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Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 16, 2016
Godzilla, King of the Monsters Directed by Ishiro Honda and Terry Morse English version by Al C. Ward 1956/Japan/USA Jewell Enterprises, Inc. Repeat viewing/Amazon Prime The American release of Gojira (1954) loses a lot of the apocalyptic poetry of the original. Still good fun. The movie read more
… And God Created Woman (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 15, 2016
… And God Created Woman (Et Dieu… créa la femme) Directed by Roger Vadim Written by Roger Vadim and Raoul Levy 1956/France Cocinor/Iena Productions/Union Cinematographique Lyonnaise First viewing/Hulu Antoine Tardieu: It’s the first time I ever heard it. Juliete Hardy: Me too. This read more
A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 14, 2016
A Kiss Before Dying Directed by Gerd Oswald Written by Lawrence Roman from a novel by Ira Levin 1956/USA Crown Productions First viewing/Amazon Instant This movie is OK but not nearly as good as I remember the novel being. Bud Corliss (Robert Wagner) is a 25-year-old college student. He read more
The Spanish Gardener (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 14, 2016
The Spanish Gardener Directed by Philip Leacock Written by Lesley Storm and John Bryan from a novel by A.J. Cronin 1956/UK The Rank Organization First viewing/Amazon Prime This psychological drama sounded like it might be right up my street. Unfortunately, a child actor is in the lead and when read more
Flowing (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 13, 2016
Flowing (Nagareru) Directed by Mikio Naruse Written by Toshirô Ide and Sumie Tanaka from a novel by Aya Kôda 1956/Japan Toho Company First viewing/Hulu Japan’s greatest actresses gather in Naruse’s gentler story of aging geishas in a changing world. Otsuta (Isuzu Yamada, Throne read more
The Proud Ones (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 12, 2016
The Proud Ones
Directed by Robert D. Webb
Written by Edmund H. North and Joseph Petracca from a novel by Verne Athanas
1956/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
First viewing/Amazon Instant Sally, Cass’ Woman: That’s the sound of money, Cass. I like it noisy. This is a solid, if read more
Bob le Flambeur (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 11, 2016
Bob le Flambeur
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
Written by Jean-Pierre Melville and Auguste Le Breton
1956/France
Organisation Generale Cinematographique/Play Art/Productions Cyme
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#314 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is more style than substance but oh read more
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 10, 2016
The Girl Can’t Help It Directed by Frank Tashlin Written by Frank Tashlin and Herbert Baker 1956/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/YouTube Tom Ewell plays the same nebish as in The Seven Year Itch, this time opposite Jayne Mansfield as the blonde. It’s read more
The Eddie Duchin Story (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 9, 2016
The Eddie Duchin Story Directed by George Sidney Written by Samuel A. Taylor; story by Leo Katcher 1956/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental Today is Little Richard Day at FlickersinTime. The movie I review here illustrates just how big the gap was between the ma read more
Aparajito (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 8, 2016
Aparajito
Directed by Satyajit Ray
Written by Satyajit Ray and Kanailal Basu from a novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhya
1956/India
Epic Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Mothers worry in every age and place. The second part of the Apu trilogy is as beautiful as the first. At the read more
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 7, 2016
Around the World in Eighty Days Directed by Michael Anderson Written by James Poe, John Farrow, and S.J. Perelman from the novel by Jules Verne 1956/USA Michael Todd Company Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Beautiful location shots, a cast of thousands and three hours add up to a whole lot of nothin read more
Giant (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 6, 2016
Giant
Directed by George Stevens
Written by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffitt from the novel by Edna Ferber
1956/USA
Giant Productions/Warner Bros.
First viewing/Netflix
#325 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Jett Rink: Not when you’ve got it. George Stevens gives us an epic on a very hu read more
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 5, 2016
A Town Like Alice Directed by Jack Lee Written by W.P. Lipscomb and Richard Mason from the novel by Nevil Shute 1956/UK The Rank Organization/Vic Film Productions Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant I love a good POW story and this is an especially moving one. The title town is Alice Springs, Au read more
The Mole People (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 5, 2016
The Mole People Directed by Virgil W. Vogel Written by Lásló Görög 1956/USA Universal International Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental This is fun although I could have done with more mole people and less Sumerian rituals. We begin with a solemn little lesson on different historical read more
Death in the Garden (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 3, 2016
Death in the Garden (La mort en ce jardin) Directed by Luis Buñuel Written by Luis Alcoriza, Luis Buñuel, and Raymond Queneau from a novel by José-André LaCour 1956/France/Mexico Dismage/Producciones Tepeyac First viewing/Netflix The combination of Luis Buñuel, Simone Signoret, and Charles Vanel read more
War and Peace (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 2, 2016
War and Peace Directed by King Vidor Written by Bridget Boland, Robert Westerby, etc. from the novel by Leo Tolstoy 1956/USA Ponti-De Laurentis Cinematografica/Paramount Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental It lacks the philosophy and character’s thoughts that make the novel great. Nevert read more
Hot Cars (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 1, 2016
Hot Cars Directed by Don MacDougall Written by Don Martin and Richard H. Landau from a novel by H. Haile Chace 1956/USA Schenck-Koch Productions/Bel-Air Productions First viewing/Amazon Prime This is a late “B” film noir. It might be worth a watch for the ending. Nick Dunn (John Brom read more
The Searchers (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 30, 2016
The Searchers
Directed by John Ford
Written by Frank S. Nugent from the novel by Alan Le May
1956/USA
Warner Bros./C.V. Whitney Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#318 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Ethan: That’ll be the day. My husband said “It’s that sad read more
Bus Stop (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 28, 2016
Bus Stop
Directed by Joshua Logan
Written by George Axelrod from the play by William Inge
1956/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Marilyn Monroe Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental There’s a lot you can say against this movie, yet somehow I always enjoy it. Young Bo Decker (Do read more
Early Spring (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 27, 2016
Early Spring (Sôshun) Directed by Yasujirô Ozu Written by Kôgo Noda and Yasujirô Ozu 1956/Japan Shôchiku Eiga Repeat viewing/Netflix Ozu gives us an exquisitely told story of quiet desperation and the breakdown of a marriage. Masako and Shoji Sugiyama made a love match. They have been read more