Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Beggar's Opera, The (1953)
- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Laurence Olivier - Initially a commercial failure, this energetic romp through John Gay's 18th century ribald opera has since been critically acclaimed. In his first…
Bigamist, The (1953)- Dir. Ida Lupino
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino… - A San Francisco adoption agency, investigating salesman Edmond O'Brien and wife Joan Fontaine, discover he has a second life, and wife, in LA.…
Bolshoi Ballet - Stars of the Russian Ballet (1953)- Three ballets are presented by the Bolshoi Ballet – Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake' and 'The Fountains of Bakechisarai' and 'The Flames of Paris'.…
Captain's Paradise (1953)- Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson - Nautical romp with captain Alec Guinness paying the price of having a wife in two ports – sultry Yvonne De Carlo and a genial Celia Johnson.
Dangerous When Wet (1953)- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Esther Williams - Musical starlet Esther Williams gets to do what she does best as an athlete who attempts to swim the English channel. Highlight is a subterranean…
Divine Horseman (1953)- Dir. Maya Deren
- Interesting filmic record of Voodoo 'possession' dances from Haiti, shot by experimental filmmaker Deren, whose rhythmic editing patterns enhance the…
- Donovan's Brain (1953)
- Dir. Felix Feist
Feat. Lew Ayres, Gene Evans - B–movie classic about a scientist who keeps alive the brain of a tyrannical tycoon and slowly succumbs to its sinister motives.
Knights of the Round Table (1953)- Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer… - Sumptuous retelling of the legends of Camelot was MGM's first Cinemascope production. Tayloris excellent as Lancelot while Ava Gardner is inspired…
Life of Oharu (1953)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune - The prolific, though rarely seen dir. Mizoguchi came to attention with this chronicled downfall of a court–concubine in 17th century Japan,…
Lion Is in the Streets, The (1953)- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Barbara Hale - Political parable based on Southern governor Huey Long stars James Cagney as the populist peddler–turned–politico who yields to…
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