Time Machine world cinema

[RAGHAVENDRA]

Looking back is a different experience and entertainment rejuvenates senses when reminiscing early life. Cinema always interests. And a travel into the time to explore old classics takes you into different perceptions and horizons. 50 years is quite an interesting time capsule taking curiosity to new high. Let's go back to 1961 and try to find out what we can unearth from the treasure.

World Cinema

The Hustler


The Hustler is a 1961 American drama film directed by Robert Rossen from the 1959 novel of the same name he and Sidney Carroll adapted for the screen. It tells the story of small-time pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson and his desire to prove himself the best player in the country by beating legendary pool player "Minnesota Fats." After initially losing to Fats and getting involved with unscrupulous manager Bert Gordon, Eddie returns to beat Fats, but only after paying a terrible personal price.
The film was shot on location in New York City. It stars Paul Newman as Eddie Felson, Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats, Piper Laurie as Sarah, and George C. Scott as Bert.
The Hustler was a major critical and popular success, gaining a reputation as a modern classic. Its exploration of winning, losing, and character garnered a number of major awards; it is also credited with helping to spark a resurgence in the popularity of pool. A real pool hustler was inspired to adopt the name of Gleason's character, Minnesota Fats, and to use the association with the film in his search for celebrity. - more at wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hustler_(film))

Produced and Directed by: Robert Rossen
Screenplay: Robert Rossen and Sidney Carroll
Based on the novel The Hustler by Walter Tevis

Starring
Paul Newman as Eddie Felson
Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats
Piper Laurie as Sarah Packard
George C. Scott as Bert Gordon
Myron McCormick as Charlie
Murray Hamilton as Findley
Stefan Gierasch as Preacher

Music by Kenyon Hopkins
Cinematography Eugen Schüfftan (as Eugene Shuftan)
Editing by Dede Allen
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) September 25, 1961
Running time 134 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaOzmvPaHog

[groucho070]

Ah, the thread that goes straight to my heart. Though, I am more old Hollywood mainstream than World Cinema.

Muthal film-e kalakkal Raghavendra-sir. One of Newman's best, was years later spawned an inferior sequel (though directed by Scorcese), The Color Of Money, where the Academy Awards committee woke up from their snooze and awarded Newman for best actor category.

[rajraj]

If you like Sidney Poitier here are some movies you might want to watch:

-To Sir, With Love
-Lilies of The Field
-In the Heat of the Night
-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

The last two deal with race relations in the US. Things have changed a lot since those movies were released.

[RAGHAVENDRA]

Thank you Rakesh for the welcome note. This idea was mooted on seeing the write-up in today's The Hindu, on Come September 50th anniversary. This film released in August 1961, is a classic and you feel fresh every time you listen to the theme music. We grew with it. And this write-up sparked in me, "why not we recollect films dating back to 50 years?". And born was this thread. Chronology may help you a lot in writing up the history. And hence 1961 came to my mind to start with. Though belated, why not we recollect Come September also?

To read the write up on Come September in The Hindu. (http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2462153.ece)

The Plot


Robert L. Talbot (Rock Hudson), an American millionaire, arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa. His long-time girlfriend Lisa (Gina Lollobrigida) has given up waiting for him to "pop the question," and has decided to marry another man. Meanwhile, his sneaky major domo Maurice (Walter Slezak) secretly misappropriates the villa as a hotel while Talbot is away. The current guests of the "hotel" are a group of young American girls trying to fend off a gang of oversexed boys, led by Tony (Bobby Darin).

more at the wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_September)

an image of the ad for this film

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another image

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An ad in Italian for this movie

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An ad for the Records

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...tbc...

[RAGHAVENDRA]

The original title music
Theme song sung by Bobby Darin


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKq-2kldJIY

The famous Ventures version (1963)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aBUD_udqFA

Cast:

Rock Hudson as Robert L. Talbot
Gina Lollobrigida as Lisa Helena Fellini
Sandra Dee as Sandy Stevens
Bobby Darin as Tony
Walter Slezak as Maurice Clavell
Brenda De Banzie as Margaret Allison
Rosanna Rory as Anna
Ronald Howard as Spencer
Joel Grey as Beagle
Ronnie Haran as Sparrow
Chris Seitz as Larry
Cindy Conroy as Julia
Joan Freeman as Linda
Nancy Anderson as Patricia
Michael Eden as Ron
Claudia Brack as Carol

Directed by Robert Mulligan
Produced by Robert Arthur
Henry Willson
Raoul Walsh
Written by Stanley Shapiro
Maurice Richlin
Stanley Roberts
Robert Russell

Music by Hans J. Salter
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Editing by Russell F. Schoengarth
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) August 9, 1961
Running time 112 min
Language English
Italian

[RAGHAVENDRA]

Dear Rajraj,
Who will not love Sidney Poitier? To Sir, With Love, we fondly remember you Poitier.
We shall definitely cover him here.
Thank you
Raghavendran

[rajraj]

If you want to go back another ten years, try

ROMAN HOLIDAY !

Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn

[V_S]

Wow! excellent thread Raghavendra sir! Very interesting to read about these classics. Yes Roman holiday, in my frequent watch list. All these classics are to be preserved and relished.

[RAGHAVENDRA]

Dear Rajraj, V_S & friends,
As desired by you, let's take a ROMAN HOLIDAY

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Roman Holiday is a 1953 romantic comedy directed and produced by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. It was written by John Dighton and Dalton Trumbo, though with Trumbo on the Hollywood blacklist, he did not receive a credit; instead, Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him. Trumbo's credit was reinstated when the film was released on DVD in 2003.
Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the screenplay and costume design also won.
In the 1970s, both Peck and Hepburn were approached with the idea of a sequel, but the project never came to fruition. The film was remade for television in 1987 with Tom Conti and Catherine Oxenberg, who herself came from a European royal family.

Plot:
nn (Hepburn) is the crown princess of an unspecified country. She is on a widely publicized tour of several European capitals, including Rome. One night, she is overwhelmed by the strenuous demands of her official duties, for which her day is tightly scheduled. Her doctor gives her a sedative to calm her down and help her sleep, but she secretly leaves her country's embassy to experience Rome by herself.
The sedative eventually takes effect and she falls asleep on a bench, where Joe Bradley (Peck), an expatriate American reporter working for the Rome Daily American, finds her. Not recognizing her, he offers her money so that she can take a taxi home, but a very woozy "Anya Smith" (as she calls herself) refuses to cooperate. Joe finally decides, for safety's sake, to let her spend the night in his apartment. He is amused by her regal manner, but less so when she appropriates his bed. He transfers her to a couch without awakening her. The next morning, Joe hurries off to work, leaving the princess still asleep.
When his editor, Mr. Hennessy (Hartley Power), asks why he is late, Joe lies to him; he claims to have attended a press conference for the princess. Joe makes up details of the alleged interview until Hennessy informs him that the press conference had been canceled because the princess had suddenly "fallen ill". Joe sees a picture of her and recognizes that it is the same young woman who is in his apartment. Joe immediately sees the opportunity before him and proposes an exclusive interview for $5000, Hennessy agrees but bets Joe $500 that he will not succeed.
Joe hurries home and, hiding the fact that he is a reporter, he offers to spend the day with Anya, showing her Rome. He also surreptitiously calls his photographer friend, Irving Radovich (Eddie Albert), to tag along to secretly take pictures. However, Anya declines Joe's offer and leaves.....

.................... more at wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Holiday)

Released on : August 27, 1953
Directed by William Wyler
Produced by William Wyler
Screenplay by Ian McLellan Hunter
John Dighton
Story by Dalton Trumbo
Starring Gregory Peck
Audrey Hepburn
Eddie Albert
Music by Georges Auric
Victor Young
Cinematography Henri Alekan
Franz Planer, ASC
Editing by Robert Swink

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Awards

Academy Award for Best Actress (Audrey Hepburn)[3]
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Edith Head)
Academy Award for Writing (Motion Picture Story) (Dalton Trumbo)
BAFTA Award for Best British Actress (Audrey Hepburn)
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress — Drama (Audrey Hepburn)
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (Audrey Hepburn)
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy (Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton)

Accolades
In 1999, Roman Holiday was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

..........information source: wiki.

..... tbc....

[RAGHAVENDRA]

Trailer of Roman Holiday, courtesy: Youtube.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIFo0txAvuE

The impact of this film is such that even today many enterprises/ establishments in the West, are named after this movie's title, including Restaurants.

[RAGHAVENDRA]

1961 continued...

The Misfits


The Misfits is a 1961 American drama film written by Arthur Miller, directed by John Huston, and starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, and Eli Wallach. It was the final film appearance for both Gable and Monroe. The movie was not a commercial success at the time of its release but garnered critical respect for its script and performances.... from wiki

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Plot

The Misfits takes place in Reno, Nevada, and depicts the chance meeting and friendship of a depressed divorcée, Roslyn Tabor (Monroe), and Gay Langland (Gable), an aging ex-cowboy prone to gambling, who survives by rounding up and catching mustangs. These had once been sold as horses for children, but now the only market is selling them to slaughterhouses for the manufacture of dog food. Wallach plays Guido, Langland's pilot partner, and Clift plays Perce Howland, a drifter rodeo rider.

Lead Stars

Clark Gable as Gay Langland
Marilyn Monroe as Roslyn Tabor
Montgomery Clift as Perce Howland
Thelma Ritter as Isabelle Steers
Eli Wallach as Guido
James Barton as Fletcher's Grandfather
Kevin McCarthy as Raymond Tabor
Estelle Winwood as The Church Lady

Directed by John Huston
Produced by Frank E. Taylor
Written by Arthur Miller
Starring Clark Gable
Marilyn Monroe
Montgomery Clift
Thelma Ritter
Eli Wallach
Kevin McCarthy
James Barton
Music by Alex North
Cinematography Russell Metty
Editing by George Tomasini
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) February 1, 1961

.............. Information source: wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Misfits_(film))

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.....tbc.....

[groucho070]

Gable's last film. And of course, the great Montgomery Clift, Brando's friend and rival. Seriously, he could have been better than Brando if he had not died too young. Keep it going, Ragavendhra sir (can't wait for you to go to 1962 where one secret agent made his big screen appearance).

[RAGHAVENDRA]

A rare video of making of the film : THE MISFITS


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUeUUDu9QxA

courtesy: Youtube

[RAGHAVENDRA]

1961 contd...

Pocketful of Miracles

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Brief Synopsis

In 1930 New York, shortly after debt-ridden nightclub owner Rudy Martin dies, his daughter Elizabeth, whom he called "Queenie," shows up to hand the deed to his club to kindhearted bootlegger Dave the Dude. Attracted to Queenie, the Dude decides to help her turn the club into a popular speakeasy, and two years later she has paid off all of her father's debts. Everything is going right for the Dude, who thinks that his luck comes from his daily purchase of an apple from "Apple Annie," a disheveled old apple vendor who leads the Broadway panhandlers. He is about to make a deal with Chicago gangster Steve Darcey, and Queenie has agreed to marry him. Just as the Dude is about to close his deal with Darcey, however, his boys are unable to find Annie. Panicky that he won't have the luck he needs for pulling off the Darcey deal, the Dude learns where Annie is from a group of panhandlers who visit his apartment. They tell him that Annie has been supporting a daughter who has been living in a Spanish convent for years and that all of the extra money she has squeezed from them has gone to the girl. In an elaborate deception, Annie has been sending and receiving letters from the girl, named Louise, at the swank Marberry Hotel. When the hotel employee who had been Annie's contact was fired for apparently "stealing" one of the letters, Annie went boldly in and retreived it herself, only to discover that it announced Louise's imminent marriage and arrival in New York with her fianceé and his father, a Spanish count. When the Dude visits Annie, accompanied by Queenie, who has decided to leave the Dude and marry someone else if he closes the Darcey deal, she drunkenly confirms what has happened. Although he is sympathetic, he leaves with his apple, but after the panhandlers offer their meagre savings to finance a real stay for Annie at the Marberry and Queenie goads him into rethinking the matter, the Dude agrees to help. Using a rich friend's appartment at the Marberry, and with the aid of the kindly butler Hutching, the Dude installs Annie as a tenant. With Queenie's help, and that of several hairdressers, makeup artisits and clothiers, Annie is transformed into her elegant society alter ego, Mrs. E Worthington Manville. To complete the picture, Judge Henry Blake, a silver-throated pool hustler, is brought in to play her husband. When the boat arrives that night, the transformed Annie greets Louise, her fiancé Carlos and his father, Count Romero. Reporters on the dock are suspicious when they see the Dude and his gang there and try to get a story, but the Dude's boys Junior and Joy Boy arrange to have the reporters taken away. For the next several days, while the boys try to keep Darcey occupied, Annie and Louise's reunion proceeds joyfully, while the Dude gets swept up in the fairy tale. Despite Joy Boy's constant nagging that Darcey will tire of waiting for a final meeting and turn violent, the Dude cools his heals. Meanwhile, newspaper stories about the missing reporters have surfaced, and the entire city is up-in-arms. From the beat cops to the chief of police, the mayor and even the governor, everyone is being criticized in the press for inaction. As the day of Louise and the Romero's departure approaches, the marriage seems a certainty until Count Romero insists on meeting some of Mrs. Worthington's society freinds. Realizing that the marriage will not go through without some kind of reception, the Dude and Judge Blake tutor his gang on gentlemanly repartee and manners, while Queenie teaches her chours girl freinds how to hehave like "ladies." After intensive coaching, the group seems ready for their debut as society substitutes at the planned reception, but just as they are about to leave Queenie's club, some panhandlers let the Dude know that the police, suspicious that the Dude is involved in the reporters' kidnapping, have surrounded them. As Annie waits in despair and the Count becomes increasingly suspicious because no one has come to the reception, the Dude is questioned by the police commisioner. Unable to explain the situation to the commissioner's satisfaction, the Dude then admits that he has the reporters and promises to kill them unless he is taken to the mayor. While the Dude is being taken to the mayor, who also is having a reception that night, Annie decides that she has no choice but to tell the count the truth. Just as she is about to reveal everything, however, the Dude arrives, accompanied by the mayor, the governor and all of the society guests from the mayor's New Year's Eve reception. As each person greets Annie, they pretend to know her well, which greatly impresses the count. After the reception, limousines drive everyone to the dock to see Louise and the Romeros off. With the reporters safe and no real crimes committed, state and city officials, as well as newspaper editors, decide that no one need ever know the truth. As Annie lovingly waves goodbye to Louise, the Dude tells Queenie that he is going to move to Maryland with her and forget about Darcey, and after the boat pulls away, Annie orders her panhandling friends to get back to work.

synopsis source: (http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17708/Pocketful-of-Miracles/)

.....contd...

[RAGHAVENDRA]

Pocketful of Miracles was the debut film for Ann-Margaret and last project for Frank Capra and Thomas Mitchell.

The 1989 film Miracles starring Jackie Chan and Anita Mui is based on Pocketful of Miracles.


Directed by Frank Capra
Produced by Frank Capra
Written by Hal Kanter
Harry Tugend
Based on a screenplay by Robert Riskin
Starring Glenn Ford
Bette Davis
Hope Lange
Arthur O'Connell
Music by Walter Scharf
Cinematography Robert J. Bronner
Editing by Frank P. Keller
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) December 19, 1961
Running time 136 minutes
Country United States
Language English

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Peter Falk, nominee)
Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Edith Head and Walter Plunkett, nominees)
Academy Award for Best Original Song (Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, nominees)
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (nominee)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Glenn Ford, winner)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Bette Davis, nominee)
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Feature Film (Frank Capra, nominee)



.... MORE INFO AT WIKI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketful_of_Miracles)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rh2rOgioMw

[RAGHAVENDRA]

1961 contd....

The Parent Trap

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The Parent Trap is a 1961 Walt Disney film.[1][2] It stars Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith in a story about teenage twins and their divorced parents. The screenplay by the film's director David Swift was based upon the book Lottie and Lisa (Das Doppelte Lottchen) by Erich Kästner. Kastner derived his version from a Deanna Durbin film Three Smart Girls. The Parent Trap was nominated for two Academy Awards, was broadcast on television, saw three television sequels, was remade in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan, and has been released to VHS and DVD. The original film was Mills' second of six films for Disney.

Plot

dentical twins Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick (Hayley Mills) meet at summer camp, unaware they are sisters. Their identical appearance initially creates rivalry, and they continually pull pranks on one other. Eventually, their mischief ruins the camp dance. As punishment, they must live together in an isolated cabin for the remaining summer. After both admit they come from broken homes, they soon realize they are twin sisters and that their parents, Mitch and Maggie (Brian Keith and Maureen O'Hara), divorced shortly after their birth, with each parent having custody of one of them. The twins, each eager to meet the parent they never knew, switch places. While Susan is in Boston masquerading as Sharon, Sharon goes to California pretending to be Susan.
Sharon telephones Susan in Boston with news that their father is planning to marry a gold-digger, and their mother needs to be rushed to California to prevent the union. In Boston, Susan tells her mother the truth about the switched identities and the two fly there.
With all four in California, the twins set about (with mild approval from their mother) sabotaging their father's marriage plans. Mitch's money-hungry, and much-younger, fiance, Vicki Robinson (Joanna Barnes), receives rude, mischievous treatment from the girls and some veiled cattiness from Maggie. One evening, the girls recreate their parents' first date at an Italian restaurant with a gypsy violinist. The former spouses are gradually drawn together, though they quickly begin bickering over minor things and Vicki.
To delay Maggie's return to Boston with Sharon, the twins dress and talk alike so their parents are unable to tell them apart. They will reveal who is who only after everyone goes on the annual family camping trip. Mitch and Maggie reluctantly agree, but when Vicki objects to the plan, Maggie tricks her into taking her place. The girls effect the coup de grace: Vicki spends her time swatting mosquitoes and being awakened in terror by two bear cubs licking the honey the twins put on her feet. Exasperated, Vicki angrily slaps one of the girls, and Mitch ends the relationship. Mitch and Maggie rekindle their love, and the two remarry in the final scene with the twins in the wedding party.


.....more at wiki.... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parent_Trap_(1961_film))

Directed by David Swift
Produced by Walt Disney
George Golitzen
Written by Erich Kästner (book)
David Swift (screenplay)

Cast

Hayley Mills as Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick
Brian Keith as Mitch Evers
Maureen O'Hara as Margaret "Maggie" McKendrick
Joanna Barnes as Vicky Robinson
Susan Henning as Susan/Sharon double

Music by Songs:
Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman
Score:
Paul J. Smith
Cinematography Lucien Ballard
Editing by Philip W. Anderson
Studio Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s) June 21, 1961
Running time 129 minutes
Country United States

Awards and nominations

information source: wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parent_Trap_(1961_film))

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: one for Sound by Robert O. Cook, and the other for Film Editing by Philip W. Anderson.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxtyAC59AeE

MANY OF US WOULD IMMEDIATELY RECOLLECT MANY TWIN CHARACTERS SWAPPING THEIR PLACES, FROM OUR OWN LANGUAGES... MAY BE INSPIRED FROM PARENT TRAP. FOR EXAMPLE IN TAMIL, IT WAS KUZANDAIYUM DEIVAMUM

[rajraj]

Thanks RAGHAVENDRA for the 'Roman Holiday' coverage and also 'Come September'. "Come September" always reminds me of my days in IISc,Bangalore. I watched the movie with my classmates and liked it so much I wanted to watch it again. One of my classmates remembered that and opened his speech in our farewell party with the sentence, "Come September" Raj........... will be on a plane to the US and the airlines will charge him half fare (referring to my lean appearence) ! A couple of Septembers later I was on a plane to the US and he was on a plane to Canada! :lol:

I hope you cover "From Here to Eternity" starring Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra , Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr, and "The Bridge on the River Kwai" with Alec Guinness !

[RAGHAVENDRA]

Dear Rajraj,
It's interesting and nostalgic to read your memories on Come September. Yes, it has its impact on almost all seniors here. As I said earlier, irrespective of the nature, electrical/ sound contractors who provide sound service to the meetings, would positively play this music on their record player. For many days, I was not aware of the film but the music mesmerised me. One day I went to the place below the dias, where the sound contractor would have positioned his equipments and found the name of the film. From then on for almost all the songs I would approach them to find out the details.

And the Paragon theatre which existed on Wallajah Road (where Arihant flats now exists), Chennai, used to play two albums for many years, until it was curtains down, one Good, Bad and Uglly and the other one, Come September. Besides these, there was another one, BABY ELEPHANT WALK.

A nice trip to the past.

And the films you mentioned would definitely would be covered here. I am trying to bring a chronological presentation and wherever possible include those that are beyond this time.

Raghavendran

[RAGHAVENDRA]

1961 contd...

Léon Morin, prêtre (French: Léon Morin, prêtre)

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Léon Morin, Priest (French: Léon Morin, prêtre),[1] is a 1961 film directed and scripted by Jean-Pierre Melville, and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Emmanuelle Riva. Belmondo was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor. It is based on the 1952 Prix Goncourt-winning novel The Passionate Heart (French: Léon Morin, prêtre) by Béatrix Beck.

Plot
In a small French town during the Occupation, Barny (Riva)[2] is a young, wayward, sexually frustrated widow, living with her little girl. She is also a communist militant who long ago decided that the easiest way was the best. One day she enters a church, randomly chooses a priest (Belmondo)[3] to confess to and, while in confessional, attempts to provoke him by criticizing Catholicism. Instead of being affronted, the priest engages her in an intellectual discussion regarding religion. The priest is Leon Morin, young, handsome, smart and altruistic. He invites Barny to continue the conversation outside of confessional. She begins regularly seeing him and is impressed by his moral strength, while he makes it his mission to steer her onto the right path.



Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
Produced by Georges de Beauregard
Carlo Ponti
Written by Béatrix Beck novel
Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring

Jean-Paul Belmondo

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Emmanuelle Riva
Irène Tunc
Music by Martial Solal
Cinematography Henri Decaë
Editing by Jacqueline Meppiel
Nadine Trintignant
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Release date(s) 22 September 1961
Running time 117 min.
Language French

Information Source: wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Morin,_Priest)

Trailer of the film:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUA6VrLJW0s

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1961 contd....

RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE

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http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/54/MPW-27311

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Brief Synopsis
Young Allison MacKenzie, who is called to New York for the final editing of her first novel (a thinly disguised case history of the residents of her hometown of Peyton Place), falls in love with her publisher, Lewis Jackman, an older married man. When the novel is published, many townspeople are outraged, particularly Roberta Carter, a domineering and snobbish woman determined to wreck her son Ted's marriage to his Italian-born wife, Raffaella. Hounded by her lurid past, Selena Cross is unable to face her lover, ski instructor Lars Hedlom. Allison's mother, Connie, shocked by her daughter's exposé of the town's citizens, becomes enraged when her husband, school principal Mike Rossi, is fired because he refuses to remove the novel from the school library. Meanwhile, Roberta has finally succeeded in driving her daughter-in-law out of the house. Emotionally upset, Raffaella races to the ski slopes and nearly causes herself to have a miscarriage. Events come to a head when a town meeting is called to discuss Rossi's defense of the controversial novel. Allison and Lewis are present when Connie publicly stands by her daughter and denounces Roberta Carter as a hypocritical bigot. The crisis over, Mike is reinstated at the school, Selena is reunited with Lars, and Ted is reconciled with Raffaella when he finally stands up to his mother. A more mature and wiser Allison realizes that she could never find true happiness by destroying Lewis' marriage.

Cast & Crew

Jose Ferrer - Director
Carol Lynley -Allison MacKenzie
Jeff Chandler - Lewis Jackman
Eleanor Parker - Connie
Mary Astor - Roberta Carter
Robert Sterling - Mike Rossi
Luciana Paluzzi - Raffaella
Tuesday Weld - Selena Cross
Brett Halsey - Ted Carter
Gunnar Hellström - Lars
Kenneth MacDonald - Dexter
Joan Banks - Mrs. Humphries
Emerson Treacy - Bud Humphries

Charles G. Clarke - Director of Photography
Ronald Alexander - Screenwriter
David Bretherton - Film Editor
Franz Waxman - Music
Leonid Raab - Orchestration
Franz Waxman - Composer
Paul Francis Webster - Composer
Jack Martin Smith - Art Director
Hans Peters- Art Director
Ben Nye- Makeup
Helen Turpin- Hairstyles
Don Feld - Costume Design
Walter M. Scott- Set Decoration
Fred MacLean- Set Decoration
Bernard Freericks- Sound
Warren B. Delaplain- Sound




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTAIW1g7Hns

original release: 5 May 1961

Information source: (http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88100/Return-to-Peyton-Place/)

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1961 contd...

Alias Gardelito

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Information source: wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_Gardelito)


Synopsis:

The drama directed by Lautaro Murua is about the difficulty of living an honest life in the face of an unrelenting poverty. The title of this story is taken from the name of the great Argentine singer Carlos Gardel, the idol of the antihero Toribio portrayed by Alberto Argibay. Toribio's goal in life is to emulate the famous singer and making his own way successfully in the music business. Yet at the same time, he does not stop his illegal means of making ends meet, stealing and petty thievery. Discouraged when his big break never quite materializes, Toribio heads for disaster when he joins up with a large smuggling scheme.

Cast:

Alberto Argibay .... Toribio Torres, alias "Gardelito"
Walter Vidarte .... Picayo, a friend
Lautaro Murúa .... Boss
Virginia Lago ... Girl, Toribio's neighbor
Nora Palmer .... Margot
Tonia Carrero ... Pilar
Raúl Parini ... Feasini
Raúl del Valle ... Julián
Orlando Sacha ... Leoncio
Nelly Tesolín
Héctor Pellegrini
Directed by Lautaro Murúa
Produced by Leo KanafMusic by Waldo de los Ríos
Cinematography Oscar Melli
Editing by Vicente Castagno
Distributed by Rio Negro Productions
Release date(s) 1961
Running time 90 minutes
Country Argentina
Language Spanish
Written by Bernardo Kordon
Augusto Roa Bastos

Overview

A representative of the "new cinemas" that arose in the late 50s and early 60s, Murúa's Alias Gardelito ranks among the best of Argentine cinema in the period, along with films by Simón Feldman, David José Kohon, Rodolfo Kuhn, Manuel Antín, René Mugica. According to Paulo Antonio Paranaguá (O cinema na América Latina), in these works the characters' psychology takes the upper hand upon social themes, although usually the latter also provide a significant context for their action, as is the case here.

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One of the major themes of the film is based around poverty and street crime

For more info visit wiki site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_Gardelito

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1961 contd...

Bridge to the Sun

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Bridge to the Sun is a 1961 film, directed by Etienne Périer, starring Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi and Tetzuro Tamba. It is based on the 1957 autobiography Bridge To The Sun by Gwendolen Terasaki, which detailed events in Gwen's life and marriage.
The memoir narrates the life of Gwen Harold (an American from Tennessee), who in 1931 married Hidenari "Terry" Terasaki, a Japanese diplomat. He was First Secretary at the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. in 1941 when Pearl Harbor was bombed, was one of the staff who helped translate the Japanese declaration of war and delivered it (late) to the U.S. government and (Mrs. Terasaki wrote in her memoirs) earlier sent secret messages to Japanese pacifists seeking to avert war. The couple and their daughter Mariko were like all Axis diplomats interned in 1942 and repatriated via neutral Angola later that year. Terasaki held various posts in the Japanese Foreign Affairs department up to 1945 when he became an advisor to the Emperor, and was the official liaison between the Palace and General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Allied Commander.
Mariko and her mother left Japan in 1949 so Mariko could attend college in Tennessee. Terry died in 1951 in Japan; he was 50 years old.

.... MORE AT WIKI ...... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_to_the_Sun)

Directed by Etienne Périer
Produced by Jacques Bar
Written by Gwendolen Terasaki
Charles Kaufman (1904-1991)
Starring Carroll Baker
James Shigeta
Tetsurō Tamba
Music by Georges Auric
Release date(s) 1961
Running time 113 min.
Country France / U.S.A.
Language English


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPruGJNVRl0

INFORMATION SOURCE WIKI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_to_the_Sun

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1961 contd....

Dentist on the Job

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Dentist on the Job is a 1961 British comedy film directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards. It was released in the US with the title Get on with it! It is the sequel to Dentist in the Chair. The film was co-written by Bob Monkhouse (who also appeared in the film) and Hazel Adair. Other actors appearing in the film include Kenneth Connor, Ronnie Stevens, Shirley Eaton, Richard Wattis and Charles Hawtrey.

Synopsis

Colonel Proudfoot of Proudfoot Industries tries to entice a couple of newly qualified dentists to advertise "Dreem", a revolutionary type of toothpaste, but he knows that if the dentists learn that they are part of an advertising campaign, they will be struck off, and the campaign will be a disaster.

Cast

Bob Monkhouse as David Cookson
Kenneth Connor as Sam Field
Ronnie Stevens as Brian Dexter
Shirley Eaton as Jill Venner
Eric Barker as Colonel J.J. Proudfoot / The Dean
Reginald Beckwith as Mr. Duff
Richard Wattis as Macreedy
Charles Hawtrey as Mr. Roper
Richard Caldicot as Prison Governor
Cyril Chamberlain as Director
David Horne as Admiral Southbound
Graham Stark as Sourfaced Man
Arthur Mullard (uncredited)

Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Produced by Bertram Ostrer
Written by Bob Monkhouse
Hazel Adair

Music by Ken Jones
Cinematography Stephen Dade
Editing by Bill Lenny
Release date(s) December 29, 1961
Running time 88 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English


.....more at wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentist_on_the_Job)

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1961 CONTD...

El Cid

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTm6FOpmp8s




El Cid (1961) is a historical epic film, a romanticized story of the life of the Christian Castilian knight Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, called "El Cid" who in the 11th century fought the North African Almoravides and ultimately contributed to the unification of Spain.
Made by Samuel Bronston Productions in association with Dear Film Production and released in the United States by Allied Artists, the film was directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Samuel Bronston with Jaime Prades and Michal Waszynski as associate producers. The screenplay was by Philip Yordan, Ben Barzman and Fredric M. Frank from a story by Frank. The music score was by Miklós Rózsa, the cinematography by Robert Krasker and the editing by Robert Lawrence.

....
Muslim General Ben Yusuf (Herbert Lom) of the Almoravid dynasty has summoned all the Emirs of Al-Andalus to North Africa and chastises them for their complacency in dealing with the infidels and reveals his plan for Islamic world domination. Later, while en route to his future bride Doña Jimena (Sophia Loren), Don Rodrigo (Charlton Heston) becomes involved in a battle against a Moorish army. Two of the Emirs, Al-Mu'tamin (Douglas Wilmer) of Zaragosa and Al-Kadir (Frank Thring) of Valencia, are captured, but Rodrigo releases them on condition that they never again attack King Ferdinand of Castile (Ralph Truman). The Emirs proclaim him ‘El Cid’ (the Castillian Spanish pronunciation of the Arabic for Lord: "Al Sidi") and swear allegiance to him. For this act he is accused of treason against the King by Jimena's father, Count Gormaz (Andrew Cruickshank). Rodrigo’s proud father, Don Diego (Michael Hordern), challenges Gormaz, and when Gormaz refuses to take back the challenge or the accusation of treason, Rodrigo kills him in a duel. Jimena swears revenge upon her father’s murderer. Rodrigo then takes up the mantle of the King’s champion in single combat for control of the city of Calahorra, which he wins. Rodrigo is then sent upon a mission to collect tribute from Moorish vassals of the Castillian crown, but Jimena, in league with Count Ordóñez (Raf Vallone), has plotted to have Rodrigo killed. El Cid and his men are ambushed but are saved by Al-Mu'tamin, to whom he had previously showed clemency. Returning home, his reward is the hand of Jimena in marriage. But the marriage is not consummated and she removes herself to a convent.
.......

Cast

Charlton Heston as El Cid
Sophia Loren as Doña Jimena
Herbert Lom as Ben Yusuf
Raf Vallone as García Ordóñez
Geneviève Page as Doña Urraca (sister of Alfonso VI)
John Fraser as Alfonso VI (King of Castile)
Douglas Wilmer as Al-Mu'tamin (Emir of Zaragosa)
Frank Thring, as Al-Kadir (Quadir) (Emir of Valencia)
Michael Hordern as Don Diego (father of Rodrigo)
Andrew Cruickshank as Count Gormaz
Gary Raymond as Prince Sancho, the 1st born of King Ferdinand
Ralph Truman as King Ferdinand
Massimo Serato as Fañez (nephew of Rodrigo)
Hurd Hatfield, as Arias
Tullio Carminati as Al-Jarifi
Fausto Tozzi as Dolfos

Directed by Anthony Mann
Produced by Samuel Bronston
Written by Story:
Fredric M. Frank
Screenplay:
Philip Yordan

Music by Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography Robert Krasker
Editing by Robert Lawrence
Distributed by Allied Artists (USA)
Rank Organisation (UK)
Dear Film (Italy)
Miramax Films (1993 re-release)
Release date(s) Italy:
October 24, 1961
United States:
December 14, 1961
Running time 184 min.
Country Italy
United States
Language English



.....more at wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid_(film))

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1961 contd...

El mundo de los vampiros

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVAbRsx-6Ug




El mundo de los vampiros (The World of the Vampires) is a 1961 Mexican horror film, directed by Alfonso Corona Blake. The film is about a vampire, the Count Sergio Subotai, who seeks revenge against the descent from an enemy family. The hero is a musician played by Mauricio Garcés, who knows a piece of music that kills vampires.

Directed by Alfonso Corona Blake
Produced by Abel Salazar
Written by Alfredo Salazar (Adaptation)
Jesús Murcielago Velázquez (Story)
Starring Mauricio Garcés
Erna Martha Bauman
Silvia Fournier
Guillermo Murray
Music by Gustavo César Carrión
Release date(s) 1961
Running time 83 minutes
Country Mexico
Language Spanish


.....source wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_mundo_de_los_vampiros)....

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1961 contd...

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The Honeymoon Machine



The Honeymoon Machine is a 1961 film starring Steve McQueen, Brigid Bazlen, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Mullaney, and Dean Jagger, based on the 1959 Broadway play The Golden Fleecing by Lorenzo Semple Jr.. In the film, three men devise a plan to win at roulette with a United States Navy computer. The scheme works until an admiral ruins their plans.

Plot
Civilian scientist Jason Eldridge (Hutton) runs Magnetic Analyzer Computing Synchrotron (MACS), a vacuum-tube computer aboard the USS Elmira. He and his friend LT Ferguson Howard (McQueen) realize that, by using MACS to record a roulette table's spins over time, the computer can predict future results. Howard and LTJG Beauregard Gilliam (Mullaney) check into a Venice casino's hotel dressed as civilians with Eldridge, defying Admiral Fitch's (Jagger) order that naval officers on shore avoid the casino and wear uniforms. They plan to use signal lamps to communicate with a confederate manning MACS on the Elmira.
At the hotel dedicated bachelor Howard meets and romances Julie Fitch (Bazlen), the admiral's daughter. Eldridge reunites with former girlfriend and heiress Pam Dunstan (Prentiss), in Venice to marry another man. The betting system is very effective, and the three men accumulate hundreds of thousands of dollars in casino chips; the money gives Eldridge the confidence to propose to Dunstan. However, Admiral Fitch sees and investigates their signals; soon the Navy, the American and Soviet consulates, and Venice city authorities are on alert for a "revolution".
The gamblers get Signalman Burford Taylor (Weston), who finds their signal lamp, drunk to detain him, but Taylor escapes and reports to the admiral. Julie Fitch tells her father that she and Howard have "got to marry" each other to save him from court-martial. The Soviets accuse the Navy of using MACS to steal from the casino. To avoid an international incident Howard agrees to intentionally lose his last bet, but a riot breaks out between Soviets, Americans, and Italians in the casino over the chips. The movie ends with newlyweds Howard and Fitch celebrating their honeymoon in the hotel.

Cast
Steve McQueen - Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie' Howard
Brigid Bazlen - Julie Fitch
Jim Hutton - Jason Eldridge
Paula Prentiss - Pam Dunstan
Dean Jagger - Admiral Fitch
Jack Weston - Signalman Burford Taylor
Jack Mullaney - Lt. Beauregard 'Beau' Gilliam
Marcel Hillaire - Inspector of casino games
Ben Astar - Russian consul
William Lanteau - Tommy Dane
Ken Lynch - Capt. James Angle
Simon Scott - Capt. Harvey Adam

Directed by Richard Thorpe
Produced by Lawrence Weingarten
Written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. (play)
George Wells (screenplay)

Music by Leigh Harline
Cinematography Joseph LaShelle
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) 1961
Running time 87 min.
Country United States
Language English


Information source: the wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honeymoon_Machine)

Trailer (http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/25686/Honeymoon-Machine-The-Original-Trailer-.html)

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After a brief coverage of 1961, now we move on to 1962 (the golden year for cinema all over the world)

Billy Budd

This is based on Herman Melville's novel on the same title.

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Film version was released in 1962 at the U.K.

AND IT'S MENTIONED THAT THE MUSIC IS BY ANTHONY HOPKINS. I don't know if it's the legendary actor by that name.

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There was a talk during mid-60s that this film is the inspiration for the film "Ayirathil Oruvan" in Tamiz.

Let's see what wiki says on this film:



Billy Budd is a 1962 film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov.[1] Adapted from the stage play version of Herman Melville's short novel Billy Budd, it starred Terence Stamp as Billy Budd, Robert Ryan as John Claggart, and Ustinov as Captain Vere. Stamp was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. The film was nominated for four BAFTAs.

Plot
In the year 1797, the British naval vessel HMS Avenger (changed from the book; in early drafts it was Indomitable, later ones, Bellipotent) impresses a crewman "according to the Rights of War" from the merchant ship The Rights Of Man. The new crewman, Billy Budd, is considered naive by his shipmates, and they attempt to indoctrinate him in their cynicism. But Budd's steadfast optimism is impenetrable, as when he is asked to critique the horrible gruel the crew must eat, he offers "It's hot. And there's a lot of it. I like everything about it except the flavor."
Though Budd manages to enchant the crew, his attempts at befriending the brutal master-at-arms, John Claggart, are unsuccessful. Claggart is cruel and unrepentant, a man who believes he must control the crew through vicious flogging; savaging them before they can prey on him. He reveals his mistrust for humanity when Budd confronts him about his discipline.
Budd: "It's wrong to flog a man. It's against his being a man."
Claggart: "The sea is calm you said. Peaceful. Calm above, but below a world of gliding monsters preying on their fellows. Murderers, all of them. Only the strongest teeth survive. And who's to tell me it's any different here on board, or yonder on dry land?"
When Claggart learns of a plot to end his life, he brings his charges to the Captain, Edwin Fairfax Vere. Although Claggart has no reason to implicate Budd in the conspiracy, Budd becomes a target because the crewman represents everything that Claggart despises: humility, innocence, and trust in humanity. Vere summons both Claggart and Budd to his cabin for a private confrontation. When Claggart makes his false charges that Budd is a conspirator, the accused is unable to find the words to respond and he strikes Claggart, killing him with a single blow.
Captain Vere assembles a court-martial. Vere and all the other officers on board are fully aware of Budd's simplicity and Claggart's evil, but the captain is also torn between his morality and duty to his station. Vere intervenes in the final stages of deliberations (which are in full support of Budd). He argues the defendant must be found guilty for even striking Claggart, Budd's superior, not to mention killing him. His arguments to pursue the letter of the law succeed, and Budd is convicted.
Condemned to be hanged from the ship's yardarm at dawn the following morning, Budd takes care to wear his good shoes. At Budd's final words, "God bless Captain Vere!", Vere crumbles, and Billy is subsequently hoisted up and hanged. At this point the crew is on the verge of mutiny over the incident, but Vere can only stare off into the distance, the picture of abdication, overtaken by his part in the death of innocence. Just as the crew is to be fired upon, a French vessel appears and commences cannon fire on the Avenger, and the crew eventually returns fire. HMS Avenger fends off the attack, but in the course of battle a piece of the ship's rigging falls on Vere, killing him in an act of poetic justice.

Cast

Terence Stamp as Billy Budd
Robert Ryan as John Claggart, Master d'Arms
Peter Ustinov as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
Melvyn Douglas as The Dansker, sailmaker
Paul Rogers as Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant
John Neville as Julian Radcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant
David McCallum as Steven Wyatt, Gunnery Officer
Ronald Lewis as Enoch Jenkins, maintopman
Lee Montague as Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant
Thomas Heathcote as Alan Payne, maintopman
Ray McAnally as William O'Daniel, maintopman
Robert Brown as Talbot
John Meillon as Neil Kincaid, maintopman
Cyril Luckham as Hallam, Captain of Marines
Niall MacGinnis as Captain Nathaniel Graveling

Directed by Peter Ustinov
Produced by Peter Ustinov
Written by Peter Ustinov
Herman Melville (novel)

Music by Antony Hopkins
Cinematography Robert Krasker
Studio Anglo Allied
Harvest Films
Distributed by Allied Artists
Release date(s) 1962
Running time 94 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English


Information source: wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Budd_(film))

To watch a clip:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgTTV78SmbQ

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AND NOW ARRIVES THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN .... JAMES BOND 007 ....

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THE FIRST IN THE SERIES IS Dr. No.

Before going to the first film, a brief write-up quoted from the wiki on James Bond Filmography.



James Bond in film

The James Bond film series is a British series of motion pictures based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond (code designation "007"), who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. Earlier films were based on Fleming's novels and short stories, followed later by films with original storylines. It is the longest continually-running film series in history, having been in ongoing production from 1962 to the present (with a six-year hiatus between 1989 and 1995).[1] In that time Eon Productions has produced 22 films, at an average of about one every two years, usually produced at Pinewood Studios. The series has grossed just over US$5 billion to date, making it the second-highest-grossing film series of all-time (behind Harry Potter).[2] Six actors have portrayed 007 in the Eon series, with the Connery films largely setting the style and mood of the series, and Roger Moore starring in the most films.
Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman co-produced the Eon films until 1975, when Broccoli became the sole producer. Since 1995, Broccoli's daughter Barbara and stepson Michael G. Wilson have co-produced them. Broccoli's (and until 1975, Saltzman's) family company, Danjaq, has held ownership of the series through Eon, and maintained co-ownership with United Artists since the mid-1970s. From the release of Dr. No (1962) up to For Your Eyes Only (1981) the films were distributed solely by UA. When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer bought UA in 1981, MGM/UA Entertainment Co. was formed and distributed the films until 1995. MGM solely distributed three films from 1997 to 2002 after UA retired as a mainstream studio. From 2006 to present MGM and Columbia Pictures have co-distributed the franchise, following the 2005 aquisition of MGM by a consortium led by Columbia's parent company, Sony Pictures Entertainment. In November 2010, MGM filed for bankruptcy. Following MGM's emergence from bankruptcy, Columbia has been co-production partner of the series with Danjaq.
Independently of the Eon series, there have been three additional film or TV productions with the character of James Bond – a satirical film spoof based on Casino Royale (1967), a remake of Thunderball entitled Never Say Never Again starring Sean Connery (1983) and a pre-Eon 1954 American television adaptation of Casino Royale.

Development

[edit]First Bond film
Previous attempts to adapt the James Bond novels for screen resulted in a 1954 television episode of Climax!, based on the first novel, Casino Royale, and starring American actor Barry Nelson as "Jimmy Bond". Ian Fleming desired to go one step further and approached producer Sir Alexander Korda to make a film adaptation of either Live and Let Die or Moonraker. Although Korda was initially interested, he later withdrew.[3] On 1 October 1959, it was announced that Fleming would write an original film script featuring Bond for producer Kevin McClory. Jack Whittingham also worked on the script, culminating in a screenplay entitled James Bond, Secret Agent.[4] However, Alfred Hitchcock and Richard Burton turned down roles as director and star, respectively.[5] McClory was unable to secure the financing for the film, and the deal fell through. Fleming used the story for his novel Thunderball (1961).[6]
In 1959, producer Albert R. Broccoli expressed interest in adapting the Bond novels, but his colleague Irving Allen was unenthusiastic. In 1961, Broccoli, now partnered with Harry Saltzman, purchased the film rights to all the Bond novels (except Casino Royale) from Fleming.[7] However, numerous Hollywood film studios did not want to fund the films, finding it "too British" or "too blatantly sexual".[8] The producers wanted US$1 million to either adapt Thunderball or Dr. No, and reached a deal with United Artists in July 1961. The two producers set up Eon Productions and began production of Dr. No

James Bond Films - Directors

Terence Young
Guy Hamilton
Lewis Gilbert
Peter R. Hunt
John Glen
Martin Campbell
Roger Spottiswoode
Michael Apted
Lee Tamahori
Marc Forster
Sam Mendes

Producers

Albert R. Broccoli
Harry Saltzman
Michael G. Wilson
Barbara Broccoli
Kevin McClory

Screenplay writers

Joanna Harwood
Richard Maibaum
Tom Mankiewicz
Christopher Wood
Michael G. Wilson
Neal Purvis
Robert Wade
Bruce Feirstein
Paul Haggis
Others

Music Directors

Monty Norman
John Barry
George Martin
David Arnold
Don Black

Actors

Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
Daniel Craig
Barry Nelson (non-Eon)
David Niven (non-Eon)



Information source... wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_(film_series))

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James Bond ... contd...

Actors

Sean Connery - Dr. No. - 1962 to Diamonds are Forever 1971
George Lazenby - On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 1969
Roger Moore - Live and Let Die 1973 to A View to a Kill - 1985
Timothy Dalton - The Living Daylights 1987 to Licence to Kill 1989
Pierce Brosnon - Golden Eye 1995 - Die Another Day 2002
Daniel Craig - Casino Royale 2006 to Quantum of Solace 2008

The first Actor

Sean Connery

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A contest was set up to 'find James Bond', and six finalists were chosen and screen-tested by Broccoli, Saltzman, and Fleming. The winner of the contest was a 28-year-old model named Peter Anthony, who, according to Broccoli, had a Gregory Peck quality, but proved unable to cope with the role.[10] The producers turned to Sean Connery, who ended up playing Bond for five consecutive films (and more subsequently). According to one story, Connery had been suggested by Polish director Ben Fisz, a friend of Saltzman. Saltzman viewed Connery in On the Fiddle (also called "Operation Snafu"), the actor's eleventh film. By other accounts, Broccoli first saw Connery in a screening of Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
... from wiki...

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The First Film

Dr. No.

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Dr. No is a 1962 spy film, starring Sean Connery; it is the first James Bond film. Based on the 1958 Ian Fleming novel of the same name, it was adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely Mather and was directed by Terence Young. The film was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, a partnership that would continue until 1975.
In the film, James Bond is sent to Jamaica on an investigation into the death of a fellow British agent. The murder trail leads him to the underground base of Dr. Julius No, who is plotting to disrupt an early American manned space launch with a radio beam weapon. Although the first of the Bond books to be made into a film, Dr. No was not the first of Fleming's novels, Casino Royale being the debut for the character; however, the film makes a few references to threads from earlier books.
Dr. No was produced with a low budget, but was a financial success. While critical reaction at release was mixed, over time the film received a reputation as one of the franchise's best instalments. The film was the first of a successful series of 22 Bond films; a 23rd is planned for release in 2012. Dr. No also launched a successful genre of "secret agent" films that flourished in the 1960s. The film also spawned a spin-off comic book and soundtrack album as part of its promotion and marketing.
Many of the iconic aspects of a typical James Bond film were established in Dr. No: the film begins with an introduction to the character through the view of a gun barrel and a highly stylised main title sequence, both created by Maurice Binder. Production designer Ken Adam established an elaborate visual style that is one of the hallmarks of the Bond film series.

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Directed by Terence Young
Produced by Harry Saltzman
Albert R. Broccoli
Written by Ian Fleming
Screenplay by Richard Maibaum
Johanna Harwood
Berkely Mather
Starring Sean Connery
Joseph Wiseman
Ursula Andress
Jack Lord
John Kitzmiller
Music by Monty Norman
Cinematography Ted Moore
Editing by Peter R. Hunt
Studio Eon Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) 5 October 1962
Running time 109 minutes
Country United Kingdom



Dr. No. TRAILER


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myoVLMnKw2M

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.... 1962 continues....

Amphibian Man

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Amphibian Man (Russian: Человек-амфибия, translit. Chelovek-amfibiya) is a 1962 Soviet science fiction romance film starring Vladimir Korenev and Directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov and Gennadi Kazansky.
It is an almost fable-like story based upon the eponymous novel by Alexander Beliaev. It focuses on a boy named Ichtyandr who was surgically altered to survive under the sea. Unlike traditional science fiction movies of the time the film focuses much more on the concept of love won and lost. It was given the name of Tarzan des Mers before the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs took exception.[1]
The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1962 (65.5 million viewers). It is little-known in the West, but has become a cult classic.
Plot

The story is set in a seaside port, largely among a community of pearl fishers. The protagonist is the son of a doctor/scientist who was sometime in the past forced to save his son's life by implanting him with gills. Thus he is able to live under water, but must keep his secret from the world. The conflict arises from his falling in love with a pearl-fisher's beautiful daughter. His secret is discovered and the girl's stern father attempts to exploit Ichtyandr for his ability. Due to being kept caged under water, he loses the ability to live in the open air, and must now permanently live in the sea. Although set free, the lovers are permanently parted from each other.
Although ostensibly a lost-love-tragedy like Romeo and Juliet, the film has a significant focus on greed and commercial exploitation (of the pearl-greedy fishermen), possibly under the influence of Socialist Realism.
Directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov
Gennadi Kazansky
Written by Alexander Beliaev (novel)
Akiba Golburt
Aleksei Kapler
Aleksandr Ksenofontov

cast:
Starring Vladimir Korenev
Anastasiya Vertinskaya

Music by Andrei Petrov
Cinematography Eduard Rozovsky
Studio Lenfilm
Distributed by BijouFlix Releasing
National Telefilm Associates (NTA) Inc.
Release date(s) December 19, 1962
Running time 82 min.
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

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THIS FILM WAS SCREENED AT THE BALAR ARANGAM (Later remodelled and christened as Kalaivanar Arangam, now demolished) at Chennai, as a children's film and ticket rate was 6 paise for children and 12 paise for adults. I was fortunate to see the movie at 6 paise since I was a school boy and after almost 50 years I am now seeing this film as a clip along with you.

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1962 contd...

The Miracle Worker

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இந்தப் படத்தில் ஒரு சுவாரஸ்யமான தகவல் உள்ளது. பராசக்தி படத்தில் நடிகர் திலகத்தை நடிக்க வைக்க எப்படி பெருமாள் முதலியார் தீர்மானமாக இருந்தாரோ, அதே போல் இத்திரைப்படத்தில் Anne Bancroft அவர்களை நடிக்க வைக்க இயக்குநர் ஆர்தர் பென் அவர்கள் மிகவும் தீர்மானமாக இருந்தார். தயாரிப்பாளர்கள் எலிசபெத் டைலரைப் போடுவதாக இருந்தால் ஐந்து மில்லியன் டாலர் தருவதாகவும், ஆன் அவர்களைப் போட வேண்டுமென்றால் 500000 டாலர் மட்டுமே தருவதாகவும் கூறி விட்டனர். இயக்குநர் அவர்கள் பிடிவாதமாக ஆன் அவர்களையே நடிக்க வைத்தார்.

இத்திரைப்படம் ஹெலன் கெல்லர் அவர்களின் சரிதையை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டது.

இத்திரைப்படத்தின் கதாநாயகி பார்வையற்றவர் மற்றும் காது கேளாதவர் ஆவார்.

இந்த படத்திற்காக ஆன் அவர்கள் சிறந்த நடிகை பரிசு பெற்றார் என்பது குறிப்பிடத் தக்கது.

வைகி இணைய தளத்திலிருந்து இப்படத்தைப் பற்றிய தகவல்கள் (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_Worker_(1962_film))



The Miracle Worker is a 1962 American biographical film directed by Arthur Penn. The screenplay by William Gibson is based on his 1959 play of the same title, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90. Gibson's original source material was The Story of My Life, the 1902 autobiography of Helen Keller.
Plot synopsis

Young Helen Keller, blind and deaf since infancy due to a severe case of scarlet fever, is frustrated by her inability to communicate and subject to frequent violent and uncontrollable outbursts as a result. Unable to deal with her, her terrified and helpless parents contact the Perkins School for the Blind for assistance. In response they send Anne Sullivan, a former student, to the Keller home to tutor her. What ensues is a battle of wills as Anne breaks down Helen's walls of silence and darkness through persistence, love, and sheer stubbornness.

Directed by Arthur Penn
Produced by Fred Coe
Written by William Gibson
Starring Anne Bancroft
Patty Duke
Music by Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography Ernesto Caparrós
Editing by Aram Avakian
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) July 28, 1962
Running time 106 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Production notes

Despite the fact Anne Bancroft had won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway production, United Artists executives wanted a bigger name cast as Anne Sullivan in the film adaptation. They offered to budget the film at $5 million if Elizabeth Taylor was cast but only $500,000 if director Arthur Penn insisted on using Bancroft. Penn, who had directed the stage production, remained loyal to his star. The move paid off, and Bancroft won an Oscar for her role in the film.
Also despite the fact that Patty Duke had played Helen Keller in the play, she almost didn't get the part. The reason was that Duke, 15 years old at the time, was too old to portray a seven-year old girl, but after Bancroft was cast as Anne, Duke was chosen to play Helen in the movie.
For the dining room battle scene, in which Anne tries to teach Helen proper table manners, both Bancroft and Patty Duke wore padding beneath their costumes to prevent serious bruising during the intense physical skirmish. The nine-minute sequence required three cameras and took five days to film.[1]
The film was shot at Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, California and Middletown, New Jersey.
It was remade twice for television, in 1979 with Patty Duke as Anne and Melissa Gilbert as Helen and in 2000 with Alison Elliott and Hallie Kate Eisenberg in the lead roles.
The film ranked #15 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies.

Academy Award for Best Actress (Anne Bancroft, winner)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Patty Duke, winner)
Academy Award for Best Director (Arthur Penn, nominee)
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (William Gibson, nominee)
Academy Award for Best Black-and-White Costume Design (Ruth Morley, nominee)


A scene from the film The Miracle Worker


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Cinema of the world: The BBC's 100 greatest foreign-language (non-English) films

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The only Indan film in the list is Satyjit Ray's PATHER PANCHALI (1955 - Bengali)