Mid-Century Comedies Diamonds are a girl's best friend — or so coos Marilyn Monroe in one of her most enduring and endearing roles as Lorelei, a showgirl who heads for Paris with her earthy friend and partner, Dorothy (Jane Russell) in order to lure any available millionaire down the aisle.

James Jones Adaptations | Frank Being Frank James Jones’s debut novel won the National Book Award and was inspired by his experiences stationed in Hawaii in 1941. In a sprawling narrative, Robert “Prew” Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) obtains a transfer to Hawaii where his new captain (Philip Ober) attempts to recruit Prew to the company boxing team.

Frank Being Frank Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) is a reformed drug addict being released from a six-month prison term and rehabilitation. While a high-stakes card dealer prior to prison, he has learned drumming while in prison and relies on his ability to make a living as a musician to stay clean.

Not Cinemascope Jack Finney’s iconic science fiction novel is brought to life by director Don Siegel in a slightly wider on-screen frame. Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) is inundated by claims that close relatives and friends have changed their personality, no longer acting like themselves.

Not Cinemascope In this adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical, Nellie Forbush (Mitzi Gaynor) and Emile De Becque (Rossano Brazzi) are star-crossed lovers on a South Pacific island during World War II.

A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman Director Sidney Lumet’s final film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke as brothers who plan to rob their own parents’ jewelry store.

Frank Being Frank | James Jones Adaptations | 70 Years of Cinemascope James Jones’s second novel jumps to the period after World War II and a returning veteran attempting to put his life back together. Dave Hirsh (Frank Sinatra) returns home after sixteen years away, accompanied by Ginny Moorehead (Shirley MacLaine), whom he met on his last drunken night in Chicago.

Frank Being Frank Ben Marco (Frank Sinatra) and Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) were prisoners of war during the Korean conflict. When they return, Marco is assigned to Army Intelligence and recommends Shaw for the medal of honor.

The Art of Music in Movies Watership Down is an animated fantasy based in the world of rabbits in the English countryside. Hazel and his little brother Fiver, who is a seer, lead a fellowship away from their home warren when Fiver has a vision of coming destruction.

Not Cinemascope Brilliantly cast against type, Henry Fonda is Frank, a cold-hearted, avaricious monster who shows no remorse while gunning down a family to access their land. While the surviving widow (Claudia Cardinale) defends the farm with the outlaw Cheyenne (Jason Robards), a mysterious drifter with a harmonica (Charles Bronson) — introduced in the film's virtuoso opening scene — joins the struggle to seek revenge on Frank.

James Jones Adaptations After a 20-year hiatus, Malick triumphantly returned to filmmaking in 1998 with The Thin Red Line, which garnered seven Academy Award nominations. Hailed by Gene Siskel as the “greatest contemporary war film I’ve seen,” this epic account of the unforgiving battlefields of World War II features an ensemble of Hollywood greats giving some of their most moving performances.

70 Years of Cinemascope One year before To Kill a Mockingbird, Gregory Peck starred opposite David Niven and a scene-stealing Anthony Quinn in this epic and rousing action-adventure. The story details a covert, multi-national commando group that attempts to destroy a massive array of German cannons on a remote island in Greece.

Music Mockumentaries The Lonely Island (star Andy Samberg and directors Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) are the creative force behind this skewering of modern musical icons. Samberg is Conner4Real, a former boy band star who has gone solo after refusing to acknowledge the contributions of his band mates.