Subgenre Sampler
Music: 1383 Films to Buy & Rent
Elgar (1962)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Peter Brett, Rowena Gregory, George McGrath
- Restrained and brilliant TV docudrama on England’s greatest 20th century composer, Edward Elgar, that made the director’s name and…
Ken Russell at the BBC (Elgar; Debussy; Always on Sunday; Isadora; Dante's Inferno; Song of Summer) (1962-1968)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Oliver Reed, Vladek Sheybal, Vernon Dobtcheff…
- The engrossing early works of the controversial director comprises six of his famed artist portraits
Paris Blues (1961)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Joanne Woodward…
- Undernourished romantic drama has Newman and Poitier as Jazz musicians on holiday in Paris forced to decide whether to stay or return to the U.S. for…
Two Sides of Johnny Cash (Five Minutes to Live + Johnny Cash: An Anthology) (1961)
- Dir. Bill Karn
Feat. Johnny Cash
- Double disc DVD includes Cash's starring turn in sixities B–movie thriller FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE, plus JOHNNY CASH: AN ANTHOLOGY, a tribute…
Remember the 60s (1960-1969)
- 24 rarely–seen classic hits from the 1960's, ranging from the pop of The Swingin Blue Jeans, the psychedelia of Pink Floyd, and the soul of…
Remember the 60s (II) (1960-1969)
- Compilation jam–packed with classic television clips of hits from the 1960's:
1. Freddie & The Dreamers – I'm Telling You Now
2.…
Song Without End (1960)
- Dir. Charles Vidor, George Cukor
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Genevieve Page, Capucine…
- Pleasant biopic of the great composer Franz Liszt which despite focusing mostly on his love affairs does boast a terrific score. This was Charles…
Brel (Jacques Brel - Comme Quand On Était Beau) (1959-1973)
- Feat. Jacques Brel
- Comprehensive French boxed set of the television performances of the ground–breaking and influential Belgian singer and songwriter, Jacques…
European Nights (1959)
- Dir. Alessandro Blasetti
- A variety bill of nightclub acts from the heyday of European cabaret. Included are acts from Carmen Sevilla, The Platters, Ukrainian Balalaika…
Jazz On a Summer's Day (1959)
- Dir. Bert Stern
- The definitive jazz concert film, shot at the Newport Festival in 1958 captures the sights and sounds and buzz of another time and place as well as…