West Side Story (film) Wise's dazzling direction, Leonard Bernstein's score, and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics, "West Side Story" remains perhaps the most iconic of all the Shakespeare adaptations to visit the big screen." The film earned $19,645,000 in North American rentals. Because of profit participation, United Artists earned a profit of $2.5 million on the film. Its ten Academy Awards make it the musical film with the most Academy wins, including Best Picture. Three other films ("Ben-Hur", "Titanic" and "") won 11 Oscars, but they were not musical films. Awards American Film Institute lists: The film's cast appeared and was honored at the 50th anniversary
The Devil's Disciple (1959 film) the temporary truce, Burgoyne invites Dick to tea. The Devil's Disciple (1959 film) The Devil's Disciple is a 1959 British-American film adaptation of the 1897 George Bernard Shaw play "The Devil's Disciple". The Anglo-American film was directed by Guy Hamilton, who replaced Alexander Mackendrick, and starred Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. Mary Grant designed the film's costumes. Lancaster and Douglas made several films together over the decades, including "I Walk Alone" (1948), "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957), "Seven Days in May" (1964) and "Tough Guys" (1986), which fixed the notion of the pair as something of a