Updated 3/5/2009 with more films available on DVD!
biography
Born Reginald Alfred Truscott-Jones in Wales in January 1905, Ray Milland aspired to be an actor from an early age. Breaking into films during the early days of 'talkies,' Milland's sonorous voice and command of language made him a natural in sound films, and soon his ambitions turned stateside. After arriving in Hollywood, he found small roles at Warner Bros. and MGM before signing with Paramount in 1933. The studio started Milland in some of its B pictures, such as Charlie Chan in London (1934; with Warner Oland) and Many Happy Returns (1934; with George Burns and Gracie Allen). Quickly, Milland's fortunes rose with starring roles in Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) and Beau Geste (1939; with Gary Cooper). Milland acted in a surprising number of comedies throughout his career and made his mark on them in the 1940s with such big budget films as The Major and the Minor (1942; with Ginger Rogers) and It Happens Every Spring (1949; with Jean Peters). Perhaps Milland's strongest performance came in the 1945 noir The Lost Weekend; he won an Academy Award for best actor in the role of alcoholic writer Don Birnam. Later in the 1940s and 1950s, he also acted in a healthy dose of film noir, including The Big Clock (1948; with Maureen O'Sullivan), The Thief (1952; with Martin Gabel), and he's an excellent villian in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder (1954; with Grace Kelly and Robert Cummings). His long association with Paramount ended in the early 1950s, after which he acted in films for other studios.
the films of ray milland
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
With Loretta Young in the Columbia comedy The Doctor Takes a Wife
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
With John Wayne in Cecil B. Demille's Reap the Wild Wind, released by Paramount
Till We Meet Again (1944)
Milland co-starred with Barbara Britton in Paramount's Till We Meet Again
The Lost Weekend (1945)
From the Paramount drama The Lost Weekend. Milland won an Oscar for his performance
The Big Clock (1949)
With Maureen O'Sullivan in the Paramount film noir release The Big Clock
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
From the 20th Century Fox comedy It Happens Every Spring
Jamaica Run (1953)
With Arlene Dahl in the Paramount adventure Jamaica Run
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
With Joan Collins in the 20th Century Fox drama The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
The River's Edge (1957)
With Anthony Quinn and Debra Paget in the crime drama The River's Edge
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
With Frankie Avalon in the gritty AIP apocalyptic thriller Panic in Year Zero!, a film that was directed by Ray Milland
The Premature Burial (1962)
From the AIP Poe-inspired release The Premature Burial. The right photo features Hazel Court
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
With Diana Van der Vlis in the effective AIP sci-fi thriller X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
From AIP's campy horror spoof The Thing with Two Heads. LEFT: Ray Milland's head is attached to Rosey Grier's body. RIGHT: With Rosey Grier, Don Marshall, and Chelsea Brown
later years
Ray Milland made two forays into television in the 1950s. His first was the half-hour CBS situation comedy series Meet Mr. McNulty (aka The Ray Milland Show), which lasted from 1953 through 1955. His second series was the crime drama Markham, which aired from 1959-1961 on CBS. Afterward, Milland headed to American International, where he starred in such drive-in flicks as The Premature Burial (1962; with Hazel Court) and X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963; with Diana Van der Vlis), the beginnings of Milland's association with horror movies. In the 1970s, he went on to star in the cult classics Frogs (1972; with Adam Roarke) and Terror in the Wax Museum (1973; with John Carradine). His career was strong throughout the remainder of the 1970s and into the 1980s. Sadly, Ray Milland died of lung cancer in March 1986 at the age of 81; he was survived by his wife and their son and daughter.
Will Rogers Collection, Vol. 2 [DVD] DVD Have you ever seen a Will Rogers movie you didn't like? This four-disc collection includes "Ambassador Bill" (1931), which mixes frontier slapstick with political satire when cattleman Rogers is appointed U.S. ambassador to a tiny European country.Tad Alexander, Marguerite Churchill, Ray Milland co-star. Rogers reprises his silent role of the tramp Jubilo in "Too Busy to Work" (1932), returning home from the war to find his family missing. Dick Powell, Louise Beavers also star. The bank takes possession of the family farm belonging to "Mr. Skitch" (1933), so he (Rogers) and his wife (ZaSu Pitts) pack up their brood and head off on a hilarious trip to Hollywood. Florence Desmond, Rochelle Hudson also star. Finally, Rogers plays "David Harum" (1934), a banker whose horse-trading rivalry with Charles Middleton takes a surprising turn when he lands a horse that only wins when Rogers sings to him! Louise Dresser, Stepin Fetchit also star. 5 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono. Deanna Durbin Sweetheart Pack [DVD] DVD The song-filled romantic comedy "Something in the Wind" (1947) finds singing disc jockey Durbin kidnapped by John Dall, who thinks she was involved with his tycoon grandfather; she "Can't Help Singing" (1944) as an 1840s senator's daughter who heads west to be with her beau; "First Love" (1939) features Durbin as an orphan adopted by a wealthy but nasty family; she's a spunky hat-check girl who poses as Robert Cummings' fiancee in "It Started with Eve" (1941); after witnessing a murder from a train, she teams with a mystery writer to find the culprit in "Lady on a Train" (1945); and in her feature film debut, Durbin is one of "Three Smart Girls" (1936) who go to great lengths to stop their father's marriage to a golddigger. 9 hrs. on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono. Charlie Chan, Vol. 1 [DVD] DVD Hollywood's favorite Asian sleuth (Warner Oland) is on hand for this collection of perplexing mysteries. "Charlie Chan in London" (1934) finds Chan teaming up with a Scotland Yard detective (who insists on calling him "Mr. Chang") in order to solve a murder at an English estate. E.E. Clive, Ray Milland co-star. Chan tracks down a gang of counterfeiters operating in the maze of sewers beneath the City of Lights, in "Charlie Chan in Paris" (1935). With Keye Luke as #1 son, Lee. "Charlie Chan in Egypt" (1935) chronicles a case involving the murders of the supposedly cursed members of an archeological expedition. Rita Hayworth and Stepin Fetchit also star. While working for the Chinese government, Charlie is abducted by the opium ring he's investigating, in "Charlie Chan in Shanghai" (1935). Luke co-stars. Also includes "Eran Trece" (1931), a Spanish-language version of "Charlie Chan Carries On," with Manuel Arbo as Charlie. 6 1/4 hrs. total on four discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; featurettes; theatrical trailers. Carole Lombard: The Glamour Collection [DVD] DVD In "Man of the World" (1931), Carole Lombard is an American girl in Paris who's romanced by a sophisticated writer (William Powell) who turns out to be an extortionist out to get her uncle's fortune. "We're Not Dressing" (1934) stars Bing Crosby as a deckhand on a ship full of high-society types who gets to give the orders when the vessel shipwrecks on a South Seas island. Lombard, George Burns and Gracie Allen co-star; songs include "May I?" and "It's a Lie." "Hands Across the Table" (1935) features Lombard as a manicurist about to wed wealthy Ralph Bellamy when penniless playboy Fred MacMurray walks into her life. A Park Avenue gal (Lombard) must choose between two suitors (Preston Foster and Cesar Romero), in "Love Before Breakfast" (1936). "The Princess Comes Across" (1936) stars Lombard as a wannabe actress posing as a Swedish socialite on a transatlantic cruise. MacMurray co-stars. And, Lombard is a pathological liar accused of killing her boss, in the offbeat comedy "True Confession" (1937). MacMurray also stars as her lawyer hubby who must defend her. 7 2/3 hrs. total on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; theatrical trailer. James Stewart: Screen Legend Collection [DVD] DVD The versatility of James Stewart is showcased in this three-disc set. First, he shines as a journalist whose marriage with stage star Margaret Sullavan is strained when he is sent overseas to work, in the drama "Next Time We Love" (1936). With Ray Milland, Grant Mitchell. In the wacky "You Gotta Stay Happy" (1948), pilot Stewart takes runaway bride Joan Fontaine on an impromptu flight to California. Eddie Albert and Roland Young lend support. Next, oil wildcatters Stewart and Dan Duryea fight with Cajun fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico, in "Thunder Bay" (1953). Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland co-star. Then, in the fantastic biopic "The Glenn Miller Story" (1953), Stewart shines as the famed musician/band leader. Co-stars June Allyson, Harry Morgan; with performances from Gene Krupa, Louis Armstrong and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Finally, in the western drama "Shenandoah" (1965), Civil War opposer Stewart is forced to take sides when his son is kidnapped by Union troops. With Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett. 8 1/3 hrs. total. Standard/Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; theatrical trailers. Bulldog Drummond Escapes [DVD](1937) DVD A young Ray Milland stars as the two-fisted British crime-solver, here helping a young woman (series regular Heather Angel) escape from rapscallions after her inheritance. Reginald Denny co-stars. 67 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Easy Living [DVD](1937) DVD When millionaire Edward Arnold throws his wife's new fur coat out the window, it lands on office girl Jean Arthur, who gets a whole new life she never could have imagined. Believed to be the tycoon's mistress, Arthur gets free luxuries from storeowners and falls in love with Arnold's son, Ray Milland. Preston Sturges scripted this hilarious screwball romp. 88 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French. The Gary Cooper Collection [DVD] DVD First, Gary Cooper and Fredric March star as two Americans living in Paris who clash over beautiful new roommate Miriam Hopkins in the romantic comedy "Design for Living" (1933). Next, architect Cooper learns his latest client's wife is his old childhood sweetheart in "Peter Ibbetson" (1935), with Ann Harding, John Halliday. The superlative adventure "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" (1935) features Cooper and Franchot Tone as veteran British soldiers in colonial India who take a colonel's inexperienced son under their wing. Soldier-of-fortune Cooper agrees to smuggle gold across China to help finance a "peasants' rebellion" against warlord Akim Tamiroff in "The General Died at Dawn" (1936). And, the Movies Unlimited favorite "Beau Geste" (1939) stars Cooper, Ray Milland and Robert Preston as three brothers who join the French Foreign Legion to escape a scandal. 8 1/3 hrs. on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish. Reap The Wild Wind [DVD](1942) DVD Typically lavish Cecil B. DeMille sea epic, set in the 1840s Florida Keys, with John Wayne as a skipper accused of deliberately wrecking his ship. Paulette Goddard is the salvage boat owner who falls for him, and Ray Milland is the lawyer who comes between them. Exciting underwater scenes include a tussle between the Duke and a giant squid; with Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward. 124 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English, Spanish; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailer; scene access. The Major And The Minor [DVD](1942) DVD The Hollywood directorial debut of Billy Wilder (who also co-scripted with Charles Brackett), this classic screwball comedy stars Ginger Rogers as a woman who can only afford a child's ticket for a cross-country train ride and poses as a 12-year-old girl. Ray Milland is the Army officer who becomes Rogers' "guardian" on the train and insists she accompany him to his military academy. With Diana Lynn, Robert Benchley, and Rogers' real-life mom Lela as her mother. 101 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; theatrical trailer. Reap The Wild Wind [DVD](1942) DVD Typically lavish Cecil B. DeMille sea epic, set in the 1840s Florida Keys, with John Wayne as a skipper accused of deliberately wrecking his ship. Paulette Goddard is the salvage boat owner who falls for him, and Ray Milland is the lawyer who comes between them. Exciting underwater scenes include a tussle between the Duke and a giant squid; with Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward. 124 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer; biographies. John Wayne: Screen Legend Collection [DVD] DVD Three-disc set includes "Reap the Wild Wind," "The Spoilers" (1942), "The War Wagon," "Hellfighters," and "Rooster Cogburn." The Lost Weekend [DVD](1945) DVD Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning social drama stars Ray Milland as an alcoholic writer who falls into a maelstrom of delusion and dementia and winds up in a psychiatric ward during a three-day bender. Groundbreaking look into the dangers of alcoholism that was almost not released co-stars Jane Wyman, Howard Da Silva, and Frank Faylen. 101 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; production notes; biographies; theatrical trailer. Classic Western Round-Up, Vol. 2 [DVD] DVD Prairie fires, snowstorms, hostile Indians, and a gun-smuggling Joan Bennett are just some of the problems trail boss Randolph Scott has to cope with on a 10,000-head cattle drive to Kansas, in "The Texans" (1938). With May Robson, Robert Cummings, Walter Brennan. Barbara Stanwyck is a gambling queen with a shady past who joins forces with an Army deserter and an old-time miner to face off against a powerful land baron, in "California" (1946). Ray Milland, Barry Fitzgerald also star. Then, Audie Murphy is a gunman who is wrongly accused of helping the Dalton gang in a train robbery--then joins them for real, in "The Cimarron Kid" (1952). With Beverly Tyler, James Best. Finally, Glenn Ford stars as "The Man from the Alamo" (1953), Branded a coward for his actions at the doomed fortress, Ford must fight to prove himself during the Mexican War. Julia Adams, Victor Jory, Hugh O'Brian co-star. 6 hrs. total on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; theatrical trailers. Marlene Dietrich: The Glamour Collection [DVD] DVD In "Morocco" (1930), her first American feature, Marlene Dietrich is a Parisian cafe singer who falls for legionnaire Gary Cooper and eventually follows him to the desert. "Blonde Venus" (1932) is an exotic drama about a woman's (Dietrich) struggles with a dying husband (Herbert Marshall), her son (Dickie Moore) and a rich playboy (Cary Grant). Dietrich is at her best as a conniving woman in 1890s Seville who gets her jollies making men lavish gifts and attention upon her, then destroying their lives, in "The Devil Is a Woman" (1935). Cesar Romero, Lionel Atwill also star. In order to nab a rich husband, French golddigger Dietrich fakes an illness at an 1840s New Orleans opera which draws the attention of a wealthy businessman a wealthy businessman and a rugged sea captain. Roland Young, Bruce Cabot co-star in "Flame of New Orleans" (1941). Finally, unruly Gypsy woman Dietrich finds romance with British officer Ray Milland, whom she helps through the Black Forest on a mission to stop a Nazi plan to use poison gas during World War II, in "Golden Earrings" (1947). 7 1/3 hrs. total on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; theatrical trailer. The Big Clock [DVD](1948) DVD Striking film noir classic stars Ray Milland as a crime magazine editor who has a liaison with a beautiful woman who turns out to be the mistress of his boss, tyrannical publisher Charles Laughton. When a jealous Laughton murders the woman, he sets out to frame the "other man" for the crime and assigns the job of finding him to Milland. Rita Johnson, George Macready, and Elsa Lanchester also star in this suspenser that inspired 1987's "No Way Out." 96 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish. Copper Canyon [DVD](1950) DVD Western drama set shortly after the Civil War, with Ray Milland playing a former Confederate officer accused of theft who hides out in a frontier town from military officials. Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey co-star. 83 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English. Rhubarb [DVD](1951) DVD Wonderful comedy about a stray cat who is taken in by an eccentric millionaire and named Rhubarb. After the man dies, Rhubarb inherits the bulk of his estate, including a cellar-dwelling pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. But when the Loons start winning under their feline owner, some local gangsters plot to steal the kitty. Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart, and William Frawley star; look quickly for a young Leonard Nimoy among the ballplayers. 94 min. Soundtrack: English. Circle Of Danger [DVD](1951) DVD In this atmospheric drama, Ray Milland plays an American who travels to England to investigate the mysterious death of his brother, who died during a wartime commando raid. Milland meets members of his sibling's platoon, each of whom leads him closer to the truth. Patricia Roc, Marius Goring and Hugh Sinclair star; Jacques Tourneur ("Out of the Past") directs. Soundtrack: English. The Thief(1952) VHS There's no dialogue in this unusual "Red Scare" thriller with Ray Milland as an American physicist who is persuaded to turn military secrets over to the Russians, then must try and flee the country when he's discovered. With Rita Gam, Martin Gabel. 85 min. Dial M For Murder [DVD](1954) DVD Elaborate Hitchcock murder thriller, with Ray Milland as a tennis pro whose plot to commit the "perfect" crime, the murder of his unfaithful wife (Grace Kelly), unravels after an unexpected kink in his plan forces him to do some quick thinking. Co-stars Robert Cummings, John Williams. Not in 3-D. 105 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; documentary. Joan Collins Collection [DVD] DVD Five-disc set includes "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing," "Sea Wife," "Stopover Tokyo," "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!," and "Seven Thieves." The Girl In The Red Velvet Swing [DVD](1955) DVD This turn-of-the-century crime drama depicts the true story of model and chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins), who is the object of a fierce romantic rivalry between womanizing architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and the wealthy Harry Thaw (Farley Granger). Thaw wins Nesbit's hand in marriage, but the hostilities between her suitors continue...and culminate in murder. Luther Adler, Frances Fuller also star. 109 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; interview; photo gallery; poster gallery; theatrical trailers. The River's Edge [DVD](1957) DVD On the run with a million dollars in stolen loot, crook Ray Milland arrives at the Southwest estate of ex-girlfriend Debra Paget and her husband, rancher Anthony Quinn, and forces them to help him escape across the border into Mexico. The journey across the mountainous terrain is almost as deadly as the love triangle that develops, in this gripping adventure/crime drama. With Harry Carey, Jr. and Chubby Johnson as "Whiskers." 87 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English stereo, mono, Spanish mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; photo gallery; theatrical trailer. Panic In Year Zero (1962)/The Last Man On Earth [DVD](1964) DVD First, Ray Milland directed and stars in "Panic in Year Zero," a powerful "day after" drama about a Los Angeles family on vacation when a nuclear war begins. Taking refuge in a remote mountain cave, they must fight roving marauders to stay alive. Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel co-star. AKA: "End of the World." Then, Vincent Price stars as "The Last Man on Earth," the one human unaffected by a mysterious plague that has turned the world's population into diseased vampires. A frightening horror epic, based on Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" and remade as "The Omega Man." With Franca Bettoia and Emma Danieli. 179 min. total. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; featurette. The Roger Corman Collection [DVD] DVD Ray Milland's fear of "The Premature Burial" (1962) becomes real when he is buried alive. Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe shocker co-stars Hazel Court, Alan Napier. "'X'--The Man with X-Ray Eyes" (1963) finds Milland experimenting on himself, only to find that too much vision is dangerous. Co-stars Diana Van Der Vlis, Don Rickles, and Dick Miller. Corman then corrals "The Young Racers" (1963), who "treated beautiful women as if they were fast cars...ROUGH!" Filmed on real Grand Prix tracks, this action-packed drama stars Mark Damon, Luana Anders, and Patrick Magee. "The Trip" (1967), written by Jack Nicholson and directed by Corman, stars Peter Fonda as a movie producer who sees LSD as the escape from his problems. Co-stars Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, and Susan Strasberg. Corman's "Bloody Mama" (1970) boasts Shelly Winters as gun-toting Ma Barker, and Robert De Niro, Don Stroud, and Robert Walden as her sadistic sons. Corman's last film for A.I.P is a "Gas-s-s-s" (1971), an offbeat look at a world where no one lives past 25. Cindy Williams, Ben Vereen star. Also includes "A Bucket of Blood" and "The Wild Angels." 10 2/3 hrs. total. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Four-disc set. Quick Let's Get Married [DVD](1964) DVD Fast-paced comedic caper about a wealthy madam (Ginger Rogers) who joins forces with a corrupt town mayor (Ray Milland) to hatch a scheme to try and trick one of her working girls (Barbara Eden) into telling them the location of an infamous buried treasure. With Walter Abel, Michael Ansara, and, in his screen debut, Elliott Gould as a mute. AKA: "The Confession," "Seven Different Ways." 96 min. Love Story [DVD](1970) DVD Ivy League tearjerker based on Erich Segal's novel stars Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, two lovers who are ultimately struck by tragedy. With Ray Milland and Tommy Lee Jones (in his film debut). 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby mono, French mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurette; trailer. Columbo: The Complete First Season [DVD](1971) DVD Along with the pilot movies "Prescription: Murder" (1967) and "Ransom for a Dead Man" (1971), all seven episodes from the series's debut season--including "Murder by the Book" (directed by Steven Spielberg), "Death Lends a Hand," "Suitable for Framing," and "Blueprint for Murder"--are featured in a five-disc set. 12 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: French, Spanish. Columbo: The Complete Second Season [DVD](1972) DVD All eight episodes from season two--including "Etude in Black," "The Most Crucial Game," "Dagger of the Mind," "A Stitch in Crime," and "Double Shock"--are featured in a four-disc set. 10 3/4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish. Frogs [DVD](1972) DVD In this "rib-it-ing" nature-runs-amok affair, Ray Milland is an Everglades-based, wheelchair-bound chemical tycoon whose birthday party is interrupted by the arrival of scores of snakes, insects, snapping turtles and bullfrogs. Joan Van Ark, Sam Elliott, Adam Roarke and Judy Pace also star in one toad-infested terrorthon. 92 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer. Gold [DVD](1974) DVD Twenty-four-carat adventure saga set in a South African gold mine with Roger Moore as the foreman who learns of a plot to flood the mine, thus raising the world gold price, and fights to save the mine and the workers inside it. Susannah York, Ray Milland, John Gielgud also star. 118 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; trivia; biographies; scene access. Escape To Witch Mountain: 2-Movie Collection [DVD] DVD First, two young children with supernatural powers, searching for the key to their origin, are pursued by an evil business magnate who wants to use their abilities for his own gain. The exciting Disney thriller "Escape to Witch Mountain" (1975) stars Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Kim Richards, and Ike Eisenmann. And, in the suspenseful sequel, "Return from Witch Mountain" (1978), paranormally gifted siblings Eisenmann and Richards leave their mysterious mountain home for a visit to L.A. But when Eisenmann uses his powers to avert a disaster, he becomes the target of mad scientist Christopher Lee and partner Bette Davis. 191 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH). The Last Tycoon [DVD](1976) DVD Robert De Niro stars as F. Scott Fitzgerald's enigmatic, power-driven 1930s movie mogul (a character based on MGM "boy wonder" Irving Thalberg) in this excellent drama from director Elia Kazan. The stellar cast also includes Robert Mitchum, Tony Curtis, Jeanne Moreau and Jack Nicholson; screenplay by Harold Pinter. 125 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English. The Pyjama Girl Case (La Ragazza Dal Pigiama Giallo) [DVD](1977) DVD Ray Milland stars in this weird giallo thriller, playing an investigator looking into the mysterious death of a beautiful woman whose corpse is discovered clad in banana-colored pajamas, with a face mutilated beyond recognition. The authorities (in a decision of questionable taste) put the body on public display inside a glass case, looking for all the help they can get. Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michele Placido also star. 102 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English (dubbed) Dolby Digital mono; featurette; interview; theatrical trailer; more. Dubbed in English. Blackout [DVD](1978) DVD When the lights in the Big Apple go dark, four escaped criminals terrorize the residents of a high-rise apartment building, and only one cop can save them from these psycho killers. Actioner stars Robert Carradine, Jim Mitchum, Ray Milland, June Allyson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Belinda Montgomery. 86 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English, French; photo gallery; biographies; theatrical trailer. Battlestar Galactica [DVD](1978) DVD This theatrical version of the fondly-remembered series' feature-length pilot shows how an attack by the evil Cylon Empire decimates the 12 worlds of humanity in a distant galaxy, forcing the survivors to begin their interstellar exodus towards Earth. Lorne Greene, Ray Milland, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, and Jane Seymour star. 125 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; biographies; more. Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series [DVD](1978) DVD The most expensive TV series of its time, this 1978-79 sci-fi drama followed the crew of the massive starship Galactica as they shepherd a ragtag fleet carrying the survivors of destroyed solar systems on a quest to find the mysterious planet known as Earth. Pursuing the Galacticans were the robotic Cylons. Lorne Greene starred as Commander Adama, with Dirk Benedict and Richard Hatch as star pilots Starbuck and Apollo. All 24 episodes from the program's run are included in this six-disc set. 19 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: French, Spanish; deleted scenes; featurette. Blackout [DVD](1978) DVD When the lights in the Big Apple go dark, four escaped criminals terrorize the residents of a high-rise apartment building, and only one cop can save them from these psycho killers. Actioner stars Robert Carradine, Jim Mitchum, Ray Milland, June Allyson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Belinda Montgomery. 86 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English, French; photo gallery; biographies; theatrical trailer.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984) with Peter Cushing, John Mills, and Anne Baxter The Sea Serpent (1984) with Timothy Bottoms Cave-In! (1983) with Leslie Nielsen and Dennis Cole Spree (1980) with Peter Graves and Vincent Van Patten The Attic (1979) with Carrie Snodgress A Game for Vultures (1979) with Richard Harris, Richard Roundtree, and Joan Collins The Darker Side of Terror (1979) with Robert Forster and Adrienne Barbeau Oliver's Story (1978) with Ryan O'Neal and Candice Bergen Battlestar Galactica (1978) with Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Terry Carter, Lew Ayres, Laurette Spang, and Jane Seymour Blackout (1978) with James Mitchum, Robert Carradine, June Allyson, and Jean-Pierre Aumont Slavers (1978) with Trevor Howard, Britt Ekland, Ron Ely, and Cameron Mitchell The Girl in the Yellow Pajamas (1977) with Mel Ferrer The Uncanny (1977) with Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, and John Vernon Oil (1976) with Stuart Whitman, Woody Strode, Tony Kendall, and Gordon Mitchell Aces High (1976) with Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, and Trevor Howard The Last Tycoon (1976) with Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Dana Andrews, and John Carradine Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976) with Patty Duke, Broderick Crawford, Ruth Gordon, Tina Louise, George Maharis, and Donna Mills The Swiss Conspiracy (1976) with David Janssen, Senta Berger, John Ireland, John Saxon, and Elke Sommer Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) with Eddie Albert, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards, Reta Shaw, and Denver Pyle Gold (1974) with Roger Moore, Susannah York, Bradford Dillman, and John Gielgud The House in Nightmare Park (1973) with Frankie Howerd The Student Connection (1973) with Sylva Koscina Terror in the Wax Museum (1973) with Elsa Lanchester, Maurice Evans, John Carradine, Louis Hayward, Patric Knowles, and Broderick Crawford The Big Game (1972) with Stephen Boyd, France Nuyen, Cameron Mitchell, and John Van Dreelen Embassy (1972) with Richard Roundtree, Chuck Connors, Broderick Crawford, and Max von Sydow The Thing with Two Heads (1972) with Rosey Grier, Roger Perry, Chelsea Brown, and William Smith Frogs (1972) with Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Judy Pace, Lynn Borden, and Mae Mercer Company of Killers (1970) with Van Johnson, Brian Kelly, Clu Gulager, Susan Oliver, John Saxon, and Terry Carter Love Story (1970) with Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw Hostile Witness (1968) with Sylvia Syms Code Name, Red Roses (1968) with Pier Angeli, Peter van Eyck, and Michael Wilding The Confession (1964) with Ginger Rogers, Barbara Eden, and Elliott Gould X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) with Diana Van der Vlis, John Hoyt, Don Rickles, Morris Ankrum, Dick Miller, and Barboura Morris; directed by Roger Corman Panic in Year Zero! (1962) with Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Richard Garland, and Willis Bouchey The Premature Burial (1962) with Hazel Court, Alan Napier, and Dick Miller The Safecracker (1958) with Barry Jones The River's Edge (1957) with Anthony Quinn and Debra Paget High Flight (1956) with Bernard Lee and Anthony Newley Three Brave Men (1956) with Ernest Borgnine, Nina Foch, Dean Jagger, Virginia Christine, Edward Andrews, Frank Faylen, and Warren Berlinger Lisbon (1956) with Maureen O'Hara, Claude Rains, Yvonne Furneaux, and Francis Lederer A Man Alone (1955) with Ward Bond, Raymond Burr, Lee Van Cleef, and Alan Hale Jr. The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955) with Joan Collins, Farley Granger, and Glenda Farrell Dial M for Murder (1954) with Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, and Anthony Dawson Let's Do It Again (1953) with Jane Wyman, Aldo Ray, and Leon Ames Jamaica Run (1953) with Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Patric Knowles, and Kasey Rogers The Thief (1952) with Martin Gabel Something to Live For (1952) with Joan Fontaine and Teresa Wright Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) with Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, and George Reeves Rhubarb (1951) with Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart, and William Frawley Night Into Morning (1951) with John Hodiak, Nancy Davis, Lewis Stone, Jean Hagen, Rosemary DeCamp, and Dawn Addams Circle of Danger (1951) with Patricia Roc Close to My Heart (1951) with Gene Tierney, Fay Bainter, Mary Beth Hughes, and Ralph Byrd Copper Canyon (1950) with Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman, Frank Faylen, Hope Emerson, and Peggy Knudsen A Life of Her Own (1950) with Lana Turner, Tom Ewell, Barry Sullivan, Jean Hagen, and Phyllis Kirk A Woman of Distinction (1950) with Rosalind Russell, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter, Francis Lederer, Jerome Courtland, Gale Gordon, and Wanda McKay It Happens Every Spring (1949) with Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Ed Begley, and Ray Collins Alias Nick Beal (1949) with Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell, George Macready, and Fred Clark Sealed Verdict (1948) with Florence Marly, John Hoyt, Broderick Crawford, and Paula Raymond So Evil My Love (1948) with Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Leo G. Carroll The Big Clock (1948) with Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Elsa Lanchester, Harry Morgan, and Margaret Field Golden Earrings (1947) with Marlene Dietrich The Trouble with Women (1947) with Teresa Wright, Brian Donlevy, Frank Faylen, and Lloyd Bridges They Met at Midnight (1947) with Teresa Wright, Cedric Hardwicke, Anthony Quinn, Melville Cooper, and George Zucco California (1947) with Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Fitzgerald, Albert Dekker, Anthony Quinn, and Frank Faylen The Well-Groomed Bride (1946) with Olivia de Havilland, Sonny Tufts, and Percy Kilbride The Lost Weekend (1945) with Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, and Frank Faylen Kitty (1945) with Paulette Goddard, Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen, and Cecil Kellaway Ministry of Fear (1944) with Hillary Brooke, Dan Duryea, and Alan Napier The Uninvited (1944) with Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Alan Napier, and Gail Russell Till We Meet Again (1944) with Barbara Britton, Walter Slezak, and Mona Freeman Lady in the Dark (1944) with Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall, Barry Sullivan, and Mischa Auer The Crystal Ball (1943) with Paulette Goddard, Cecil Kellaway, and William Bendix Forever and a Day (1943) The Major and the Minor (1942) with Ginger Rogers Are Husbands Necessary? (1942) with Betty Field, Patricia Morison, Eugene Pallette, Leif Erickson, Phillip Terry, Cecil Kellaway, and Anne Revere Reap the Wild Wind (1942) with John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Barbara Britton, Susan Hayward, Charles Bickford, and Hedda Hopper The Lady Has Plans (1942) with Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Albert Dekker, and Cecil Kellaway Skylark (1941) with Claudette Colbert, Brian Aherne, and Binnie Barnes I Wanted Wings (1941) with William Holden, Wayne Morris, Brian Donlevy, Constance Moore, and Veronica Lake Untamed (1940) with Patricia Morison, Akim Tamiroff, William Frawley, and Jane Darwell Arise, My Love (1940) with Claudette Colbert, Dennis O'Keefe, Dick Purcell, and George Zucco The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) with Loretta Young, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick, and Edmund Gwenn Irene (1940) with Anna Neagle, Roland Young, May Robson, Billie Burke, Arthur Treacher, Marsha Hunt, and Isabel Jewell French Without Tears (1940) with Ellen Drew Everything Happens at Night (1939) with Sonja Henie and Robert Cummings Beau Geste (1939) with Gary Cooper, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, J. Carrol Naish, Albert Dekker, and Broderick Crawford Hotel Imperial (1939) with Isa Miranda, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, J. Carrol Naish, and Albert Dekker Say It in French (1938) with Irene Hervey Men with Wings (1938) with Fred MacMurray, Andy Devine, and Donald O'Connor Tropic Holiday (1938) with Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour, Martha Raye, and Binnie Barnes Her Jungle Love (1938) with Dorothy Lamour, J. Carrol Naish, and Richard Denning Wise Girl (1937) with Miriam Hopkins, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, and Margaret Dumont Ebb Tide (1937) with Frances Farmer, Lloyd Nolan, Barry Fitzgerald, and Lina Basquette Easy Living (1937) with Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Franklin Pangborn, and William Demarest Wings Over Honolulu (1937) with Wendy Barrie and Kent Taylor Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) with Reginald Denny Three Smart Girls (1936) with Binnie Barnes and Mischa Auer The Jungle Princess (1936) with Dorothy Lamour and Akim Tamiroff The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936) with Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Burns, and Martha Raye The Return of Sophie Lang (1936) Next Time We Love (1936) with Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart The Glass Key (1935) with George Raft, Edward Arnold, and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Alias Mary Dow (1935) with Sally Eilers and Chick Chandler Four Hours to Kill! (1935) with Richard Barthelmess One Hour Late (1935) with Helen Twelvetrees, Conrad Nagel, Arline Judge, Toby Wing, and Gail Patrick The Gilded Lily (1935) with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray Menace (1934) Charlie Chan in London (1934) with Warner Oland, Alan Mowbray, and Madge Bellamy Many Happy Returns (1934) with Gracie Allen and George Burns We're Not Dressing (1934) with Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman, and Leon Errol Bolero (1934) with George Raft, Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, and William Frawley This Is the Life (1933) Orders Is Orders (1933) with Charlotte Greenwood Payment Deferred (1932) with Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Sullivan Blonde Crazy (1931) with James Cagney, Joan Blondell, and Nat Pendleton Ambassador Bill (1931) with Will Rogers and Marguerite Churchill Bought (1931) with Constance Bennett Just a Gigolo (1931) with William Haines The Bachelor Father (1931) with Marion Davies Way for a Sailor (1930) with John Gilbert and Wallace Beery The Flying Scotsman (1929) The Plaything (1929)
TELEVISION SERIES Testimony of Two Men, 1977 miniseries Seventh Avenue, 1977 NBC TV miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, 1976 ABC TV miniseries Markham, 1959-1960 CBS TV series. Milland portrayed Roy Markham The Ray Milland Show, 1953-1955 CBS TV series. Milland portrayed Professor Ray McNulty
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