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Subgenre Sampler
Court Jester, The (1956)
- Dir. Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Feat. Danny Kaye, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury - Much–loved comedy thrives off the charms of Danny Kaye as a bogus jester entangled in spoofed up royal intrigues from the Middle Ages. Basil…
Creature Walks Among Us, The (1956)- Dir. John Sherwood
Feat. Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason - Second sequel to THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON this time focusing on a group of scientists on a mission to capture Gill Man and put him on show…
D-Day - The Sixth of June (1956)- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Robert Taylor, Richard Todd, Edmond O'Brien… - Well–executed enactment of the Normandy landings in WW2, with some extravagent action scenes and solid dramatics.
Day the World Ended (1956)- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Adele Jergens - Tight B–movie version of post–nuclear existence from with a small group of survivors battling various mutant creatures and their own…
Don't Knock the Rock (1956)- Dir. Fred F. Sears
- Small town Mellonville becomes a makeshift Woodstock in this swinging companion piece to dir. Sears' ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK. Quaint fashion, bad…
Eddy Duchin Story, The (1956)- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, James Whitmore - Tearjerking, CinemaScope biopic of the beloved but short–lived pianist and bandleader Eddy Duchin. Nominated for four Academy Awards.
Fastest Gun Alive, The (1956)- Dir. Russell Rouse
Feat. Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Jeanne Crain… - Modest–scale Western with Ford playing a reformed gunfighter who is not allowed to leave his past behind.
Female Jungle (1956)- Dir. Bruno VeSota
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Jayne Mansfield, John Carradine - Lawrence Tierney, in a rare leading role, plays a hard–drinking cop who puzzles over a nightclub murder encumbered with a 'hangover'. Careful…
Flowing (Nagareru ) (1956)- Dir. Mikio Naruse
Feat. Kinuyo Tanaka, Hideko Takamine, Isuzu Yamada - Dir. Naruse’s compassionate portrait of the fading post–war geisha trade. Considered one of the director's best among his many films to…
Forever Darling (1956)- Dir. Alexander Hall
Feat. Lucille Ball, James Mason, Desi Arnaz - The unique talents of Lucille Ball is the strongest aspect of this 'dysfunctional marriage' comedy, starring James Mason as her Guardian Angel. Ball…
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