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Subgenre Sampler
Scared Stiff (1952)- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin - Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin make a ‘spooktacle’ of themselves in this version of Paul Dickey and Charles Goddard’s Broadway hit.
Singin' in the Rain (Singing in the Rain) (1952)
- Dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Feat. Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds… - The quintessential Hollywood musical happens to be about the movie biz. Its blend of vivacious style and humour, catchy numbers and dazzling…
Sniper, The (1952)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz, Gerald Mohr… - Film noir shot on location in San Francisco, with Arthur Franz (THE CAINE MUTINY) playing a disturbed professional driver who harbours misogynistic…
Snows of Kilimanjaro, The (1952)- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward - One of the more convincing attempts to adapt Ernest Hemingway for the screen, this follows the deathbed reverie of an American writer (Peck) from his…
Sound Barrier, The (1952)- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick… - Ralph Richardson excels as an aircraft manufacturer aiming to break the titular barrier with a newly developed jet, but exacting a bitter cost on his…
Stalag 17 (1952)- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger… - Sophisticated WW2 film in which comedy and suspense make uneasy but fascinating bedfellows. William Holden leads imprisoned American G.Is who plan…
Summer with Monika (1952)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Harriet Andersson - Early Bergman turns his lens on a pair of working class, teenage lovers. At first this rebellious holiday boat ride comes across as dreamy escapism…
Three Stooges - Volume 2 (1952-1956)- Feat. The Three Stooges
- Five shorts: Squareheads of the Round Table (1948), Gents in a Jam (1952), Tricky Dicks (1953); Rumpus in the Harem, Hot Stuff (1956, recycled of…
Titfield Thunderbolt, The (1952)- Dir. Charles Crichton
Feat. Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne… - Gorgeously shot comedy with Stan Holloway leading the way in saving his local branch railway from being cut by British Rail. At the more whimsical…
Venetian Bird (Assassin) (1952)- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Richard Todd, Eva Bartok, John Gregson… - Complex thriller with a detective sent to Venice by an insurance company finds himself on the run after being framed for a series of murders.…
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