Sam Aaron


Photos & Videos

The Misfits - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
The Killing Kind - Movie Poster
Darktown Strutters - Movie Poster

Biography

Life Events

Photo Collections

The Misfits - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of John Huston's The Misfits (1961), starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, and Montgomery Clift and written by Arthur Miller.
The Killing Kind - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for The Killing Kind (1973), directed by Curtis Harrington. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
Darktown Strutters - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for the Blaxploitation picture Darktown Strutters (1975). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
In Which We Serve - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for the British film In Which We Serve (1942), starring Noel Coward. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
Noel Coward - State Express Cigarette Card
This is a small cigarette card of actor Noel Coward. These cards were included in Cigarette packs in the 1930s and were collectible items. Customers could even purchase books to organize and collect these cards. State Express was an active Cigarette Card producer, creating a wide range of cards featuring famous people of which film stars were an often popular draw.

Videos

Movie Clip

Marnie (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Instinctual Behavior Bachelor millionaire publisher Rutland (Sean Connery) and new secretary "Mrs. Taylor" (Tippi Hedren, the probably-deranged title character) review a typing assignment as her fear of thunder, lightning and colors comes to the fore in Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie, 1964.
Hours, The (2002) -- (Movie Clip) Sort Of Like Black Fire Continuing his complex shifts of time and place, director Stephen Daldry gives us Meryl Streep as Clarissa in Manhattan buying flowers (from Eileen Atkins) for a ceremony honoring her AIDS-stricken friend and ex-lover, novelist Richard (Ed Harris), who lives in the famous Triangle Buiiding, with visits to Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf, and Julianne Moore as mom Laura, in 1951 LA, whose son, though we don’t know it yet, is the same Richard, in The Hours, 2002.
Lovely & Amazing (2001) — (Movie Clip) She’s A Mess Catherine Keener as Michelle driving with daughter (Ashlynn Rose) and her mother’s adopted youngest (Raven Goodwin), talking about their mom Jane (Brenda Blethyn), who’s going in for liposuction, other-daughter Elizabeth (Emily Mortimer) attending, Michael Nouri her surgeon, in Nicole Holofcener’s Lovely & Amazing, 2001.
Lovely & Amazing (2001) — (Movie Clip) I Feel A Little Dizzy Running on the beach with her big-earner pal (Dreya Weber), under-employed LA mom Michelle (Catherine Keener) reflects about her mother (Brenda Blethyn), who visits a liposuction specialist (Michael Nouri) and gets wobbly, in writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s Lovely & Amazing, 2001.
Lovely & Amazing (2001) — (Movie Clip) Open, It’s Sophisticated Appealing opening music and graphics lead to writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s swift introduction of four principals, Emily Mortimer, R-rated, as Elizabeth , Brenda Blethyn her mom Jane, Raven Goodwin as younger adopted daughter Annie and Catherine Keener as sister Michelle, in Lovely & Amazing, 2001.
Drunken Angel (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Leech Following up on their violent meeting the night before, inebriate doctor Sanada (Takashi Shimura) pursues gangster Matsunaga (Toshiro Mifune) to his lair in the slums, early in Akira Kurosawa's Drunken Angel, 1948.
Hours, The (2002) -- (Movie Clip) She Would Buy The Flowers Herself Having established settings in Richmond, England, 1923, Los Angeles, 1951, and New York City 2001, director Stephen Daldry working from David Hare’s script based on Michael Cunningham’s novel pivots between Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf with husband Stephen Dillane, Julianne Moore as housewife Laura (John C. Reilly her husband, Jack Rovello her son) and Meryl Streep as New Yorker Clarissa, Allison Janney her partner, the links not yet elaborated, in The Hours, 2002.
Hours, The (2002) -- (Movie Clip) Open, The Best Thing To Do With barely-recognizable Nicole Kidman as writer Virginia Woolf, in her Academy Award-winning performance, directed by Stephen Daldry, from David Hare’s script and Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize-wining novel, the shocking and factual opening of The Hours, 2002, also starring Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore.
In Which We Serve (1942) -- (Movie Clip) The Story Of A Ship Heady titles, dedication and credits, from creator Noel Coward and his colleague, sharing his first directing credit, David Lean, the technical and naval opening from In Which We Serve, 1942.
In Which We Serve (1942) -- (Movie Clip) What A Bitter Blow Kinross (the writer, producer and co-director Noel Coward) addressing his crew, including John Mills, Michael Wilding and Bernard Miles, then hearing Prime Minister Chamberlain's announcement, from the government-backed propaganda hit In Which We Serve, 1942.
Pandora's Box (1929) -- (Movie Clip) Because You Don't Love Me Aspiring artist Alwa (Franz Lederer) greets first designer Augusta (Alice Roberts) then dancer friend Lulu (Louise Brooks), who is mistress to his angered and engaged father (Fritz Kortner), in G.W. Pabst's Pandora's Box, 1929.
Pandora's Box (1929) -- (Movie Clip) I Will Not Go On! Violent scenes from G. W. Pabst, dancer Lulu (Louise Brooks) refusing to perform before the fiancee' of her paramour Schlon (Fritz Kortner), then springing a trap, in Pandora's Box, 1929.

Trailer

Ode To Billy Joe (1976) -- (Original Trailer) Theatrical trailer for the 1976 box office hit Ode To Billy Joe, starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O’Connor, directed by Max Baer Jr., often cited as the first major feature named-for and based-on a popular song.
Mountain Men, The (1980) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought You Lost Your Hair Charlton Heston as trapper Tyler has been quite alone through the credits, until in the opening shots, with stunt men taking over briefly, he’s joined by Brian Keith as fellow old-timer Frapp, in 1830’s Wyoming, with plenty of spice in the screenplay by Heston’s son Fraser, in The Mountain Men, 1980.
Marie: A True Story -- (1985) Original Trailer Original Trailer for Marie: A True Story, 1985, directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Sissy Spacek and Jeff Daniels, featuring attorney Fred Thompson, who played himself, in his first acting role.
Thieves Like Us - (Original Trailer) A young bank robber (Keith Carradine) falls for an innocent girl (Shelley Duvall) in Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us (1974).
Focus - (Original Trailer) An ordinary man (William H. Macy) uncovers the anti-semitism in his World War II-era neighborhood in Focus (2001).
Bunny Lake Is Missing - (Original Trailer) A distraught mother searches for her semmingly non-existant daughter, bringing her sanity into question in Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965).
Bad Company - (Original Trailer) Civil War draft dodgers head West to build new lives as outlaws in Robert Benton's Bad Company (1972) starring Jeff Bridges.
Arthur - (Original Trailer) A childlike millionaire (Dudley Moore) must choose between keeping his fortune and marrying a girl from the wrong side of the tracks in Arthur (1981).
Shadows and Fog - (Original Trailer) Woody Allen adapted his one-act play into this all-star tribute to German Expressionism, Shadows And Fog (1992).
In The Line Of Fire -- (Original Trailer) Clint Eastwood is an aging Secret Service agent fighting to save the president from assassin John Malkovich In The Line Of Fire (1993).
Radio Days - (Original Trailer) A young boy's coming of age is mirrored by his favorite radio shows and the lives of their stars in Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987).
Mrs. Soffel - (Original Trailer) Mel Gibson and Diane Keaton star in Mrs. Soffel (1984), the true story of a prison warden's wife who helps a notorious killer escape.

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