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The Fraeon Archive · The 1950s
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1953

Widescreen spectacle at the movies, quiet revolutions in Japan and Europe, and television arriving to change everything.

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Roman Holiday

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

4.0

Roman Holiday

1953

Peter Pan

Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil his attempts to get rid of Peter for good.

3.6

Peter Pan

1953

The War of the Worlds

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

3.4

The War of the Worlds

1953

Tokyo Story

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

4.1

Tokyo Story

1953

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.

3.7

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953

Shane

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

3.7

Shane

1953

Stalag 17

After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.

3.8

Stalag 17

1953

From Here to Eternity

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

3.6

From Here to Eternity

1953

The Robe

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.

3.4

The Robe

1953

I Confess

When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.

3.5

I Confess

1953

The Wages of Fear

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.

4.0

The Wages of Fear

1953

Julius Caesar

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

3.5

Julius Caesar

1953

House of Wax

A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.

3.5

House of Wax

1953

Niagara

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.

3.4

Niagara

1953

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

3.5

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

1953

How to Marry a Millionaire

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

3.4

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953

The Big Heat

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.

3.8

The Big Heat

1953

Titanic

Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.

3.3

Titanic

1953

What the critics kept

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Ugetsu

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

4.0

Ugetsu

1953

I Vitelloni

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

3.8

I Vitelloni

1953

Pickup on South Street

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

3.7

Pickup on South Street

1953

Summer with Monika

One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.

3.7

Summer with Monika

1953

The Return of Don Camillo

Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.

3.6

The Return of Don Camillo

1953

Hidden gems of 1953loved by the few who found them

Dos tipos de cuidado

Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love. As fate would have it, Pedro Malo unexpectedly marries Jorge Bueno's girlfriend, and the conflict between the former buddies begins.

4.2

Dos tipos de cuidado

1953

El señor fotógrafo

Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...

4.1

El señor fotógrafo

1953

Duck Amuck

The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

4.1

Duck Amuck

1953

Él

Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.

3.8

Él

1953

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

Space hero Daffy battles Marvin the Martian for control of Planet X.

3.8

Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

1953

A Geisha

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.

3.8

A Geisha

1953

The Earrings of Madame de...

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.

3.8

The Earrings of Madame de...

1953

Duck! Rabbit, Duck!

The final installment of the "Hunting Trilogy" once again has Elmer out hunting, while Bugs and Daffy try to con him into shooting the other.

3.7

Duck! Rabbit, Duck!

1953

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

3.7

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

1953

Sawdust and Tinsel

A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.

3.7

Sawdust and Tinsel

1953

Bully for Bugs

Bugs Bunny, once again making that "wrong turn at Albuquerque", burrows into a bullring where a magnificent bull is making short work of a toreador. The bull bucks Bugs out of the arena, prompting the bunny to declare "Of course you realize, this means war!" The deft Bugs' arsenal comes plenty packed, as he uses anvils, well-placed face slaps and the bull's horns as a slingshot. The bull fights back, using his horns as a shotgun barrel. The bull's comeback is short-lived; just after Bugs makes out his will, he lures the bull out of the arena, just in time to set up a rube-like device that leads to the bull's defeat.

3.7

Bully for Bugs

1953

Neapolitan Turk

Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.

3.6

Neapolitan Turk

1953

The Tell-Tale Heart

A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.

3.7

The Tell-Tale Heart

1953

On the small screen

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The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

3.5

The Oscars

1953

On the page

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Fahrenheit 451

Mechanical Hound · girl next door

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

1953

The national union catalog

Library of Congress

The national union catalog

Library of Congress

1953

Casino Royale

British · Fiction

Casino Royale

Ian Fleming

1953

The Silver Chair

Fiction · Juvenile Fiction

The Silver Chair

C. S. Lewis

1953

After the Funeral

Fiction · Mystery

After the Funeral

Agatha Christie

1953

A Pocket Full of Rye

Ficción · Fiction

A Pocket Full of Rye

Agatha Christie

1953

The Crucible

fiction classics · literary criticism

The Crucible

Arthur Miller

1953

Second Foundation

Fiction · Psychohistory

Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov

1953

Les 120 Journées de Sodome

French Erotic literature · Group sex

Les 120 Journées de Sodome

Marquis de Sade

1953

Cytology

International Review of Cytology

G. H. Bourne

1953

Lucky Jim

College teachers · Single men

Lucky Jim

Kingsley Amis

1953

The magic barrel

Americans · Fiction

The magic barrel

Bernard Malamud

1953

The worldly philosophers

Economics · Economists

The worldly philosophers

Robert L. Heilbroner

1953

Murder in the gunroom

Fiction · Murder

Murder in the gunroom

H. Beam Piper

1953

Los pasos perdidos

Indians of South America · Fiction

Los pasos perdidos

Alejo Carpentier

1953

The Caves of Steel

Robots · Fiction

The Caves of Steel

Isaac Asimov

1953

A Child's Christmas in Wales

Biography · Childhood and youth

A Child's Christmas in Wales

Dylan Thomas

1953

A reader's guide to T.S. Eliot

Criticism and interpretation · Examinations

A reader's guide to T.S. Eliot

George Williamson

1953

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