CHARLES VIDOR Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1957. AMBL Productions. Screenplay by Oscar Saul, based on the book by Art Cohn. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by Samuel J. Briskin. Music by Walter Scharf. Production Design by Roland Anderson, Hal Pereira. Costume Design by Edith Head. Film Editing by Everett Douglas. Frank…
Tag: Daniel L. Fapp
Knock On Wood (1954)
MELVIN FRANK, NORMAN PANAMA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1954. Dena Productions. Screenplay by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama. Music by Victor Young. Production Design by Henry Bumstead, Hal Pereira. Costume Design by Edith Head. Film Editing by Alma Macrorie. Danny Kaye explodes…
Marooned (1969)
JOHN STURGES Bil’s rating (out of 5): B. USA, 1969. Columbia Pictures Corporation, Frankovich Productions. Screenplay by Mayo Simon, based on the novel by Martin Caidin. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by M.J. Frankovich. Production Design by Lyle R. Wheeler. Costume Design by Seth Banks. Film Editing by Walter Thompson. Some movies are so terrible it’s a wonder to behold. Three astronauts…
Move Over, Darling (1963)
MICHAEL GORDON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA, 1963. Melcher-Arcola Productions. Screenplay by Hal Kanter, Jack Sher, based on a story by Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack, Leo McCarey, and a screenplay by Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by Martin Melcher, Aaron Rosenberg. Music by Lionel Newman. Production Design by Hilyard M. Brown, Jack Martin Smith. Costume Design…
The Great Escape (1963)
JOHN STURGES Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA, 1963. The Mirisch Company. Screenplay by James Clavell, W.R. Burnett, based on the book by Paul Brickhill. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by John Sturges. Music by Elmer Bernstein. Production Design by Fernando Carrere. Film Editing by Ferris Webster. A huge cast of actors is assembled for this exciting wartime adventure. Steve McQueen heads…
One, Two, Three (1961)
BILLY WILDER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1961. Bavaria Film, The Mirisch Corporation, Pyramid Productions. Screenplay by Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, based on the play Egy, Ketto, Harom by Ferenc Molnar. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by Billy Wilder. Music by Andre Previn. Production Design by Robert Stratil, Heinrich Weidemann. Film Editing by Daniel Mandell. James Cagney gives a terrific…
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
CHARLES WALTERS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1964. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Screenplay by Helen Deutsch, based on the play by Richard Morris. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by Lawrence Weingarten. Music by Leo Arnaud, Alexander Courage, Calvin Jackson. Production Design by E. Preston Ames, George W. Davis. Costume Design by Morton Haack. Film Editing by Fredric Steinkamp. The story of Molly Brown, rags-to-riches society lady…
Fun In Acapulco (1963)
RICHARD THORPE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1963. Wallis-Hazen. Screenplay by Allan Weiss. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by Hal B. Wallis. Music by Joseph J. Lilley. Production Design by Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler. Costume Design by Edith Head. Film Editing by Stanley E. Johnson. Another Elvis Presley music-fest that serves as a collection of music videos in the days before MTV….
Artists And Models (1955)
FRANK TASHLIN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1955. Wallis-Hazen. Screenplay by Don McGuire, Frank Tashlin, Herbert Baker, Hal Kanter, based on the story Rock-A-Bye Baby by Michael Davidson, Norman Lessing. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by Hal B. Wallis. Music by Walter Scharf. Production Design by Tambi Larsen, Hal Pereira. Costume Design by Edith Head. Film Editing by Warren Low. Splashy colours and…
A New Kind Of Love (1963)
MELVILLE SHAVELSON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1963. Llenroc Productions, Paramount Pictures. Screenplay by Melville Shavelson. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by Melville Shavelson. Music by Erroll Garner, Leith Stevens. Production Design by Arthur Lonergan, Hal Pereira. Costume Design by Edith Head. Film Editing by Frank Bracht. Definitely not a new kind of movie. Joanne Woodward plays a dowdy fashion…
West Side Story (1961)
ROBERT WISE, JEROME ROBBINS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. The Mirisch Corporation, Seven Arts Productions. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman, from the play conceived by Jerome Robbins, book by Arthur Laurents, adapted from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by Robert Wise. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Production Design by Boris Leven. Costume Design by…
Desire Under The Elms (1958)
DELBERT MANN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA, 1958. Don Hartman Productions. Screenplay by Irwin Shaw, based on the play by Eugene O’Neill. Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. Produced by Don Hartman. Music by Elmer Bernstein. Production Design by J. McMillan Johnson, Hal Pereira. Costume Design by Dorothy Jeakins. Film Editing by George Boemler. Boring adaptation…
