From the 1950s: Anatomy of a Murder

1959 Drama

From Columbia Pictures

Directed by Otto Preminger

Starring

James Stewart

Lee Remick

Ben Gazzara

George C. Scott

Eve Arden

Arthur O'Connell

Kathryn Grant

Brooks West

Murray Hamilton

Joseph N. Welch

Visiting Film Noir: The Blue Gardenia

1953 Film Noir
From Warner Bros

Directed by Fritz Lang

Starring

Anne Baxter

Richard Conte

Ann Sothern

Raymond Burr

Jeff Donnell

Richard Erdman

George Reeves

Ruth Storey

Nat 'King' Cole

Gene Nelson

Why did he not become the huge dancing star that Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly became?  After all he had the smooth sophistication that Astaire had and the athleticism of Kelly.  And in my opinion he could sing better than either of them although I would not argue the point (and he was occasionally dubbed).  I have some thoughts on this and we'll get to them.

From the 1950s: Bend of the River

1952 Western
From Universal-International
Directed by Anthony Mann

Starring

James Stewart

Arthur Kennedy

Julie Adams

Rock Hudson

Jay C. Flippen

Lori Nelson

Harry Morgan

Chubby Johnson

Frances Bavier

Howard Petrie

Jack Lambert

Royal Dano

Stepin Fetchit

From the 1960s: Paint Your Wagon

1969 Musical Comedy

From Paramount Pictures

Directed by Joshua Logan

Starring

Lee Marvin

Clint Eastwood

Jean Seberg

Harve Presnell

Ray Walston

The Directors: Jacques Tourneur

I guess I owe my love of film noir to this little known French director.  I didn't see any of his movies for quite a number of years but once I saw his most famous film and fell crazy in love with it, I have never forgotten who this man was.  He never made another film as good as this noir but I saw many of them (some because he was the director) and enjoyed them all.