Peter Abrams


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Rose-Marie (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Romeo And Juliet Opening in a fancy Montreal theater, Jeanette MacDonald as the star Marie de Flor, performing in the French opera Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod, Jules Barbier and Marcel Carre, big troubles coming in her personal life, in Rose-Marie, 1936 also starring Nelson Eddy.
Glory (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Robert Gould Shaw Director Edward Zwick’s stirring opening, Matthew Broderick as Union officer Robert Gould Shaw, reading partly from his original letters, Kevin Jarre’s script from publications by Peter Burchard and Lincoln Kirstein, from Glory, 1989, with Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman.
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) -- (Movie Clip) I've Never Been Young And Beautiful A prologue with Anne Bancroft as the mom, then writing and starring in his adaptation of his substantially autobiographical Off then On-Broadway hit, Harvey Fierstein, his character called Arnold Beckhoff, introduces himself, in Torch Song Trilogy, 1988, also starring Matthew Broderick and Brian Kerwin.
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Love For Sale Beginning the second segment of his original autobiographical Broadway play, Harvey Fierstein as drag queen Arnold tears into a version of the Cole Porter standard, a friend (Bob Minor) intervening when customers led by Matthew Broderick as Alan get out of line, in Torch Song Trilogy, 1988.
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Lucky For Me Just after a performance at a New York gay nightclub, Arnold (Harvey Fierstein, in his own adaptation of his multiple Tony Award-winning play) meets Ed (Brian Kerwin), early in Torch Song Trilogy, 1988.
House On Haunted Hill (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Arsenic On The Rocks Already playing tricks on his guests, each paid $10,000 to spend the night in a haunted house, nutty Loren (Vincent Price) visits wife Annabelle (Carol Ohmart), for whom he claims to be throwing this party, in low-budget horror innovator William Castle's House On Haunted Hill, 1958.
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Shake, It's Cookies Hoping boyfriend Ed will arrive, disappointed when it’s only mom (Anne Bancroft), Harvey Fierstein, directed by Paul Bogart in his film adaptation of his Broadway show, as gay drag performer Arnold, getting through his birthday, in Torch Song Trilogy, 1988.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) -- (Movie Clip) She's Called The Swan Unhappily allied with Del Gue (Stefan Gierasch), having accidentally obligated the Flathead (Indian) chief (Richard Angarola) to give him a substantial gift, Robert Redford (title character) receives Swan (Delle Bolton), then departs with his also-unwanted child (Josh Albee), in Jeremiah Johnson, 1972.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Being Of Sound Mind And Broke Legs Introduced with an overture and a theme song, having been instructed to “turn left at the Rocky Mountains,” aspiring mountain-man Robert Redford (title character) meets a deceased compatriot and loses a mule, early in Sydney Pollack’s Jeremiah Johnson, 1972.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Fine Target His first encounter with a living person in the post-Civil War western wilderness, novice mountain-man Robert Redford (title character) meets grizzled grizzly hunter Bear Claw (Will Geer), who isn’t overly friendly, early in Sydney Pollack’s Jeremiah Johnson, 1972.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) -- (Movie Clip) We Have Graves To Dig Now much more competent after spending the winter with an experienced trapper, Robert Redford (title character) comes upon a newly bereaved mother (Allyn Ann McLerie), victim of an Indian raid, in Sydney Pollack’s Jeremiah Johnson, 1972.
Breaking Away (1979) -- (Movie Clip) This Quarry Hole Is Mine! Bloomington, Indiana locals Moocher, Dave, Mike and Cyril (Jackie Earle Haley, Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern) at their main hangout, the quarry, since they don’t attend the college, with some resentments apparent, early in Breaking Away, 1979.

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