Film Wish List - El Rey Theater Alliance

A listing of films we would love to screen at the theater.

Citizen Kane

Release Date 30 April 1941 (1 h 59 min)

Directed by Orson Welles

Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore

Writer Roger Q. Denny, John Houseman, Mollie Kent

Composer Bernard Herrmann

Genres Mystery, Drama

Country United States of America

Rating

Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

Year of production 1941
Release Date 30 April 1941
Local Release Date 1 May 1941

Revenue $23,217,674
Budget $839,727
Language English

Casting

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Overview

It's Terrific!

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TMDb ID 15
Original Title Citizen Kane
Release Date 30 April 1941
Local Release Date 1 May 1941
Runtime 1 h 59 min
Production RKO Radio Pictures, Mercury Productions
Country United States of America
Languages English
Genres Mystery, Drama
Director Orson Welles
Producer Orson Welles, Richard Baer
Director of Photography Gregg Toland
Original Music Composer Bernard Herrmann
Author —
Writer Roger Q. Denny, John Houseman, Mollie Kent
Certification NR
Budget $839,727
Revenue $23,217,674
IMDb Id tt0033467
Adult —
Homepage —

Directors

Orson Welles

Actors and Actresses

Bryan 'Slim' Hightower

Scénario

Roger Q. Denny

John Houseman

Mollie Kent

Soundtrack

Bernard Herrmann

Production

Orson Welles

Richard Baer

Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Mercury Productions

Posters

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It's a Wonderful Life

Release Date 20 December 1946 (2 h 10 min)

Directed by Frank Capra

Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore

Writer —

Composer Dimitri Tiomkin

Genres Drama, Family, Fantasy

Country United States of America

Rating

Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

Year of production 1946
Release Date 20 December 1946
Local Release Date 7 January 1947

Revenue $9,644,124
Budget $3,180,000
Language English

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Overview

It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love!

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TMDb ID 1585
Original Title It's a Wonderful Life
Release Date 20 December 1946
Local Release Date 7 January 1947
Runtime 2 h 10 min
Production RKO Radio Pictures, Liberty Films (II)
Country United States of America
Languages English
Genres Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director Frank Capra
Producer Frank Capra
Director of Photography Joseph F. Biroc, Joseph Walker
Original Music Composer Dimitri Tiomkin
Author —
Writer —
Certification PG
Budget $3,180,000
Revenue $9,644,124
IMDb Id tt0038650
Adult —
Homepage —

Directors

Frank Capra

Actors and Actresses

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Dimitri Tiomkin

Production

Frank Capra

Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Liberty Films (II)

Posters

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King Kong

Release Date 7 April 1933 (1 h 40 min)

Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

Starring Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot

Writer —

Composer Max Steiner

Genres Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror

Country United States of America

Rating

Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

An adventure film about a film crew in search of a monster on a remote island. The crew finds King Kong and decides to take him back to New York as a money making spectacle. The film is a masterpiece of Stop-Motion in filmmaking history and inspired a line of King Kong films.

Year of production 1933
Release Date 7 April 1933
Local Release Date 7 April 1933

Revenue $10,000,000
Budget $672,000
Language English

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Overview

A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!

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TMDb ID 244
Original Title King Kong
Release Date 7 April 1933
Local Release Date 7 April 1933
Runtime 1 h 40 min
Production RKO Radio Pictures
Country United States of America
Languages English
Genres Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror
Director Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Producer Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Walter Daniels
Director of Photography Edward Linden, J.O. Taylor, Vernon L. Walker, Kenneth Peach
Original Music Composer Max Steiner
Author —
Writer —
Certification —
Budget $672,000
Revenue $10,000,000
IMDb Id tt0024216
Adult —
Homepage —

Directors

Merian C. Cooper

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Actors and Actresses

Scénario

Soundtrack

Max Steiner

Production

Merian C. Cooper

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Walter Daniels

Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Posters

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Notorious

Release Date 15 August 1946 (1 h 43 min)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains

Writer —

Composer Roy Webb

Genres Thriller, Drama, Romance

Country United States of America

Rating

Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.