prine
Nan Martin Charlotte Warkins
Larry Gates Cyrus Warkins
Frank Silvera Henry Simpson, the Chauffeur
Charles Lampkin Gus, Handyman
George Roy Hill Film Director
1964 Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Charlotte Hollis, wealthy southern spinster, is shunned by her community for
the grisly murder some 40 years prior of her intended, John Mayhew. Even
though her guilt in the matter was never proven, the townspeople liken her
to a modern-day Lizzie Borden. The murders are similar in nature and the
children even taunt her with cruel rhymes. For this reason she lives a life
secluded from the mainstream of society. Her needs are cared for by her
faithful servant, Velma. Now, progress in the guise of new highway
construction threatens the Hollis plantation, her home and the family
domicile since Civil War times. She refuses to leave when she is issued an
eviction notice by the Sheriff and even takes pot shots at the highwaymen
when they encroach upon her property line. Charlotte summons "Cousin
Miriam" to fight the public battle to save her home. To her chagrin, Miriam
has come with the intention of assisting with the packing -- not to save the
mansion from the bulldozers. After Charlotte, Miriam is the sole heir to the
Hollis estate. This is motive enough for Miriam to have Charlotte committed
for her strange and reclusive behavior. But, is Charlotte insane? Doctor Drew
seems to feel she may need some help across the threshold of insanity.
Bette Davis Charlotte Hollis
Olivia de Havilland Miriam Deering
Joseph Cotten Dr. Drew Bayliss
Agnes Moorehead Velma Cruther
Cecil Kellaway Harry Wills
Victor Buono Samuel Eugene "Big Sam" Hollis
Mary Astor Mrs. Jewel Mayhew
Wesley Addy Sheriff Luke Standish
William Campbell Paul Marchand
Bruce Dern John Mayhew
Robert Aldrich Film Director
1965 Days of Our Lives (Television Series)
1965 The Cincinnati Kid
when he comes up against the veteran cardshark Lancey Howard
(Robinson). During a marathon card game, Kid notices dealer Shooter
(Malden) is throwing the game his way but he only wants to win fair and
square. Conventional fare, with Ann-Margaret around for some
conventional romance, helped along by serviceable performances and
some stunning cinematography.
Ann-Margret Melba Nile
Karl Malden Shooter
Tuesday Weld Christian Rudd
Joan Blondell Lady Fingers
Rip Torn William Jefferson Slade
Jack Weston Pig
Cab Calloway Yeller
Jeff Corey Hoban
1965
1966 Alverez Kelly
Offbeat western with Holden as the Mexican-Irish Kelly who has just sold
a herd of cattle to the North during the Civil War. Confederate officer
Widmark kidnaps Holden in an effort to have the cattle redirected to the
South. Aided by the traditional women in the midst of men intent on
double-crossing each other, a fierce hatred develops between the two,
erupting into violence. Sleepy performance by Holden is countered by an
intensive Widmark. Based on a true Civil War incident, the script
occasionally wanders far afield with the cattle, who cleverly heighten the
excitement by stampeding.
William Holden Alvarez Kelly
Richard Widmark Col. Tom Rossiter
Janice Rule Liz Pickering
Patrick O'Neal Maj. Albert Steadman
Victoria Shaw Charity Warwick
Roger C. Carmel Capt. Angus Ferguson
Richard Rust Sgt. Hatcher
Arthur Franz Capt. Towers
Don 'Red' Barry Lt. Farrow
Duke Hobbie John Beaurider
Edward Dmytryk Film Director
1966 Nevada Smith
story "The Carpetbaggers" and film of same name) seeks the outlaws
who killed his parents. Standard western plot, characters. This was
remade later as a TV movie.
Steve McQueen Nevada Smith/Max Sand/Fitch
Karl Malden Tom Fitch
Brian Keith Jonas Cord
Arthur Kennedy Bill Bowdre
Suzanne Pleshette Pilar
Raf Vallone Father Zaccardi
Janet Margolin Neesa
Pat Hingle Big Foot
Howard Da Silva Warden of work camp
Martin Landau Jesse Coe
Henry Hathaway Film Director
1966 This Property is Condemned
It's a hot time down south once again in this adaptation of the Tennessee
Williams play. Wood is the overly flirtatious southern charmer who takes
a shine to the latest tenant of her loathsome mama's boardinghouse. And
since it's Redford, who can blame her. Things steam up when he returns
her interest but there's trouble a'brewin'. Both leads are lovely but the
film itself is overly southern-fried. Williams was reportedly unhappy with
the script and wanted his name removed from the film.
Natalie Wood Alva Starr
Robert Redford Owen Legate
Charles Bronson J. J. Nichols
Kate Reid Hazel Starr
Mary Badham Willie Starr
Alan Baxter Knopke
Robert Blake Sidney
Dabney Coleman Salesman
John Harding Johnson
Ray Hemphill Jim
Sydney Pollack Film Director
1967 Hot Thrills and Warm Chills
1967 Hotel Rod
A pale rehash of the "Grand Hotel" formula about an array of rich
characters interacting in a New Orleans hotel. From the Arthur Hailey
potboiler; basis for the TV series.
Catherine Spaak Jeanne
Taylor Peter McDermott
Karl Malden Keycase
Melvyn Douglas Warren Trent
Merle Oberon The Duchess
Richard Conte Dupree
Michael Rennie Duke of Lanbourne
Kevin McCarthy O'Keefe
Carmen McRae Christine
Alfred Ryder Capt. Yolles
Richard Quine Film Director
1967 Hurry Sundown
A ruthless up and coming Southerner is determined to buy up the tracts
of land that border his land - one owned by his cousin, the other by a
black man.
Michael Caine Henry Warren
Loring Smith Thomas Elwell
Peter Goff Lipscomb
Jane Fonda Julie Ann Warren
George Kennedy Sheriff Coombs
John Phillip Law Rad McDowell
Luke Askew Dolph Higginson
Robert Hooks Reeve Scott
Beah Richards Rose Scott
Burgess Meredith Judge Purcell
Otto Preminger Film Director
1969 Easy Rider Dennis Hopper Billy Jack Nicholson George Hanson Antonio Mendoza Jesus 1969 Night of the Bloody Horror
Slim-budget, generation-defining movie. Two young men (Billy and Wyatt) in
late 1960s undertake a motorcycle trek throughout the Southwest in search
of the real essence of America. Along the way they encounter hippies,
rednecks, prostitutes, drugs, Jack Nicholson, and tragedy. One of the highest-
grossing pictures of the decade, and undoubtedly an influence on two
generations of youth-oriented dramas, which all tried unsuccessfully to
duplicate the original accomplishment. Psychedelic scenes and a great role
for Nicholson are added bonuses. Look for the graveyard dancing scene in
New Orleans. Easy Rider features one of the best '60s rock scores around,
including Mean Streets and The Wanderers.
Peter Fonda Wyatt
Phil Spector Connection
Mac Mashourian Bodyguard
Warren Finnerty Rancher
Tita Colorado Rancher's Wife
Luke Askew Stranger on Highway
Luana Anders Lisa
Sabrina Scharf Sarah
Dennis Hopper Film Director
Wesley goes out on a killing spree while experiencing the nightmares of
his brother, who was murdered 13 years ago.
Gerald McRaney Wesley Stuart
Gaye Yellen Angelle Miliot
Michael Anthony Mario Spanelli
Lisa Sameron Susan Collins
Joy N. Houck Jr. Film Director
1969 Number One
The story of Cat Catlan (Heston), a washed up quarterback who turns to drink and women to solve his problems. But he soon discovers that his problems are just beginning.
Charlton Heston Ron (Cat) Catlin
Tom Gries Film Director
1969 Slaves
A Kentucky slave (Ossie Davis) fights for his freedom from cruel overseer (Stephen Boyd) whose mistress (Dionne Warwick) eventually joins Davis and the other slaves in their revolt. Co-written and directed by blacklisted Herbert J. Biberman ("Salt of the Earth"). This is Gale Sondergaard’s (Biberman’s blacklisted wife) first film in 20 years.
Ossie Davis Luke
Barbara Ann Teer Esther
David Huddleston Holland
James Heath Luther
Stephen Boyd MacKay
Herbert J. Biberman Film Director
1969 The Undefeated
A Confederate and Yankee find they must team up on the Rio Grande.
They attempt to build new lives in the Spanish held Mexico territory, but
are caught in the battle for Mexican independence. Standard fare made
palatable only by Wayne and Hudson.
John Wayne Col. John Henry Thomas
Rock Hudson Col. James Langdon
Antonio Aguilar Juarista Gen. Rojas
Roman Gabriel Blue Boy
Marian McCargo Ann Langdon
Lee Meriwether Margaret Langdon
Merlin Olsen Cpl. Little George, CSA
Melissa Newman Charlotte Langdon
Bruce Cabot Sgt. Jeff Newby CSA
Jan-Michael Vincent Lt. Bubba Wilkes CSA
Andrew V. McLaglen Film Director
1969 The Witchmaker
1970 Last of the Mobile Hotshots
The screenplay by Gore Vidal is based on the Tennessee Williams play
The Seven Descents of Myrtle. Myrtle and Jeb are newlyweds who
married on a television show shortly after meeting. They return to Jeb's
ancestral home, a decaying mansion occupied by his multiracial half-
brother Chicken. Myrtle shuttles back and forth between the two men
while all their sordid pasts unfold via a series of flashbacks.
James Coburn Actor
Lynn Redgrave Myrtle
Perry Hayes George
Robert Hooks Chicken
Reggie King Rube
Sidney Lumet Film Director
Charles Bronson Actor Jill Ireland Actor Paul Newman Rheinhardt Joanne Woodward Geraldine 1971 Goodbye Uncle Tom 1971 The Beguiled During the Civil War a wounded Union soldier is taken in by the women at a girl's school in the South. He manages to seduce both a student and a teacher, and jealousy and revenge ensue. Decidedly weird psychological melodrama from action vets Siegel and Eastwood. Clint Eastwood Cpl. John McBurney Geraldine Page Martha Farnsworth 1972 America (Television Documentary Series)
1970 The Family
As a New Orleans hit-man who resists joining the mob, Bronson initiates
an all-out war on the syndicate and its boss, played by Savalas. A poorly
dubbed Italian action film.
Telly Savalas Actor
Sergio Sollima Film Director
1970 WUSA
Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing
radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot
WUSA's reactionary editorial stance on the air, even if he doesn't agree
with it. Rheinhardt finds his cynical detachment challenged by a lady
friend, Geraldine, and by Rainey, a neighbor and troubled idealist who
becomes aware of WUSA's sinister, hidden purpose. And when events
start spinning out of control, even Rheinhardt finds he must take a stand.
Anthony Perkins Rainey
Laurence Harvey Farley
Pat Hingle Bingamon
Cloris Leachman Philomene
Michael Anderson Jr. Marvin
Jesse Vint Young Doctor
Stuart Rosenberg Film Director
Elizabeth Hartman Edwina
Jo Ann Harris Carol
Darleen Carr Doris
Mae Mercer Hallie
Pamelyn Ferdin Amelia ('Amy')
Melody Thomas Scott Abigail
Peggy Drier Lizzie
Patricia Mattick Janie
Don Siegel Film Director
Dan’s Dirty Women
Moon of the Wolf (Television Movie)
1972 Quadroon
A story of love, lust, violence and murder on a sadistic southern
plantation during the slave era.
Kathrine McKee Coral
Tim Kincaid Caleb
Robert Priest Antoine
Madelyn Sanders Celeste
George Lupo Dupree
Marinda French Aunt Nancy
Bill McGhee Jacques
David Snow Felix
Herbert Janneke Jr. Film Director
Jack Weis Film Director
1972 Sounder
The struggles of a family of black sharecroppers in rural Louisiana during the Depression. When the father is sentenced to jail for stealing in order to feed his family, they must pull together even more, and one son finds education to be his way out of poverty. Tyson brings strength and style to her role, with fine help from Winfield. Moving and well made, with little sentimentality and superb acting from a great cast. Adapted from the novel by William Armstrong.
Cicely Tyson Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks David Lee Morgan
Carmen Mathews Mrs. Boatwright
Taj Mahal Ike
James Best Sheriff Young
Eric Hooks Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell Josie Mae Morgan
Teddy Airhart Mr. Perkins
Martin Ritt Film Director
1972 The Legend of Boggy Creek
A documentary-style drama which questions the existence of a monster in an Arkansas swamp. It is really more of a glimpse at lower-class swamp culture from the seventies, though, than a monster flick.
Charles B. Pierce Film Director
1973 Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary (Documentary Short)
Lonesome Gun
1973 Live and Let Die
Agent 007 (Moore) is out to thwart the villainous Dr. Kananga (Kotto), a black mastermind who plans to control western powers with voodoo and hard drugs. He's aided by psychic tarot-reading virgin Solitaire (Seymour), who falls prey to Bond's charms. This is Moore's first appearance as Bond in the 8th film in the series. The title song by Paul McCartney and Wings.
Roger Moore James Bond
Yaphet Kotto Kananga/Mr. Big
Jane Seymour Solitaire
Clifton James Sheriff J.W. Pepper
Julius Harris Tee Hee
Geoffrey Holder Baron Samedi
David Hedison Felix Leiter
Gloria Hendry Rosie Carver
Bernard Lee M
Lois Maxwell Miss Moneypenny
Guy Hamilton Film Director
1973 Nightmare Honeymoon John Beck Lee 1973 Tennessee Williams' South (Television Documentary)
Sadistic low-budget thriller about newlyweds Dack Rambo and Rebecca
Danna Smith who are pursued and terrorized by a pair of rural killer
rapists. One of the psychos is John Beck from the '60s rock group the
Leaves ("Hey Joe"). Nicholas Roeg ("Don't Look Now"), the original
director, was replaced by Elliott Silverstein after five days of shooting.
The music is by Elmer Bernstein.
Dack Rambo David
Jim Boles Uncle Everett
Dennis Burkley Bubba
Rebecca Dianna Smith Jill
Elliot Silverstein Film Director
1974 Gator Bait Claudia Jennings Desiree Thibodeau Sam Gilman T.J. Bracken Ferd Sebastian Film Director 1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Television Movie) Cicely Tyson Jane Pittman 1975 Hard Times
Desiree lives deep in the swamp and supports herself and her siblings by
poaching. Ben and Deputy Billy hope to get a little sexual comfort from
the "Cajun swamp rat" when they catch Desiree trapping 'gators, and give
chase. Desiree outsmarts them but Billy accidentally shoots Ben and tells
his sheriff dad that Desiree did it. Ben's dad and sons join them in the
search party and quickly get out of control. Soon the hunters become the
hunted as Desiree exacts her revenge for their violence against her family.
Douglas Dirken Leroy Bracken
Beverly Sebastian Film Director
1973-74 season, this was one of the most acclaimed TV movies ever,
highlighted by Cicely Tyson's Emmy-winning performance as the
(fictional) woman who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lived to see
the Civil Rights movement a century later. Director John Korty and writer
Tracy Keenan Wynn also received Emmy Awards. Additionally, they won
the Directors Guild of America and Writers Guild of America awards,
respectively, and the film was given the prestigious Christopher Award.
Odetta Big Laura
Josephine Premice Madame Gautier
Ted Airhart Sheriff Guidry
Sidney Arroyo Tee-Bob
Michael Murphy Quintin Learner
James Goodman Mr. Clyde
John Korty Film Director
A Depression-era drifter becomes a bare knuckle street fighter, and a gambler decides to promote him for big stakes. This is one of grade-B meister Hill's first genre films. A quiet, evocative drama.
Charles Bronson Chaney
James Coburn Spencer 'Speed' Weed
Jill Ireland Lucy Simpson
Strother Martin Poe
Margaret Blye Gayleen Schoonover
Michael McGuire Chick Gandil
Felice Orlandi LeBeau
Edward Walsh Pettibon
Bruce Glover Doty
Robert Tessier Jim Henry
Walter Hill Film Director
1975 Keep Off My Grass!
Bill Cosby Billy Foster
1975 Let's Do It Again
Atlanta milkman and his pal, a factory worker, milk two big-time gamblers
out of a large sum of money in order to build a meeting hall for their
fraternal lodge. Lesser sequel to "Uptown Saturday Night."
Sidney Poitier Clyde Williams
Calvin Lockhart Biggie Smalls
John Amos Kansas City Mack
Jimmie Walker Bootney Farnsworth
Ossie Davis Elder Johnson
Denise Nicholas Beth Foster
Lee Chamberlin Dee Dee Williams
Mel Stewart Ellison
Julius Harris Bubbletop Woodson
Sidney Poitier Film Director
1975 Mandingo
Overheated Southern-fried tale of slavery in the Deep South, circa 1840, dealing with the tangled loves and hates of a family and their slaves. Heavyweight boxer Norton made his screen debut in the title role as the slave who makes his master money with his boxing prowess. King is the wastrel son who makes Norton's wife, another slave, his mistress. Followed by 1975's Drum. Mandingo is based on the novel by Kyle Onstott.
James Mason Warren Maxwell
Susan George Blanche Maxwell
Perry King Hammond Maxwell
Richard Ward Agamemnon
Brenda Sykes Ellen
Ken Norton Mede
Lillian Hayman Lucrezia Borgia
Roy Poole Doc Redfield
Ji-Tu Cumbuka Cicero
Ben Masters Charles
Richard Fleischer Film Director
1975 Psycho from Texas
Saturday Night Live (Television, Episode #2)
John Forsythe Lieutenant Elwood Forbes 1975 The Drowning Pool Joanne Woodward Iris Devereaux Richard Jaeckel Lt. Franks Jack Elam Joe Canton Dub Taylor Grandpaw Bridges Warren Oates Hammond Maxwell Isela Vega Marianna Glynn Turman Isaac/'Ike' Louis Gossett Jr. Reverend Elija Bliss
1975 The Deadly Tower (Television Movie)
A vivid re-creation of the Texas Tower massacre of August 4, 1966, during
which disturbed student Charles Whitman holed up with a gun in the
tower of the University of Texas and began firing on people below, killing
thirteen and wounding thirty-four.
Kurt Russell Charles Whitman
Ned Beatty Allan Crum
Pernell Roberts Lieutenant Lee
Jerry J. Jameson Film Director
MacDonald) to solve a blackmail case. Uneventful script and stodgy
direction, but excellent character work from all the cast members keep
this watchable. Title is taken from a trap set for Newman, from which he
must escape using most of his female companion's clothing. Adapted
from a character created by Ross MacDonald.
Paul Newman Lew Harper
Anthony Franciosa Chief Broussard
Murray Hamilton Kilbourne
Gail Strickland Mavis Kilbourne
Melanie Griffith Schuyler Devereaux
Linda Haynes Gretchen
Paul Koslo Candy
Joe Canutt Glo
Stuart Rosenberg Film Director
1976 Creature from the Black Lake
Two anthropology students from Chicago travel to the Louisiana swamps
searching for the creature from Black Lake. Predictably, they find him.
McClenny, incidentally, is Morgan Fairchild's sister.
Dennis Fimple Pahoo
John David Carson Rives
Bill Thurman Sheriff Billy Carter
Jim McCullough Jr. Orville Bridges
Roy Tatum Fred/Creature
Cathryn Hartt Eve (waitress)
Becky Smiser Becky Carter
Michelle Willingham Michelle
Joy N. Houck Jr. Film Director
1976
1976 Drum
This steamy sequel to "Mandingo" deals with the sordid interracial sexual
shenanigans at a Southern plantation. Bad taste at its best.
Ken Norton Drum
Pam Grier Regine
Yaphet Kotto Blaise
John Colicos Bernard DeMarigny
Fiona Lewis Augusta Chauvet
Paula Kelly Rachel
Royal Dano Zeke Montgomery
Lillian Hayman Lucretia Borgia
Steve Carver Film Director
Burt Kennedy Film Director
1976 J. D.'s Revenge
Attorney in training Glynn Turman is possessed by the spirit of a
gangster who was murdered on Bourbon Street in the early 1940s and
grisly blaxploitation results. Ever so slightly better than others of the genre.
Shot in New Orleans, with a soundtrack by a then-unknown Prince.
Joan Pringle Christella
Carl W. Crudup Tony
James Watkins Carl
Fred Pinkard Theotis Bliss
Jo Anne Meredith Sara Divine
Alice Jubert Roberta Bliss/Betty Jo
David McKnight J.D. Walker
Stephanie Faulkner Phyllis
Arthur Marks Film Director
1976 Obsession
Successful New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland's (Cliff
Robertson) tenth wedding anniversary celebration ends tragically when
his wife Elizabeth (Genevieve Bujoid) and their 9-year-old daughter, Amy,
have been kidnapped. In an attempt to trap the criminals, counterfeit
money is used to pay the ransom, but the plan backfires and his wife and
child die in a car accident during a chase with the police. Ten years later
while on a business trip in Italy with La Salle (John Lithgow), his partner,
Michael meets Sandra, a young woman who is an exact double of his
wife. He falls in love with her and brings her back to Louisiana to get
married. Michael's friends and business associates try to discourage his
wedding plans; they realize that Michael is infatuated with Sandra only
because she reminds him of his dead wife Elizabeth. On the eve of their
wedding, she vanishes and Michael finds a ransom note - a duplicate of
the one found ten years earlier.
Geneviève Bujold Elizabeth Courtland/Sandra Portinari
Cliff Robertson Michael Courtland
John Lithgow Robert Lasalle
Sylvia Kuumba Williams Maid
Wanda Blackman Amy Courtland
J. Patrick McNamara Third Kidnapper
Stanley J. Reyes Inspector Brie
Nick Kreiger Farber
Stocker Fontelieu Dr. Ellman
Don Hood Ferguson
Brian De Palma Film Director
1976 Sounder, Part 2
Kevin Hooks, who co-starred in the 1972 screen version of the William H.
Armstrong book, directs this moving adaptation about the son of an
imprisoned black sharecropper who embarks on a journey of self-
discovery while travelling to visit his father. Carl Lumbly, Suzzanne
Douglass and Daniel Lee Robertson III star along with original "Sounder"
cast members Paul Winfield and Cecily Tyson.
Harold Sylvestor Nathan Lee Morgan
Taj Mahal Ike Phillips
Annazette Chase Camille Johnson
Darryl Young David Lee Morgan
Erica Young Josie Mae Morgan
Ronald Bowden Earl Morgan
William A. Graham Film Director
1976 The Savage Bees (Television Movie)
In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration
is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a
foreign freighter.
Ben Johnson Sheriff Donald McKew
Michael Parks Dr. Jeff DuRand
Paul Hecht Dr. Rufus Carter
Gretchen Corbett Jeannie Devereaux
Bruce Geller Film Director
1977 Return to Boggy Creek
This adventure chronicles the compassion of the huge, enigmatic ape-like
creature said to inhabit Boggy Creek. Unlike the other series entries,
which claim to be fact-based, this film is total fiction. The tale is set in a
tiny fishing village near the title tributary. A hurricane is coming and the
town prepares for it. Meanwhile a rumor circulates that a photographer
has captured the mysterious creature, believed to be a mankiller, on film.
This is surprising because the townsfolk believed that the creature
disappeared many years before. The story rouses the curiosity of a few
kids who follow the photographer back into the dark swamp.
Unfortunately, they get trapped by the storm. Fortunately, the "killer"
appears and helps them survive and return to safety.
Dawn Wells Jolene
Dana Plato Evie Jo
Jim Wilson Uncle Bo
Tom Moore Film Director
1978 A Woman Called Moses (Television Movie)
A dramatization of the life of the legendary slave who escaped to
freedom and returned to the South many times to rescue others via
her underground railroad.
Cicely Tyson Harriet Ross Tubman
Will Geer Thomas Garrett 1978 Casey's Shadow Walter Matthau Lloyd Bourdelle Alexis Smith Sarah Blue 1978 Child of Glass (Television Movie) 1978 French Quarter Virginia Mayo Countess Willie Piazza/Ida Bruce Davison Kid Ross/Inspector Sordik 1978 Mardi Gras Massacre A bubble-brained Philadelphia waitress witnesses a murder during the Barbi Benton Herself Wolfman Jack Himself Brooke Shields Violet Keith Carradine Bellocq 1978 Sparrow (Television Movie) Gerald S. O'Loughlin Charles Medwick Lillian Gish Mrs. Benet A silent killer stalks New Orleans and threatens the Super Bowl football David Janssen Mike Shelley Edie Adams Joyce 1979 Five Days from Home
Robert Hooks William Still
James Wainwright Andrew Coleman
Paul Wendkos Film Director
1978 All You Need is Cash (Television Movie)
The eight-year-old son of an impoverished horse trainer raises a quarter-
horse and enters it in the world's richest horse race.
Robert Webber Mike Marsh
Murray Hamilton Tom Patterson
Andrew Rubin Buddy Bourdelle
Steve Burns Randy Bourdelle
Susan Myers Kelly Marsh
Michael Hershewe Casey Bourdelle
Harry Caesar Calvin Lebec
Joel Fluellen Jimmy Judson
Martin Ritt Film Director
A dual story about a young girl in the modern-day French Quarter of New
Orleans who is also the reincarnation of a turn-of-the-century prostitute.
Everyone gets to play two roles but this film is more curiosity than
anything else.
Alisha Fontaine Trudy Dix/Christine Delaplane
Ann Michelle Coke-Eyed Laura
Lindsay Bloom Big Butt Annie
Vernel Bagneris Jelly Roll/Policeman
Stocker Fontelieu Dr. Miles/Old Man
Becky Allen Bricktop
Anna Filamento Mme. Papaloos
William Sims Aaron Harris/Pimp
Dennis Kane Film Director
1978 Marianna
1978 Murder at the Mardi Gras (Television Movie)
Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans and finds herself stalked by the
killer.
Ron Silver Larry Cook
Ken Annakin Film Director
In 1917 New Orleans, photographer Ernest J. Bellocq goes to the red-light
district to document the last days of legal prostitution. At the home of
Madame Nell, he meets a prostitute named Hattie and her 12-year-old
daughter, Violet, who is captivated by him. A few months later, when
Hattie marries and moves away, leaving the Violet behind, Nell is
preparing to auction off the little girl's virginity and Violet decides that
she wants to marry Bellocq.
Susan Sarandon Hattie
Barbara Steele Josephine
Louis Malle Film Director
1978 Renaldo and Clara
The exploits of Jerry Sparrow, a private investigator with a large detective
agency in New Orleans. In this second pilot for a potential series, Jerry
attempts to recover the valuable missing bird of a wealthy woman.
Randy Herman Jerry Sparrow
John Berry Film Director
game, putting a roster fill of familiar TV faces in jeopardy in this mini-
version of "Two Minute Warning."
Clifton David P. K. Jackson
Jerry J. Jameson Film Director
In this thriller, an ex-cop, convicted for killing his wife's lover, breaks out
of a Louisiana prison six days before he is to be freed. He does this so he
can see his son who is seriously ill. Along the way, the fugitive meets
many interesting characters. He is pursued by a cruel, but determined
lawman.
George Peppard T.M. Pryor
Savannah Smith Georgie Haskin
Neville Brand Inspector Markley
Sherry Boucher Wanda Dulac
Victor Campos Jose Stover
George Peppard Film Director
1979 Screams of a Winter Night
1979 The Night Rider (Television Movie)
"The Mark of Zorro" was updated for this pilot for a prospective series
that tells of a New Orleans gentleman who turns masked rider to fight for
law and order and avenge his family's killing by four men who wanted
their silver mine.
David Selby Lord Thomas Earl
Kim Cattrall Regina Kenton
Pernell Roberts Alex Sheridan
Hy Averback Film Director
1979 The Evictors
A young couple just being married rents a house in a village in Louisiana.
But they are not welcome because the inhabitants of the village look at
them with distrust - in the house they rented were happening strange
things in the past
Vic Morrow Jake Rudd
Michael Parks Ben Watkins
Jessica Harper Ruth Watkins
Charles B. Pierce Film Director
1980 Macabro
Two men make their living traveling through the country as pool hustlers,
bilking would-be pool sharks. Features ten of the greatest pool players in
the world.
James Coburn Nick Casey
Omar Sharif The Deacon
Bruce Boxleitner Billie Joe Robbins
Ronee Blakley Carolina Red
Jack O'Halloran Max
Calvin Lockhart Snow White
Michael Lerner Paulie
Paul Barselou Cosmo
Cisse Cameron Suger
Robert Acey Cab Driver
Robert Ellis Miller Film Director