The
1950’s were tough on Hollywood studios.
Families stopped going
to the movies as often
due to the popularity of the Television
while industry liberals spoke out against
the HUAC's communist "witch hunts".
Below are a selection of the most influential
films of this time period.
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Singin’
in the Rain - by Kelly and Stanley Donen
Hot onscreen
duo Don and Lina's latest
movie turns
into a musical, but Lina can't
sing and the studio plans to overdub her
voice. Naturally Lina's upset but when
Don falls for overdub artist, Lina really
gets steamed.
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Ben
Hur -
by William Wyler
Ben-Hur is wrongfully accused
of attempted murder
by an old friend.
After being separated from his family,
Ben-Hur swears to find them and get his
revenge.
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Julius
Caesar -
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
After murdering Caesar, Brutus
tries to convince the people
his actions are the best thing for
Rome. But Mark Antony gets the mob
behind him and forms an army
to bring the conspirators to justice.
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A
Streetcar Named Desire -
by Elia Kazan
Blanche moves in with her
sister Stella and
is immediately at odds with her brother-in-law
Stanley. Although
she has a rough past, Blanche still
hopes to find love when she meets Stanley's
friend Mitch.
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Rebel
Without a Cause - by Nicholas Ray
A rebellious young man moves
to a new town to escape his troubled
past. Once there, he has to prove himself
to
a dangerous group of peers in order
to fit in.
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On
the Waterfront -
by Elia Kazan
A washed up boxer works the
docks for a corrupt union boss. Troubled
by a recent murder, he is pressured
by a priest and his new girlfriend
to testify against his bosses illegal
activities.
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North
by Northwest -
by Alfred Hitchcock
Roger Thornhill is mistaken
for CIA agent George
Kaplan and almost
killed. Thornhill's only hope is to
stay alive long enough to find out
what happened to the real George Kaplan.
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Vertigo -
by Alfred Hitchcock
Bbecause
of his new fear of heights, Ferguson
can't stop
a friend's wife from jumping
off of a building. Soon after,
he see's
the dead woman on the street and becomes
obsessed with uncovering the truth.
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Dial
M For Murder -
by Alfred Hitchcock
When Tony Wendice
suspects his wife of cheating he devises
the perfect plan to kill her. When
the guy he hired to do the job ends
up dead, Wendice has to do everything
he can to cover his tracks.
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Rear
Window -
by Alfred Hitchcock
Photographer
Jeff Jeffries is confined to a wheel
chair because of a broken leg. While
people watching from his window,
Jeff suspects a neighbor killed
his wife and recruits his friends to
help him investigate.
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Psycho -
by Alfred Hitchcock
Marion is missing. Her sister
Lila and her boyfriend Sam coming looking
for her at a roadside motel. They soon
become suspicious of motel owner Norman,
who has a strange relationship with
his mother.
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Rashomon
- by Akira Kurosawa
A brutal crime takes place
leaving a woman raped and
her husband
murdered. Four witnesses tell their
account
of the crime from four different viewpoints.
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Seven
Samurai -
by Akira Kurosawa
A small village is constantly
under attack by bandits, leaving them
poor and with little food. The villagers
travel to a nearby town where they
find Samurai to help them protect the
village from an upcoming attack.
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La
Strada -
by Federico Fellini
A young woman is sold to a
traveling strongman by her poor mother.
When they join a small circus, the
woman falls for a tightrope walker
and the strongman becomes jealous.
His fury soon brings tragedy.
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