Favorite Films
1960's
Inherit the Wind
1960
Spencer Tracy, Gene Kelly, Fredric March
(Clarence Darrow in Scopes Monkey trial of 1925.)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal
(Truman Capote's story of small town girl who goes mod in NYC)
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
(Story of T. E.. Lawrence's exploits in the Arab world of W.W.I.)
Rattle of a Simple Man
1964
Harry Corbett, Diane Cilento
(a country lad spends a night with a London pro to win a bet.)
Lord Jim
1965
Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curt Jurgens
(Joseph Conrad's story of young seaman who
is discredited as a coward and lives with this scar for the rest of his life.)
Ship of Fools
1965
Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret
(Katherine Anne Porter's story
of passengers on a
German ship in 1933)
A Man For All Seasons
1966
Orson Wells, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern
(Conflict between Henry VIII and
his Chancellor, Sir Thomas More
over a divorce in ensure an heir to the English throne)
Finian's Rainbow
1968
Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele
(Movie about a Transplanted Irishman whose
leprechaun
comes to life in the American South)
Lion in Winter
1968
Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole
(Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine on Christmas Eve.)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
Petula Clark, Peter O'Toole
(Prim schoolmaster's love of a showgirl)
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