Sunday, December 11, 2022

May 1959 (Hercules)

The Awakening (see: Last Temptation, The)

Battle Flame (USA - 1959 - bw)
The Brain From Planet Arous (USA - 1957 - bw)
The Buccaneer (USA - 1958) (VistaVision)

Le cas du Dr Laurent [see: Case of Dr. Laurent, The]
The Case of Dr. Laurent (Le cas du Dr Laurent) (Fr - 1957 - bw)
The City Jungle (The Young Philadelphians) (USA - 1959 - bw)
Count Your Blessings (USA - 1959) (scope) (4-channel)

Day of the Outlaw (USA - 1959 - bw)

Frontier Rangers (USA - 1959) ¹

The Girl Friends (Le amiche) (It - 1955 - bw)
Green Mansions (USA - 1959) (scope) (4-channel)
Gunmen From Laredo (USA - 1958)

The Hangman (USA - 1959 - bw)
Hercules (Le fatiche di Ercole) (It/Fr - 1957) (scope)

John Paul Jones (USA - 1959) (Technirama) (4-channel)

The Last Temptation (Suor Letizia) /USA: The Awakening (It - 1956 - bw)
Last Train From Gun Hill (USA - 1959) (VistaVision)
The Littlest Hobo (USA - 1958 - bw)
Lock Up Your Daughters (UK - 1959 - bw) ²
Lonelyhearts (USA - 1958 - bw)
Look Back in Anger (UK - 1959 - bw)
Lost, Lonely and Vicious (USA - 1958 - bw)

Man Mad (No Place to Land) (USA - 1958 - bw) (scope)
The Man Who Died Twice (USA - 1958 - bw) (scope)
The Mating Game (USA - 1958) (scope) (4-channel)

No Place to Land (see: Man Mad)
No Safety Ahead (UK - 1958 - bw)

Paratroop Command (USA - 1958 - bw)
Pork Chop Hill (USA - 1959 - bw)

A Question of Loyalty (TVM) (USA - 1957 - bw) ³

Some Like It Hot (USA - 1959 - bw)
Submarine Seahawk (USA - 1958 - bw)

Tempest (La tempesta) (It/Fr/Yug - 1958) (Technirama)
Ten Days to Tulara (USA - 1958 - bw)
Tokyo After Dark (USA - 1958 - bw)
Tonka (USA - 1958)
Top Floor Girl (UK - 1959 - bw)
The Tunnel of Love (USA - 1958 - bw) (scope) (4-channel) (Perspecta Sound)

Web of Suspicion (UK - 1959 - bw)
The Wild and the Innocent (USA - 1959) (scope)
Wolf Larsen (USA - 1958 - bw)

The Young Philadelphians (see: City Jungle, The)

Zorro Rides Again (USA - 1959 - bw)

¹ Episodes of the TV series Northwest Passage (1958-59), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

² This obscure item has long been a bone of contention among fans of its star, Bela Lugosi. Many sources cite a 1951 production date, but the film didn't surface until 1959 when it was first submitted to the BBFC. A contemporary review in Kine Weekly (26 March 1959) describes Lugosi as the film's 'compere' for a series of clips from several B-movies he headlined in the 1940's (includingThe Ape Man [1943] and The Corpse Vanishes [1942]), which suggests he may have been involved in the shooting of all-new footage, most likely filmed during his visit to the UK in 1951. However, until a copy of the film can be found and examined, the origins of Lugosi's contribution will remain little more than guesswork.

³ Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Conflict (1956-57).

Condensed feature version of the same-named 12-chapter serial (1937).


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