English 345/Comparative Literature 357

Autumn 1997

FILM STUDY QUESTIONS


SHERLOCK JUNIOR

Buster Keaton, 1924.

With Buster Keaton (the hero), Kathryn McGuire (the girl), Ward Crane (the villain).


PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE

Edward D. Wood, Jr., 1959.

With Tor Johnson (Inspector Clay), Vampira (Vampire Girl), Tom Keene (Col. Edwards), Gregory Walcott (Jeff Trent), Mona MacKinnon (Paula Trent), Bela Lugosi (The Old Man).


REAR WINDOW

Alfred Hitchcock, 1954.

With James Stewart (L.B. Jeffries), Grace Kelly (Lisa Fremont), Raymond Burr (Lars Thorwald), Thelma Ritter (Stella), Wendell Corey (Thomas J. Doyle).


PEEPING TOM

Michael Powell, 1960.

With Karlheinz Boehm (Mark Lewis), Anna Massey (Helen Stephens), Maxine Audley (Mrs. Stephens).


LA CHIENNE (THE BITCH)

Jean Renoir, 1931.

With Michel Simon (Maurice Legrand), Janie Marese (Lulu), Georges Flamant (Dede), Magdelaine Berubet (Adele).


SCARLET STREET

Fritz Lang, 1945.

With Edward G. Robinson (Christopher Cross), Joan Bennett (Kitty March), Dan Duryea (Johnny), Margaret Lindsay (Millie), Rosalind Ivan (Adele Cross).


THE SCARLET EMPRESS

Josef von Sternberg, 1934.

With Marlene Dietrich (Sophia Fredericka, later Catherine II), John Lodge (Count Alexei), Sam Jaffe (Grand Duke Peter), Louise Dresser (Empress Elizabeth), Ruthelma Stevens (Countess Elizabeth).


THE PIRATE

Vincente Minnelli, 1948.

With Judy Garland (Manuela), Gene Kelly (Serafin), Walter Slezak (Don Pedro), Gladys Cooper (Aunt Inez), Reginald Owen (The Advocate), George Zucco (The Viceroy).


WRITTEN ON THE WIND

Douglas Sirk, 1957.

With Rock Hudson (Mitch Wayne), Lauren Bacall (Lucy Hadley), Robert Stack (Kyle Hadley), Dorothy Malone (Marylee Hadley).


PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET

Samuel Fuller, 1952.

With Richard Widmark (Skip McCoy), Jean Peters (Candy), Thelma Ritter (Moe Williams), Murvyn Vye (Captain Tiger), Richard Kiley (Joey).


KISS ME DEADLY

Robert Aldrich, 1955.

With Ralph Meeker (Mike Hammer), Albert Dekker (Dr. Soberin), Paul Stewart (Carl Evello), Cloris Leachman (Christina), Maxine Cooper (Velda), Gaby Rogers (Lily Carver/Gabrielle), Jack Elam (Charlie Max).


BLADE RUNNER

Ridley Scott, 1982. (Director's cut released 1992).

With Harrison Ford (Deckard), Rutger Hauer (Batty), Sean Young (Rachel), Edward James Olmos (Gaff), William Sanderson (Sebastian), Darryl Hannah (Pris), Joe Turkel (Tyrell).


ALPHAVILLE

Jean-Luc Godard, 1965.

With Eddie Constantine (Lemmy Caution), Anna Karina (Natascha von Braun), Akim Tamiroff (Henri Dickson), Howard Vernon (Professor Leonard Nosferatu, alias von Braun).


CITIZEN KANE

Orson Welles, 1941.

With Orson Welles (Charles Foster Kane), Joseph Cotten (Jedediah Leland), Everett Sloane (Bernstein), Dorothy Comingore (Susan Alexander Kane), Ray Collins (James W. Gettys), William Alland (Jerry Thompson), Agnes Moorehead (Mary Kane), Ruth Warrick (Emily Norton Kane), George Coulouris (Thatcher).


TOUCH OF EVIL

Orson Welles, 1958.

With Orson Welles (Hank Quinlan), Charlton Heston (Mike Vargas), Janet Leigh (Susan Vargas), Joseph Calleia (Pete Menzies), Akim Tamiroff ('Uncle Joe' Grande), Valentin De Vargas (Pancho), Ray Collins (District Attorney Adair), Mort Mills (Schwartz), Dennis Weaver (Motel Clerk), Marlene Dietrich (Tanya).


PICKPOCKET

Robert Bresson, 1959.

With Martin LaSalle (Michel), Marike Green (Jeanne), Jean Pelegri (The Inspector).


SWEETIE

Jane Campion, 1989.

With Genevieve Lemon (Dawn aka Sweetie), Karen Colston (Kay), Tom Lycos (Louis), Jon Darling (Gordon), Dorothy Barry (Flo), Michael Lake (Bob).


VERONIKA VOSS

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982.

With Rosel Zech (Veronika Voss), Hilmar Thate (Robert Krohn), Cornelia Froboess (Henrietta), Annemarie Dueringer (Dr. Marianne Katz).


DO THE RIGHT THING

Spike Lee, 1989.

With Spike Lee (Mookie), Rosie Perez (Tina), Bill Nunn (Radio Raheem), Danny Aiello (Sal), Richard Edson (Vito), John Turturro (Pino), Giancarlo Esposito (Buggin' Out), Joie Lee (Jade), Ossie Davis (Da Mayor), Ruby Dee (Mother Sister), Samuel L. Jackson (Mister Senor Love Daddy).


WINDOW SHOPPING (GOLDEN EIGHTIES)

Chantal Akerman, 1986.

With Delphine Seyrig (Jeanne), Myriam Boyer (Sylvie), Fanny Cottencon (Lili), Lio (Mado), Pascale Salkin (Pascale), Charles Denner (Mr. Schwartz), Jean-Francois Balmer (Mr. Jean), John Berry (Eli), Nicolas Troc (Robert).