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Subgenre Sampler
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 3 (1949-1965)
- Dir. Kenneth Anger
- Three more shorts from Mssr. Anger, including "Kustom Kar Kommando" (1965), "Puce Moments" (1949), and his most famous and controversial work,…
Ladies of the Chorus (1949)- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Marilyn Monroe - Modest musical burlesque has the distinction of giving Marilyn Monroe her first sizeable role.
Love Happy (1949)- Dir. David Miller
Feat. Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Marilyn Monroe - Final Marx Bros. comedy, is a downbeat entry, with a brief scene with Marilyn Monroe.
Man on the Eiffel Tower, The (1949)- Dir. Burgess Meredith
Feat. Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith… - Solid early outing for Inspector Maigret has Laughton in the iconic role pursuing a murderer against some splendid Parisian locales.
Mighty Joe Young (1949)- Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack
Feat. Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong… - Worthy successor to KING KONG, reunites many of the cast and crew, with a compellingly different slant on the 'Giant Ape' premise. Here, Armstrong…
My Friend Irma (1949)- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin - Clown–prince Jerry Lewis first teamed with Dean Martin in this airheaded comedy based on a hit CBS radio–show.
Quartet (1949)- Dir. Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford, Honor Blackman - Four W Somerset Maugham stories are given exemplary treatment by the best of British, incl. Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford and Honor Blackman. Unlike…
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)- Dir. Allan Dwan
Feat. John Wayne - Popular WWII saga with John Wayne as a tough Sarg, spurring his troops on in the Pacific.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)- Dir. Charles Barton
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi… - One of the best of the 35 features A&C made between 1940 and 1956 sends up those golden–age monster mashes with winning gags and detailed…
Blanche Fury (1948)- Dir. Marc Allegret
Feat. Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger, Michael Gough… - Gothic melodrama set around a sombre English country estate, soon to be home to upwardly–ambitious Valerie Hobson. When her secret lover…
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