List of the best Maidie Norman movies: The Well(1951), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962), Bright Road(1953), Susan Slept Here(1954), Torch Song(1953), Movie Movie(1978) ... ...
Drama
USA
1951
85 Minutes
Mrs. Crawford
Richard Rober Harry Morgan Christine Larson Gwendolyn Laster Maidie Norman Ernest Anderson Dick Simmons Lane Chandler Pat Mitchell
sheriff white man young girl nephew stranger engineer dark suspenseful melodramatic small town well police station school house segregation missing persons search race relations cover-up racial tension
A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing black girl is released by the white authority.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1962
132 Minutes
Elvira Stitt
Bette Davis Joan Crawford Victor Buono Marjorie Bennett Anna Lee Maidie Norman Dave Willock Anne Barton Barbara D. Merrill
sister child actor actress pianist neighbor paraplegic dark campy disturbing mansion los angeles hollywood, calif. siblings hollywood family dysfunction fame jealousy rivalry revenge 1960s
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Drama
USA
1953
68 Minutes
Tanya's Mother
Dorothy Dandridge Philip Hepburn Harry Belafonte Barbara Ann Sanders Robert Horton Maidie Norman Rene Beard Howard McNeely Robert McNeely Patti Marie Ellis Joy Jackson
teacher principal student classmate touching inspiring gutsy alabama small town school education troubled youth small-town life tragic death african-americans underdog growing up quest 1950s
Based on the story, See How They Run (The Ladies' Home Journal June 51), and subsequently won that year's Christopher award. The story was written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, a 4th generation... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1954
98 Minutes
Georgette
Dick Powell Debbie Reynolds Anne Francis Alvy Moore Glenda Farrell Horace MacMahon Herb Vigran Les Tremayne Mara Lane Maidie Norman Rita Johnson
writer juvenile delinquent best friend secretary girlfriend attorney cheeky amusing playful passionate los angeles las vegas cabin backwoods coffee shop bedroom may-december romance writing romantic dilemma living together
A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
Drama
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Joan Crawford Michael Wilding Gig Young Marjorie Rambeau Harry Morgan Dorothy Patrick James Todd Eugene Loring Paul Guilfoyle Benny Rubin Maidie Norman
A tough but unhappy Broadway star re-evaluates her life when she crosses paths with a blind pianist.
Comedy
1978
106 Minutes
George C. Scott Trish Van Devere Harry Hamlin Red Buttons Eli Wallach Ann Reinking Jocelyn Brando Michael Kidd Kathleen Beller Barry Bostwick Art Carney
boxer producer gangster beautiful woman daughter diva witty hilarious lighthearted boxing ring nightclub new york city broadway theater boxing broadway loss of innocence redemption song and dance world war i transformation
Old-movie parodies: "Dynamite Hands," about a boxing law student (Harry Hamlin) ; "Baxter's Beauties of 1933," about a producer's (George C. Scott) show.