The Movie Waffler The Movie Waffler: Minnelli May

1001 Overlooked Movies - Two Weeks In Another Town (1962)

Washed up ex-alcoholic actor Douglas travels to Rome for a bit part in struggling director Robinson's latest film, only to find himself tasked with keeping the troubled production afloat.

1001 Overlooked Movies - Some Came Running (1958)

Sinatra is a soldier who returns to his home town and falls for a local teacher, Hyer.  Following him is goodtime girl MacLaine who isn't planning on letting him go without a fight.

Minnelli May - The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (1962)

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J Cobb, Paul Lukas, Yvette Mimieux, Karl Boehm, Paul Henreid

Ford, an Argentine playboy living in WWII Paris, embarks on an affair with Thulin and becomes a spy for the French resistance.

Minnelli May - The Cobweb (1955)

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame, Lillian Gish, Fay Wray, Oscar Levant, John Kerr, Susan Strasberg

The issue of new drapes stirs up tension in a psychiatric clinic.

Minnelli May - The Bad And The Beautiful (1952)

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, Leo G. Carroll, Gilbert Roland, Elaine Stewart, Ivan Triesault

An actress (Turner), writer (Powell), and director (Sullivan) recount their experiences working with ruthless producer Douglas.

Minnelli May - Brigadoon (1954)

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Barry Jones, Elaine Stewart

American tourists Kelly and Johnson stumble across the remote village of Brigadoon in the Scottish wilds, a place that only appears every hundred years. Falling for local girl Charisse, Kelly faces a choice, return to New York or disappear in time with the village.

Minnelli May - Undercurrent (1946)

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Katherine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Edmund Gwenn, Jayne Meadows

Hepburn begins to suspect her husband, Taylor, has murdered his missing brother, Mitchum, and plans to dispatch her next.

Minnelli May - An American In Paris (1951)


Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary
Struggling expat American painter Kelly falls for up and coming French dancer Caron, the girlfriend of his friend Guétary.

Great Movie Posters - Vincente Minnelli

Minnelli May - The Band Wagon (1953)

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, Oscar Levant, James Mitchell 

Astaire is a faded Hollywood star who returns to New York to reignite his broadway career.