Archive for the ‘1956’ Category
Love Me Tender (1956)Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 |
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Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while he brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army. When his brother Vance comes back from the war, he finds that his old girlfriend Cathy has married Clint. The family has to struggle to reach stability with this issue. Vance is involved in a train robbery, while a Confederate soldier, of Federal Government money. There is a conflict of interest, when Vance tries to return the money, against the wishes of some of his fellow Confederates. Search keywords |
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Moby Dick (1956)Friday, November 13th, 2009 |
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In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service abroad the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction. |
Carousel (1956)Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 |
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Billy Bigelow asks for permission to be sent down “from above” for one day to try and make amends for mistakes he made in life. Billy worked at the carnival as a carousel barker, which is where he met Julie. The carousel owner, Mrs. Mullin, fired him because of jealousy, and he and Julie got married. Billy got into bad habits when he couldn’t find a job and they were forced to live with Julie’s cousin Nettie after Julie was fired from her factory job for staying out late with Billy. When Julie told him she was pregnant, he felt compelled to somehow find a way to support his family, but the only option seemed to be falling back into crime with his old pal Jigger. |
The King and Four Queens (1956)Friday, September 4th, 2009 |
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Smooth cowboy Dan Kehoe arrives at a ranch run by an old widow and her four daughters-in-law. He’s been tipped off that the proceeds of a gold robbery are hidden on the ranch and only one of the women knows where. He plays them off against each other in his quest to discover the location. Search keywords |
The Searchers (1956)Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 |
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When Ethan Edwards decide to go find the Indians who killed his family, he is joined by his nephew, Martin Pawley. The problem is that Pawley is 1/8th Indian and there’s nothing in the world that Edwards hates more than Indians. The journey to find the Indians and Edwards’ niece last for years. Search keywords |
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 |
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Dr. Russell Marvin heads up Operation Skyhook, which is tasked with sending rockets into the upper atmosphere to probe for future space flights. Unfortunately, all the rockets are somehow disappearing. While investigating this strange occurrence, Russell and his new wife Carol are abducted by a flying saucer. The aliens demand to meet with certain people in order to negotiate… but it was a trick, and the Martains only wanted to kill them. The invasion has begun and if Russell and Carol can’t find a way to stop these creatures and get past their defenses, it may be the end of the human race. |
Forbidden Planet (1956)Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 |
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An expedition is sent from Earth to Altair in the constellation of Aquilae (some 17 light years from Earth) to discover what happened to a colony of settlers on its fourth planet, Altair-4. What they discover is how and why an alien race of geniuses destroyed itself overnight while leaving their technology intact at some point in the distant, distant past. |
