Holywood-class movies related to Myanmar (1890-2000)

• 1926: The Road to Mandalay (no sound)
  USA 1926 Black and White
  Produced by: MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) [aka MGM-UA] [us]
  Genre/keyword: Drama / singapore
  Sound Mix: Silent
  Distributed by: MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (aka MGM-UA) [us]
  Directed by: Tod Browning
  Cast: Lon Chaney, Lois Moran, Owen Moore, Henry B. Walthall, Sojin, Rose Langdon,        John  George, Willie Fung, Eddie Sturgis
  Written by: Tod Browning (story), Elliott J. Clawson, Joseph Farnham (titles), Herman J.   Mankiewicz (story)
  Cinematography by: Merritt B. Gerstad
  Film Editing by: Errol Taggart
  Produced by: Irving Thalberg
  Other crew: Cedric Gibbons, A. Arnold Gillespie
   
• 1934: Mandalay
  USA 1934 Black and White
  Produced by: Warner Bros. [us]
  Language: English
  Genre/keyword: Drama
  Runtime: USA:65
  Sound Mix: Mono
  Directed by: Michael Curtiz
  Cast: Herman Bing, Harry Bradley, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ricardo Cortez, Ruth Donnelly, Kay      Francis, Etienne Girardot, Lillian Harmer, Halliwell Hobbes, James B. Leong, Lucien    Littlefield,
  Torben Meyer, Warner Oland, Rafaela Ottiano, Reginald Owen, Bodil Rosing, Lyle Talbot,
  Shirley Temple, David Torrence
  Written by: Paul Hervey Fox (story), Charles Kenyon, Austin Parker
  Cinematography by: Tony Gaudio (I)
  Costume Design by: Orry-Kelly
  Film Editing by: Thomas Pratt (I)
  Produced by: Robert Presnell Sr. (associate)
  Other crew: Anton Grot
   
• 1936: The Girl from Mandalay
  USA 1936 Black and White
  Produced by: Republic Pictures Corporation [us]
  Language: English
  Genre/keyword: _drama_ / nightclub / tigers
  Sound Mix: Mono
  Directed by: Howard Bretherton
  Cast: Donald Cook, Harry Allen, Reginald Barlow, Joe Bautista, Daisy Belmore, David   Clyde, Kay Linaker, Conrad Nagel, Esther Ralston, George Regas, Harry Stubbs
  Written by: Endre Bohem, Reginald Campbell (novel Tiger Valley), Wellyn Totman
  Cinematography by: Jack A. Marta, Ernest Miller (I)
  Produced by: Nat Levine, Victor Zobel
   
• 1940: Moon Over
  USA 1940 Black and White
  Produced by: Paramount Pictures [us]
  Language: English
  Genre/keyword: Adventure
  Runtime: USA:76
  Directed by: Louis King
  Cast: Harry Allen, Albert Bassermann, Maro Cortez, Preston Foster (I), Frank Lackteen,       Dorothy Lamour, Ella Neal, Doris Nolan, Paul Porcasi, Robert Preston, Stanley Price,    Addison Richards,
  Henry Roquemore, Hans Schumm, Ralph Sencuya, Nick Shaid, Ram Singh, Catherine Wallace (I), Frederick Worlock
  Written by: Harry Clark (III), Wilson Collison (story), W.P. Lipscomb, Frank Wead
  Cinematography by: William C. Mellor
  Original music by: Victor Young (I)
  Film Editing by: Stuart Gilmore
   
• 1941: Convoy
  USA 1941 Black and White
  Produced by: Universal Pictures [aka MCA/Universal Pictures] [us]
  Language: English
  Genre/keyword: Mystery
  Directed by: Noel M. Smith
  Cast: Frank Albertson (I), Evelyn Ankers, Turhan Bey, Charles Bickford, Truman Bradley,
  Ken Christy, Willie Fung, Chester Gan, Cecil Kellaway, Keye Luke, C. Montague Shaw,       Harry Stubbs
  Written by: Roy Chanslor, Stanley Rubin
  Cinematography by: John W. Boyle
  Original music by: Hans J. Salter
  Film Editing by: Ted J. Kent
• 1942: Bombs Over
  USA 1940 Black and White
  Produced by: Paramount Pictures [us]
  Language: English
  Genre/keyword: Adventure
  Runtime: USA:76
  Directed by: Louis King
  Cast: Harry Allen, Albert Bassermann, Maro Cortez, Preston Foster (I), Frank Lackteen,       Dorothy Lamour, Ella Neal, Doris Nolan, Paul Porcasi, Robert Preston, Stanley Price,   Addison Richards,
  Henry Roquemore, Hans Schumm, Ralph Sencuya, Nick Shaid, Ram Singh, Catherine   Wallace(I), Frederick Worlock,
  Written by: Harry Clark (III), Wilson Collison (story), W.P. Lipscomb, Frank Wead
  Cinematography by: William C. Mellor
  Original music by: Victor Young (I)
  Film Editing by: Stuart Gilmore
   
• 1942: Yank on the Road (aka) China Caravan
  USA 1942 Black and White
  Produced by: MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) [aka MGM-UA] [us]
  Language English
  Genre/keyword War / _drama_
  Runtime USA:66
  Also Known As China Caravan (1942)
  Directed George B. Seitz
  Cast: Philip Ahn, Turhan Bey, Matthew Boulton, Stuart Crawford, Laraine Day, Keye Luke,        Kim How, Knox Manning, Barry Nelson, Victor Sen Yung
  Written Hugo Butler, Gordon Kahn, David Lang (I)
  Cinematography Lester White
  Film Editing Gene Ruggiero
  Produced Samuel Marx
   
• 1943: Rookies in
  USA 1943 Black and White
  Produced by: RKO Radio Pictures
  Language: English
  Genre/keyword: War / _comedy_
  Directed by: Leslie Goodwins
  Cast: Joan Barclay, Wally Brown, Claire Carleton, Alan Carney, Erford Gage, Ted Hecht
  Written by: Edward James (I)
  Cinematography by: Harry J. Wild
  Film Editing by: Harry Marker
  Produced by: Bert Gilroy
  Other crew: Robert Aldrich
   
• 1945: Victory
  (n.a.)
   
• 1945: Objective, !
  USA 1945 Black and White
  Produced by: Warner Bros. [us]
  Language English
  Genre/keyword War
  Runtime USA:142
  Directed by: Raoul Walsh
  Cast: Errol Flynn, James Brown (II), William Prince, George Tobias, Henry Hull, Warner       Anderson, John Alvin, Mark Stevens (I), Richard Erdman, Erdman), Erville Alderson, Joel    Allen, Hugh Beaumont (I), Carlyle Blackwell, Kit Carson (I), Neil Carter, Anthony Caruso,    Elmer Ellingwood, Shep Houghton, William Hudson, Asit Koomar, Pete Kooy, Lester    Matthews, Harlan Miller, Rodd Redwing, Chattu, John Sheridan, George Tyne, John      Whitney
  Written by Alvah Bessie, Ranald MacDougall & Lester Cole (I)
  Cinematography by: James Wong Howe (I)
  Original music by: Franz Waxman
  Film Editing by: George Amy
  Produced by: Jerry Wald (I), Jack L. Warner (executive)
  Other crew: Edwin B. DuPar, Leo F. Forbstein, Charles S. Galbreath, John Maxwell (IV), Jack   McConaghy, Leonid Raab, C.A. Riggs, Ted Smith, Perc Westmore, M.H. Whyte
  Links with other titles
  Remade as: Distant Drums (1951)
  referenced in: Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987) (TV)
   
• 1951: Distant Drums
  (a remade of "Objective, !")
   
• 1955: Escape to
  USA 1955 Color (Technicolor)
  Produced by: RKO Radio Pictures
  Language English
  Genre/keyword Adventure / jungle
  Runtime USA:87
  Directed by: Allan Dwan
  Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
  Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar (I), Murvyn Vye, Lisa Montell, Robert Warwick ,     Reginald Denny, Robert Cabal, Peter Coe, Alex Montoya, Anthony Numkena, John       Mansfield, Gavin Muir (I), Lal Chand Mehra
  Written by: Hobart Donavan, Talbot Jennings, Kenneth Perkins (story)
  Cinematography by: John Alton (I)
  Original music by: Louis Forbes
  Costume Design by: Gwen Wakeling
  Film Editing by: James Leicester (I)
  Carlos Lodato (as Carlo Lodato)
  Produced by: Benedict Bogeaus
  Other crew
  Fay Babcock, Lew Borzage, Bartlett A. Carre, Stanford Houghton, Van Nest Polglase, Nate      Watt
   
• 1956: The Burmese Harp [Biruma no tategoto]
  Reel Snapshot: Japanese anti-war drama about army private who has religious awakening. Powerful drama a hit with critics. Will appeal to fans of slow-paced, intellectual      cinema
  who don't mind long running time.
  Stars: Shoji Yasui, Rentaro Mikuni
  Director: Kon Ichikawa
  MPAA: NR
  Genre: Drama , Foreign
  Runtime: 115 minutes
   
• 1985: The Burmese Harp [Biruma no tategoto]
   
• 1995: Singapore Sling: Road to Mandalay
  Australia 1995 Color
  Produced by: Barron Films
  Language English
  Directed by: John Laing (II)
  Cast: Simon Bossell, Josephine Byrnes, Linden Goh, John Howard (II), Michael Ironside,       Pat Morita, Jemma Wilks
  Written by: Keith Aberdein
  Cinematography by: Louis Irving
  Production Design by: Lawrence Eastwood
  Costume Design by: Paula Ryan
  Film Editing by: Marc Van Buuren
  Produced by: Paul D. Barron, Julie Monton
  Links with other titles: Singapore Sling (1993) (TV)
   
• 1995: Beyond Rangoon
  USA 1995 Color (Technicolor)
  Produced by: Castle Rock Entertainment / Columbia Pictures Corporation [us]
  Certification USA:R / UK:12 / Germany:12 (w) / Portugal:M/12 / Sweden:15
  Language English
  Genre/keyword Drama / political-repression / tourists / travel / widow
  Runtime USA:100 / Germany:97
  Sound Mix Dolby Digital / SDDS
  MPAA reasons Rated R for depiction of violent political oppression.
  Directed by: John Boorman
  Cas: Patricia Arquette, U Aung Ko, Frances McDormand, Spalding Gray, Tiara Jacquelina,    Kuswadinath Bujang, Victor Slezak, Jit Murad, Ye Myint, Cho Cho Myint, Johnny Cheah, Haji    Mohd Rajoli, Azmi Hassan, Ahmad Fithi, Adelle Lutz, Mohd Wan Nazri, Zaidi Omar, Roslee    Mansor, Michael Pickells, Enzo Rossi, Rudzuan Hashim, Samko, Ramona Sánchez-        Waggoner, Norlela Ismail, Nyak Osman, Yusof Abdul Hamid, Lutang Anyie, Ali Fiji, Dion     Abu   Bakar, Yeoh Keat Chye, Johari Ismail, Rashidi Mohd, William Saw, Anna Howard,   Manisah   Mandin, Charley Boorman, Hani Mohsin Hanafi, Ismail Din, Jamaludin Rejab,    Aung, Peter   Win, John Mindy, Dr. U Kyaw Win, Gael D'Oliviera, Pascale D'Oliviera, Gilles   D'Oliviera, Asmi   Wahab, Albert Thaw, Mansell Rivers-Bland, Siti Abdullah, Satish Chand   Bhandari
  Written by: Alex Lasker & Bill Rubenstein
  Cinematography by: John Seale
  Original music by: Hans Zimmer
  Production Design by: Anthony Pratt
  Costume Design by: Deborah Kramer
  Film Editing by: Ron Davis
  Produced by: John Boorman, Walter Donohue (associate), Mark Egerton (associate), Alex       Lasker (co-producer), Eric Pleskow, Bill Rubenstein (co-producer), Sean Ryerson, Barry    Spikings
  Other crew: Mary Gail Artz, Dave Bennett (II), Peter Benoit, Felicity Bowring, David Burr,    Robbie Burr, Ron Cartwright, Barbara Cohen, Shaun Conway, John Davey (IV), Mike    Dowson, Kevin Draycott, Mark Egerton, John Evans (III), Betsy Filwood, Eddie Fowlie, Ian    Fuller, Nick Glennie-Smith, Gavin Greenaway, John Hayward (I), Benn Hyde, Garth Inns,    John Ireland (III), Debra James, K.D. Justin, Errol Kelly, Darrin Keough, David Marder,    Pauline Martin (I), Digby Milner, Ernie Misko, Robert Nugent, Maire O'Sullivan, William Ong,    Phil Patterson, Asoka Perera, Ian Plummer, Emma Pounds, Graham Prescott, Pat    Rambaut, Bill Rubenstein, Chandran Rutnam, Amy Elisabeth Sabel, John Seale, Brad    Shield, Adam Milo Smalley, John Stanborough, Harry Stokes, Phil Stokes, Paul Thompson    (IV), Fiachra Trench, Larry Waggoner, Derek Wallace, Mark J. Wasiutak, Sylvia Wheeler,   Barry Whitrod, Gary Wilkins, Jenny Lee Wright, Hans Zimmer
   
• 1996: Our Burmese Days
   
• 1997: Diary
  Netherlands / Thailand 1997 Color
  Produced by: Stichting Vista Far Reaching Visuals
  Language English
  Genre/keyword Documentary
  Runtime Germany:55
  Distributed by Stichting Vista Far Reaching Visuals
  Directed by: Jeanne Hallacy
  Written by: Jeanne Hallacy
  Original music by: Audun Aagre, Mun Awng
  Film Editing by: David Leland (V)
   
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