Biography: Glynis Johns |
Throaty-voiced, kittenish leading lady Glynis Johns was the daughter of British stage actor Mervyn Johns; she was born while her father and concert-pianist mother were on a tour of South Africa. Enrolled in the London ballet school at age 6, Johns had... more
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Cast: Kevin Spacey Judy Davis
Tags: Farce Crime Domestic Comedy Comedy Drama
Length: 93min
Caroline and Lloyd (Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey) are a married couple constantly at each other's throats, masters at crafting acid-tongued barbs at the other's expense. Indeed, they are so obsessed with belittling each other that they never stop --...
Cast: Peter O'Toole Elizabeth Taylor
Tags: Drama
Length: 90min
This film is a faithful rendition of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas' last major poem, ~Under Milk Wood. It affectionately examines the day-to-day life of the inhabitants of a small Welsh fishing village. The poem is narrated by Richard Burton, himself a...
Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969)
Cast: Ian Bannen Susannah York
Tags: Comedy
Length: 102min
Three sailors on shore leave engage in a series of comedic sexual pursuits in Lock Up Your Daughters!. Jim Dale, Ian Bannen, and Tom Bell hit dry land with one thing on their minds -- something that lands everyone in jail in this comedic romp....
Don't Just Stand There! (1968)
Cast: Robert Wagner
Tags: Comedy Crime Comedy
Length: 100min
This comedy finds American writer Lawrence Colby (Robert Wagner) augmenting his scribing income by smuggling Swiss watch parts into France. Martine (Mary Tyler Moore) enlists his help to find her friend Sabine (Glynis Johns), an author of erotic...
Cast: Isabella Rossellini David Lynch
Tags: Childhood Drama Drama Psychological Drama
Length: 87min
In this drama, young Phoebe (Alexandra Johnes) is sent to live with her wealthy grandmother (Glynis Johns) after both of her parents are tragically killed. As Phoebe attempts to accustom herself to her new life with her stern grandmother, she becomes...
Cast: Dick Van Dyke Julie Andrews Ed Wynn Walt Disney
Tags: Children's Fantasy Family-Oriented Comedy Musical Fantasy Family Musical Fantasy
Length: 139min
Long resistant to film adaptations of her Mary Poppins books, P.L. Travers finally succumbed to the entreaties of Walt Disney, and the result is often considered the finest of Disney's personally supervised films. The Travers stories are bundled...
Cast: George Cukor Jane Fonda Claire Bloom Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Tags: Psychological Drama Drama Ensemble Film
Length: 125min
George Cukor directed this sanitized version of Irving Wallace's tawdry best-seller concerning a survey of the sexual habits of American women. Psychologist George C. Chapman (Andrew Duggan) arrives in a Los Angeles suburb with his assistant Paul...
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
Cast: Jackie Gleason
Tags: Comedy Drama Screwball Comedy Domestic Comedy
Length: 98min
This charming tale is about a young girl's father and his slightly erratic behavior after sampling a refreshing alcoholic beverage. Although Papa Jack Griffith (Jackie Gleason) never appears to be drunk, his "delicate condition" is well known to his...
Cast: James Stewart Brigitte Bardot
Tags: Farce Comedy Domestic Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy
Length: 100min
This family comedy stars James Stewart as Dr. Robert Leaf, a college professor who dislikes science and tries to instill in his children a love of art and music. So Robert and his wife Vina (Glynis Johns) are dismayed to discover that their...
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
Tags: Horror Psychological Thriller
Length: 105min
This horror film is an updated remake of the 1919 classic tale of horror and domination. This time a deeply troubled woman must go to a spooky, ramshackle old manse after her car breaks down. The owner takes her in and then subjects her to numerous...
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