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Subgenre Sampler
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.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas… - Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre are shipwreck survivors aboard the Nautilus under the strange command of Captain Nemo (James Mason). From Jules Verne's…
3 Coins in the Fountain (Three Coins in the Fountain) (1954)- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters… - Likeable, but modest classic in which three women throw coins into the Fountain of Trevi in Rome, to try their romantic luck. Great tourist locales…
A Star Is Born (1954)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Judy Garland, James Mason - All–time great musical melodrama, with actress Judy Garland's star eclipsing hubby James Mason's.
An Inspector Calls (1954)- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Alastair Sim, Jane Wenham - Alastair Sim, superb here as the titular inspector, bears down on a smug upper crust family whose closely–guarded secrets are exposed to…
Animal Farm (1954)- Dir. John Halas
- Animated adaptation of George Orwell's dark political satire keeps faith with the book, except for the optimistic ending.
Apache (1954)- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire… - Although now dated in it's treatment of the subject – like casting the blue–eyed Lancaster as an Apache Indian – at the time this…
Back of Beyond, The (1954)- Dir. John Heyer
- A classic early documentary on Australia's untamed outback, this influential film follows intrepid mailman (and fair dinkum Aussie legend) Tom Kruse,…
Barefoot Contessa, The (1954)- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner - Humphrey Bogart plays a cynical film director who recalls the life of a Spanish beauty whom he helped make a Hollywood star. Hailed a 'trash…
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…
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