3 Women 1977  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Robert Fortier, Ruth Nelson, John Cromwell, Sierra Pecheur, Craig Richard Nelson, Maysie Hoy, Belita Moreno
An introvert, Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek), obtains employment in a nursing home where she becomes attached to co-worker Millie Lammoreaux (Shelley Duvall). The two women form a relationship with the very unhappy Willie Hart (Janice Rule), and the ensuing friendship forms the basis for this film's plot. Excellent performances.
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Arch of Triumph 1948  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Louis Calhern, Ruth Warrick, Roman Bohnen, Ruth Nelson, Curt Bois, Stephen Bekassy, J. Edward Bromberg, Art Smith, Michael Romanoff, Oliver Blake, William Conrad, Gino Corrado
Dr. Ravic (Charles Boyer) is a German surgeon who has fled to Paris to escape the Nazis. While illegally practicing medicine under a false name, Ravic is searching for German agent Haake (Charles Laughton) who had tortured him in Germany. Ravik falls in love with Joan Amadou (Ingrid Bergman) who is grieving over the sudden death of her lover. They become involved in a doomed love affair that hits a critical point on the day that war is declared between France and Germany.
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Awakenings 1990  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Max von Sydow, Ruth Nelson, Anne Meara, Richard Libertini, Judith Malina, Alice Drummond, Laura Esterman, Barton Heyman, George Martin, Dexter Gordon
Neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) works in the chronic-care ward of a hospital in the Bronx where he gives the new drug L-DOPA to patient Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) who is in a semi-comatose state. The drug works, and Lowe is gradually awakened after 30 years. He experiences the wonder of life and love, and this success with L-DOPA encourages Sayer to administer the drug to his other patients. Oscar nominations included Best Picture and Actor (De Niro).
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A Christmas Without Snow 1980 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: John Korty
Cast: Michael Learned, John Houseman, Ramon Bieri, Ruth Nelson, Valerie Curtin, James Cromwell, David Knell, Calvin Levels, Beah Richards, Barbara Tarbuck, William Swetland, Ed Bogas, Daisietta Kim, Joy Carlin, Anne Lawder
After her divorce, Zoe Jensen (Michael Learned) relocates to San Francisco to start a new life. She joins the church choir but has conflicts with tough, old choirmaster Ephraim Adams (John Houseman). Pressures rise as the choir practices for the big Christmas show, and the problems of other choir members– including Ephraim–are revealed.
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The Eve of St. Mark 1944 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Anne Baxter, William Eythe, Michael O'Shea, Vincent Price, Dickie Moore, Ruth Nelson, Ray Collins, Harry Morgan, Stanley Prager, John Archer
Based on Maxwell Anderson's plot of lovers who foresee the end of their romance as military service looms, this is a very-watchable film on the unsettling drama of war.
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The Haunting Passion 1983  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Korty
Cast: Jane Seymour, Gerald McRaney, Millie Perkins, Ruth Nelson, Paul Rossilli, Ivan Bonar, Lisa Britt, Ocean Hellman, Terry David Mulligan, Tom Heaton
Dan (Gerald McRaney), a former football star who is starting a broadcasting career, and wife Julia (Jane Seymour) move into a remote house on a cliff. Jane starts having erotic dreams of a man, and it turns into an affair. But this is no ordinary man; he is a ghost. Now she must make a choice between the two men in her life.
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The Late Show 1977 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Art Carney, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche, Joanna Cassidy, John Considine, Ruth Nelson, Howard Duff, John Davey, Beate Hasenau, Lothar Lambert, Erika Wilde, Dorothea Moritz, Cihan Anasai, Dagmar Beiersdorf
When an eccentric woman, Margo (Lily Tomlin), hires retired detective Ira Wells (Art Carney) to find her missing cat, the pair become involved in murder and mayhem. The murder involves Ira's partner Harry Regan (Howard Duff) who is killed while working on a case, and now it appears that the fence, Ron Birdwell (Eugene Roche), who stole Margo's cat, may have been involved in the killing of Harry. And throughout the investigation, Margo and Harry's developing, offbeat relationship is fun to watch.
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The Sea of Grass 1947 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Walker, Melvyn Douglas, Phyllis Thaxter, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Carey, Charles Trowbridge, Ruth Nelson, Robert Barrat
Cattle baron Colonel Jim Brewton (Spencer Tracy) is so busy feuding with farmers over land rights that he ignores his wife Lutie (Katharine Hepburn) who, in turn, finds the attentions of Brice Chamberlain (Melvyn Douglas) to her liking.
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Till the End of Time 1946 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum, Bill Williams, Tom Tully, Harry von Zell, William Gargan, Jean Porter, Ruth Nelson, Johnny Sands
When Cliff Harper (Guy Madison) returns home to face adjustment problems encountered by many servicemen following a war, he is helped by war-widow Pat Ruscom (Dorothy McGuire).
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Peggy Ann Garner, Lloyd Nolan, James Gleason, Ruth Nelson, John Alexander, Ferike Boros, Ted Donaldson, B.S. Pully, Al Bridge, Virginia Brissac, Charles Halton, J. Farrell McDonald
Financial worries of her parents, Katie and Johnny Nolan (Dorothy McGuire and James Dunn), affect the happiness of teenager Francie (Peggy Ann Garner) at the end of the 19th century. Growing up in a tenement existence, Francie wants a better life but struggles just to survive. A tree that survives the seasons is visible from their tenement and is her family's symbol of survival. This film is the first directorial effort of Elia Kazan. Dunn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Garner was presented an Honorary Oscar as Outstanding Child Actress.
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A Wedding 1978 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Lillian Gish, Ruth Nelson, Desi Arnaz Jr., Vittorio Gassman, Nina Van Pallandt, Dina Merrill, Carol Burnett, Paul Dooley, Amy Stryker, Mia Farrow
This is a good story about an upper-middle-class wedding in which religion and values are satirized.
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Wilson 1944 N/R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Sidney Blackmer, Eddie Foy Jr., Francis X. Bushman, Ruth Nelson
Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, five of which were winners, this is the biography of President Woodrow Wilson (Alexander Knox) who dreamed of world peace through the League of Nations. The story follows his professional life from president of Princeton, to governor, to president as well as his personal defeats and accomplishments. Geraldine Fitzgerald gains high marks for her depiction of Wilson's second wife, Edith. The nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Knox), and Director.
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| 1. 3 Women (1977)
2. Arch of Triumph (1948)
3. Awakenings (1990)
4. A Christmas Without Snow (1980)
5. The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
6. The Haunting Passion (1983)
7. The Late Show (1977)
8. The Sea of Grass (1947)
9. Till the End of Time (1946)
10. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
11. A Wedding (1978)
12. Wilson (1944)
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