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The Mad Masters (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 11, 2016
The Mad Masters (Les maîtres fou) Directed by Jean Rouch Les Films de la Pleiade First viewing/YouTube The best thing about this documentary is that it lasts only 25 minutes. I found it very distressing. Documentary filmmaker Jean Rouch takes his camera to Accra, Ghana where we see Africans read more
All That Heaven Allows (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 9, 2016
All That Heaven Allows
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Written by Peg Fenwick; story by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee
1956/USA
Universal International
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#314 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Cary Scott: Doesn’t it? Douglas Sirk’s critique of 50’ read more
Il Bidone (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 8, 2016
Il Bidone (The Swindle) Directed by Federico Fellini Written by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, and Tullio Pinelli 1955/Italy/France Titanus/Societe Generale de Cinematographie Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This was missing a some of the characteristic Fellini humor that I love. Augusto read more
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 6, 2016
To Catch a Thief Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Written by John Michael Hayes based on a novel by David Dodge 1955/USA Paramount Pictures Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This movie is a ton of fun, especially if you like eye candy. John Robie (Cary Grant) lives in a villa on the French Riviera read more
Marty (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 5, 2016
Marty
Directed by Delbert Mann
Written by Paddy Chayevsky
1955/USA
Hecht-Lancaster Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rentaL
#291 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die The ending makes me cry every time. Marty (Ernest Borgnine) is a good-natured butcher who still lives with his mother read more
Pather Panchali (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 4, 2016
Pather Panchali
Directed by Satyajit Ray
Written by Satyajit Ray from a novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
1955/India
Government of West Bengal
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#297 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Satyajit Ray makes poverty human, beautiful, and sad. This is the story read more
Mister Roberts (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 3, 2016
Mister Roberts Directed by John Ford and Mervyn Leroy Written by Frank S. Nugent and Joshua Logan from the play by Logan and Thomas Heggen and the novel by Heggen 1955/USA Warner Bros./Orange Repeat viewing/Netflix This is pretty funny until it turns dark and features an all-star cast. Mr. Rober read more
The Ladykillers (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 2, 2016
The Ladykillers
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Written by William Rose
1955/UK
The Rank Organization/Ealing Studios
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#290 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die One of Ealing Studio’s last comedies is among its very best. Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness) read more
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Feb 1, 2016
Rebel Without a Cause
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Written by Stewart Stern and Irving Schulman from a story by Nicholas Ray
1955/USA
Warner Bros.
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#296 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die It was James Dean’s year and this was the most iconic of the few roles read more
East of Eden (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 31, 2016
East of Eden
Directed by Elia Kazan
Written by Paul Osborn from a novel by John Steinbeck
1955/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing/Netflix rental Elia Kazan shows how Cinemascope should be done, James Dean tries to become the next Marlon Brando, and the supporting actors shine. The Steinbeck so read more
One Way Ticket to Hell (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 30, 2016
One Way Ticket to Hell (AKA “Teenage Devil Dolls”)
Directed by Bamlet Lawrence Price Jr.
Written by Bamlet Lawrence Price Jr.
1955/USA
Bamlet Price’s master’s thesis at UCLA
First viewing/Amazon Instant It’s been a while since I’ve seen a good “bad read more
Night of the Hunter (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 29, 2016
Night of the Hunter
Directed by Charles Laughton
Written by James Agee from a novel by Davis Grubb
1955/USA
Paul Gregory Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#310 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is an odd but extremely beautiful film with fantastic performances from Robert Mi read more
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 29, 2016
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
Directed by Dan Milner
Written by Lou Ruskoff; original story by Dorys Lukather
1955/USA
Milner Brothers Productions
First viewing/Amazon Instant George Thomas: Well, I saw two strangers standing over a corpse. Not being the hero type, I decided this was no read more
Conquest of Space (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 28, 2016
Conquest of Space Directed by Byron Haskin Written by James O’Hanlon, Philip Yordan, Barré Lyndon, and George Worthing Yates from a book by Chesley Bonestell and Willy Ley 1955/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/Amazon Instant General Samuel T. Merritt: Thank you, Sergeant Imoto. You̵ read more
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 27, 2016
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Written by Ingmar Bergman
1955/Sweden
Svensk Filmindustri
Repeat viewing/DVD collection
#313 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die For my money, this is the most charmingly poetic romantic comedy of all time. The stor read more
The Court Jester (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 26, 2016
The Court Jester
Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama
Written by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
1955/USA
Dena Enterprises
First viewing/Amazon Instant Griselda: No! The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true! read more
Night and Fog (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 25, 2016
Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) Directed by Alain Resnais Written by Jean Cayrol 1955/France Argos Films Repeat viewing/Hulu #305 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is almost poetic in its sadness and very hard to watch. The film contrasts banal color images of contemporary read more
The Big Combo (1955)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 24, 2016
The Big Combo Directed by Joseph L. Lewis Written by Philip Yordan 1955/USA Security Pictures/Theodora Pictures Repeat viewing/Amazon Prime As far as I am concerned, this is up there with Out of the Past in epitomizing all that is film noir. Mr. Brown (Richard Conte) runs a crime sy read more
In 1955
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 23, 2016
James Dean was featured in his first major role and film, director Elia Kazan’s East of Eden. The actor was killed in a car accident on September 30, 1955, having appeared in only three films. Both of his Best Actor Oscar nominations – for East of Eden and Giant – were given read more
1954 Recap and 10 Favorites List
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 23, 2016
I have now seen 55 films that were released in 1954. The complete list can be found here. The year is known as one of the best in film history and is very strong on the top end. Oddly enough, however, I had to dip down into the films I rated 8/10 to complete my list of favorites and read more