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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (DVD)
The troubled life of Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American woman to garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (for CARMEN JONES) is dramatized in this fine made-for-HBO film from director Coolidge (RAMBLING ROSE). Gorgeous Berry shines as Dandridge in a role she seems born to play. Dandridge`s close relationship with her manager (Spiner) is examined, as is her affair with director Otto Preminger, along with her first marriage to dancer Harold Nicholas, with whom she gave birth to a mentally disabled daughter. Aside from her personal struggles, the film also demonstrates the rampant racism of 1950`s Hollywood which she had to endure throughout her short career.NR"
Director: Martha Coolidge
ACTORS: Halle Berry, Brent Spiner, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Obba Babatunde
Foyle`s War - The German Woman (DVD)
FOYLE`S WAR is a drama series that boasts a marriage of history and fictional mystery. Actor Michael Kitchen stars in the title role of Christopher Foyle, an English police inspector who fights local crimes in an environment riddled with war propaganda and social turmoil. In this episode, The German Woman, the body of the Austrian wife of a local magistrate is found adjacent to a tree painted with a swastika symbol. Foyle`s job is to cut through the crowded list of suspects who all happen to be residents in the small town of Sussex.NR"
ACTORS: Michael Kitchen
Judgement: The Court Martial of Wiliam Calley (DVD)
When the My Lai massacre was revealed, the world was horrified at the actions of the American soldiers who murdered the citizens of a Vietnamese town without provocation. This is the story of the trial and conviction of William Rusty Calley, a twenty-seven year old lieutenant who took part in the massacre.NR"
Director: Stanley Kramer
ACTORS: Harrison Ford, Tony Musante, Richard Basehart
Strange Illusion (DVD)
In one of the most hallucinatory openings of 1940s movies, a boy`s dead father comes to him in a dream, warning him to beware of the man his mother intends to remarry. The boy, Paul Cartwright (James Lydon) wakes up from the dream, but finds it`s coming true when he learns his mother (Sally Ethers) has been dating a slick charmer named Brett Curtis (Warren Williams). Paul suspects Brett`s a murderer, but his mom and sister (Jayne Hazard) are too smitten to listen. It`s HAMLET, American-style, as Paul gathers evidence with a can-do teen spirit the tortured Dane could never quite muster. Acclaimed B director Edgar G. Ulmer (DETOUR, BLUEBEARD) makes sure the proceedings are infused with enough gloomy predestination and bizarre touches to make this a favorite among fans of his unusual cinematic style. Charles Arnt plays a sinister psychiatrist who tries to get Paul to believe his visions are the result of Oedipal jealousy. Regis Toomey plays another doctor, who has his doubts. With Jimmy Clark and Mary McLeod as Pauls teenage pals, this plays like Hitchock meets the Hardy Boys, and is worth seeking out.NR"
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
ACTORS: James Lydon, Warren William, Sally Eilers, Charles Arnt, Regis Toomey
Peter and the Wolf (DVD)
This combination of animation and live-action utilizes the Sergei Prokofiev composition as the musical backdrop for the classic fable of young boy who outwits a cunning wolf, this time featuring animation from the legendary Chuck Jones. Kirstie Alley, Lloyd Bridges, and Ross Malinger provide the vocal talent for this acclaimed production, which won an Emmy in 1996 for Outstanding Prime Time Children`s Program.NR"
Director: George Daugherty
