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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. They used more techniques in presenting their films through widescreen and big-approach methods, such as Cinemascope , VistaVision , and Cinerama , as well as gimmicks like 3-D film .
Similar to spy films, the heist or caper film included worldly settings and hi-tech gadgets, as in the original Ocean's Eleven (1960), Topkapi (1964) or The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). The spaghetti westerns (made in Italy and Spain), were typified by Clint Eastwood films, such as For a Few Dollars More (1965) or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ...
Although pop art began in the early 1950s, in America it was given its greatest impetus during the 1960s. The term "pop art" was officially introduced in December 1962; the occasion was a "Symposium on Pop Art" organized by the Museum of Modern Art. [19]
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L. The Lady with a Lamp; The Last Command (1955 film) The Last Stagecoach West; The Late Edwina Black; Leathernose; Legions of the Nile; Leila and Gábor; The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch
Title Director Cast Genre Note The Dark at the Top of the Stairs: Delbert Mann: Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Shirley Knight, Angela Lansbury: Drama: Warner Bros.; from William Inge play
(1960) – British war drama film dealing directly with the operations, chase and sinking of the battleship Bismarck by the Royal Navy during the Second World War [27] Song Without End (1960) – biographical romance film telling the story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences ...
A list of American films released in 1950. Fred Astaire hosted the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony on March 29, 1951, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood . The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Twentieth Century-Fox 's All About Eve .