Kim Novak
Sans soleil
Minnebilder – fra Tokyo, Guinea-Bissau, Island og San Francisco – flettes sammen i en film som er like mye essay som reisedagbok. Med tanker om tid, minner og menneskelig erfaring skaper Chris Marker en kaleidoskopisk montasje der dokumentarfilm glir over i drøm. Sans Soleil har inspirert alt fra kunstfilmer til musikkvideoer, og den regnes i dag som en milæpæl innen den personlige dokumentarfilmen.
Mannen med den gyldne arm
A heroin-addicted card dealer attempts to clean up his life after being forced to serve a long prison sentence, but he is unable to please his greedy, crippled wife, who begins to push him back into the world of gambling.
Vertigo (1958)
Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" has taken its place as the director's most spellbinding and deeply personal achievement. Silver screen legend James Stewart reteams with the Master of Suspense to play a detective who falls in love with a tortured, beautiful woman (Kim Novak) he is hired to surveil. His following lapse into obsession and desperation is the stuff of cinematic legend. Using the elegant, dramatic San Francisco locations to haunting effect, this timeless masterwork raises the bar for noir thrillers to dizzying heights. Also stars Emmy-winner Barbara Bel Geddes.
Pal Joey
Pal Joey stars Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak in a sophisticated musical comedy. Sinatra plays Joey Evans, a cabaret singer who romances wealthy socialite Hayworth into financing his own nightclub, but then falls for voluptuous chorine Novak. Pal Joey took 17 years to get to the screen. Based on a series of stories written as letters by John O'Hara for The New Yorker, the letters were all signed "Your Pal Joey" by a mythical dancer. O'Hara later adapted the stories as a book for the Broadway musical which starred Gene Kelly. When Columbia bought the film rights, studio chief Harry Cohn wanted Kelly for the lead and Hayworth for the younger role of Linda. But Kelly was already contracted to MGM and the project was shelved. At one time, Billy Wilder was interested in doing the picture with Marlon Brando and Mae West but the studio passed. It finally took the combined talents of Hayworth, Sinatra and newcomer Kim Novak to bring Pal Joey to the screen. The gossip columns were filled with stories of an impending battle over credits. Sinatra was at the height of his film popularity, but Hayworth's contract stipulated she receive top billing. The battle however, was never fought. Sinatra gladly took the second slot "I don't mind being in the middle of that sandwich," he quipped. Pal Joey contains some of Rogers and Hart's best songs including "My Funny Valentine," and one of Sinatra's biggest hits, "The Lady Is A Tramp." Hayworth's vocals were dubbed by Jo Ann Greer, Novak's by Trudi Erwin. Pal Joey was nominated for four Academy Awards® (1957) for Art Direction-Set Decoration, Sound Recording, Costume Design (by Jean Louis) and Film Editing. Although Pal Joey was a huge commercial success, it would be Rita Hayworth's swan song for Columbia. The studio machine that had turned Margarita Cansino into the glamorous Rita Hayworth, would now turn its attentions to Chicago-born Kim Novak, the last in a long line of studio-made stars.
Mord som medisin
1953 - Det er stor oppstandelse i landsbyen St Mary Mead. Hollywood-stjernen, divaen Marina Gregg, har flyttet inn på godset Gossington Hall. Midt under en gårdsfest faller en av landsbyboerne død om - forgiftet, men dosen var tiltenkt Gregg! Politiet og Scotland Yard står på bar bakke. Og så slår morderen til igjen. Det er på tide å hente frem det farligste våpenet: en gammel dame som bruker tiden sin på å hekle og løse kryssord. Miss Marple - den skarpeste detektivhjernen i England!
Moll Flanders amorøse eventyr
If you're rich, she's available! Kim Novak plays the title role and goes from bed to better in The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, a bawdy comedy based on Daniel Defoe's classic novel. An all-star supporting cast—Angela Lansbury, George Sanders, Lilli Palmer, Leo McKern, Cecil Parker and others—joins the fun as Moll sets out on her (ahem) well-laid plan to make schemes come true in 18th-century London. She masquerades as a rich widow to land a wealthy nobleman (Richard Johnson), never dreaming that he's actually a highwayman posing to win the presumably-rich Moll. What a perfect match!
Vertigo
Når etterforskeren Scottie Ferguson slutter i politiet blir han spurt av en gammel venn om å holde et øye med kona hans, Madeleine. Hun kjører omkring, tilsynelatende uten mål og mening, og Scottie blir fascinert av henne. Når hun prøver å drukne seg drar Scottie henne opp og forelsker seg i henne.
Pal Joey
"Pal Joey" stars Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak in a sophisticated musical comedy. Sinatra plays Joey Evans, a cabaret singer who romances wealthy socialite Hayworth into financing his own nightclub, but then falls for voluptuous chorine Novak. "Pal Joey" took 17 years to get to the screen. Based on a series of stories written as letters by John O'Hara for The New Yorker, the letters were all signed "Your Pal Joey" by a mythical dancer.
Picnic
Det er Labor Day-langhelg, og den glade dagdriveren Hal Carter (William Holden) stiger av et godstog på leting etter en ny start i livet. Hal er en robust, kjekk tøffing som kom til Kansas for å finne godt betalt arbeid hos sin tidligere skolekamerat, Alans, kornkammer. På tross av sine høye forhåpninger og forventinger, forsvinner raskt Hals ambisiøse planer når hans uimotståelige sjarm tiltrekker hver eneste kvinne i byen, inkludert 19-år gamle Madge Owens (Kim Nova) -- den forlokkende skjønnhetsdronningen som også er Alans kjæreste. Rollelisten inneholder navn som Rosalind Russell, Arthur O'Connell, Susan Strasberg, Nick Adams og Cliff Robertson. Picnic var nominert til seks Oscar® i 1955: Beste film, Beste regissør (Joshua Logan), Beste mannlige birolle (O'Connell), Beste musikk, Beste scenografi og Beste regi.