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The Fraeon Archive · The 1950s
19541956

1955

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

The films everyone saw

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Lady and the Tramp

Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at Lady's home make her decide to travel with him for a while.

3.6

Lady and the Tramp

1955

The Night of the Hunter

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

3.9

The Night of the Hunter

1955

To Catch a Thief

When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling daughter in a seductive game of pursuit, deception, and desire.

3.6

To Catch a Thief

1955

Sissi

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

3.6

Sissi

1955

The Man with the Golden Arm

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

3.6

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955

Rebel Without a Cause

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

3.7

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

The Seven Year Itch

When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.

3.5

The Seven Year Itch

1955

The Ladykillers

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

3.7

The Ladykillers

1955

East of Eden

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

3.8

East of Eden

1955

Diabolique

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.

3.9

Diabolique

1955

Ordet

The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, while middle child Johannes has become delusional and proclaims that he is Jesus Christ himself. When Mikkel's wife, Inger goes into a difficult childbirth, everyone's beliefs are put to the test.

4.0

Ordet

1955

Guys and Dolls

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a Salvation Army missionary to Havana, and unexpectedly they fall for each other. And the bet has a hidden motive ... classic song and dance ensues!

3.3

Guys and Dolls

1955

The Man from Laramie

Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.

3.6

The Man from Laramie

1955

Pather Panchali

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her rebellious daughter, Durga, and her young son, Apu, as well as Harihar's elderly aunt Indir. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life, while their parents suffer the daily indignities heaped upon them.

3.9

Pather Panchali

1955

Godzilla Raids Again

Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.

3.0

Godzilla Raids Again

1955

Oklahoma!

In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.

3.3

Oklahoma!

1955

Marty

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother, is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward, he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. He then meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher. Realising their emotional connection, Marty promises to call, but family and friends try to convince him not to.

3.7

Marty

1955

Tarantula

A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.

3.2

Tarantula

1955

What the critics kept

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Rififi

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.

3.9

Rififi

1955

All That Heaven Allows

Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.

3.7

All That Heaven Allows

1955

Bad Day at Black Rock

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

3.7

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955

Kiss Me Deadly

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.

3.6

Kiss Me Deadly

1955

The Trouble with Harry

In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.

3.5

The Trouble with Harry

1955

Killer's Kiss

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.

3.2

Killer's Kiss

1955

Hidden gems of 1955loved by the few who found them

School for Tramps

Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.

4.0

School for Tramps

1955

One Froggy Evening

A workman finds a singing frog in the cornerstone of an old building being demolished. But when he tries to cash in on his discovery, he finds the frog will sing only for him, and just croak for the talent agent and the audience in the theater he's spent his life savings on.

3.9

One Froggy Evening

1955

Floating Clouds

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.

3.9

Floating Clouds

1955

Smiles of a Summer Night

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.

3.7

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955

The Miracle of Marcelino

Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend in the forbidden attic, hanging on a cross. A friend that would repay Marcelino's kindness by granting him one heart-felt wish.

3.7

The Miracle of Marcelino

1955

I Live in Fear

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared incompetent, a family-court counselor witnesses his obsession slide into ruin—and asks whether ignoring the atomic threat is any saner.

3.7

I Live in Fear

1955

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

3.7

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

1955

The Unknown Soldier

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.

3.7

The Unknown Soldier

1955

The Swindle

Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.

3.7

The Swindle

1955

The Court Jester

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

3.6

The Court Jester

1955

Don Camillo's Last Round

Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.

3.6

Don Camillo's Last Round

1955

On the small screen

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Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.

3.4

Gunsmoke

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

3.9

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

The Honeymooners

A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. One of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history.

3.7

The Honeymooners

1955

On the page

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The Magician's Nephew

Fantasy · Juvenile fiction

The Magician's Nephew

C. S. Lewis

1955

Pedro Páramo

Ficción · Fiction

Pedro Páramo

Juan Rulfo

1955

Aeronautics · Airspace (International law)

Air

Canada. Dept. of External Affairs.

1955

Moonraker

Fiction · Intelligence officers

Moonraker

Ian Fleming

1955

Tristes Tropiques

Brazil, description and travel · Indians of south america

Tristes Tropiques

Claude Lévi-Strauss

1955

Alberto Giacometti

Art · Art collections

Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti

1955

Criticism and interpretation · Collected works

Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke

Johann Sebastian Bach

1955

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Criminals, fiction · Great britain, fiction

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith

1955

La Nuit du Titanic

Shipwrecks · Titanic (steamship)

La Nuit du Titanic

Walter Lord

1955

The End of Eternity

Time travel · Fiction

The End of Eternity

Isaac Asimov

1955

La Nuit

Holocaust literature · death marches

La Nuit

Elie Wiesel

1955

Die Dreigroschenoper:= The Threepenny Opera

Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author) · Berliner Ensemble

Die Dreigroschenoper:= The Threepenny Opera

Bertolt Brecht

1955

Miró

Catalogs · Exhibitions

Miró

Joan Miró

1955

A View from the Bridge

Drama · Illegal aliens

A View from the Bridge

Arthur Miller

1955

The October Country

Fantasy fiction, American · Horror tales, American

The October Country

Ray Bradbury

1955

Fisheries

Canada. Dept. of External Affairs.

1955

Atomic energy

Atomic energy

Canada. Dept. of External Affairs.

1955

The Greek myths

Greek Mythology · Trojan War

The Greek myths

Robert Graves

1955

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