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Four Friends (1981)

In the French Style (1963)

Dr. John Haislip

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)

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Midnight Cowboy (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Everybody's Talkin'

Midnight Cowboy (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Terrific Shirt

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Four Friends (1981)

In the French Style (1963)

Dr. John Haislip

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Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)

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Midnight Cowboy (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Everybody's Talkin' From director John Schlesinger, from Waldo Salt’s screenplay and the James Leo Herlihy novel, the captivating opening, shot on location in Big Spring, Texas, introducing Jon Voight as Joe Buck, and Fred Neil’s song performed by Harry Nilsson, in the 1969 Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy, also starring Dustin Hoffman.

Midnight Cowboy (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Terrific Shirt Joe (Jon Voight) failing further as a hustler in New York, counting his dwindling money and meeting Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman, Voight’s fellow Best Actor nominee, in his first scene), his sticky nickname provided by Jonathan Kramer, followed by the famous mostly accidental taxi scene, in John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy, 1969.

Blue Denim (1959) -- (Movie Clip) What's Wrong With The Boy? From the credits, we meet second-billed Brandon De Wilde as teen Arthur, coming home to bad news from his dad (MacDonald Carey), while his mother (Marsha Hunt) and sister (Nina Shipman) fuss over her date, in Blue Denim, 1958, also starring Carol Lynley, based on a play by James Leo Herlihy and William Noble.

Blue Denim (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Break The Bottle Over Your Head Frustrated teen Arthur (Brandon De Wilde) has adjourned to his family’s basement with his more-wayward pal Ernie (Warren Berlinger) for decadent pursuits when they’re surprised by tomboy-ish Janet (Carol Lynley, her first scene), in the Twentieth Century-Fox melodrama Blue Denim, 1958.

Blue Denim (1959) -- (Movie Clip) They're Engaged, For Pete's Sake! Arthur (Brandon De Wilde) is practicing his missed shot that would have won the game when swooning Janet (Carol Lynley) proposes a walk home together, just days since their first kiss, interrupted by his sister and boyfriend (Nina Shipman, Buck Class), in Blue Denim, 1958.

All Fall Down (1962) -- (Movie Clip) We Are Acting With Great Leniency In fictional Key Bonita (really Key West, a hangout of the original author James Leo Herlihy), director John Frankenheimer brings young Clint (Brandon DeWilde), from Cleveland, to jailer Albert Paulsen, who holds his ne’er-do-well brother Berry-Berry (Warren Beatty, his first scene), in All Fall Down, 1962.

All Fall Down (1962) -- (Movie Clip) I Bet He's Picked Up Malaria Home to Cleveland from Florida, Clint (Brandon DeWilde) is reluctant to tell his egalitarian parents Annabel and Ralph (Angela Lansbury, Karl Malden, introduced here) how things are really going for his older brother (Warren Beatty), whom he’s just bailed out, in John Frankenheimer’s All Fall Down, 1962.

All Fall Down (1962) -- (Movie Clip) I'm The Old Maid From Toledo Almost missing each other, Clevelander Annabel (Angela Lansbury) is delighted to greet Echo (Eva Marie Saint, her first scene), slightly-odd daughter of her admired best friend, in town for a convention, introducing her husband Ralph (Karl Malden) and enthralled son Clint (Brandon DeWilde), in John Frankenheimer’s All Fall Down, 1962.

All Fall Down (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Like He's A Greek God Teen Clint (Brandon DeWilde) has persuaded gigolo-grifter brother Berry-Berry (Warren Beatty) to have coffee with their lonely parents (Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury), not realizing his beloved Echo (Eva Marie Saint), a new family friend, has arrived in the interim, in All Fall Down, 1962, from James Leo Herlihy’s novella.

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