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Filmography

Swamp Fire (1946)

Photos & Videos

The Dirty Dozen - Movie Poster
Sunset Blvd. - Publicity Stills
Five Graves to Cairo - Publicity Stills

Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Swamp Fire (1946)

Life Events

Photo Collections

The Dirty Dozen - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for The Dirty Dozen (1967). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
Sunset Blvd. - Publicity Stills
Sunset Blvd. - Publicity Stills
Five Graves to Cairo - Publicity Stills
Five Graves to Cairo - Publicity Stills
The Poseidon Adventure - Movie Posters
The Poseidon Adventure - Movie Posters
The Catered Affair - Advertising Art
Here are a few pieces of advertising art prepared by MGM to publicize The Catered Affair (1956), starring Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, and Debbie Reynolds.
The Vikings - Movie Posters
The Vikings - Movie Posters
The Mob - Publicity Stills
The Mob - Publicity Stills
Steamboat Bill, Jr. - Lobby Cards
Steamboat Bill, Jr. - Lobby Cards
Marty - Movie Posters
Marty - Movie Posters
Grand Illusion - Movie Poster
Here is the original release French movie poster for Grand Illusion (1937), directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin and Erich von Stroheim.
Greed - Behind-the-Scenes Photo
Here is a still taken behind-the-scenes during production of Erich von Stroheim's silent epic, Greed (1924).
Ice Station Zebra - Movie Posters
Here are a few movie posters from Ice Station Zebra (1968), starring Rock Hudson, Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine, and Patrick McGoohan.
Somebody Up There Likes Me - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Here are a number of photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), starring Paul Newman and Pier Angeli, and directed by Robert Wise.
Five Graves to Cairo - Lobby Cards
Here are some lobby cards from Five Graves to Cairo (1943), directed by Billy Wilder. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
Five Graves to Cairo - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Here are some photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of Paramount's Five Graves to Cairo (1943), directed by Billy Wilder.
Five Graves to Cairo - Movie Posters
Here are a variety of American and International movie posters for Paramount's Five Graves to Cairo (1943), directed by Billy Wilder.
The Stranger Wore a Gun - Lobby Cards
Here are a few Lobby Cards from The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953), starring Randolph Scott in 3-D. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
Twenty Million Sweethearts - Lobby Cards
Here are several Lobby Cards from First National's Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
The Black Hole - Movie Posters
Here are two different one-sheet movie posters for Disney's science-fiction adventure The Black Hole (1979). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
Go Naked in the World - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Go Naked in the World (1961), starring Gina Lollobrigida. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
The Badlanders - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of The Badlanders (1958), starring Alan Ladd and Ernest Borgnine.

Videos

Movie Clip

From Here to Eternity (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Fatso Judson Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster) rescues Maggio (Frank Sinatra) from a dust-up with the cruel Pearl Harbor stockade Sergeant Fatso Judson (Ernest Borgnine), Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) ready to help, in From Here to Eternity, 1953.
Wild Bunch, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Shall We Gather At The River Part of Sam Peckinpah's preposterous opening, in which the prayer meeting enters the incipient shootout, Crazy Lee (Bo Hopkins) abuses hostages, and rivals Thornton (Robert Ryan) and Pike (William Holden) miss shots at each other, in The Wild Bunch, 1969.
Shadows (1959) -- (Movie Clip) A Real Mad Chick Ben (Ben Carruthers) drops by rehearsal aiming to borrow money from older-brother, singer Hugh (Hugh Hurd), who's busy with manager Rupert (Rupert Crosse) and night club boss Jack (Jack Ackerman), in John Cassavetes' Shadows, 1959.
Shadows (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Jazz Musician Ben (Ben Carruthers) with pals Tom (Tom Allen) and Dennis (Dennis Sallas), picking up girls in a Manhattan diner, early in writer-director John Cassavetes' first feature, Shadows, 1959.
Shadows (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Take Some Dramamine Ben (Ben Carruthers) visiting with sister Lelia (Lelia Goldoni) and smart boyfriend David (David Pokitillow), pals Tom and Dennis (Tom Allen, Dennis Sallas) accompanying, in John Cassavetes' Shadows, 1959.
Wild Bunch, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Even The Worst Of Us Riding into the home village of Angel (Jaime Sanchez), the bunch (William Holden as Pike leads Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates) gets a grim update from Chano Urueta, a leading Mexican director and producer since the 1930’s, as crusty Don Jose, in Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, 1969.
Wild Bunch, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) He Was After The Girl We’ve just met the grossly corrupt federal general Mapache (Emilio Fernandez) who’s taken over the Mexican home village of Angel (Jaime Sanchez) where Pike, Dutch, Sykes and the gang (William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Edmond O’Brien, Ben Johnson, Warren Oates) are hiding when Teresa (Sonia Amelio), his former fianceè appears, sparking more trouble, with Fernando Wagner as the German agent, in Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, 1969.
Silver Cord, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Let Me Look At You Now Snapping forward as German-born Christina scientist (Irene Dunne) and her architect husband (Joel McCrea) arrive from Heidelberg at his family country home, meeting his brother’s fianceè (Frances Dee) then Robert (Eric Linden), and Laura Hope Crews their mother, in her celebrated Broadway role, in The Silver Cord, 1933.
Silver Cord, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Have You Had Many Frances Dee as Hester and Eric Linden as younger-brother and fiancè Robert have stepped forward in the family drama, she having nearly offended his well-heeled mother, causing a more forthright discussion than she expected, in director John Cromwell’s The Silver Cord, 1933, from Jane Murfin’s script based on Sidney Howard’s hit play.
Pin Up Girl (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Tell Fibs! At this point we’ve no idea that Lorry (Betty Grable), most popular gal at the Missoula, Mo. USO, is given to fibbing, but we learn more when she catches the train with girlfriend Kaye (Dorothea Kent), early in the Twentieth Century-Fox musical Pin Up Girl, 1944.
Pin Up Girl (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Carry Tales Out Of School Miffed New York night club star Molly (Martha Raye) calls Lorry (Betty Grable, with pal Dorothea Kent, from Missouri) on her claim she starred in a just-closed Broadway show, so owner Joe E. Brown introduces her for a number by James V. Monaco and Mack Gordon, in Pin Up Girl, 1944.
Pin Up Girl (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Once Too Often Now a New York star in her own right, Betty Grable (who plays a Missouri gal named Lorry) in a sexier number choreographed-by and featuring Hermes Pan, the song another original by James V. “Jimmy” Monaco and Mack Gordon, in Pin Up Girl, 1944.

Trailer

Marty (1955) - (Original Trailer) Burt Lancaster, who produced with business partner Harold Hecht, hosts the original trailer the 1955 Best Picture Academy Award-winner, which also won for director Delbert Mann, Paddy Chayefsky’s story and screenplay, and Ernest Borgnine’s performance in the title role, Marty.
Devotion (1946) -- (Original Trailer) The Bronte sisters and their brother fight personal demons in the film biography, Devotion (1946),with Ida Lupino & Olivia de Havilland.
That Certain Woman - (Original Trailer) A gangster's widow (Bette Davis) fights for love despite society's disapproval in That Certain Woman (1937) co-starring Henry Fonda.
Season of Passion - (Original Trailer) Ernest Borgnine and John Mills are sugar cane workers in Australia enjoying their Season of Passion (1961).
Split, The - (Original Trailer) Jim Brown heads an all-star cast in The Split (1968), about a heist planned during an L.A. Rams game.
Wild Bunch, The - (Original Trailer) A group of aging cowboys look for one last score in a corrupt border town in director Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969).
One Night At Susie's - (Original Trailer) A boarding house keeper's gangster tenants step in to help when her son is framed for murder in the talking picture One Night At Susie's (1930).
Great Garrick, The - (Original Trailer) Director James Whale (The Bride Of Frankenstein) brings his quirky view to this portrait of 18th Century Britain's most famous actor.
Four Daughters - (Original Trailer) A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician. Starring Claude Rains and John Garfield, directed by Michael Curtiz.
Five Graves to Cairo - (Original Trailer) A British corporal goes undercover to infiltrate Field Marshall Rommel's command in Billy Wilder's Five Graves to Cairo (1943).
Firebird, The - (Original Trailer) A young girl's secret romance is exposed when her lover is murdered in The Firebird (1934) starring Ricardo Cortez.
Finger Points, The - (Original Trailer) A naive reporter (Richard Barthelmess) takes payoffs for keeping a prominent gangster out of the papers in The Finger Points (1931) co-starring Fay Wray.

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