“Precious Images” Shot List

This is my attempt to catalog every shot from Chuck Workman’s “Precious Images”. I’ve been able to identify most of them, but if you know any of the ones that stumped me (or notice that I got one wrong), please let me know.

This list is based on the original 1986 version of “Precious Images”, with additional notes on changes made for the 1996 reissue.

Citizen Kane (1941) – The snowglobe
Casablanca (1942) – Ingrid Bergman saying “Sing it, Sam.” (note the absence of the words “Play” and “again”)
Casablanca – Dooley Wilson singing “As Time Goes By”
The African Queen (1951) – Humphrey Bogart holds Katharine Hepburn close
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) – Rudolph Valentino leans in to kiss Alice Terry
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) – Marlon Brando embraces Kim Hunter, aka STELLAAAAAA
Lady and the Tramp (1955) – Lady & Tramp sharing spaghetti
The Way We Were (1973) – Robert Redford getting his hair parted by Barbra Streisand [At this point “As Time Goes By” becomes the Streisand cover from “What’s Up, Doc?”]
The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand parting Robert Redford’s hair.
The Fountainhead (1949) – Patricia Neal & Gary Cooper kiss
The Last Picture Show (1971) –Cybill Shepherd & Jeff Bridges kiss
To Catch a Thief (1955) – Grace Kelly & Cary Grant almost kiss
The Lady Eve (1941) – Henry Fonda & Barbara Stanwyck embrace on a chaise.
What’s Up Doc? (1972) – Barbra Streisand singing “As Time Goes By” as Ryan O’Neal plays piano.
East of Eden (1955) – Julie Harris & James Dean lean in to kiss.
Now, Voyager (1942) – Paul Henried lights offers one of the two lit cigarettes in his mouth.
The Petrified Forest (1936) – Bette Davis & Leslie Howard do some canoodling. [1986 version only]
Wuthering Heights (1939) – Laurence Olivier & Merle Oberon run to each other.
A Day at the Races (1937) –If Groucho Marx held Esther Muir any closer he’d be in back of her.
Reds (1981) – Diane Keaton & Warren Beatty look at each other.
The Great Muppet Caper (1981) – Miss Piggy & Charles Grodin look at each other with some intense sexual tension.
Where’s Poppa? (1970)– George Segal (in Gorilla Suit) sitting on a bed with Ruth Gordon, laughing.
Marty (1955) – Ernest Borgnine awkwardly holds Betsy Blair (1996: Followed by Nicolas Cage & Cher kissing in “Moonstruck” (1987))
The Birth of a Nation (1915) – Mae Marsh falls into Henry B. Walthall’s arms.
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) – James Stewart embracing his kids
On Golden Pond (1981) – Katharine Hepburn & Henry Fonda on a canoe in the titular pond (1996: Replaced with Tom Hanks in “Philadelphia” (1993))
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939) – Greer Garson telling Robert Donat, “Goodbye, Mr. Chips.” (take a shot)
Casablanca –Close-up of Humphrey Bogart
Stagecoach (1939) – Zoom in on John Wayne [Beginning the “William Tell Overture” from “A Clockwork Orange” section]
Blazing Saddles (1974) – Zoom out on Cleavon Little
Fort Apache (1948) – The Cavalry rides
Cimarron (1960)– Horses and wagons ride
Planet of the Apes (1968) – Apes on horseback
They Died with Their Boots On (1941) – Errol Flynn IS General Custer
??? – A caravan of horses in single file (Black and white, any guesses?)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)– A wagon travels towards Monument Valley
Red River (1948) – John Wayne approaches the camera
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) – Robert Redford walks across a snowy field
All the President’s Men (1976) – Robert Redford & Dustin Hoffman walk through the Washington Post.
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) – Julie Christie walks up to Warren Beatty.
Airport (1970) – Helen Hayes walks through the airport.
The Maltese Falcon (1941) – Humphrey Bogart and Elisha Cook Jr. walk through a hallway.
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) – Alec Guinness leads his troop
The Right Stuff (1983) – The Mercury Astronauts iconically walk towards the camera.
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) – Sylvester Stallone rises out of the water
Babes in Arms (1939) – Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney beckon a crowd to join them
Ben-Hur (1925) – Francis X. Bushman in the chariot race
Ben-Hur (1959) –Horses in the chariot race
Ben-Hur – Charlton Heston gets whipped
Ben-Hur – Messala spikes Ben-Hur’s chariot
Ben-Hur – The chariot breaks
Ben-Hur – Stephen Boyd flies off his chariot
Rio Bravo (1959) – Ricky Nelson and John Wayne fire shots
The Wild Bunch (1969) – A bridge gives out beneath some bandits.
????- Will Rogers twirls a lasso as a kid looks on (1996: Replaced by Kevin Costner on horseback in “Dances with Wolves” (1990))
Ride the High Country (1962) – Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea walk in unison.
Midnight Cowboy (1969) – Jon Voight walking through a crowded street
Gloria (1980)– Gena Rowlands fires a gun
Apocalypse Now (1979)– Helicopters flying over the waves
Wings (1927) – Richard Arlen pilots a plane
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985) – Chuck Norris jumps towards the camera
Conan the Barbarian (1982) – Arnold Schwarzenegger shows off his sword (1996: Replaced with Schwarzenegger riding a motorcycle in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (1991))
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932)– Johnny Weismuller gives the Tarzan yell as Maureen O’Sullivan and Chimp look on.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)– Errol Flynn swings from a vine
The Mark of Zorro (1920) – Douglas Fairbanks swings from a rope
The Mark of Zorro – Fairbanks grabs a guy’s sword.
???? – Pirates swinging on ropes
Captain Blood (1935) – Errol Flynn swings from one ship to another
Shaft (1971)– Richard Roundtree swings on a rope and breaks through a window
Enter the Dragon (1973) – Bruce Lee shows off his nunchuck skills
Fritz the Cat (1972) – Pig Cop shoots a gun.
First Blood (1982) – Sylvester Stallone fires a flamethrower (1996: Replaced with Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon in “Thelma & Louise” (1991))
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)– Faye Dunaway gunned down in a car.
Bonnie and Clyde – Warren Beatty gunned down on the ground.
The Roaring Twenties (1939) – James Cagney is shot on the steps of a church.
Little Caesar (1931)– Edward G. Robinson is shot next to a crate, thus solidifying the end of Rico.
Adam’s Rib (1949) – Spencer Tracy slaps Katharine Hepburn’s backside
Boys Town (1938) – Spencer Tracy smacks a cigarette out of Mickey Rooney’s mouth.
Nothing Sacred (1937)– Carole Lombard slaps Fredric March (oddly, this scene is in black and white, although the movie was in color).
Pal Joey (1957) – Rita Hayworth slaps Frank Sinatra (and then they were in a movie together. Thank you!)
The Public Enemy (1931) – James Cagney smashes a grapefruit into Mae Clarke’s face.
The Quiet Man (1952) – John Wayne throws Maureen O’Hara on bed
The Philadelphia Story (1940) – Cary Grant pushes Katharine Hepburn to the ground.
The Spoilers (1942) – John Wayne punches the camera
Dinner at Eight (1933) – Jean Harlow punches Madge Evans
Rocky IV (1985) – Rocky Balboa and Ivan Drago touch gloves
Rocky IV – Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren face off
Rocky (1976) – Sylvester Stallone calls out for “ADRIAAAAAAN”
Lolita (1962) – Peter Sellers shows off his boxing moves
The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) – Ingrid Bergman practices boxing with a kid
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) – Leatherface running with chainsaw in hand.
Captain Blood – Errol Flynn close-up (1996: Replaced with Tom Hanks shooting silly string in “Big” (1988))
Don Juan (1926) – John Barrymore fences towards the camera (1996: Replaced with Jared Rushton’s unamused reaction in “Big”)
Scaramouche (1952) – Stewart Granger cuts down a shrub during a swordfight with Mel Ferrer
Rebel without a Cause (1955) – James Dean in a knifefight with Corey Allen
Becket (1964) – A knight brings down his sword
Chinatown (1974) – Roman Polanski presents a switchblade
Death Wish (1974) – Charles Bronson
The Terminator (1984) – Arnold Schwarzenegger in the back of a police car (1996: Replaced with Clint Eastwood in “Unforgiven” (1992))
Dirty Harry (1971) – Clint Eastwood fires a gun (which doesn’t really narrow it down)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – Harrison Ford escapes a giant boulder
Shane (1953) –Alan Ladd fires off a few shots
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – Al Pacino reveals his firearm (though he doesn’t make anyone say hello to it)
The Magnificent Seven (1960) – Steve McQueen sneaks around with a gun.
True Grit (1969) – John Wayne twirls his rifle on horseback
The Dirty Dozen (1967) – Jim Brown makes a run for it. He’s at the 30…the 20…he could go all the way!
Octopussy (1983) – A jet plane flies into a hanger
Octopussy – the plane flies through the hanger
Octopussy – the cockpit POV
Octopussy – Close-up of Roger Moore flying the plane
The French Connection (1971) – Close-up of Gene Hackman’s t-zone (1996: Replaced with Zapruder look-a-like footage from “JFK” (1991))
The French Connection – Female pedestrian screams (1996: Replaced with more Zapruder footage from “JFK”)
The French Connection – Hackman makes a quick turn (1996: Reverts back to French Connection)
The French Connection – POV of the car
The French Connection – The car misses the pedestrian and hits some trash.
Bullitt (1968) – Bullitt’s car careens uphill
Bullitt – Bullitt’s car makes a sharp right
Smokey and the Bandit (1977) – The Bandit’s car jumps off a ramp.
The Last American Hero (1973) – A race car crashes
Koyaanisqatsi (1982) – Time lapse of traffic on multiple city streets
The Sound of Music (1965) – Julie Andrews spins majestically on a hilltop. [The start of the “Singin’ in the Rain” section]
Singin’ in the Rain (1952) – Gene Kelly twirls with his umbrella
The Music Man (1962) – Robert Preston leads a band with at least 70 trombones, maybe more.
Amadeus (1984) – Tom Hulce conducts an orchestra in a sold out theater.
Gigi (1958) – Maurice Chevalier smiles at the camera
Love Me Tonight (1932) – A younger Maurice Chevalier smiles at the camera
Whoopee! (1930) – Eddie Cantor singing
The Toast of New Orleans (1950) – Kathryn Grayson looks as Mario Lanza either sings or yawns.
Lili (1953) – Leslie Caron duets with a puppet
Show Boat (1951)- The show boat arrives.
Funny Girl (1968) – Barbra Streisand belts on the bow of a tugboat.
Cabaret (1972) – Liza Minnelli finishes her big number
Woodstock (1970) – Split-screen of hippies and rock stars
The Big Chill (1983)– Kevin Kline and Glenn Close dance as William Hurt looks on.
An American in Paris (1951) – Gene Kelly points at a child.
Cabin in the Sky (1943) – Ethel Waters sings, Eddie Anderson plays guitar, Bill Bailey just stands there.
For Me and My Gal (1942) – Gene Kelly & Judy Garland walk arm in arm
Shall We Dance (1937) – Fred Astaire sings at Ginger Rogers
Top Hat (1935) – Astaire & Rogers cut a rug
Swing Time (1936) – Fred & Ginger kick up their feet
Easter Parade (1948) – Judy Garland & Fred Astaire are a couple of swells
Destry Rides Again (1939) – Marlene Dietrich strolls atop the bar
The King and I (1956) – Yul Brynner & Deborah Kerr answer the question Shall We Dance?
The Blues Brothers (1980) – Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi shake a tailfeather as Ray Charles plays keyboard.
???? – Dresses flying off of chorus girls
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) – Shirley Temple & Bill Robinson dressed as soldiers dancing up the stairs (which is in the novel, I believe)
Bright Eyes (1934) – Shirley Temple sings down an aisle
Swing Time – Astaire & Rogers do some twirling
All That Jazz (1979) – Roy Scheider slides across the floor
The Merry Widow (1934) – a large group of ballroom dancers
The Merry Widow – Same group, different angle
The Merry Widow – Yet another angle of the group
Mary Poppins (1964) – Julie Andrews flies over Cherry Tree Lane
Easter Parade – Fred Astaire catches a cane in slow motion
The Cotton Club (1984) – Richard Gere dances with Diane Lane
Fame (1980) – The kids dance in the street
Fame – Kids dancing on a car, which I’m sure went over well
Annie (1982) – Albert Finney & Aileen Quinn tap dance
My Fair Lady (1964) – A crowd of exquisitely dressed socialites attend the Ascot Opening Race
Hair (1969) – A crowd clapping in unison
Hair – Two men flip over a woman (hopefully with consent)
Flashdance (1983) – Jennifer Beals dances on the edge of a chair
Anchors Aweigh (1945) – Gene Kelly dances with Jerry the Mouse
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) – Fred Astaire dances with animated shoes
Royal Wedding (1951) –Fred Astaire dances on the ceiling
The Band Wagon (1953) – Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse dance in the dark
The Turning Point (1977) – Mikhail Baryshnikov & Leslie Browne perform ballet
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) [maybe?] – Two chorus girls holding fans
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) – Walter Huston does a jig
The Gold Rush (1925) – Charlie Chaplin performs the roll dance.
Saturday Night Fever (1977) – John Travolta walks down the lane
Grease (1978) – Olivia Newton John dances across campus
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) – Margaret O’Brien & Judy Garland perform a duet
The Broadway Melody (1929) – A chorus girl performs a tap solo
Good News (1947) – June Allyson, Peter Lawford, and a bunch of dancers do the Varsity Drag
An American in Paris – Lesie Caron & Gene Kelly stroll together
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) – Topol dances
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)– The Brides and Brothers dance together
West Side Story (1961) – The Jets dance on their home turf
Gold Diggers of 1935 – A row of women falling into men’s arms
Jailhouse Rock (1957) – Elvis is all shook up
Rose-Marie (1936) – Jeanette MacDonald sings at Nelson Eddy, who is dressed like a mountie.
Annie Get Your Gun (1950) – Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, and Keenan Wynn reiterate that there’s no business like show business.
A Day at the Races – Groucho Marx dances with Esther Muir
My Darling Clementine (1946) – Henry Fonda dances with Cathy Downs
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) – James Cagney hoofs it
The Broadway Melody – The cast performs “Singin’ in the Rain” in the rain
Footlight Parade (1932) – A Busby Berkeley formation in a pool
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) – Esther Williams descends into the water
Jaws (1975) – Susan Blacklinie’s silhouette from under the water
Jaws – Blacklinie gets jerked below the surface [This begins the “Theme from Psycho” section]
Psycho (1960) – Mrs. Bates opens the shower curtain
Psycho – Janet Leigh turns around
Psycho – Close-up as Janet Leigh screams
Ghostbusters (1984) – The Ecto-Mobile arrives
Rear Window (1954) – Jimmy Stewart looks out his window to find…
Rear Window – …Alfred Hitchcock making a cameo (and Ross Bagdasarian too).
Dial M for Murder (1954) – Grace Kelly reaches for a pair of scissors
Goldfinger (1964) – A laser slowly inches towards Sean Connery’s legs
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) – John Philip Law fights a claymation Kali
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Darth Vader swings his lightsaber
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (1982) – William Shatner and the Enterprise crew
Alien (1979) – Sigourney Weaver running down a dimly lit hallway
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)? – A magic carpet takes off
Superman III (1983) – Christopher Reeve flies over the city
Forbidden Planet (1956) – Roddy the Robot drives around
The Empire Strikes Back – AT-ATs attack the rebels on Hoth
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) – Michael Rennie was ill
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)– A speeding train hits a car on the tracks
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)- The beast eats a car
Poltergeist (1982) – The kids are almost sucked into another dimension
Fantasia (1940) – Mickey Mouse tries to stop an animated broom
Jaws 2 (1979) – A woman waterskis while a shark follows behind
Airplane! (1980) – the opening “Jaws” parody
King Kong (1933) – Kong takes down a biplane
Blade Runner (1982) – Background info of Zhora on a computer screen
The Lady from Shanghai (1947) – Everett Sloane in a hall of mirrors
The Fly (1958) – Patricia Owens screams from the fly’s POV
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) – Mary Philbin removes Lon Chaney’s mask
Ghostbusters – Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis fire their proton packs.
Young Frankenstein (1974) – Gene Wilder shouts
Frankenstein (1931) – Boris Karloff walks towards fire
Night of the Living Dead (1968) – Zombies try to break in
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) – Intense close-up of Vincent Price
The Shining (1980) – “That’s odd. Usually the blood gets off at the second floor.”
A Clockwork Orange (1971) –Malcolm McDowell gets his eyes checked
North by Northwest (1959) – Cary Grant fails to stop a car
Carrie (1976) – A butcher knife flies off its holder…
Carrie – …and across the room.
Vertigo (1958) – Jimmy Stewart looks out the window…
Vertigo – … to see Kim Novak fall from the tower
San Francisco (1936) [?] – A woman looks up
San Francisco – Crumbling
San Francisco – More crumbling
Samson and Delilah (1951) – A shrine crumbling
Earthquake (1974) – Car crashes on the freeway
The Stunt Man (1980) – A man holds on to a pole as it falls.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)– A stunt man falls down to the ceiling
Missing (1982) –A white horse gallops across town.
The Misfits (1961) – Marilyn Monroe grabs onto Clark Gable
The Lion in Winter (1968) – Anthony Hopkins & Katharine Hepburn in extreme profile
The African Queen – Katharine Hepburn squares off with Humphrey Bogart
Captains Courageous (1937) – Spencer Tracy grabs John Carradine
They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (1969) – Red Buttons and Susannah York keep running
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948) – Joan Fontaine runs through a street
The Good Earth (1937) – Luise Rainer runs through a crowd
The Big Heat (1953) – Glenn Ford pulls Jocelyn Brando from a car
The Letter (1940) – Bette Davis fires a few shots
The China Syndrome (1979) – Jack Lemmon runs and is shot
Julius Caesar (1953) – Louis Calhern’s Caesar is having a great day
West Side Story – The two gangs have a knife-fight.
West Side Story – Close-up on a switchblade
Spartacus (1960) – Kirk Douglas almost gets netted
Quest for Fire (1982) – A caveman walks
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) – Grant Williams fights a giant cat
Women in Love (1969) – Alan Bates & Oliver Reed wrestle in the buff (1996: Replaced with Matt Dillon getting high in “Drugstore Cowboy” (1989))
Cat People (1942) – Simone Simon’s T-Zone
Dracula (1931) – Bela Lugosi looks on
Mommie Dearest (1981) – Faye Dunaway storms into a room with a wire hanger.
Mildred Pierce (1945) – Joan Crawford emerges from the shadow
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) – Bette Davis under a light
The Mark of Zorro (1940) – Tyrone Power comes into the light
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) – Doris Day screams
The Omen (1976) – Harvey Stephens looks on
The Man Who Knew Too Much – A musician crashes his cymbals
My Favorite Year (1982) – Peter O’Toole does a pratfall in front of Mark-Linn Baker, two others [This begins the “Pink Panther” segment]
The World According to Garp (1982) – a baby flies up in the air
The General (1926) – Buster Keaton sits on a train
The Immigrant (1917) – Chaplin gets tossed around on boat
???? – A man slaps the Three Stooges
The Pink Panther (1963) – Peter Sellers has a pratfall with a globe
Way Out West (1937) – Laurel & Hardy do a dance (1996: Replaced with Roger Rabbit and Bob Hoskins in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (1988))
The Court Jester (1956) – Danny Kaye is confused by Glynis Johns [Moved to before “Roger Rabbit” in 1996 version]
Cinderfella (1960) – Jerry Lewis mugs to the camera
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) – Bud Abbott and Lou Costello encounter a monster
A Night at the Opera (1935) – The Marx brothers in a crowded stateroom
Sullivan’s Travels (1941) – Charles Moore crashes through the roof of a train.
The Seven Year Itch (1955) – Marilyn Monroe’s skirt is blown by a draft
Porky’s (1981) – Guys peaking through peephole
David Copperfield (1935) – W.C. Fields twirls his hat in his hands
Sabrina (1954) – Audrey Hepburn sees William Holden
Picnic (1955) – Kim Novak walks seductively
10 (1979) – Bo Derek runs on the beach
Some Like it Hot (1959) – Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon in their Josephine & Daphne disguises
Victor/Victoria (1982) – Julie Andrews accidentally grabs a woman’s wig.
Mr. Mom (1983) – Michael Keaton careens through a supermarket
Risky Business (1983) – Tom Cruise slides into his living room.
MASH (1970) –Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould play golf
Bringing Up Baby (1938) – Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant watch as their dinosaur skeleton collapses
Monkey Business (1931)– The Marx Brothers monkey around
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)– Zero Mostel lets out a shriek as Jack Gilford and Buster Keaton look on.
The Producers (1967) – Zero Mostel tells Gene Wilder his plan
Harold and Maude (1971) – Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon ride on a motorcycle
Arthur (1981) – Dudley Moore falls out of his car
Pillow Talk (1959) – Rock Hudson carries Doris Day
Lassie Come Home (1943) – Roddy McDowall embraces Lassie.
The Yearling (1946) – Claude Jarman Jr. embraces a deer
National Velvet (1944) – Elizabeth Taylor waves as she rides Pie
Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) – Ronald Reagan tends to a chimp
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) – Eddie Murphy gives the OK.
Animal House (1978)– John Belushi eats cafeteria food
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983) – John Cleese greets Terry Jones at a restaurant.
The Adventurer (1917) – Chaplin kicks a cop
Cops (1922) – Buster Keaton is chased by cops
Road to Morocco (1942) – Bing Crosby and Bob Hope ride a camel.
Born Yesterday (1950)– Judy Holliday shuffles her deck while Broderick Crawford looks on.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) – Audrey Hepburn dances at the party.
Cat Ballou (1965) – Lee Marvin and his horse lean up against a wall
The Bad News Bears (1976) – The kids fail to catch the ball
Sleeper (1973) – Woody Allen is…Violet Beauregarde?
Help! (1965) – Ringo has a gun to his face
Tom Jones (1963) – Albert Finney breaks the fourth wall and places his hat on the camera.
Way Out West – Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy nod in agreement.
The Crowd (1928) – Audience laughing in theater
The Great Train Robbery (1903) – Bandit shoots at the camera [Beginning of “The Natural” finale]
Nanook of the North (1922) – Allakariallak comes out of his igloo
Seventh Heaven (1927) – Charles Farrell reaches out to Janet Gaynor
Pandora’s Box (1929) – Louise Brooks peeks around a corner
Tol’able David (1921) – Richard Barthlemess looks through a window.
Our Daily Bread (1934) – A crowd parts as a river forms
Teddy at the Throttle (1917) – Gloria Swanson tied to train tracks
The Red Mill (1927) – Marion Davies goes ice skating
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) –Lew Ayres’ hand (or possibly Lewis Milestone’s) reaches for a butterfly.
Applause (1929) – Joan Peers & Henry Wadsworth kiss on a bridge
She Done Him Wrong (1933) [?} – Mae West adjusts her hat
The Great Ziegfeld (1936) – Big stairway with dancers
Dinner at Eight – Jean Harlow sticks out her tongue
The Public Enemy – James Cagney spits on bartender
The Green Pastures (1936)– Angels in Heaven
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) – Spencer Tracy bares his fangs
Camille (1937) –Greta Garbo is wooed by Robert Taylor
Salt of the Earth (1954) – picket circle
The River (1938) – A boat drifts through a flood
Twentieth Century (1934) – John Barrymore looking frazzled
The Thin Man (1934) – Myrna Loy cozies up to William Powell
Life with Father (1947) –William Powell and the family share a meal
The Harvey Girls (1946) – Judy Garland & Ray Bolger dance along the Atchison, Topeka, & the Santa Fe
Rhapsody in Blue (1945) – Robert Alda IS George Gershwin
The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) – Burt Lancaster holds out a bird
Song of the South (1946) – James Baskett sings “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” in a cartoon world.
The Southerner (1945) – Zachary Scott, Betty Field, Jay Gilpin, & Jean Vanderwilt gather together
Dance Girl Dance (1940) – Lucille Ball’s dress is almost blown off
The Thing from Another World (1951) – James Arness is set on fire
The Boy with Green Hair (1948) – Dean Stockwell has green hair.
House of Wax (1953) – Vincent Price and a lot of makeup
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) – Frankie Avalon picks up Annette Funicello
The Wild One (1953) –Marlon Brando and his gang
Zorba the Greek (1964) – Anthony Quinn starts dancing
Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) – Gregory Peck is turned away at a hotel
???? – Roy Rogers on horseback
Stalag 17 (1953) – Robert Strauss dances with Harvey Lembeck
The Apartment (1960) – Jack Lemmon makes spaghetti with a tennis racket.
On the Town (1949) – Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, & Jules Munshin sing “New York, New York”.
Funny Face (1957) – Audrey Hepburn stands by a train
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) – David Niven & Cantinflas ride in a hot air balloon.
The Endless Summer (1966) – Surfer riding the waves
Dont Look Back (1967) – Bob Dylan holds up a sign “The Vandals Took all the Handles”
Putney Swope (1969) – The Face-Off ad with Shelley Plimpton and Ronnie Dyson
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) – Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, & Katharine Houghton
Joe (1970) – Peter Boyle pulls out a gun
A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – The Beatles! Aaaaaahhhh!
FTA (1972) – Donald Sutherland & Jane Fonda perform
Inherit the Wind (1960) – Spencer Tracy cross examines Fredric March
Medium Cool (1969) – Robert Forster & Peter Bonerz arrive at a car.
Gimme Shelter (1970) – A crowd pile onto a body
David and Lisa (1962) – Janet Margolin looks at Keir Dullea
I Never Sang for My Father (1970) – Melvyn Douglas stares down Gene Hackman
The Conversation (1974) – Gene Hackman sits on a bench
American Graffiti (1973) – Cindy Williams & Ron Howard go to the dance
The Exorcist (1973) – Max von Sydow arrives iconically
Oliver! (1968) – Mark Lester asks for more.
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)– Diana Ross IS Billie Holiday
Lenny (1974) – Dustin Hoffman IS Lenny Bruce
The Money (1976) – guy on Ferris Wheel
Manhattan (1979) – The city skyline
Rosemary’s Baby (1968) – Ruth Gordon through a peephole
Being There (1979)– Peter Sellers lies there as Shirley MacLaine kisses him
The Goodbye Girl (1977) – Richard Dreyfuss & Marsha Mason make us laugh at falling in love…again!
Deliverance (1972) – Burt Reynolds paddles down the river
The Searchers (1956) – A caravan travel across the plains
Claudine (1974) – James Earl Jones, Diahann Carroll, and a whole bunch of kids
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – Richard O’Brien & Little Nell do the Time Warp.
Love Story (1970) – Ryan O’Neal & Ali MacGraw walk through the snow
Billy Jack (1971) – Tom Laughlin on horseback
The Elephant Man (1980) – John Hurt with a bag over his head
Oh, God! (1977) – George Burns rides shotgun with John Denver
Eating Raoul (1982) – Mary Woronov & Paul Bartel
My Dinner with Andre (1982) – Wallace Shawn & Andre Gregory have dinner
Atlantic City (1980) – Burt Lancaster contemplates at a desk
Shampoo (1975) – Warren Beatty tends to Lee Grant’s…um…needs.
Breaking Away (1979) – Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Jackie Earle Haley, and Daniel Stern lying in the sun
Tender Mercies (1983) – Robert Duvall leans on a doorway
Ordinary People (1980) – Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, & Timothy Hutton share an awkward meal.
A Passage to India (1984) – Judy Davis takes a hand
A Soldier’s Story (1984) – Adolph Caesar puts on his hat
Melvin and Howard (1980) – Jason Robards IS Howard Hughes
Paris, Texas (1984) – Harry Dean Stanton looks on
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) – Paul Muni stares back
A Man for All Seasons (1966) – Paul Scofield IS Sir Thomas More
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) – Gregory Peck aims a gun
Touch of Evil (1958) – Orson Welles shows up
The Great Santini (1980)– Robert Duvall laughs
Mister Roberts (1948) – Henry Fonda oversees his ship
Sergeant York (1941) – Gary Cooper IS Alvin York
The Life of Emile Zola (1937) – Paul Muni IS Emile Zola
Moulin Rouge (1952)– Jose Ferrer IS Toulouse-Lautrec (1996: Followed by Tom Hanks in “Forrest Gump” (1994))
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) – Peter O’Toole IS T.E. Lawrence
Gandhi (1982)–Ben Kingsley IS Gandhi
Patton (1970) – George C. Scott IS Patton
Little Caesar – Edward G. Robinson actually says “Myeah”
Foolish Wives (1922)– Erich von Stroheim blows smoke
The Great Escape (1963) –Steve McQueen spends 30 days in the cooler
Taxi Driver (1976) – Robert De Niro doesn’t care if you’re talking to him
In the Heat of the Night (1967) – Rod Steiger chews gum
The Hustler (1961) – Paul Newman laughs
The Hustler – Jackie Gleason chuckles
Elmer Gantry (1960) – Burt Lancaster holds on to something
The Lost Weekend (1945) – Ray Milland struggles to resist a drink
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Jack Nicholson receives shock therapy
Tootsie (1982) – Dustin Hoffman tries out his new look
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) – Justin Henry eats ice cream
The Graduate (1967) – Dustin Hoffman suggests that Anne Bancroft is seducing him.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) – Gary Cooper looks around
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) – James Stewart turns around
For the Love of Benji (1977) – Benji looks up
Klute (1971) – Jane Fonda turns around
Julia (1977) – Vanessa Redgrave smiles
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981) – Meryl Streep wears a cloak
Sophie’s Choice (1982) – Meryl Streep remembers that choice she made
Hud (1963) – Patricia Neal smirks
Sunset Blvd. (1950) – Gloria Swanson bathes in the light of a projector
Private Benjamin (1980) – Goldie Hawn poses for the poster
An Unmarried Woman (1978) – Jill Clayburgh tries to get that ring off
To Have and Have Not (1944) – Lauren Bacall reminds Bogie how to whistle
The Goddess (1958) – Kim Stanley sits and stares off
The Three Faces of Eve (1958) – Joanne Woodward is traumatized
Coal Minder’s Daughter (1980) – Sissy Spacek IS Loretta Lynn
Morocco (1930) [?}]– Marlene Dietrich salutes
A Star is Born (1954) – Judy Garland announces “This is Mrs…”
A Star is Born (1937) – Janet Gaynor “…Norman…”
A Star is Born (1976) – Barbra Streisand “…Maine.”
Nashville (1975) – Lily Tomlin watches “I’m Easy”.
Norma Rae (1979) – Sally Field walks out
A Streetcar Named Desire – Marlon Brando roughs up Vivien Leigh
On the Waterfront (1954) – Rod Steiger & Marlon Brando ride in a cab with blinds
The Godfather (1972) – Al Pacino & Marlon Brando sit in the orchid.
Pat and Mike (1952) – Spencer Tracy sits next to Katharine Hepburn
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) – Elizabeth Taylor squares off with Richard Burton. And then they made a movie (ba-boom!)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) – Paul Newman ignores Elizabeth Taylor
The Sting (1973) – Robert Redford & Paul Newman read the news
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) – Robert Redford and Paul Newman….’s stunt doubles jump the cliff
The Big Sleep (1946) – Lauren Bacall seduces Humphrey Bogart
Annie Hall (1977) – Diane Keaton & Woody Allen meet
Red Dust (1932) – Clark Gable looks at Jean Harlow
Broken Blossoms (1919) – Richard Bathelmess pines for Lillian Gish
All About Eve (1950) – Anne Baxter has a showdown Bette Davis as Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, and Marilyn Monroe look on.
Rebecca (1940) – Judith Anderson creeps out Joan Fontaine, and us!
Ninotchka (1939) – Greta Garbo looks at Melvyn Douglas
Paper Moon (1973) – Tatum & Ryan O’Neal converse (1996: Replaced with Jessica Tandy & Morgan Freeman in “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989))
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) – Mickey Rooney asks Lewis Stone for advice
The Miracle Worker (1962) – Anne Bancroft teaches Patty Duke
Doctor Zhivago (1965) – Julie Christie walks with Omar Sharif
The Big Country (1958) – Gregory Peck on the front porch observing the country, which is big.
Days of Heaven (1978) – The house at sunset
The Deer Hunter (1978) –Christopher Walken plays Russian Roulette.
Easy Rider (1969) – Dennis Hopper rides on his chopper.
Lost in America (1985) – Albert Brooks gives a thumbs up to a biker from his RV.
It Happened One Night (1934) – Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert hitchhike
The Defiant Ones (1958) – Sidney Poitier reaches out for Tony Curtis
The Natural (1984) – Robert Redford rounds the bases (1996: Replaced with Liam Neeson in “Schindler’s List” (1993))
Heaven Can Wait (1978) – Warren Beatty & James Mason walk through the clouds (1996: Replaced with Spike Lee throwing a garbage can in “Do the Right Thing” (1989))
Way Down East (1921) – Lillian Gish looks up
Terms of Endearment (1983) – Shirley MacLaine & Debra Winger embrace as Jack Nicholson looks on.
The Jazz Singer (1927) – Al Jolson sings “Mammy”. I forget what he looks like.
Intolerance (1916) – Lillian Gish rocks the cradle
Sunrise (1927) – Margaret Livingston waits in a field
The Godfather Part II (1974) – Oreste Baldini sees the Statue of Liberty
Network (1976) – Peter Finch on TV “I’m as mad as hell…”
Five Easy Pieces (1970) – Jack Nicholson clears the table as Lorna Thayer, Karen Black, Toni Basil and Helena Kallianiotes look on.
The Ten Commandments (1956)– Charlton Heston parts the Red Sea
From Here to Eternity (1953) – Burt Lancaster & Deborah Kerr make love on the beach.
A Place in the Sun (1951) – Elizabeth Taylor looks longingly at Montgomery Clift
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) – Lana Turner approaches John Garfield
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)– Star Baby
Star Wars (1977) – Alec Guinness ignites his lightsaber.
Star Wars – Harrison Ford & Peter Mayhew punch it to lightspeed.
Star Wars – The Millennium Falcon flies off into space
Apollo XI Landing (1969) – Astronauts land on the moon.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) – The Mothership appears.
High Noon (1952) – Gary Cooper stands alone
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) – Fredric March & Myrna Loy reunite
Raging Bull (1980) – Robert De Niro in the ring
Queen Christina (1930) – Greta Garbo on the ship’s bow
The Black Stallion (1979) – Kelly Reno rides Black on the beach
Giant (1956) – James Dean observes his oil rig
Gone with the Wind (1939) – Vivien Leigh looks out onto Tara
The Crowd – the crowd rushes from their cubicle
Dr. Strangelove (1964)– Slim Pickins rides the bomb.
Modern Times (1936) –Charlie Chaplin works on the assembly line
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) – Jane Darwell looks concerned
Gone with the Wind – Clark Gable leaves Vivien Leigh, possibly curses
Citizen Kane – Orson Welles mutters “Rosebud”
Citizen Kane – Welles lets go of the snowglobe and it tumbles
Citizen Kane – The snowglobe breaks
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) – Henry Thomas in awe of E.T.’s powers.
The Wizard of Oz (1939) – Bert Lahr, Judy Garland, Jack Haley, & Ray Bolger skip along the yellow brick road.

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