Sunday, December 11, 2022

August 1959 (Living)



The Alligator People (USA - 1959 - bw) (scope)
Ask Any Girl (USA - 1959) (scope) (4-channel)

The Beat Generation (USA - 1959 - bw) (scope) (4-channel)
Blind Date /USA: Chance Meeting (UK - 1959 - bw)
Blue Denim (see: Blue Jeans)
Blue Jeans (Blue Denim) (USA - 1959 - bw) (scope) (4-channel)
Le bourgeois gentilhomme /USA: Would-Be Gentleman (Fr - 1958)

Carry On Teacher (UK - 1959 - bw)
Chance Meeting (see: Blind Date)

Dreams (see: Journey Into Autumn)

Eugene Onegin (Евгений Онегин) (USSR - 1958)

Four Desperate Men (see: Siege of Pinchgut, The)

A Hole in the Head (USA - 1959) (scope)
Holiday for Lovers (USA - 1959) (scope) (4-channel)
House on Haunted Hill (USA - 1958 - bw) ¹

Ikiru [see: Living]
I’m All Right Jack (UK - 1959 - bw)
Invitation to Monte Carlo /USA: Love in Monaco (UK/USA - 1959) (scope)

Jet Storm (UK - 1959 - bw)
Journey Into Autumn (Kvinnodröm) /USA: Dreams (Swd - 1954 - bw)

The Last Mile (USA - 1958 - bw)
The Legend of Tom Dooley (USA - 1959 - bw)
Living (生きる) (Jpn - 1952 - bw)
Love in Monaco (see: Invitation to Monte Carlo)

Machete (USA - 1958 - bw)
The Mirror Has Two Faces (Le miroir à deux faces) (Fr/It - 1958 - bw)
The Mummy (UK - 1959)
Murder at Site 3 (UK - 1959 - bw)

The Naked Maja (USA - 1959) (Technirama)

A Private’s Affair (USA - 1959) (scope) (4-channel)

Return of the Fly (USA - 1959 - bw) (scope)
Revolt in the Big House (USA - 1958 - bw)

The Scapegoat (UK - 1958 - bw)
The Siege of Pinchgut /USA: Four Desperate Men (UK - 1959 - bw)

Tarawa Beachhead (USA - 1958 - bw)
Temptation (see: Temptation Island)
Temptation Island (L’île du bout du monde) /USA: Temptation (Fr - 1958 - bw)
This Other Eden (Ire - 1959 - bw)

Upstairs and Downstairs (UK - 1959)

The White Trap (UK - 1959 - bw)
The World the Flesh and the Devil (USA - 1959 - bw) (scope) (4-channel)
Would-Be Gentleman (see: bourgeois gentilhomme, Le)

Yellowstone Kelly (USA - 1959)

¹ Some screenings of the film included 'Emergo', a commercial gimmick in which an illuminated skeleton was flown over the audience on wires at selected moments within the unfolding narrative.

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Aug 1959. Theatrical release dates may differ.


No comments:

Post a Comment

Please be advised (updated)

Please be advised that the section between Jun 1985 and Oct 2004 has now been fully updated, with all films arranged according to their UK t...