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The Lavender Hill Mob
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 21, 2015
The Lavender Hill Mob
Directed by Charles Crichton
Written by T.E.B. Clarke
1951/UK
Ealing Studios
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant
#250 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Was there ever a more versatile actor than Alec Guinness? The movie begins with “Dutch” Holland (Guinness) r read more
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 20, 2015
Strangers on a Train
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde and Whitfield Cook from a novel by Patricia Highsmith
1951/USA
Warner Bros.
Repeat viewing/My DVD Collection
#244 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die The bravura direction and Robert Walker’ read more
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 19, 2015
Ace in the Hole (AKA The Big Carnival)
Directed by Billy Wilder
Written by Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, and Walter Newman
1951/USA
Paramount Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#243 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Billy Wilder concocts the original media circus and Kirk Douglas giv read more
Early Summer (1951)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 19, 2015
Early Summer (Bakkushû) Directed by Yasujirô Ozu Written by Kôgo Noda and Yasujirô Ozu 1951/Japan Shôchiku Eiga Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Yasujirô Ozu was at the height of his powers when he made the three films in which Setsuko Hara starred as a young woman named Noriko. This read more
1951
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 19, 2015
In 1951: Legendary film critic and theorist Andre Bazin established the French film journal “Cahiers du Cinéma”. Its ideas and writing gave rise to the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) and brought respectability to the idea of film as a legitimate field of study. The Motion Pictures Pro read more
1950 Recap and 10 Favorite Films
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 18, 2015
I have now seen 64 films that were released in 1950. The complete list is here. I decided to cut things a bit short and get on to the riches of 1951 since I don’t have long before I hit the road again. This was a fantastic year for film on the high end. The rankings of the first five films read more
Madeleine (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 17, 2015
Madeleine Directed by David Lean Written by Nicholas Phipps and Stanley Haynes 1950/UK Cineguild First viewing/Amazon Instant Another David Lean movie chock full of beautiful pictures and combining mystery and romance in a moderately intriguing way. Madeleine (Ann Todd) is the daughter of a prope read more
Where Danger Lives (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 16, 2015
Where Danger Lives
Directed by John Farrow
Written by Charles Bennett; story by Leo Rosten
1950/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
First Viewing/Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4 This noir might have been better without Howard Hughes “protogee” Faith Domergue. Jeff Cameron (Robert Mitchum) is read more
Wedding Ring (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 15, 2015
Wedding Ring (Konyaku yubiwa) Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita Written by Keisuke Kinoshita 1950/Japan Kinuyo Tanaka Productions/Shôchiku Eiga First viewing/Hulu There’s some good acting here but the story sort of overstayed its welcome. Michio Kuki has been very ill with TB for some time. He read more
Destination Moon (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 14, 2015
Destination Moon
Directed by Irving Pichel
Written by Alford Van Ronkel, Robert A. Heinlein and James O’Hanlon from a novel by Heinlein
1950/USA
George Pal Productions
First viewing/Amazon Instant Turgid story but still an interesting insight on how space travel was envisioned about read more
Story of a Love Affair (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 14, 2015
Story of a Love Affair (Cronaca di un amore) Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni Written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Daniele D’Anza et al 1950/Italy Vilani Film First viewing/Netflix Instant Antonioni’s feature film debut looks beautiful. Unfortunately, the soundtrack rendered read more
Treasure Island (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 13, 2015
Treasure Island
Directed by Byron Haskin
Written by Lawrence Edwin Watkin from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
1950/USA
Walt Disney Studios
First viewing/Netflix rental Disney’s first live-action feature is quite OK. This is a relatively faithful adaptation of Stevenson’s tale of read more
Rocketship X-M (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 11, 2015
Rocketship X-M
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Written by Kurt Neumann and Orville H. Hampton
1950/USA
Lippert Pictures
First viewing/Netflix rental Dr. Lisa Van Horn: I suppose you think that women should only cook and sew and bear children. Floyd: Isn’t that enough? The story makes absolutely no read more
The Blue Lamp (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 10, 2015
The Blue Lamp Directed by Basil Dearden Written by T.E.B. Clarke and Alexander Makendrick, original treatment by Jan Read and Ted Willis 1950/UK Ealing Studios First viewing/Amazon Instant Spud: Yeah. What starts out as a rather wholesome police procedural turns into a gritty thriller and fine chara read more
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 9, 2015
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Written by Harry Brown from the novel by Horace McCoy
1950/USA
William Cagney Productions
First viewing/My DVD collection Ralph Cotter: Oh no, he stopped being smart when he took my money. This was a bit of a let-down after James Cagney’s ins read more
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 8, 2015
Cheaper by the Dozen Directed by Walter Lang Written by Lamar Trotti based on the novel written by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Cary 1950/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix Instant This film would probably have worked better for me if I had not been read more
Stromboli (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 7, 2015
Stromboli
Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Written by Roberto Rossellini, Sergio Amedei et al
1950/Italy
Berit Films/RKO Radio Pictures
First viewing/Hulu Beautifully shot, powerful, yet frustrating film. Karin (Ingrid Bergman), a Lithuanian refugee, sits in an Italian woman’s camp aft read more
Stage Fright (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 6, 2015
Stage Fright
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Whitfield Cook; adapted by Alma Reville from a novel by Selwyn Jepson
1950/USA
Warner Bros.
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant This is not one of Hitchcock’s more memorable films but second-tier Hitchcock is still enjoyable. The inclusion of read more
The Men (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 5, 2015
The Men
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Written by Carl Foreman
1950/USA
Stanley Kramer Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental Marlon Brando begins his film career with the same passion that would characterize his later work. Ken (Brando) was paralyzed in the war and has laid in a veteranR read more
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jul 4, 2015
Young Man with a Horn
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Written by Carl Foreman and Edmund H. North based on a novel by Dorothy Baker
1950/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing/Netflix rental Rick Martin: I bet I could. I think I was expecting something along the lines of Champion with a trumpet taking the pla read more