Sony pictures martini movies series, of which five is one, consists of films clearly intended to be laughed at, not with. Univac, the first commercially produced digital computer. Five 1951 four men and a woman susan douglas spend the aftermath of a nuclear war bickering in a frank lloyd wright house. After some internet searching i found the house used in the movie is know as eleanors retreat.
All of them, in some way or another, can be traced back to this seminal film from 1951 in which five people deal with the. The direction of the film, which was based on the unpublished story star sapphie by gerald drayson, is credited to john farrow. Danny kaye hosted the 24th academy awards ceremony on march 20, 1952, held at the rko pantages theatre in hollywood. Intriguing, offbeat film by famed radio writerdirector arch oboler about the survivors of a nuclear holocaust. Census bureau dedicates univac, the worlds first commercially produced electronic digital computer. Back in hollywood, in the house on telegraph hill 1951, a richly layered film noir directed by robert wise, she portrayed a survivor from a nazi concentration camp who assumes the identity of a. September 10 rashomon wins the golden lion at the venice film festival, bringing worldwide attention to japanese film.
Charles lampkin and william phipps in five 1951 susan douglas rubes in five 1951. Only five americans survive, including a pregnant woman, a neonazi, a black man and a bank clerk. I must admit, i picked up this film for one reason, as a historian. September the house unamerican activities committee investigation into communism in the film industry starts to wind up after four years. The finished film was sold outright to columbia pictures for a tidy profit.
One of the most pretentious apocalypse films ever made, five is set in a lavish frank lloyd wrightdesigned houseowned by arch oboler, the films writerproducerdirector. They report in february 1952 that hollywood has not done enough against. Pages in category 1951 films the following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. The film stars jean peters and louis jourdan, with debra paget, herbert marshall, thomas gomez and james robertson justice. One of the most pretentious apocalypse films ever made, five is set in a lavish frank lloyd wrightdesigned houseowned by arch oboler. It was directed by jacques tourneur and produced by george jessel. His kind of woman is a 1951 american blackandwhite film noir, starring robert mitchum and jane russell. Arch obolers postapocalypse drama about five lonely survivors trying to restart civilization is pretty well done, and is helped a lot by some striking photography. Jack elam, the son of an accountant, was born in miami, arizona, a small mining town outside phoenix, in 1916 though he would later suggest that he. Anne of the indies is a 1951 technicolor adventure film made by 20th century fox.
Natalie wood talks with james dean on set of the film rebel without a cause in 1955. That leaves a pregnant woman susan douglas, a philosopher william phipps, an explorer james anderson, and a guy who was accompanying the banker. It took nerve for director joseph losey to attempt a remake of fritz langs classic chiller m, but by and large losey was up to the challenge. Five stars william phipps, susan douglas and charles lampkin, and is probably the. The film features supporting performances by vincent price, raymond burr and charles mcgraw. The science fiction drama five 1951 was produced independently.
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