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The Violent Years (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 27, 2016
The Violent Years
Directed by William Morgan
Written by Edward D. Wood Jr.
1956/USA
Headliner Productions
First viewing/Amazon Instant Jane Parkins: Good gracious, no! I’m an hour late already! “Charity First” and all that sort of thing, you know. Besides, what can be so read more
The Bad Seed (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 26, 2016
The Bad Seed
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
John Lee Mahin from a play by Maxwell Anderson and a novel by William March
1956/USA
Warner Bros.
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental I don’t find this movie scary anymore but, boy, do I love it. Rhoda Penmark (Patty McCormack) is the kind of eight-year-old I read more
Rock Rock Rock!
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 26, 2016
Rock Rock Rock! Directed by Will Price Written by Milton Subotsky; story by Subotsky and Phyllis Cole 1956/USA Vanguard Productions First viewing/Amazon Prime I expect everything else about these early rock musicals to be pretty bad, but not the music. Unfortunately … Dori (an incredibly youn read more
Secrets of Life (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 25, 2016
Secrets of Life
Directed by James Algar
Written by James Algar
1956/USA
Walt Disney Productions
First viewing/Amazon Instant This is the best of the Disney 50’s nature documentaries I have seen so far. The filmmakers use close-up and stop-motion photography to observe the life proces read more
Crime in the Streets (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 24, 2016
Crime in the Streets
Directed by Don Siegel
Written by Reginald Rose
1956/USA
Allied Artists Pictures/Lindbrook Productions
First viewing/My DVD collection Here is an interesting, if cliched, juvenile delinquent film noir. Eighteen-year old Frankie Dane (John Cassavettes) lives in a tiny, read more
Love Me Tender (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 23, 2016
Love Me Tender Directed by Robert D. Webb Written by Robert Buckner; story by Maurice Geraghty 1956/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Amazon Instant Elvis Presley’s first movie is a bit of a mess. The singer looks and sounds good but that’s about it. Vance Reno read more
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 22, 2016
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Written by Nunnally Johnson from a novel by Sloan Wilson
1956/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
First viewing/Netflix rental This story about readjustment to home life after WWII has “important motion picture̶ read more
Come Next Spring (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 21, 2016
Come Next Spring Directed by R.G. Springsteen Written by Montgomery Pittman 1956/USA Republic Pictures/Robert Alexander Productions First viewing/Amazon Prime This is a heartwarming story about family life in the rural South. The acting carries it. Matt Ballott (Steve Cochran) returns to his fam read more
Patterns (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 20, 2016
Patterns
Directed by Fielder Cook
Written by Rod Sterling
1956/USA
Jed Harris/Michael Myerberg
First viewing/Amazon Prime This excellent, powerful look inside a big corporation shows Rod Serling could do more than write twist endings. Fred Staples (Van Heflin) has been hired as the newest executi read more
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 19, 2016
Reach for the Sky
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Written by Lewis Gilbert and Vernon Harris from a book by Paul Brickhill
1956/UK
The Rank Organization/Angel Productions
First viewing/Amazon Instant Bader: Fine! We’ll send Goering a telegram, and ask him not to come over for *three months”! T read more
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 18, 2016
Friendly Persuasion
Directed by William Wyler
Written by Jessamyn West and Michael Wilson (uncredited due to blacklist)
1956/USA
Allied Artists Pictures/B-M Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental My husband says this film is not realistic. He may be right but I find it very charming. The read more
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 18, 2016
Slightly Scarlet
Directed by Allan Dwan
Written by Robert Bleese from a novel by J.M. Cain
1956/USA
Benjamin Bogeaus Production/RKO Radio Pictures
First viewing/Netflix rental The main reason to watch this Technicolor film noir is for Arlene Dahl’s delicious performance as a nymphoma read more
The Mountain (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 17, 2016
The Mountain Directed by Edward Dmytryck Written by Ranald MacDougall from a novel by Henry Troyat 1956/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/Netflix Spencer Tracy channels Manuel from Captains Courageous in portraying an ancient mountaineer. It’s an excellent performance. Before the read more
Kabe atsuki heya (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 16, 2016
Kabe atsuki heya (The Thick-Walled Room) Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Written by Kôbô Abe 1956/Japan Shinei Productions/Shochiku Eiga First viewing/Hulu a. Crimes against Peace: Namely, the planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a declared or undeclared war of aggression, …; read more
The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 15, 2016
The Great Locomotive Chase
Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Written by Lawrence Edward Watkin
1956/USA
Walt Disney Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental This is Disney’s live-action version of Buster Keaton’s The General, told from the perspective of the Union spies who stole BusterR read more
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 14, 2016
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by John Michael Hayes; story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
1956/USA
Paramount Pictures/Filwite Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#328 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die I like this middle-range Hitchcock m read more
Gervaise (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 14, 2016
Gervaise Directed by Rene Clement Written by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost from a novel by Emile Zola 1956/France Agnes Delahaie Productions etc. First viewing/Netflix rental If you are prepared for real tragedy and depression, this might be for you. It is certainly well made and acted. read more
High Society (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 13, 2016
High Society
Directed by Charles Walters
Written by John Patrick from a play by Phillio Barry
1956/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sol C. Siegel Productions, Bing Crosby Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental
#327 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die It would take quite some remake to match up t read more
Lust for Life (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 12, 2016
Lust for Life
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Written by Norman Corwin based on the novel by Irving Stone
1956/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Vincent Van Gogh: You look too fast! Vincent Minnelli gives us a visual feast and Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn bring great painters read more
Le coup du berger (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 11, 2016
Le coup du berger
Directed by Jacques Rivette
Written by Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol, and Charles H. Bitsch
1956/France
Les Films de Peliade
First viewing/Hulu This is short, sweet, and amusing – a little like an O. Henry story. A married woman receives a beautiful fur from her lover an read more