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Sincerity (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 14, 2015
Sincerity (AKA A Sincere Heart) (Magokoro) Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Written by Keisuke Kinoshita 1953/Japan Shôchiku Eiga First viewing/Hulu This was director Kobayashi’s first feature film. He would go on to do infinitely better work. Hiroshi is studying hard for his university entran read more
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 13, 2015
From Here to Eternity Directed by Fred Zinnemann Written by Daniel Taradash from the novel by James Jones 1953/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #273 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This sure deserved to win a bunch of Oscars. The story is set on Oahu in read more
Julius Caesar (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 12, 2015
Julius Caesar Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz Written by Joseph L Mankiewicz (uncredited) from the play by William Shakespeare 1953/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Julius Caesar is not my favorite of the Bard’s plays. The film is worth seeing, however, if only for Ma read more
Shane (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 11, 2015
Shane
Directed by George Stevens
Written by A.B. Guthrie and Jack Sher based on the novel by Jack Schaefer
1953/USA
Paramount Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#276 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Joey: Yes I was. Shane: You know, I… I like a man who watches things go on aro read more
Donovan’s Brain (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 10, 2015
Donovan’s Brain
Directed by Felix Feist
Written by Feist and Hugh Brooke from the novel by Curt Siodmak
1953/USA
Dowling Productions
First viewing/Amazon Prime Dr. Patrick Cory has been experimenting in his basement lab with keeping monkey brains alive with the assistance of his devo read more
Ugetsu (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 9, 2015
Ugetsu (Ugetsu monogatari) Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Written by Yoshikata Yoda; Adapted by Matsutarô Kawaguchi from an idea by Hisakazu Tsuji and stories by Akinari Ueda 1953/Japan Daiei Studios Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #274 of 1001 Movies You Must See Brefore You Die This is a sad and bea read more
Glen or Glenda (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 8, 2015
Glen or Glenda Directed by Edward D. Wood Jr. Written by Edward D. Wood Jr. 1953/USA Screen Classics First viewing/You Tube This movie may be one of the strangest ever made. Also one of the worst. For some reason, probably because he could get Lugosi cheap, Ed Wood’s story of the agonies read more
Roman Holiday (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 7, 2015
Roman Holiday Directed by William Wyler Written by Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton, and Dalton Trumbo; story by Trumbo 1953/USA Paramount Pictures Repeat viewing/Netflix Rental #278 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This film is precious for introducing the world to Audrey Hepburn. Th read more
Little Fugitive (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 6, 2015
Little Fugitive Directed by Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin Written by Ashley, Engel and Orkin 1953/USA Little Fugitive Production Company Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This early no-budget indie film turned out remarkably well. Mother, a widow, is raising her two boys alone. They are read more
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 5, 2015
Pickup on South Street
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Screenplay by Samuel Fuller; story by Dwight Taylor
1953/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#265 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Sam Fuller really hits his stride in this major studio production. Ski read more
The Earrings of Madame de … (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 4, 2015
The Earrings of Madame de … Directed by Max Ophüls Written by Marcel Archard, Max Ophüls, and Annette Wademant from a novel by Louise de Vilmorin 1953/France/Italy Franco London Films/Indus Films/Rizzoli Film Repeat viewing/Netflix Rental #268 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Géné read more
Stalag 17 (1953)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 3, 2015
Stalag 17
Directed by Billy Wilder
Written by Billy Wilder and Edwin Blum from a play by Donald Bevin and Edmund Trzcinski
1953/USA
Paramount Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Lt. James Skylar Dunbar: We sort of hope you’d laugh yourselves to death. Billy Wilder wise-cracks his way thr read more
1952 Recap and Ten Favorites List
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 2, 2015
I’ve now watched 57 movies from 1952. Finishing off almost all of the available movies rated by IMDb users at over 7/10 plus a few more was enough for me this time around. 1952 is not necessarily known as a great year overall for movies but film makers in Europe and Japan went from strength read more
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 1, 2015
Affair in Trinidad Directed by Vincent Sherman Written by Oscar Saul and James Dunn; story by Virginia Van Upp and Berne Giler 1952/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation/The Beckworth Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental The story, a mash-up of Gilda and Notorious, falls rather flat. Not so Rita read more
Les Miserables (1952)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 30, 2015
Les Miserables
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Written by Richard Murphy from the novel by Victor Hugo
1952/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
First viewing/Amazon Instant I wasn’t crazy about this truncated version of the oft-filmed Victor Hugo novel. Jean Valjean (Michael Renni read more
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 29, 2015
With a Song in My Heart
Directed by Walter Lang
Written by Lamar Trotti
1952/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
First viewing/Netflix rental Susan Hayward is terrific in this otherwise standard biopic/musical. This is the story of radio, stage, and television singer Jane Froman and Froman read more
Clash by Night (1952)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 28, 2015
Clash by Night
Directed by Fritz Lang
Written by Alfred Hayes from a play by Clifford Odets
1952/USA
RKO Radio Pictures; Wald/Krasna Productions
First viewing/Amazon Instant Earl Pfeiffer: [Sardonically] Since I got my divorce. If you did not know, you would never guess that Fritz Lang had direct read more
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 27, 2015
Moulin Rouge
Directed by John Huston
Written by Huston and Anthony Veiller from a novel by Pierre La Mure
1952/USA
Romulus Films Inc/Moulin Productions Inc.
First viewing/YouTube Henri: Forgive me, madame, the lady is not undressing, she is dressing. The gentleman happens to be her husband. They read more
Above and Beyond (1952)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 27, 2015
Above and Beyond Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama Written by Frank, Panama, and Beirne Lay Jr.; story by Lay 1952/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Amazon Instant This account of preparation to drop the first atomic bomb seems to have been pretty heavily fictionalized. There read more
Room for One More (1952)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 26, 2015
Room for One More
Directed by Norman Taurog
Written by Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson from the book by Anna Perrot Rose
1952/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing/Amazon Instant If an utterly predictable heartwarming comedy can be genuinely funny, this is the movie that will prove it. George Rose (Car read more