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Lady Sings The Blues (1972) -- (Movie Clip) All Of Me Fleeing prostitution in 1930’s Harlem, Diana Ross as Eleanora Holiday proves to club owner Jerry (Sid Melton) she’s no dancer, but is rescued by “Piano Man” Richard Pryor, winning a job and choosing a name, with the Gerald Marks-Seymour Sims song, then known as a Ruth Etting standard, in Lady Sings The Blues, 1972.
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Did You Ever Catch My Act? Beginning the two-scene performance that won Sylvia Miles her second Academy Award nomination, as Raymond Chandler’s boozy former showgirl Jessie Florian, visited by Robert Mitchum as an older, wearier Philip Marlowe, in 1941 L-A, in director Dick Richards’ film from David Zelag Goodman’s screenplay, Farewell, My Lovely, 1975.
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) -- (Movie Clip) To Hell With Polite Drinking More than 40-minutes into the picture, shooting at the since-burned Max Busch house in Pasadena, Robert Mitchum narrates as Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, on a case that is, for now, unrelated to the initial investigation, introducing second-billed Charlotte Rampling as Mrs. Grayle, and the now-revered writer Jim Thompson in his only movie role as her power-broker husband, in Farewell, My Lovely, 1975.
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Buy Yourself A New Suit Summoned to a plush 1941 L-A nightclub, Robert Mitchum as P-I Philip Marlowe, older than ever imagined by Raymond Chandler, consults with his neither client nor love-interest Mrs. Grayle (Charlotte Rampling) about her ancient husband (legendary writer Jim Thompson) and fixer Laird Burnette (Anthony Zerbe), later directly in Farewell, My Lovely, 1975.
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Tired And Growing Old Striking an odd balance here, Robert Mitchum, who could have played Philip Marlowe in the 1940’s, instead plays him in 1975, though much older than Raymond Chandler ever wrote him, in a period story set in 1941, through David Zelag Goodman’s adaptation and Dick Richards’ direction, opening Farewell, My Lovely, John Ireland and Harry Dean Stanton his cop buddies.
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Ten Dollars For Elephants On a routine case collecting a straying teen (Noelle North, Lola Mason and Wally Berns her parents) in 1941 L-A, Robert Mitchum as private eye Philip Marlowe narrates and cracks wise, introducing ex-boxer Jack O’Halloran as Moose Malloy, Dick Richards directing from David Zelag Goodman’s adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel, in Farewell, My Lovely, 1975.
Chinatown (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Hold It There, Kitty-Cat Looking to figure out who’s behind the surreptitious dumping of water from the reservoir, private eye Jake (Jack Nicholson) is back at the locks where he encounters director Roman Polanski, in his famous cameo, as a nameless goon with a switchblade, in Chinatown, 1974.
Chinatown (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Contrary To My Experience Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson), lunching with Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) after having his nose sliced, feels strongly that she's holding back, in Roman Polanski's Chinatown, 1974.
Chinatown (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Open, She's No Good Atmospheric credits and the introduction of detective Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) with an aggrieved client (Burt Young), the opening of Roman Polanski's Chinatown, 1974, also starring Faye Dunaway and John Huston.
Chinatown (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Know Me? Jake (Jack Nicholson), reveling with his barber and assistant detectives (Richard Bakalyan, Joe Mantell), gets an unexpected visit from the real Mrs. Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) in Roman Polanski's Chinatown, 1974.
Chinatown (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Dying Of Thirst Lots of 1930's Los Angeles as detective Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) tails water department boss Hollis Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling), early in Roman Polanski's Chinatonw, 1974.
Lady Sings The Blues (1972) -- (Movie Clip) The Man I Love Supported in her performance of the George and Ira Gershwin tune by "Piano Man" (Richard Pryor) but unwilling to take part in a crude tipping ritual, young Billie Holiday (Diana Ross) is rescued by Louis McKay (Billy Dee Williams) in Lady Sings The Blues, 1972.

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