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Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 4, 2017
Splendor in the Grass Directed by Elia Kazan Written by William Inge 1961/USA Warner Bros./Newtown Productions First viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Elia Kazan makes both doomed young love and small-town Kansas look absolutely beautiful. Deanie (Natalie Wood read more
Murder She Said (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 3, 2017
Murder She Said
Directed by George Pollock
Written by David Pursall and Jack Seddon; adapted by David D. Osborn from the novel 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
1961/UK
George H. Brown Productions/Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
First viewing/Amazon Instant Miss Marple: Well, we should get on admirably read more
Mysterious Island (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 2, 2017
Mysterious Island
Directed by Cy Endfield
Written by John Prebble, Daniel Ullman and Craig Wilbur from a novel by Jules Verne
1961/UK/USA
Ameran Films
First viewing/Netflix rental Jules Verne adaptations were a continuing trend during the late fifties and early sixties. This one throws in read more
Blast of Silence (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 1, 2017
Blast of Silence Directed by Allen Baron Written by Allen Baron and Waldo Salt 1961/USA Magla Productions First viewing/Netflix rental This unique indie film noir was right up my street. The story is told through liberal use of a second-person narrator who describes the protagonis read more
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 1, 2017
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Written by Ruth Brooks Flippen and Frederick Kohner
1961/USA
Jerry Bresler Films
First viewing/Netflix rental Exactly what you are looking for in a movie with this title. Gidget (Deborah Walley) has troubles a girl can only dream of. She gets pinned read more
Teen Kanya (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 30, 2017
Teen Kanya (AKA Three Daughters)
Directed by Satyajit Ray
Written by Satyajit Ray from stories by Rabindranath Tagore
1961/India
Satyajit Ray Productions
First viewing/FilmStruck I enjoyed this little-seen film by Satyajit Ray immensely. This is an anthology film based on three short stories by R read more
Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 29, 2017
Paris Belongs to Us (Paris nous appartient)
Directed by Jacques Rivette
Written by Jacques Rivette and Jean Gruault
1961/France
Ajym Films/Les Films du Carrosse
First viewing/Netflix rental This film mystified me – and not in a good way. The plot is convoluted and I may not have caught all read more
The Exiles (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 28, 2017
The Exiles
Directed by Kent McKenzie
Written by Kent McKenzie
1961/USA
Pathe Contemporary Films
First viewing/Netfix rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is an interesting, if depressing, semi-documentary look at the alienation of Native Americans adrift in the big city. The read more
Werewolf in a Girls Dormitory (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 26, 2017
Werewolf in a Girls Dormitory (Lycanthropus)
Directed by Paolo Heusch
Written by Ernesto Gastaldi
1961/Italy/Austria
Royal Film
First viewing/Amazon Instant This Italian/Austrian production doesn’t live up to its awesome American title and poster. The story is set in a reformatory for waywa read more
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 25, 2017
Blue Hawaii
Directed by Norman Taurog
Written by Hal Kanter; story by Allan Weiss
1961/USA
Hal Wallis Productions
First viewing?/Netflix rental Sarah Lee Gates: I know you’re right, Daddy, but if I don’t tell myself there was a war, I have a most depressive feeling Chadwick’s ju read more
The Comancheros (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 23, 2017
The Comancheros Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by James Edward Grant and Clair Huffaker from a novel by Paul Wellman 1961/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental This is your average late John Wayne film in his avuncular mode. It does boast a partially scalpe read more
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 22, 2017
Pigs and Battleships
Directed by Shohei Imamura
Written by Hisashi Yamanouchi and Gisashi Yamouchi from a novel by Kazu Otsuka
1961/Japan
Nikkatsu
First viewing/Netflix rental In Imamura’s vision of Post-War Japan, the people are pigs feeding on the U.S. military. Japanese low life l read more
Scream of Fear (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 21, 2017
Scream of Fear Directed by Seth Holt Written by Jimmy Sangster 1961/UK Hammer Films First viewing/Netflix rental Hammer Picture goes into Hitchcock and Clouzot territory with this psychological thriller. The film does not near the level of the masters but is interesting and worth seeing. Paraple read more
West Side Story (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 20, 2017
West Side Story
Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
Written by Ernest Lehman from the musical play by Arthur Laurents and Jerome Robbins; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
1961/USA
The Mirisch Corporation/Seven Arts Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before read more
Paris Blues (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 19, 2017
Paris Blues
Directed by Martin Ritt
Written by Jack Sher, Irene Kamp, and Walter Bernstein; adapted by Lulla Rosenfeld from a novel by Harold Flender
1961/USA
Pennebaker Productions/Diane Productions/Jason Films/Monica Corp./Monmouth
First viewing/You Tube Part romance, part travelogue, and part read more
Fanny (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 18, 2017
Fanny
Directed by Joshua Logan
Written by Julius J. Epstein from the Marseilles Trilogy by Marcel Pagnol and the play by Joshua Logan and S. N. Behrman
1961/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing/Netflix rental This was bound to suffer in comparison to the 1930’s Marseilles Trilogy. which I conside read more
Leon Morin, Priest
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 15, 2017
Leon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre) Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Written by Jean-Pierre Melville based on a novel by Beatrix Beck 1961/France/Italy Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica/Rome Paris Films First viewing/Netflix rental This is a well-acted story about a spiritual awakening and read more
The Phantom Planet (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 14, 2017
The Phantom Planet
Directed by William Marshall
Written by William Telaak, Fred De Gorter and Fred Gebhardt
1961/USA
Four Crown Production Inc.
First viewing/Amazon Prime Sometimes wooden acting and a ridiculous alien are not enough to make an enjoyably bad movie. Rheton is a small invisible aste read more
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 13, 2017
A Woman Is a Woman Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Written by Jean-Luc Godard 1961/France/Italy Euro International Films/Rome Paris Films First viewing/Netflix rental Godard’s second feature is bright, shiny and brings us the lovely Anna Karina. It’s even more meta than Breathless read more
Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1961)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 12, 2017
Chaudhvin Ka Chand (Full Moon) Directed by M. Sadiq Written by Saghir Usmani 1961/India Guru Dutt Films Pvt. Ltd. First viewing/Netflix rental I wasn’t in the mood to watch a 2 1/2+ romantic Bollywood musical. This one quickly captured me though. The characters are predominately Mus read more