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Tobor the Great (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 22, 2016
Tobor the Great Directed by Lee Sholem Written by Philip MacDonald; story by Carl Dudley 1954/USA Dudley Pictures Corporation First viewing/YouTube If it weren’t for the boy genius, this would be ideal cheesy fun. As it is, it could appeal to your inner 10-year-old. In the contemporary read more
Vera Cruz (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 21, 2016
Vera Cruz
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Written by Roland Kibbee and James R. Webb; story by Borden Chase
1954/USA
Hecht-Lancaster Productions
First viewing/Amazon Instant Benjamin Trane: If I have the time, I will. This OK Western benefits from its star power. The story takes place during the Mexic read more
A Lesson in Love
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 20, 2016
A Lesson in Love (“En lektion i kärlek”) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Written by Ingmar Bergman 1954/Sweden Svensk Filmindustri First viewing/Hulu This Bergman comedy is an entertaining warm-up to Smiles of a Summer Night. Much of the film takes place in flashbacks. David Ernema read more
Gog (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 19, 2016
Gog
Directed by Herbert L. Strock
Written by Tom Taggart and Richard G. Taylor; story by Ivan Tors
1954/USA
Ivan Tors Productions
First viewing/Amazon Prime 2: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; 3: A robot must read more
Stranger from Venus (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 17, 2016
Stranger from Venus (AKA “Immediate Disaster”; “The Venusian”) Directed by Burt Balaban Written by Hans Jacoby; story by Desmond Leslie 1954/USA Rich & Rich Ltd. First viewing/Amazon Instant This rip-off of The Day the World Stood Still lacks the original’s scrip read more
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 16, 2016
Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijûshi no hitomi) Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita Written by Keisuke Kinoshita from a novel by Sakae Tsuboi 1954/Japn Shôchiku Eiga First viewing/Hulu In one of Japan’s most beloved films, Kinoshita traces Japanese history for the previous two decades through the read more
Young at Heart (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 15, 2016
Young at Heart
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Written by Julius J. Epstein, Lenore J. Coffee, and Liam O’Brien from a story by Fannie Hurst
1954/USA
Arwin Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental I was very pleasantly surprised by this musical remake of Four Daughters (1938), not least read more
Somewhere Under the Broad Sky (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 14, 2016
Somewhere Under the Broad Sky (Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni) Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Written by Yoshiko Kusuda Japan/1954 Sochiku Ofuna First viewing/Hulu This is a story tracing the growth and change of a family. I liked it but Kobayashi would not come into his own until he started filming read more
Suddenly (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 13, 2016
Suddenly
Directed by Lewis Allen
Written by Richard Sales
1954/USA
Libra Productions Inc.
First viewing/Netflix rental John Baron: No, they were taken outta me by experts. How can something be a film noir if it takes place in broad daylight? This is more a cross between a thriller and an read more
Journey to Italy (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 12, 2016
Journey to Italy (Viaggio en Italia)
Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Written by Vitelanio Brancati and Roberto Rossellini from a novel by Colette
1954/Italy/France
Italia Films/Les Films Ariane etc.
First viewing/Hulu
#275 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Alexander ‘Alex’ Joy read more
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 10, 2016
About Mrs. Leslie Directed by Daniel Mann Written by Ketti Frings and Hal Kanter from a novel by Viña Delmar 1954/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/Amazon Prime In which we find out just how many different melodramas can be stuffed into one movie … Mrs. Vivien Leslie (Shirley Booth) runs read more
Carmen Jones (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 9, 2016
Carmen Jones
Directed by Otto Preminger
Witten by Oscar Hammerstein II and Harry Kleiner
1954/USA
Carlyle Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental
#291 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Carmen Jones: Boy, if the army was made up of nothin’ but soldiers like you, war wouldn&# read more
Salt of the Earth (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 8, 2016
Salt of the Earth
Directed by Herbert J. Biberman
Written by Michael Wilson
1954/USA
Independent Production Company/Intl Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
Repeat viewing?/Amazon Instant
#293 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This blacklisted movie is far ahead of its time read more
Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 7, 2016
Late Chrysanthemums (Bangiku) Directed by Mikio Naruse Written by Sumie Tanaka and Toshirô Ide from stories by Fumiko Hayashi 1954/Japan Toho Company First viewing/Hulu Plus This is a sympathetic look at a group of retired geishas and the role money plays in their lives. The story is very epi read more
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 7, 2016
Robinson Crusoe Directed by Luis Buñuel Written by Hugo Butler and Luis Buñuel from the novel by Daniel Defoe 1954/Mexico Producciones Tepeyac/Oscar Dancingers Production First viewing/Netflix rental This is an entertaining retelling of the classic adventure story. Director Buñuel keeps read more
It Should Happen to You (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 6, 2016
It Should Happen to You Directed by George Cukor Written by Garson Kanin 1954/USA Columbia Pictures Corportation First viewing/Amazon Instant This OK comedy gave us our first look at Jack Lemmon. Judy Holliday isn’t bad either. Gladys Glover (Holliday) has just lost her modeling job read more
The Glen Miller Story (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 5, 2016
The Glen Miller Story
Directed by Anthony Mann
Written by Valentine Davis and Oscar Brodney
1954/USA
Universal International Pictures
First viewing/Netflix rental Si Schribman: Maybe it’s good and maybe it ain’t, but it’s radical! This is a very pleasant biopic with outstanding read more
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 4, 2016
Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu)
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Written by Fuji Yahiro and Yoshikata Yoda from a short story by Ogai Mori
1954/Japan
Daiei Studios
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#290 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Mizoguchi’s tale of misery and mercy is read more
Champagne Safari (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 2, 2016
Champagne Safari Directed by Jackson Leighter Written by Lawrence Klingman USA/1954 Jackson Leighter Associates First viewing/Amazon Prime Prince Aly Khan, the son of the Aga Khan, and his then wife Rita Hayworth invited her American friends Jackson and Lola Leighter to accompany their read more
Brigadoon (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jan 1, 2016
Brigadoon
Directed by Vicente Minnelli
Written by Alan Jay Lerner
1954/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First viewing/Netflix rental This has some nice songs and Minnelli does well with Cinemascope but it didn’t grab me. Americans Tommy Albright (Gene Kelly) and Jeff Douglas (Van Johnson) hav read more