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Subgenre Sampler
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The (1953)- Dir. Eugene Lourie
Feat. Paul Christian, Paula Raymond - A–Bomb tests in the Arctic circle unearths an angry giant rhedosaurus! A landmark creature feature, it helped create a genre around experiments…
Beat the Devil (1953)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre… - Spoofing their own suspense movies (such as CASABLANCA and MALTESE FALCON), Humphrey Bogart and dir. Huston produced this comic oddity with the help…
Beggar's Opera, The (1953)
- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Laurence Olivier - Initially a commercial failure, this energetic romp through John Gay's 18th century ribald opera has since been critically acclaimed. In his first…
Beneath The 12-Mile Reef (1953)- Dir. Robert D. Webb
Feat. Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland… - Adventure yarn about a Greek father and son team off the coast of Florida who dive for living sponges in dangerous waters. Brought down a little by a…
Big Heat, The (1953)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin, Gloria Grahame - Pugnacious cop Glenn Ford turns up the heat on civic corruption in this iconic film–noir from dir. Lang's 50s period. When a detective's…
Bigamist, The (1953)- Dir. Ida Lupino
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino… - A San Francisco adoption agency, investigating salesman Edmond O'Brien and wife Joan Fontaine, discover he has a second life, and wife, in LA.…
Bolshoi Ballet - Stars of the Russian Ballet (1953)- Three ballets are presented by the Bolshoi Ballet – Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake' and 'The Fountains of Bakechisarai' and 'The Flames of Paris'.…
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Doris Day, Gordon MacRae - Quaint sequel to ON MOONLIGHT BAY finds Gordon MacRae returning from WWI where fiancée Doris Day waits impatiently to begin married life together.…
Caddy, The (1953)- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin - Golf comedy from the Jerry Lewis/Dean Martin stable. Lewis caddies, Martin sings ‘That’s Amore’.
Calamity Jane (1953)- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Doris Day, Howard Keel - Big, rousing musical western, featuring Doris Day as the tomboy heroine, who falls for easygoing Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel).
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