| Bundle of Joy (1956) |
| After finding a baby outside an orphanage, a salesgirl receives sympathy from those around her, including her boss' son, as they all assume the baby is hers. |
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1956
12/12/1956
Approved
Film
98 minutes
B
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Comedy
Musical
Romance
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Director(s):
Norman Taurog
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Christmas in store |
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Christmas rush is over, Christmas rush, Jingle Bells underscore |
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SC / Adolphe Menjou, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas |
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What are you getting me for Christmas? |
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You may still come to the Christmas party |
| Cast:
Eddie Fisher
/ Dan Merlin
Debbie Reynolds
/ Polly Parish
Adolphe Menjou
/ J.B. Merlin
Tommy Noonan
/ Freddie Miller
Nita Talbot
/ Mary
Una Merkel
/ Mrs. Dugan
Melville Cooper
/ Adams - the Butler
Bill Goodwin
/ Mr. Creely
Howard McNear
/ Mr. Appleby
Robert H. Harris
/ Mr. Hargraves
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| Trivia: remake of Bacherlor Mother |
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| Le pays d'où je viens (1956) |
| One Christmas Eve, a young man, Eric, arrives in a small provincial town. Here, he meets Julien, a bar pianist who is his exact double. Julien is in love with Marinette, a pretty waitress, but he is too shy to make any love overtures. |
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1956
12/19/1956
Approved
Film
94 minutes
B
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Genre:
Comedy
Fantasy
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Director(s):
Marcel Carné
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Gilbert Bécaud
/ Eric Perceval / Julien Barrère
Jacques Dhéry
/ Le premier sbire
Lucien Fleurot
/ Le deuxième sbire
Marcel Bozzuffi
/ Le chauffeur du camion
Gisèle Fréry
/ Le frais minois
Camille Guérini
/ Le curé
André Gabriello
/ Le directeur de la brasserie
Gaby Basset
/ La femme du directeur de la brasserie
Françoise Arnoul
/ Marinette Ardouin
Martial Rèbe
/ Le fonctionnaire
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| Man of Iron (1956) |
| The railroad engineer Andrea Marcocci has been working with his partner and friend Gigi Liverani for thirty years and feels happy and proud with his work, drinking wine after hours with his friends in a bar owned by the former railroad man Ugo. Andrea is married with Sara and his young son Sandro is very close to him; however Andrea has issues with his unemployed son Marcello and with his pregnant daughter Giulia, whose boy-friend Renato Borghi was forced to marry her. When a suicidal crosses the tracks of his train in a curve, Andrea feels deeply affected by the accident and almost collides with another train. The railroad company investigates the accident and steps Andrea down from his position. The domestic life of Andrea is also affected by his aggressive behavior and Marcello and Giulia leave home. Later Andrea also leaves home and starts to drink until the day Sandro visits his father in a bar. |
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1956
04/29/1956
Not Rated
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105 minutes
C
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Genre:
Drama
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Director(s):
Pietro Germi
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Pietro Germi
/ Andrea Marcocci
Luisa Della Noce
/ Sara Marcocci
Sylva Koscina
/ Giulia Marcocci
Saro Urzì
/ Gigi Liverani
Carlo Giuffrè
/ Renato Borghi
Renato Speziali
/ Marcello Marcocci
Edoardo Nevola
/ Sandro Marcocci
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| AKA: Il ferroviere |
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| Ratataa eller The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) |
| Staffan Stolle becomes the sole heir to a rich and noble family when he is just a little boy. Early on he is engaged to be married to a girl he finds he does not love. Instead he flees the country only to return under a false name, looking for true love. |
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1956
09/10/1956
Approved
Film
107 minutes
C
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Genre:
Comedy
Musical
Romance
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Director(s):
Hasse Ekman
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Povel Ramel
/ Staffan Stolle
Martin Ljung
/ Vicke Wickberg
Gunwer Bergkvist
/ Tipsie Blink
Yvonne Lombard
/ Charlotte Nibbing
Hasse Ekman
/ Klåd Tränger
Sigge Fürst
/ Överste Nibbing
Georg Funkquist
/ Fabiansson
Siv Ericks
/ Fröken Lefverhielm
Stig Järrel
/ Ulf Christer Lefverhielm
Oscar Rundqvist
/ Sjungande badare
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| Child in the House (1956) |
| Young Elizabeth is left with her relatives, a married couple, while her mother is in the hospital. The friendly husband likes her, but the wife hates kids. One day her father, an often-absent crook on the lam, visits her in secret. |
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1956
08/14/1956
Not Rated
Film
90 minutes
M
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Phyllis Calvert
/ Evelyn Acheson
Eric Portman
/ Henry Acheson
Stanley Baker
/ Stephen Lorimer
Mandy Miller
/ Elizabeth Lorimer
Dora Bryan
/ Cassie
Percy Herbert
/ Det. Sgt. Taylor
Joan Benham
/ Vera McNally
Victor Maddern
/ Bert
Martin Miller
/ Professor Topolski
Joan Hickson
/ Cook
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