Two 1950's movies about actors I want released on BD - Blu-ray Forum

rkolinski · 10-31-2013, 02:20 PM

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

"Man of a Thousand Faces" Trailer

"Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) is a film detailing the life of silent movie actor Lon Chaney, in which the title role is played by James Cagney (The Public Enemy, White Heat).

Directed by Joseph Pevney (Body and Soul, The Night of the Grizzly), the film's cast included Dorothy Malone (The Big Sleep), Jane Greer (Against All Odds) and Jim Backus (Rebel Without a Cause). Chaney's grown son was played by Roger Smith, later the star of television's 77 Sunset Strip, and studio chief Irving Thalberg was portrayed by Robert Evans, who soon left acting and eventually became head of Paramount Pictures."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_a_Thousand_Faces

Cinematography by Russell Metty who was nominated for an Academy Award (AA) for Flower Drum Song and received an AA for Spartacus. MOATF was nominated for an AA for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay written directly for the screen in 1958.

Prince of Players (1955)

scene from "Prince of Players"

Complete suite for "Prince of Players" by Bernard Herrmann

"Prince of Players is a 1955 20th Century Fox biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth. The film was directed and produced by Philip Dunne (How Green Was My Valley, The Robe) from a screenplay by Moss Hart (Gentleman's Agreement), based on the book by Eleanor Ruggles. The music score was by Bernard Herrmann (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Psycho, Taxi Driver) and the cinematography by Charles G. Clarke (Miracle on 34th Street, Suddenly). The film was made in CinemaScope.

The film starred Richard Burton (The Robe, Cleopatra), Maggie McNamara (The Cardinal), John Derek (The Ten Commandments, Exodus) with Raymond Massey (Things to Come, How the West Was Won), Charles Bickford (The Song of Bernadette, The Big Country), Elizabeth Sellars (Desiree) and Eva Le Gallienne.

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