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Psycho (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 6, 2017
Psycho Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Written by Joseph Stephano from a novel by Robert Bloch 1960/USA Shamley Productions Repeat viewing/My DVD collection One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die I would give anything to have seen this, uncontaminated, on opening night. I knew the ending be read more
Sink the Bismarck!
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 6, 2017
Sink the Bismarck!
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Written by Edmund H. North from a book by C.S. Forrester
1960/UK/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
First viewing/YouTube This WWII sea battle epic could have been so much more compelling than it was. This true story was changed b read more
Where the Boys Are (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 5, 2017
Where the Boys Are
Directed by Henry Levin
Written by George Wells from a novel by Glendon Swarthout
1960/USA
Euterpe
Repeat viewing/Netflix Rental I like this chauvinistic trip down memory lane more than it probably deserves. Merritt (Dolores Hart), Melanie (Yvette Mimeaux), Angie read more
Ocean’s 11
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 4, 2017
Ocean’s 11
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Written by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer; story by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell
1960/USA
Dorchester/Warner Bros.
First viewing/Netflix rental A bunch of friends got together to make a movie and it’s not half bad. Danny Ocean ( read more
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 3, 2017
Elmer Gantry
Directed by Richard Brooks
Written by Richard Brooks from the novel by Sinclair Lewis
1960/USA
Elmer Gantry Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental This film’s failure to decide what it wants to be drags it out to an interminable 2 1/2 hours. The story is set in read more
Black Sunday (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 3, 2017
Black Sunday (La maschera del demonio)
Directed by Mario Bava
Written by Ennio De Concini and Mario Serandrei from a story by Nikolai Gogol
1960/Italy/USA
Galatea Film/Jolly Film/Alta Vista Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Director Bava shows read more
Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 2, 2017
Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Directed by Charles Barton
Written by Lillie Hayward and Bill Walsh from a novel by James Otis Kaler
1960/USA
Walt Disney Productions
Netflix rental For some reason, circus movies and anything with a chimpanzee have never appealed to me. That said, this is read more
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 1, 2017
The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Written by Ulla Isaksson 1960/Sweden Svensk Filmindustri First viewing/Netflix rental Bergman sets unspeakable tragedy amid great beauty. The setting is 14th Century Sweden. The story is based on a medieval ballad. Karin (Birgit read more
The Young One (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 28, 2017
The Young One (La Joven) Directed by Luis Buñuel Written by Hugo Butler and Luis Buñuel from the story “Travellin’ Man by Peter Matthieson 1960/Mexico/USA Producciones Olmeca First viewing/Netflix Rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is a good movie about race read more
The City of the Dead (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 27, 2017
The City of the Dead (AKA “Horror Hotel”) Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey Written by George Baxt; Story by Milton Subotsky 1960/UK Vulcan Films First viewing/Amazon Instant This is a mixture of great cinematography and direction in the horror scenes and some fairly pedestrian 1960 read more
Murder, Inc. (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 27, 2017
Murder, Inc.
Directed by Burt Balaban and Stuart Rosenberg
Written by Irve Tunick and Mel Barr based on a book by Burton Turkus and Sid Feder
1960/USA
Princess Production Corporation
First viewing/Amazon Instant Peter Falk received a Supporting Actor Oscar nod for his performance in this, the fil read more
Pollyanna (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 26, 2017
Pollyanna Directed by David Swift Written by David Swift from a novel by Eleanor H. Porter 1960/USA Walt Disney Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental “Pollyanna” is synonymous with saccharine sweetness. Haley Mills’s wonderful performance gives her a lot of spunk and provid read more
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 25, 2017
The Fugitive Kind Directed by Sidney Lumet Written by Tennessee Williams and Meade Roberts based on the play “Orpheus Descending”by Williams 1960/USA Pennebaker Productions First viewing/Netflix rental With this cast, there is a lot to like. As the movie begins, Valentine R read more
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 24, 2017
Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) Directed by Luschino Visconti Written by Luschino Visconti, Suso Cecchi d’Amico et al 1960/Italy/France Titanus/Les Films Marceau Repeat viewing/my DVD collection One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Three hours of sadness and read more
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 23, 2017
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Directed by Jim Sharman
Written by Jim Sharman and Richard O’Brien from O’Brien’s original musical play
1975/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Michael White Productions
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You read more
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 22, 2017
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki)
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Written by Ryuzo Kikushima
1960/Japan
Toho Company
Repeat viewing/FilmStruck I love this beautiful, heartbreaking and infuriating film. Keiko (Hideo Takamine) is a widow and the manager of a bar in the read more
Two Women (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 21, 2017
Two Women (La Ciociara)
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Written by Cesare Zavattini and Vittorio De Sica from a novel Alberto Moravia
1960/Italy/France
Compagnia Cinematographica Champion, Cocinor, etc.
Repeat viewing/Cinefest Free Trial on Amazon The story is set in the days and weeks following the read more
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 20, 2017
Cruel Story of Youth (Seishun zankoku) Directed by Nagisa Oshima Written by Nagisa Oshima 1960/Japan Shochiku Ofuna First viewing/FilmStruck Oshima is not growing on me. You can’t help but admiring the filmmaking but two hours of sex-fueled nihilism is not my cup of sake. I’m read more
School for Scoundrels (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 20, 2017
School for Scoundrels
Directed by Robert Hamer
Written by Patricia Moyes and Hal E. Chester from novels by Stephen Potter
1960/UK
Associated British Picture Corporation/Guardsman Films
First viewing/Amazon Instant Britain’s top comic actors are gathered for a tale of one-upsmanship and delicio read more
…And Suddenly It’s Murder! (1960)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 19, 2017
…And Suddenly It’s Murder! (Crimen) Directed by Mario Camerini Written by Luciano Vincenzoni et al 1960/Italy/France Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica/Orsay Films First viewing/Amazon Instant This probably would have been about 100 times funnier in the original Italian. Three couples read more