Wednesday, 5 December 2018

Rock Around The Clock


ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
aka AUSSER RAND UND BAND
NEUES FILM-PROGRAMM Nr. 60 
AUSTRIA 1956

"The screen's first great rock 'n' roll feature!"

Starring Bill Haley and the Comets, The Platters and Alan Freed
Directed by Fred F. Sears
Clover Productions
U.S.A. 1956

Sunday, 2 December 2018

Die Verführten


DIE VERFÜHRTEN 
aka FARLIG UNGDOM
aka DANGEROUS YOUTH
ILLUSTRIERTE FILM-BÜHNE Nr. 2522
 WEST GERMANY 1953

"A revealing and realistic Danish film..."

Starring Ib Mossin, Birgitte Price and Per Lauesgaard 
Directed by  Lau Lauritzen
ASA Film
Denmark 1953

Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Teenage Bad Girl



DE SYTTENARIGE 
aka MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER
aka TEENAGE BAD GIRL
aka TEENAGER
DENMARK 1957

"she's a doll !... she's a dish !... she's a delinquent! SYLVIA SYMS 'teen and terrific...in an explosive role! Born good with a desire to be bad!"

Starring  Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms and Norman Wooland 
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
A Wilcox-Neagle Production
U.K. 1956

Sunday, 25 November 2018

Jailhouse Rock


RHYTHMUS HINTER GITTERN
aka JAILHOUSE ROCK
NEUES FILM-PROGRAMM Nr. 937
AUSTRIA 1958

"Elvis in Action as Never Before!"

Starring Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Soundtrack by Elvis Presley
Avon Productions  
U.S.A. 1957

Sunday, 18 November 2018

Crime In The Streets



CRIME IN THE STREETS
JAPAN • NO DATE

"How Can You Tell Them To Be Good When Their Girl Friends Like Them Better When They're Bad!"

Starring John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo and James Whitmore
Directed by Donald Siegel
Lindbrook Productions
U.S.A. 1956

Wednesday, 14 November 2018

City Across The River


DIE BRUT DES SATANS
aka CITY ACROSS THE RIVER
ILLUSTRIERTE FILM-BÜHNE Nr. 3230
GERMANY 1956

"Brooklyn police and a community counselor hunt a fugitive member of the Amboy Dukes street gang."

Starring Tony Curtis, Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter and Luis Van Rooten
Directed by Maxwell Shane
Music by Walter Scharf
Based on the novel "The Amboy Dukes" by Irving Shulman
Universal International Pictures
USA 1949

Sunday, 11 November 2018

The Young Savages


DIE JUNGEN WILDEN
aka THE YOUNG SAVAGES
NEUES FILM-PROGRAMM Nr. 2492
AUSTRIA 1961

"These Are The Young and the Damned!...The Bad Seeds...Who Grow in the Cracks of the Concrete Jungle!"

Starring Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews and Shelley Winters
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Based on the novel "A Matter Of Conviction" by Evan Hunter
Contemporary Productions
USA 1961