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Subgenre Sampler
Le Plaisir (House Of Pleasure) (1952)- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon… - Three tales by Guy de Maupassant go into this visually elegant treatise on the changing moods of love, youth and memory. The most successful…
Mandy (1952)- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan - British drama about a girl who has been deaf and mute her whole life, and her family's attempts to help her with a unique education, which causes…
Miracle of Our Lady Fatima (1952)- Dir. John Brahm
Feat. Gilbert Roland - Religious technicolor film based on the true story of three Portuguese children who reported seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1917.
Moulin Rouge (1952)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jose Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Suzanne Flon… - Opulently staged fictional biopic of Toulouse–Lautrec, highlighted by a dazzling can–can sequence. The pint–sized French painter is…
Othello (1952)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Suzanne Cloutier… - Dir. Welles filmed Shakespeare's great tragedy over four years in Europe and North Africa, and despite some patchy moments, turned in probably the…
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Bette Davis - Fine acting, from Bette Davis among others, lifts story of aircrash survivors coming together.
Summer with Monika (1952)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Harriet Andersson - Early Bergman turns his lens on a pair of working class, teenage lovers. At first this rebellious holiday boat ride comes across as dreamy escapism…
Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Porter Hall - Cast in a hole until recently, this scathing editorial on media sensationalism and the human spectacle stars Kirk Douglas (never fiercer) as a…
Big Night, The (1951)- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. John Jr. Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring… - Tense melodrama has Barrymore traumatised by watching his father submit to a beating at the hands of a petty gangster. Setting out to avenge his…
Browning Version, The (1951)- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent - Sterling adaptation of Terrence Rattigan’s play features an unforgettable performance from Michael Redgrave as the cuckolded,…
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