Adapt or Die - Stage to Screen

Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.

This is an account of the real life experience of actress/playwright Ruth Gordon.

Norman Jewison's adaptation of John Pielmeier's stage play. When naive novice nun Agnes is discovered with a dead newborn baby in her convent quarters, court-appointed psychiatrist Dr. Martha Livingston investigates her case.

Story of small-town life in turn-of-the-century America, and a young boy's problems facing adolescence.

Unrepentant ladies' man Alfie Elkins gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle in 1960s London.

A cockney womanizer learns the hard way about the dangers of his actions.

During WW2, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever but years later his sin comes back to haunt him when Joe's son plans to marry Deever's daughter.

Mary Follet, a wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee, copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.

The life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seen through the eyes of his contemporary and rival, Antonio Salieri.

Long-repressed feelings of bitterness and betrayal explode when three inner-city losers plot the robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.

Ken Talley is 32, strong, goodlooking and a Vietnam vet with both legs shot off seven years earlier. He is somewhat cynical. His lover Jed is bigger and stronger, a gardner, a good listener. On Independence Day 1977 Ken's home in Lebanon Missouri is visted by the others. Much of their past relationships, pre- and post-Vietnam, must be pulled up and examined before any of them can decide their future.

Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.

In 1985, Prior is diagnosed with AIDS and his lover Louis deserts him. Powerful lawyer Roy Cohn tempts Mormon and closeted gay Joe Pitt to the dark side. Joe and Louis get it on while Joe's wife Harper hallucinates an imaginary friend.

A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.

A young woman who is disowned by her alcoholic father turns to prostitution to support herself; her scheming brother-in-law devises a plan to marry her off and make some money in the process.

A young woman struggling with a sordid past finds that her biggest enemy had larger demons than she did.

King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.

A little orphan girl catches the attention of a kind man named Mr. Warbucks, who wants to adopt her, but the cruel, strict orphanage owner has a scheme to keep Annie - and her reward money.

The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.

Three sons who work in the family construction business help their overbearing mother celebrate her anniversary to her late husband.

Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.

This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.

Young man falls for blonde heiress forced onto ship. Follows to rescue her, disguising as mobster's aide when realizing she's returning home and his boss is aboard.

Two producers find different actresses in Paris for the same Broadway role. Each promises her the part without telling the other. Drama unfolds on their ocean voyage back when both women learn the truth.