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The Vikings (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 7, 2016

The Vikings Directed by Richard Fleischer Written by Calder Willingham; adapted by Dale Wasserman from a novel by Edison Marshall 1958/USA Bavaria Film/Byrnapod S.A./CurtLeigh Productions First viewing/Netflix rental First you have to get past the casting of Ernest Borgnine, Kirk Douglas and Tony read more

Mon Oncle (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 6, 2016

Mon Oncle Directed by Jacques Tati Written by Jacques Tati with artistic collaboration by Jacques Lagrange and Jean L’Hote 1958/France Specta Film/Gray Film/Alter Films et al Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #351 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is utterly charming and laugh out read more

Some Came Running (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 5, 2016

Some Came Running Directed by Vincente Minnelli Written by John Patrick and Arthur Sheekman from a novel by James Jones 1958/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant #352 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Dave Hirsh: Dawn honey, bumming around can only help to make you a bu read more

Equinox Flower (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 3, 2016

Equinox Flower (Higanbana) Directed by Yasujiro Ozu Written by Yasujiro Ozu and Kogo Noda from an original story by Ton Satomi 1958/Japan Shochiku Eiga Repeat viewing/Hulu   Here is an Ozu film in which the father does not want his daughter to marry – at least not  the man she has chos read more

The Bravados (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 2, 2016

The Bravados Directed by Henry King Written by Philip Yordan from a novel by Frank O’Rourke 1958/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Amazon Instant Jim Douglass: Thank you… and in your prayers, please. There is a certain sameness in all the 1958 Westerns so far. J read more

Damn Yankees! (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 1, 2016

Damn Yankees! Directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen Written by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop 1958/USA Warner Bros. presents a George Abbott and Stanley Donen Production Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Here is another movie I remember in black-and-white.  I could still sing along with all read more

Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 31, 2016

Ashes and Diamonds (Popiol i diament) Directed by Andrezej Wajda Written by Jerzy Andrezejewski and Andrezej 1958/Poland Zespol Filmowy “Kadr” Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #348 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Maciek Chelmicki: …Or will the ashes hold the glory of a s read more

Home Before Dark (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 30, 2016

Home Before Dark Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Written by Eileen Bassing and Richard Bassing 1958/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Amazon Instant Jean Simmons shines as a woman who returns home from a mental institution only to find the same people that helped send her there waiting for her. Arnold Bron read more

The Proud Rebel (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 29, 2016

The Proud Rebel Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Joseph Petracca and Lillie Hayward from a story by James Edward Grant 1958/USA Formosa Productions First viewing/Amazon Prime John Chandler: I’m lookin’, but I don’t see anything. This is a solid, if predictable, family Weste read more

No Time for Sergeants (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 28, 2016

No Time for Sergeants Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Written by John Lee Mahin from a play by Ira Levin and a novel by Mac Hyman 1958/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental Will Stockdale: No excuse, sir! Andy Griffith comes off a bit more like Gomer Pyle in this one.  There are some genuinely read more

Me and the Colonel (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 27, 2016

Me and the Colonel Directed by Peter Grenville Written by S.N. Behrman and George Froeschel from a play by Franz Werfel 1958/USA William Goetz Productions First viewing/YouTube Despite its grim subject matter, this is a charming film with my favorite performance yet by Danny Kaye. S.L. Jacobowsky read more

The Horse’s Mouth (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 26, 2016

The Horse’s Mouth Directed by Ronald Neame Written by Alec Guinness from a novel by Joyce Cary 1958/UK Knightsbridge Films Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Artistic genius isn’t too “pretty” in this comedy. Gulley Jimson (Alec Guinness) has just been released from jail for ma read more

The Law and Jake Wade (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 25, 2016

The Law and Jake Wade Directed by John Sturges Written by William Bowers from a novel by Marvin H. Alber 1958/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental Ortero: Yeah…good-bye. Clint Hollister: Very touching. It’s always fun to watch Richard Widmark play a villain. Otherwise read more

Indiscreet (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 24, 2016

Indiscreet Directed by Stanley Donen Written by Norman Krasna from a play by him 1958/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental The best part was watching two beautiful adults fall in love with each other. Anna Kalman (Ingrid Bergman) is a famous actress on the London stage.  Philip Adams (Ca read more

The Young Lions (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 23, 2016

The Young Lions Directed by Edward Dmytryk Written by Edward Anhalt from a novel by Irwin Shaw 1958/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/YouTube rental As usual, Marlon Brando is the standout in parallel stories that examine the personal lives of German and American soldiers read more

Lonelyhearts (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 22, 2016

Lonelyhearts Directed by Vincent J. Donehue Written by Dore Schary from the play by Howard Teichmann and the novel by Nathaniel West 1958/USA Dore Schary Productions First viewing/YouTube This had its hits and misses for me,  The acting made it work. Adam White (Montgomery Clift) is a sensitive read more

The Lovers (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 20, 2016

The Lovers (Les amants) Directed by Louis Malle Written by Louise de Velmorin 1958/France Nouvelles Editions de Films First viewing/Netflix rental   If you look, you will see the birth of the French New Wave. Jeanne Tournier (Jeanne Moreau) is bored despite her great wealth and social standi read more

Desire Under the Elms (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 19, 2016

Desire Under the Elms Directed by Delbert Mann Written by Irwin Shaw from the play by Eugene O’Neill 1958/USA Don Hartman Productions First viewing/Amazon Prime More domestic disfunction in 1958, this time in New England. Ephraim Cabot (Burl Ives) is a 76-year-old tyrant with a prosperous f read more

Endless Desire (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 18, 2016

Endless Desire (Hateshinaki yokubô) Directed by Shohei Imamura Written by Shohei Imamura and Hisachi Yamanouchi from a novel by Shinji Fujiwara 1958/USA Nikkatsu First viewing/Hulu Is this film noir or pitch black comedy?  A bit of both really. A group of veterans agreed to meet on a certain date read more

White Wilderness (1958)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Aug 17, 2016

White Wilderness Directed by James Algar Written by James Algar 1958/USA Walt Disney Productions First viewing/Amazon Instant Disney’s faked lemming mass suicide turned out to be murder.  Otherwise, it’s about par for the course for a 50’s Disney nature documentary — that read more
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