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Subgenre Sampler

 
Queen Bee (1955)
Dir. Ranald MacDougall
Feat. Joan Crawford
Archetypal glamour–bitch Joan Crawford is deliciously hammy as a compulsive socialite who brings destruction to an blue–blooded Southern…
Rebel Without a CauseRebel Without a Cause (1955) Recommended
Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
James Dean's intense portayal of an alienated youth from a wealthy family opened the eyes of a generation and catapulted him to stardom. One of the…
SissiSissi (1955) Recommended
Dir. Ernst Marischka
Feat. Romy Schneider
Regal saga finds 16–year–old princess Sissi fall in love with husband–to–be Franz Josef in the first of an ongoing series of…
SummertimeSummertime (Summer Madness) (1955) Recommended
Dir. David Lean
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda
Katharine Hepburn, middle–aged spinster, flees to Venice on vacation, only for the romance of the city – and a dark, handsome Italian catch…
YokihiYokihi (Empress Yang Kwei-Fei) (1955)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori
Mizoguchi’s rare colour turn, a lush, poignant ancient fable centred on a commoner maid who marries an emperor, only to be destined for sacrifice.
Beachcomber, TheBeachcomber, The (1954)
Dir. Muriel Box
Feat. Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden
Entertaining and deeply silly romantic yarn with prim missionary Johns falling for slovenly Newton as they team up to fight a cholera outbreak on a…
Carrington V.C.Carrington V.C. (Court Martial) (1954)
Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Allan Cuthbertson
Legal drama adapted from the stage play in which a court–martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.
Country Girl, TheCountry Girl, The (1954)
Dir. George Seaton
Feat. Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
Bing Crosby sobers up to play an alcoholic has–been actor aided to make a comeback by wife Grace Kelly and pal William Holden.
Crucified Lovers, TheCrucified Lovers, The (Chikamatsu Monogatari) (1954)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo
Powerful, Bunraku–inspired tragidrama of adulterous lovers whose illicit romance is doomed in Feudal, 17th century Japan. Essential Mizoguchi.
Elephant WalkElephant Walk (1954)
Dir. William Dieterle
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch
Love–triangle melodrama set on Ceylon tea plantation is a tad overblown, with thunder stolen from the good cast by a climactic elephant…

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