Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8110 Films to Buy & Rent
To Joy (Tuill Glädje) (1950)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Maj-Britt Nilsson, Stig Olin, Birger Malmsten
- Described by some contemporary reviewers as a kind of Swedish WHIPLASH, this Ingmar Bergman film follows an orchestral violinist who contends with an…
Variety Lights (1950)
- Dir. Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada
Feat. Giulietta Masina
- Fellini co–directed this carnivalesque drama about a mediocre theatre troupe in need of a crowd puller before breaking out solo with THE WHITE…
56 Rue Pigalle (1949)
- Dir. Willy Rozier
Feat. Raymond Cordy, Marie Dea
- Distinctive French noir telling the tale of a boss, suspected of murdering his blackmailing manservant, who flees to Africa with his mistress once…
All the King's Men (1949)
- Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge
- Broderick Crawford brilliantly plays a well intentioned but bullheaded Southern senator whose thirst for power sets him on the road to ruin. Fine…
Boys in Brown, The (1949)
- Dir. Montgomery Tully
Feat. Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde…
- Soft youth rebellion drama with Jack Warner as warden of a borstal struggling to keep his tempestuous young charges in line. Mostly of note for its…
De Sica Collection, The (The Bicycle Thief, Miracle in Milan, The Roof) (1949-1956)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
- Three films from Italian master Vittorio De Sica. Includes the previously unreleased THE ROOF (1956).
Eureka Stockade (Massacre Hill) (1949)
- Dir. Harry Watt
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert…
- Stirring account of the Victorian gold miners rebellion against British colonial authority in the 1850's and it's violent result.
Ealing Studio's…
First Films of Samuel Fuller, The (I Shot Jesse James, The Baron of Arizona, The Steel Helmet) (1949-1951)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. John Ireland, Vincent Price, Gene Evans
- Sam Fuller's directorial debut is I Shot Jesse James (1949), the tale of Robert Ford (John Ireland), a member of the James gang who shot their leader…
Fountainhead, The (1949)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Gary Cooper, Raymond Massey, Patricia Neal
- A touchstone movie for architects, idealists, and geniuses of any profession modelled on the career of architectural wunderkind Frank Lloyd Wright.…
Great Gatsby, The (1949)
- Dir. Elliott Nugent
Feat. Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey…
- The second adaptation of the literary classic has the miscast Alan Ladd as the mysterious Long Islander.