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Aldrich said the theme of that movie "was that the biggest damage you can suffer is the loss of self-esteem and a fall from grace. The struggle to regain that esteem will fuel any plot. You don't even have to win." [9] Aldrich says he also stole from Body and Soul for the last act of The Longest Yard. [10]
Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety. As a result of the introduction of television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters.
Historical drama films continued to include epic films, in the style of Ben-Hur from 1959, with Spartacus (1960) and Cleopatra (1963), but also evolving with 20th-century settings, such as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Doctor Zhivago (1965).
The best movie musicals to ever hit our screens, from 'The Sound of Music,' to 'A Star Is Born.' ... The 60 Best Movie Musicals of All Time, Ranked. ... starred in this hidden gem of a '50s movie ...
Title Director Cast Genre/Note The 3rd Voice: Hubert Cornfield: Edmond O'Brien, Laraine Day, Julie London: Mystery: 20th Century Fox: 12 to the Moon: David Bradley: Ken Clark, Tom Conway, Michi Kobi
Release date Title Notes January 5, 1950: The File on Thelma Jordon: produced by Wallis-Hazen From this point forward, Paramount owns most of the following titles.
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman: Nathan H. Juran: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers: United States: Horror Attack of the Puppet People: Bert I. Gordon: John Agar, Michael Mark, Jack Kosslyn: United States: Horror Ballad of the Ming Tombs Reservoir (a.k.a Shi san ling shui ku chang xiang qu) Jin Shan: Jin Shan, Yu Daiqin, Zhang Yisheng ...
The afternoon movie was a popular practice of local television stations in North America from the 1950s through the 1970s. It consisted of the daily weekday showing of old films usually between 12:30 and 2:00 P.M; if the film ran two hours or more, it was split into two parts.