Miriam Karlin
5 titles
Filmography
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Flashbacks of a Fool
(2008)An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970's Britain. Hollywood star Joe is now a teenage boy in a tentative relationship with a school-girl called Ruth. Further, his mother's friend, Evelyn, is attempting to seduce him. Engulfed by guilt at the unintended, tragic consequences of his subterfuge, he leaves home. The movie then switches back to contemporary Hollywood. Joe confronts his fear and returns to England for a difficult meeting with Ruth, who had gone on to marry Boots and has been a left a poor widow.

Fun at St. Fanny's
(1955)A 25-year-old is prevented from graduating, so his school headmaster can live off and bet with the money that the student’s uncle left in his will.

Mahler
(1974)Ken Russell's unforgettable film biography of the great composer Gustaf Mahler explores the life of the tormented genius through his sublime music and through poetic, haunting imagery to create a breath-taking cinematic experience. Robert Powell & Georgina Hale star.

The Millionairess
(1960)A millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set up by their respective parents.

Down Among the Z Men
(1952)A wannabe Scotland Yard detective running a general goods store gets caught between crooks, spies and a nutty professor who lost a top-secret formula.