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Peyton Place (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 31, 2016
Peyton Place
Directed by Mark Robson
Written by John Michael Hayes from the novel by Grace Metalios
1957/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Jerry Wald Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix This glossy melodrama practically introduced U.S. audiences to rape, incest, illegitimacy, and plenty o read more
Donzoko (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 30, 2016
Donzoko (aka The Lower Depths)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Written by Akira Kurosawa and Hideo Oguni from a play by Maxim Gorky
1957/Japan
Toho Company
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Kurosawa turns Gorky’s tragedy about illusion among the dregs of society into a comedy and produces his best e read more
Albert Schweitzer (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 30, 2016
Albert Schweitzer Directed by Jerome Hill Narration written by Thomas Bruce Morgan 1957/USA Hill and Anderson Productions First viewing/YouTube Albert Schweitzer’s life is an inspiration. This is a solid documentary about it. Schweitzer was born in Alsace-Lorraine in 1875 at a time when read more
Paradise Lagoon (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 29, 2016
Paradise Lagoon (AKA The Admirable Chrichton)
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Written by Vernon Harris and Lewis Gilbert from the play by J.M. Barry
1957/UK
Modern Screen Play
First viewing/YouTube This is a pleasant, old-fashioned comedy of manners. Lord Loam (Cecil Parker) claims to believe in the co read more
Il Grido (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 28, 2016
Il Grido (“Outcry”) Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni Written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini, and Ennio de Concini 1957/Italy/USA SpA Cinematografica/Robert Alexander Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Antonioni makes a bleak film about pain. I like it more every read more
Le notti bianche (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 27, 2016
Le notti bianche (White Nights)
Directed by Luchino Visconti
Written by Suso Cecchi D’Amico and Luchino Visconti from a novel by Fyodor Dostoyevski
1957/Italy/France
Cinematografica Associati/Rank Film/Vides Cinematografica
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This story about the inexplicability read more
Nine Lives (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 27, 2016
Nine Lives (Ni liv)
Directed by Arne Skouen
Written by Arne Skouen from a book by David Howarth
1957/Norway
Nordsjofilm
First viewing/YouTube This is a suspenseful true story about a resistance fighter’s escape from occupied Norway and the people who helped him. Jan Baalsrud arrives in Norw read more
Moby Dick (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 26, 2016
Moby Dick
Directed by John Huston
Written by Ray Bradbury and John Huston from the novel by Herman Melville
1956/USA
Moulin Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental In a time before the Save the Whale movement, John Huston captured the grandeur and deeper meaning of the Herman Melville classic no read more
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 26, 2016
Fear Strikes Out Directed by Robert Mulligan Written by Ted Berkman and Raphael Blau from a story by Jimmy Piersall and Al Hirschberg 1957/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/Amazon Instant Nobody does troubled like Anthony Perkins. His performance makes this biopic about a baseball player batt read more
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 25, 2016
The Monster That Challenged the World
Directed by Arnold Laven
Written by Pat Fielder; Story by David Duncan
1957/USA
Gramercy Pictures
First viewing/Amazon Instant Perhaps the greatest giant mollusk movie ever made. Lt. Comdr. John Twiliger (Tim Holt) is the new guy at the U.S. Navy base on the read more
A King in New York (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 24, 2016
A King in New York Directed by Charles Chaplin Written by Charles Chaplin 1957/UK Attica Film Company Repeat viewing/Netflix rental The country that made Charlie Chaplin a mega-star treated him pretty despicably in the end. He got his revenge with this film. In more ways than one. King Shahdov read more
Pal Joey (1957)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 23, 2016
Pal Joey
Directed by George Sidney
Written by Dorothy Kingsley from the musical play book by John O’Hara
1957/USA
Essex Productions/George Sidney Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental We get Rita Hayworth’s last film appearance, some great standards from
Sinatra, and Kim Novak at read more
1957
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 23, 2016
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ bylaws denied eligibility for Oscar nominations or consideration to artists who were blacklisted. This practice was abandoned in early 1959. The Caribbean romance film Island in the Sun was noted as groundbreaking for its two inter-racial rom read more
1956 Recap and 10 Favorite Films
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 22, 2016
I have now watched 102 films released in 1956. The complete list is here. My new randomized viewing schedule worked in keeping me interested. In fact, the random number generator saved some of the best films for last this time! 1956 is not noted as a “great” year in film history but read more
The Killing (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 21, 2016
The Killing
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson from a novel by Lionel White
1956/USA
Harris-Kubrick Productions
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant Early in his career, Kubrick had it all together. Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) has emerged from five long hard years read more
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 20, 2016
The Ten Commandments
Directed by Cecil B. de Mille
Written by Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss and Fredric M. Frank from a number of novels
1956/USA
Motion Picture Associates
First viewing/Netflix rental
#317 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is a 3 1/2 hour Cecil B. D read more
Written on the Wind (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 19, 2016
Written on the Wind
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Written by George Zuckerman based on a novel by Robert Wilder
1956/USA
Universal International Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#321 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Marylee Hadley: I’m filthy – period! Dorothy Malone matche read more
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 18, 2016
The Fastest Gun Alive
Directed by Russell Rouse
Written by Frank D. Gilroy and Russell Rouse from a story by Gilroy
1956/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First viewing/Amazon Instant There are several reasons I did not like this Western, which attempts to have a broader significance a la High Noon read more
Seven Men from Now (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 17, 2016
Seven Men from Now Directed by Budd Boetticher Written by Burt Kennedy 1956/USA Batjac Productions First viewing/Netflix rental This movie shows that a familiar plot done well can still make an excellent movie. Ben Stride (Randolph Scott) used to be the sheriff of a town called Silver Spring unt read more
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 17, 2016
The Killer Is Loose
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Written by Harold Medford from a story by John and Ward Hawkins
1956/USA
Crown Productions
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant I love this unsung little film noir. You have never seen Wendell Corey like this. Leon Poole (Corey) is a meek bank teller who read more