Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
James Dean Story (1957)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Martin Gabel - Martin Gabel narrates this portrait of James Dean created shortly after his death, which assembles the material available at this time, including…
Kiss Them For Me (1957)- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson… - Very very silly war comedy with Grant and his navy buddies fighting for their right to spend their shore leave as they see fit, which inevitably…
Le Notti Bianche (White Nights) (1957)- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Maria Schell, Jean Marais… - A departure from neo–realist beginnings, this surreal Visconti masterwork adapts Dostoyevsky’s ‘White Nights’ through dreamlike art…
Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) (1957)- Feat. Jerry Mathers, Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley
- One of the most beloved family sitcoms of its time set around the mischief–making exploits of young Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver.
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier - Dark horse Audrey Hepburn classic sees dir. Billy Wilder riff Ernst Lubitsch by way of Gary Cooper and Maurice Chevalier (a wall fixture of…
Lower Depths, The (Donzoko) (1957)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa, Isuzu Yamada… - Arresting Maxim Gorky stage adaptation (previously filmed by Jean Renoir) is transposed to Japan’s Edo–era slums. Social realisms and the…
Lucky Jim (1957)- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith… - A likeable British comedy adapted from the beloved novel by Kingsley Amis about the constant frustrations of a young history lecturer with his…
Man in the Shadow, The (1957)- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Ben Alexander - Socially–conscious Western thriller starring Orson Welles as a property kingpin who provides most of the town a thriving economy. But when his…
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)- Dir. Joseph Pevney
Feat. James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer - James Cagney moulds his ‘dirty face’ into the many classic horror personas of actor Lon Chaney Jr, in this liberal biopic of the actor’s…
Monster That Challenged the World, The (1957)- Dir. Arnold Laven
Feat. Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Mimi Gibson… - Campy 50's sci–fi creature feature in which an underwater earthquake in California's Salton Sea causes a crevice to open, releasing an army of…
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