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Subgenre Sampler
Pather Panchali (1955)
- Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee - The first film from Asia's most respected film–maker also initiates his 'Apu trilogy', three of most admired films in history. A lyrical…
Picnic (1955)- Dir. Joshua Logan
Feat. Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, William Holden… - Epitome of the 50s smalltown melodrama has the sultry Kim Novak relieved of boyfriend Cliff Robertson and the general Mid–West tedium, by…
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 Cause (1955)- 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…
Sissi (1955)- 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…
Summertime (Summer Madness) (1955)- 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…
Yokihi (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, 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. (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, 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.
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