Morton DaCosta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Morton DaCosta (March 7, 1914 - January 26, 1989) was an American theatre and film director, film producer, writer, and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Morton DaCosta, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Music Man (1962)

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A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Shirley Jones  •  Buddy Hackett  •  Ron Howard

A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Shirley Jones  •  Buddy Hackett  •  Ron Howard

Island of Love (1963)

Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about Adam and Eve by offering the female lead to Tony's stripper girl friend, Cha Cha Miller. The film is such a disaster, however, that Steve and his writer, Paul Ferris, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Tony Randall  •  Giorgia Moll  •  Walter Matthau

Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about Adam and Eve by offering the female lead to Tony's stripper girl friend, Cha Cha Miller. The film is such a disaster, however, that Steve and his writer, Paul Ferris, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Tony Randall  •  Giorgia Moll  •  Walter Matthau

Auntie Mame (1958)

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Forrest Tucker  •  Coral Browne  •  Fred Clark

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Forrest Tucker  •  Coral Browne  •  Fred Clark