André Previn

Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. Louise knows what to do in order to repay her.

"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was unflinching in his commitment to bringing some of the most memorable movies of the last half of the 20th century to the big screen. Always placing story first and going for truth, with anonymity being his preferred style of directing, this elusive artist finally gets his spotlight. Select cast and crew members from his wide ranging filmography including To Kill A Mockingbird, Klute, All the President's Men, Sophie's Choice, Presumed Innocent, and The Pelican Brief bring Pakula to life once more after he was lost so tragically; while family and friends share their memories of knowing him as an artist, a husband, and a stepfather.

Admired and praised by the likes of Irving Berlin and Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer has been described as "one of our great folk poets" and "the most perfect American lyricist". Throughout his extraordinary career, he collaborated with hundreds of composers to write legendary movie songs such as "Hooray for Hollywood", "Jeepers Creepers" and "Moon River". Mercer then went on to co-found Capitol Records in 1942 and became a successful Broadway producer of St. Louis Woman and L'il Abner.

Sir André Previn, born in Berlin in 1929, figures among the most prominent musicians of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He won four Academy Awards for his film scores, he composes concertos, musicals and operas. He conducts, arranges music, and is a renowned pianist, as well as a jazz musician. Previn’s first opera, ‚A Streetcar Named Desire’, based on Tennessee Williams’ play, successfully premiered in San Francisco, in 1998. Our film mirrors Sir Previn’s affinities to Europe as well as to the United States. He is at home in both worlds, with their rather different cultural realities.

Anne-Sophie Mutter teams with long-time collaborators Andre Previn on piano and Daniel Mueller-Schott on cello for performances of the finest of Mozart's Piano Trios, filmed in Mantua's magnificent 18th-century Teatro Bibiena. Piano Trios KV 502 · KV 542 · KV 548

Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.

Arthur Rubinstein performs Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, and Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 with Andre Previn at the London Symphony at Fairfield Hall, Croydon, England.

Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such living legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia Ball.

American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and developed different cinematique techniques, such as brilliantly shot dancing sequences.

This biography, shown on American television as part of the PBS "Great Performances" series, examines the life works of one of Hollywood's most celebrated animators, Chuck (Charles M.) Jones. He is best known for Warner Brothers cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and Pepe LePew. Included are plenty of behind-the-scenes descriptions of how an animated film is made, and (best of all) many clips from Chuck's cartoons.

The life of composer, conductor, pianist and Oscar-winner Andre Previn, filmed during a year which culminated in the world premiere of his first opera, A Streetcar Named Desire, in San Francisco. Wherever he went, the camera followed. To Tokyo for a concert with Kiri Te Kanawa. To Philadelphia for a teaching session in the Curtis Institute. To Tanglewood for an incredible jazz improvisation recording of Gershwin Variations. To New York to play with the Ray Brown Trio at the Blue Note Club. To Vienna with the Vienna Philharmonic. To Washington DC for a concert with the Emerson Quartet. To Boston for a conductor's masterclass with, among others, Daniel Harding. And, of course, the rehearsals and first performance of Streetcar with the incomparable Renee Fleming and director Colin Graham.

This program is part of the acclaimed Sounds Magnificent series, showcasing some of the great works in Western classical music. Andre Previn acts both as conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and host of the show, which explores the lives and times of the composers, as well as featuring selections from their works. This episode presents renditions of Haydn's Symphony 87 and Mozart's Symphony 39.

Em uma sociedade futurista, as corporações têm substituído países e existe um jogo recreativo e violento conhecido como"Rollerball", o qual é controlado pelas organizações e jogado em todo o mundo. Em um determinado momento, Jonathan E., um dos jogadores, decide lutar por sua liberdade e deixa o controle da corporação em perigo.

Um fazendeiro e um minerador formam uma parceria e vão se aventurar na terra do ouro, a Califórnia. Durante a viagem, eles compartilham a mesma mulher e sequestram uma carruagem repleta de prostitutas a caminho da nova cidade mineradora.

Um câmera acidenta-se durante um jogo de futebol americano e seu cunhado, um inescrupuloso advogado, arquiteta um plano para conseguir uma indenização milionária. Um operador de câmera é derrubado durante um jogo de futebol. Seu cunhado advogado, o rei da perseguição de ambulâncias, imediatamente inicia um processo enquanto ele ainda está nocauteado. O operador de câmera fica contra o cunhado até ouvir que sua ex-esposa está vindo para vê-lo. Então ele finge que se feriu para recuperar a esposa, mas se angustia quando vê o que a tensão desse episódio está fazendo para o jogador de futebol que o feriu.

A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.

O professor de piano ciumento Orville Spooner manda sua linda esposa, Zelda, passear pela noite, enquanto ele tenta vender uma música para o famoso cantor de boate Dino, que está encalhado na cidade. Dino, o charmoso e lascivo cantor de Las Vegas, a caminho de Hollywood fica sem gasolina em Climax, Nevada. O atendente do oleoso posto de gasolina é Barney Millsap, um possível letrista que escreve canções pop com Orville Spooner, o professor de piano local. Sabotando o carro de Dino, Barney cria um esquema para que Dino cante uma de suas músicas em um especial de TV. Para entreter Dino, Barney contata a prostituta da cidade, Polly, contratando-a para fingir ser a esposa de Orville, Zelda, por uma noite. Ela não gosta de Dino, mas adora ser a esposa substituta de Orville. Dino vai até um bar, onde conhece o verdadeiro Zelda, e eles passam a noite juntos enquanto Polly passa com Orville. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

When a cavorting Hollywood writer is killed by the angry husband of a woman he was having an affair with, he comes back as a spirit in the form of a beautiful woman and moves in with his/her best friend as a base operation for enacting sweet revenge.

Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), um intelectual e professor de fonética, aposta que conseguirá, no período máximo de seis meses, transformar Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), uma simples florista de rua que não sabe falar direito, em uma dama. Mas a tarefa se mostra muito mais difícil do que tinha sido imaginada originalmente.

Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), um intelectual e professor de fonética, aposta que conseguirá, no período máximo de seis meses, transformar Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), uma simples florista de rua que não sabe falar direito, em uma dama. Mas a tarefa se mostra muito mais difícil do que tinha sido imaginada originalmente.

The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.

Nester Patou, a naive police officer, is transferred to the red light district in Paris and organizes a raid on a dodgy hotel running as a brothel. In doing so he inadvertently disrupts the corrupt system of the police and the pimps union, and even nets his station superior. Fired from his job, Nester goes to the local bar for a drink and befriends a pretty young lady named Irma la Douce. Upon realizing she is a prostitute, Nester invents a crazy scheme to keep her from seeing other men.

Bing celebrated the holidays by starring in his first color special, which aired on Christmas Eve. This time the show concluded with an extended holiday-themed segment featuring Bing and his guests, Mary Martin , Andre Previn and The United Nations Children’s Choir . Bing delivers a standout version of “ The Little Drummer Boy ” and performs “ White Christmas ” with Mary Martin. The other musical selections are dominated by two extended Crosby-Martin medleys, but there’s also a fine solo by Bing on “ I Left My Heart in San Francisco ” and the positively surreal production number, “ Doin’ the Bing ”. (A dance craze was not started.) This would be the last Crosby holiday show not devoted entirely to the Christmas theme.

Jerry Ryan wanders aimlessly around New York after giving up his Nebraskan law practice. His wife asks for a divorce. He meets Gittel, a struggling dancer from Greenwich Village and they try to sort out their lives. An extended conversation piece with a static camera, but reflects the moral climate of the time.

Acompanhe um dia completo da família Tyrone, marcada por diversos problemas: uma mãe viciada em morfina, um pai frustrado com a carreira, um filho desequilibrado emocionalmente e o outro sofrendo de tuberculose.

O alemão Karl Von Hartrott (Paul Lukas) e o francês Marcelo Desnoyers (Charles Boyer) imigraram para a Argentina após a 1ª Guerra, onde se tornam cunhados ao se casarem com as únicas filhas de Julio Madariaga (Lee J. Cobb), um rico fazendeiro argentino. Karl tem três filhos homens e Marcelo, um casal de filhos, Julio (Glenn Ford) e Chi Chi (Ivette Mimieux). O tempo passa, jovens se tornam adultos, e os filhos de Karl viajam a Alemanha para concluírem seus estudos. Às vésperas da 2ª Grande Guerra, a família de Karl retorna à Argentina e todos se reúnem num grande jantar. Para decepção de Madariaga, seus netos alemães se tornaram oficiais nazistas, inclusive seu genro Karl. Começa um grande conflito familiar, que leva toda a família à Paris tomada e invadida pelos nazistas, colocando de um lado os Von Hartrott, aliados ao nazismo, e de outro os Desnoyers, que ingressam na Resistência Francesa

Berlim, logo após a Segunda Guerra Mundial. CR MacNamara preside a filial da Coca -Cola da Alemanha. Ele está trabalhando duro e tenta dar o seu melhor para impressionar a sede em Atlanta, uma vez que ele já ouviu falar que a sede europeia em Londres em breve estará vaga e estão à procura de um novo chefe. Porém o Sr. Hazeltine, Vice Presidente da Coca-Cola, pede a MacNamara para cuidar de sua filha Scarlett, quem vai fazer uma viagem pela Europa. Scarlett, no entanto, não se comporta da maneira que uma menina jovem respeitável de sua idade deveria. E começa a confusão.

Berlim, logo após a Segunda Guerra Mundial. CR MacNamara preside a filial da Coca -Cola da Alemanha. Ele está trabalhando duro e tenta dar o seu melhor para impressionar a sede em Atlanta, uma vez que ele já ouviu falar que a sede europeia em Londres em breve estará vaga e estão à procura de um novo chefe. Porém o Sr. Hazeltine, Vice Presidente da Coca-Cola, pede a MacNamara para cuidar de sua filha Scarlett, quem vai fazer uma viagem pela Europa. Scarlett, no entanto, não se comporta da maneira que uma menina jovem respeitável de sua idade deveria. E começa a confusão.

After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a loan from the bank, Tony gets a call from a detective surrounding his uncle's death. It turns out Colonel Ryder died in his hotel room with a smile on his face and a young woman was seen fleeing his room wearing only a towel. Suspicious of this woman and afraid the magazine's wholesome image may be tarnished and their loan denied, Tony asks the detective to stick around and find her.

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.

Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) é um caixeiro-viajante oportunista, imoral e alcoólatra que é convertido pela Irmã Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) e passa a viajar em sua companhia pelos Estados Unidos pregando e explorando novos fiéis. Ricos e famosos, eles constroem um templo, mas Gantry é abalado pelo reencontro com um antigo amor.

Ella Peterson é uma operadora de serviço de atendimento telefônico do Brooklyn, uma espécie de "Secretária Eletrônica" analógica, que tenta melhorar a vida de seus clientes, passando algumas dicas de informação que ela ouve de outros clientes. Ela se apaixona por um de seus clientes, o dramaturgo Jeffrey Moss, e está determinada a conhecê-lo. O problema é que, ao telefone com ele, ela sempre finge ser uma mulher velha que ele chama de "mãe". e Livre (estimado Livre)

A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.

A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.

In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.

O detento da prisão de San Quentin, Arnie Judlow, pede a seu irmão gêmeo, Bill, e sua esposa, Ruth, que o ajudem em um plano de fuga ousado.

Um remake musical de Ninotchka: Depois de três desastrados agentes soviéticos falharem em sua missão de recuperar um compositor soviético perdido de Paris, a bela e ultra-séria Ninotchka é enviada para salvar a missão e recuperá-los. Ela começa condenando o Ocidente decadente, mas gradualmente cai sob o seu feitiço, com a ajuda de Steve Canfield, um produtor de cinema americano. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)

Um remake musical de Ninotchka: Depois de três desastrados agentes soviéticos falharem em sua missão de recuperar um compositor soviético perdido de Paris, a bela e ultra-séria Ninotchka é enviada para salvar a missão e recuperá-los. Ela começa condenando o Ocidente decadente, mas gradualmente cai sob o seu feitiço, com a ajuda de Steve Canfield, um produtor de cinema americano. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)

A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.

An out-of-work reporter (Leslie Nielsen) seeks out a bank robber, and his bride (Colleen Miller) has to rescue him.

Aposentado como o atirador mais rápido do oeste, George Temple agora busca um pouco de paz ao lado de sua esposa Dora. No entanto, um dia ele bebe além da conta e acaba exibindo suas surpreendentes habilidades no gatilho. Preocupado com a possibilidade de ser desafiado para um duelo, George resolve sair da cidade com Dora. Os cidadãos locais prometem manter segredo, mas um garoto o entrega a uma gangue de criminosos e monta o cerco para, talvez, seu mais importante confronto.

At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Jane's parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon. However, at dinner that night all Ralph's parents talk about are the big weddings they gave their daughters and everything escalates. All of a sudden, it is a big wedding breakfast with hundreds of guests. The problem is that for 12 years, Tom has been saving money to buy his own cab and license, but now that he can, all of his money is going towards a wedding neither he, or Jane or Ralph really want.

Three completely different stories are told through dance.

Ted, Doug, and Angie são três ex-G.I.s (soldados) que resolveram marcar um encontro 10 anos depois num bar de Nova Yorke em 11 de outubro de 1955. Todos apareceram no dia marcado, mas rapidamente percebem que a amizade não é a mesma de antes. Um diretor de programa quer levar os três amigos para um Live TV show. As circunstâncias ficam ainda mais complicadas porque um grupo de gângster está atrás te Ted. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

1945, dois meses após o fim da 2ª Guerra Mundial. No vilarejo de Black Rock chega um idoso desconhecido, John MacReedy (Spencer Tracy), que tem só um braço. Apesar da sua idade e deficiência física, sua presença incomoda cada vez mais os moradores do local, em parte por ser o primeiro visitante em 4 anos (literalmente o trem nunca parava ali) e também por ficar cada vez mais claro que todos estão escondendo algo. Quando ele diz que está procurando Komoko, um japonês, a tensão aumenta e parece que todos obedecem Reno Smith (Robert Ryan), o "dono" de Black Rock.

Fred and Lilli are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. A fight on the opening night threatens the production, as well as two thugs who have the mistaken idea that Fred owes their boss money and insist on staying next to him all night.

When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced in the newspapers, throngs of hopefuls show up. The revue's musical composer, Leo Belney, champions ballerina Joanna Moss, while gofer Bob Dowdy is enchanted by novice Suzy Doolittle. Then producer Felix Jordan persuades Ted's former dance partner, Madelyn Corlan, to come out of retirement to try out, much to Ted's great discomfort.

Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.

A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

O filme conta a história de Kimball O´Hara - Kim -, um jovem órfão, nascido e educado na Índia, quando essa ainda era uma colônia britânica. Vagando pelas ruas de Lahore, encontra um velho lama (sacerdote) tibetano, a quem passa a seguir como chela (discípulo). Num ambiente ora hostil, ora sedutor, Kim o "amiguinho de todo mundo", vê-se envolvido em empolgantes aventuras. Carrega dentro de si os contrates da cultura ocidental e da oriental. Repleto de provérbios orientais, o romance apresenta um quadro detalhado da vida na Índia.

A killer holds the customers at a bar hostage.

A história da bem sucedida dupla de compositores Bert Kalmar e Harry Ruby, da famosa editora musical Tin Pan Alley, é contada de forma leve e solta. O Cantor-Dançarino Bert Kalmar (Fred Astaire) não pode continuar sua carreira no palco após sofrer uma lesão, então ele tem que ganhar a vida fazendo letras para músicas. Por sorte ele conhece o compositor Harry Ruby (Red Skelton) e a primeira música da dupla é um sucesso. Ruby arranja o casamento de sua ex-parceira Jessie Brown (Vera-Ellen) com Kalmar, e Kalmar e Jessie impedem Ruby de se casar com as garotas erradas. Mas devido ao fato de Ruby causar a saída do financiador de uma peça de Kalmar, eles acabam rompendo suas relações.

Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....

Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.

Quando o mestre de Lassie morre, um velho amigo tenta convencer um juiz de que a vida do cão deve ser poupada.

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.

Melodrama em que uma mãe viúva, uma cantora de ópera, perdeu seu filho, atropelado por um caminhão ao tentar salvar Lassie. Tempo depois, graças a Lassie, encontra um órfão indefeso.

Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve wonders how he can make some money and is approached by his old associates. When Flavia discovers the truth about Steve, she loses all faith in her family and in God, and it will take a miracle to restore Flavia's belief and Steve out of trouble.

A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.

After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.

Famed conductor Andre Previn serves as both the host and subject of this compilation of live performances by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. After introducing each piece with some background on its composer (including excerpts from the composer's other work), Previn conducts the legendary orchestra in performances of symphonies by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.