Norma Crane

Oscar-winning adaptation of the Broadway musical about life among the Jewish community of a pre-revolutionary Russian village. A poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults the traditional matchmaker - and also has a word with God.

The young heir to a publishing business fears foul play when his uncle is found dead after spending the night with a mysterious woman. Things go from bad to worse for the young man when he begins to fall in love with the woman.

The comedic life of a junior high school teacher who appears to be mild-mannered and absent-minded, yet always wins by his strong convictions.

Homosexuality was a taboo subject in 1956 Hollywood. So it was a challenge for screenwriter Robert Anderson to adapt his hit Broadway play about a sensitive prepschooler called "sister boy" by his peers, and the lovely housemaster's wife who realizes she must offer more than tea and sympathy to help the boy prove his manhood. The frankness may be muted but the power remains in this stellar film. Under Vincente Minnelli's direction, Deborah Kerr and John Kerr reprise their Broadway roles as older woman and younger man in poignant performances that reveal the compassion and the torment of being human. Their stage costar Leif Erickson joins them in counterpoint as the emotionally clenched housemaster.

In this classic mystery, Detective Virgil Tibbs battles a puzzling murder of a prostitute in San Francisco in this exciting sequel.