She chose Neil Simon's California Suite which, although a Broadway hit in 1976/77, is better known for the 1978 film, with an all star cast which included British actress Maggie Smith who won an ...

Claude Bolling, the prodigious and prolific jazz pianist who composed scores to dozes of films, including the Academy Award-winning comedy “California Suite,” has died at the age of 90.

A to-die-for cast including Walter Matthau, Oscar-winning Maggie Smith, Jane Fonda and Michael Caine guaranteed enduring popularity for California Suite in the 1978 film version directed by ...