Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Comedy | Musical | Romance
When two squabbling ex-married are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical The Taming Of The Shrew, life imitates art, art imitates life.
Starring: Ann Miller, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Tommy Rall, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore
Director: George Sidney
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
Starring: Kim Novak, Rex Thompson, James Whitmore, Victoria Shaw, Tyrone Power, Shepperd Strudwick
Director: George Sidney
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi
Three astronouts after a crash landing find themselves stranded in an upside-down planet–a place where talking apes are in charge and mute humans are hunted and enslaved by the tyrannical primates.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Black Like Me (1964)
Drama
Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man. John Horton takes treatments to darken his skin and leaves his home in Texas to travel throughout the South. At one stop, Horton encounters a black shoe shine man, Burt Wilson, who befriends him and shows him how to "act right" so that he can fit more easily into the African American culture. It is through Wilson that Horton learns the art of shining shoes. Most of his encounters with whites are quite degrading and disturb him. As a hitchhiker, John meets several white men who refer to black men and women in disparaging ways which angers John. Throughout the movie, John is harassed and persecuted by whites without reason. In one of his many stops throughout the South, John finds himself on a park bench sitting by a white woman. A white man walks by and says, "You'd better find another place to sit." Even though he had a college degree, menial jobs were all that he could find. John meets…
Starring: James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke, Roscoe Lee Browne, Al Freeman Jr., Will Geer, Robert Gerringer, Clifton James
Director: Carl Lerner
Battleground (1949)
Action | Drama | War
A squad of the 101st Airborne Division copes with being trapped in the besieged city of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
Starring: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, James Whitmore
Director: William A. Wellman
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
Western
The lone survivor of the original "Magnificent Seven", Chris, is recruited to help in a peasant struggle in Mexico. The leader of the revolt, Quintero, is being held in a Mexican prison ran by a ruthless military commandant named Colonel Diego. Chris enlists the help of other weapons and fighting specialist to rescue the captured leader. The evil Diego employs his torturous and inhuman practices on both sides of the prison walls in a effort to stop the heroes from rescuing the prisoner in this action packed western saga.
Starring: George Kennedy, James Whitmore, Monte Markham, Reni Santoni, Bernie Casey, Scott Thomas, Joe Don Baker, Tony Davis, Michael Ansara
Director: Paul Wendkos
