John Houseman Movies

  • 1963
    In the Cool of the Day

    In the Cool of the Day

    In the Cool of the Day

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    After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague...

    In the Cool of the Day
  • 1980
    Gideon's Trumpet

    Gideon's Trumpet

    Gideon's Trumpet

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    True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision...

    Gideon's Trumpet
  • 1979
    Old Boyfriends

    Old Boyfriends

    Old Boyfriends

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    When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.

    Old Boyfriends
  • 1966
    Evening Primrose

    Evening Primrose

    Evening Primrose

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    A man becomes part of a secret society of people who live in a department store and quickly falls in love with their leader’s young maid.

    Evening Primrose
  • 1952
    Holiday for Sinners

    Holiday for Sinners

    Holiday for Sinners

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    Three old friends reunite during Mardi Gras and try to forget their problems.

    Holiday for Sinners
  • 1981
    The New Deal for Artists

    The New Deal for Artists

    The New Deal for Artists

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    The Arts Project of the Work Projects Administration (1935-1942) was a USA government agency established to support writers, theater people,...

    The New Deal for Artists
  • 1975
    Beyond the Horizon

    Beyond the Horizon

    Beyond the Horizon

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    On a Connecticut farm, James Mayo's two sons both love Ruth Atkins. Robert, the younger son, is sickly and dreams of escaping to a romantic life...

    Beyond the Horizon
  • 1976
    Six Characters in Search of An Author

    Six Characters in Search of An Author

    Six Characters in Search of An Author

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    A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for...

    Six Characters in Search of An Author
  • 2013
    Too Much Johnson

    Too Much Johnson

    Too Much Johnson

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    This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William...

    Too Much Johnson
  • 2022
    American: An Odyssey to 1947

    American: An Odyssey to 1947

    American: An Odyssey to 1947

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    In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII...

    American: An Odyssey to 1947
  • 1983
    The Skin of Our Teeth

    The Skin of Our Teeth

    The Skin of Our Teeth

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    Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys,...

    The Skin of Our Teeth
  • 1983
    Choices of the Heart

    Choices of the Heart

    Choices of the Heart

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    Jeannie Donovan, a party-girl searching for that something missing in her life, finds it in El Salvador, hooking up with three nuns and a heartful of...

    Choices of the Heart
  • 1958
    The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

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    Christmas presentation of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90, featuring Tchaikovsky's ballet performed by the New York City Ballet,...

    The Nutcracker
  • 1977
    The Displaced Person

    The Displaced Person

    The Displaced Person

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    A conscientious but driven Polish refugee disrupts the hierarchy of power on a Georgia farm in the 1940s.

    The Displaced Person
  • 1981
    Writing: Plain & Fancy

    Writing: Plain & Fancy

    Writing: Plain & Fancy

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    A documentary about calligraphy.

    Writing: Plain & Fancy
  • 1957
    Van Gogh: Darkness into Light

    Van Gogh: Darkness into Light

    Van Gogh: Darkness into Light

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    Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
  • 1985
    The Cradle Will Rock

    The Cradle Will Rock

    The Cradle Will Rock

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    A filmed version of the 1985 revival of the Marc Blitzstein musical. This revival was filmed at the Old Vic, with former members of The Acting...

    The Cradle Will Rock
  • 1975
    I'm a Stranger Here Myself

    I'm a Stranger Here Myself

    I'm a Stranger Here Myself

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    A portrait of legendary filmmaker Nicholas Ray while he is working as a film professor at a college in upstate New York.

    I'm a Stranger Here Myself