Michael Henderson

From The Nun's Story (1959), a Henry Blanke production. In a mental hospital, Sister Luke, played by Audrey Hepburn, is asked by a patient, played by Colleen Dewhurst, who thinks she is the archangel Gabriel, for a drink of water only to be attacked.

From Madame Curie (1943), a Sidney Franklin production. Pierre Curie, played by Walter Pidgeon, and Marie Curie, played by Greer Garson, take a break from a scientific experiment to have dinner with his father Eugene Curie, played by Henry Travers, and his mother, played by Dame May Whitty.

From Cleopatra (1934), a Cecil B. DeMille production. While Octavian, played by Ian Keith, discusses Julius Caesar with Calpurnia, played by Gertrude Michael, and Octavia, played by Claudia Dell, they see Mark Antony, played by Henry Wilcoxon, arrive with news of Caesar.

From The Life of Emile Zola (1937), a Henry Blanke production. Lucie Dreyfus, played by Gale Sondergaard, asks Emile Zola, played by Paul Muni, to help her husband Alfred get out of prison after he was wrongfully convicted of treason four years earlier.

From Cimarron (1931), a Robert LeBaron film. In Oklahoma in 1907 Yancey Cravat, played by Richard Dix, is visited by his main political opponent Pat Leary, played by Robert McKenzie. Then he goes to his wife Sabra, played by Irene Dunne, to tell her what his newspaper will publish the next day in support of the Osage Indians.

From Missing (1982), an Edward Lewis production. Ed Horman, played by Jack Lemmon, and his daughter-in-law Beth, played by Sissy Spacek, meet with the U.S. Ambassador, played by Richard Venture, and Consul Phil Putnam, played by David Clennon, to ask for help finding his son.

From Children of a Lesser God (1986), a Burt Sugarman production. James, played by William Hurt, a speech teacher who works with the deaf, goes to see the Mrs. Norman, played by Piper Laurie, about her daughter who is deaf but will not work with him.

From The Sundowners (1960), a Fred Zinnemann production. Paddy, Ida, and Sean Carmody, played by Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr and Michael Anderson Jr., and their companion Rupert Venneker, played by Peter Ustinov, check into an inn in Cawndilla run by Mrs. Firth, played by Glynis Johns.

From Julius Caesar (1953), a John Houseman production. Artemidorus, played by Morgan Farley, tries to give Caesar, played by Louis Calhern, a letter warning of his impending doom but Decius, played by John Hoyt, stops him from accepting it. Meanwhile Brutus, played by James Mason, confers with Cassius, played by John Gielgud.

From Little Women (1933), a Merian C. Cooper production. When Jo March, played by Katharine Hepburn, leaves to get milk, her maid Hannah, played by Mabel Colcord, opens the door to Professor Bhaer, played by Paul Lukas, who hopes to see Jo to give her a book.

From The Human Comedy (1943), a Clarence Brown production. Tom Spangler, played by James Craig, was invited to dinner by Diana Steed, played by Marsha Hunt. After greeting him, Mrs. Steed, played by Katharine Alexander, then goes upstairs to tell her husband Charles, played by Henry O'Neill, about him.

From The Broadway Melody (1929), an Irving Thalberg production. Eddie, played by Charles King, and Jed, played by Jed Prouty, attempt to throw a surprise birthday party for Queenie but instead her sister Harriet, played by Bessie Love, shows up because Queenie is being courted by a producer for a bigger part in a show.

From Romance on the High Seas (1948), an Alex Gottlieb production. Georgia Garrett, played by Doris Day, sings "It's Magic" written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne.

From The Sand Pebbles (1966), a Robert Wise production. After Jake Holman, played by Steve McQueen, runs into coolies in the engine room of the ship the USS San Pablo, Frenchy, played by Richard Attenborough, tells him how they came to be used by the ship.

From Cavalcade (1933), a Winfield Sheehan production. Alfred Bridges, played by Herbert Mundin, is told by his wife Ellen, played by Una O'Connor, that he needs to pay the brewer who rents out his establishment to him. On the way there he sees his daughter Fanny, played by Bonita Granville.

From She Done Him Wrong (1933), a William LeBaron production. Lady Lou, played by Mae West, is accompanied by her bodyguard Spider Kane, played by Dewey Robinson, to Sing Sing. There she tells her boyfriend Chick Clark, played by Owen Moore, that she has been faithful to him.

From To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), an Alan J. Pakula production. Jem, played by Phillip Alford, and Scout, played by Mary Badham, meet Dill Harris, played by John Megna, and tell him about the Radley house before Dill's aunt Stephanie, played by Alice Ghostley, comes and tells them to avoid that house.

From The Bishop's Wife (1947), a Samuel Goldwyn production. Dudley, played by Cary Grant, and Julia Brougham, played by Loretta Young, go to an old church run by Mr. Miller, played by Regis Toomey. After explaining the boys' choir will not show up Dudley gets them to start singing "O Sing to God" by Charles Gounod.

From The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), a Samuel Goldwyn production. Wilma Cameron, played by Cathy O'Donnell, after talking briefly to Mr. Parrish, played by Walter Baldwin, and Luella Parrish, played by Marlene Aames, goes to see Homer Parrish, played by Harold Russell, in his shed where he is practicing shooting.

From All the President's Men (1976), a Walter Coblenz production. Bob Woodward, played by Robert Redford, asks who the counsel for the Watergate burglars are only to be shown to Markham, played by Nicolas Coster who will not answer any of his questions.

From Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), a Jack L. Warner production. In the boarding house of Madame Bartholdi, played by Odette Myrtil, many boarders are eating dinner including Jerry Cohan, played by Walter Huston, his wife Nellie, played by Rosemary DeCamp, and daughter Josie, played by Jeanne Cagney. Then George M. Cohan, played by James Cagney, arrives to say a musical he wrote would be produced.

From Hans Christian Andersen (1952), a Samuel Goldwyn production. Hans Christian Andersen, played by Danny Kaye, sings "Thumbelina" written by Frank Loesser.

From Hold Back the Dawn (1941), an Arthur Hornblow Jr. production. In the Esperanza Hotel, Georges, played by Charles Boyer, is invited to celebrate the 4th of July with Professor Van Den Luecken, played by Victor Francen, and his daughters Christine and Anni, played by Micheline Cheirel and Madeleine Lebeau. Meanwhile Inspector Hammock, played by Walter Abel, drops by to check on the immigrants.

From 49th Parallel (1942), a Michael Powell production. After sinking a Canadian freighter, the German U-boat U-37 evades the RCAF by going north to Hudson Bay. When they arrive Kommandant Bernsdorff, played by Richard George, gives instructions to his crew led by Lieutenants Hirth and Kuhnecke, played by Eric Portman and Raymond Lovell.

From The Caddy (1953), a Paul Jones production. Joe Anthony, played by Dean Martin, sings "That's Amore" written by Harry Warren and Jack Brooks.