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1956-05 Films in Review Magazine Contents May 1956

1956/05 –

  • Cover: Ava Gardner in “Bhowani Junction”

    • ARTICLES:

  • Film’s Irresponsibiles – Chapter 2 by Harold Addison
  • Farewell Frankie … Bye Bye Blanche! by John Springer
  • The Soviet Directors’ Debt to Griffith by Seymour Stern
  • Death by Airplane by Roi A. Uselton
  • Movie Memory Test: 21 by John Springer

    • FILM REVIEWS:

  • The Catered Affair by Henry Hart
  • The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Elspeth Hart
  • The Harder They Fall by Jim Scovotti
  • Alexander the Great by Hartley Ramsay
  • The Rack by Eleanor H. Nash
  • Goodbye, My Lady by Carolyn Harrow
  • The Last Ten Days by Henrietta Lehman
  • The Ballet of Romeo and Juliet by Tatiana Balkoff Drowne
  • List of Recommended Movies

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Films on TV by Don Miller
  • The Sound Track by Edward Connor

    • Recorded Filmusic by Gerald Pratley

  • Letters

    • BOOK REVIEWS:

  • Theatrical Companion to Maugham
  • The Memoirs of Will H. Hays by Jack Spears
  • Aaron Copland by Edward Jablonski

    • 1956-04 Films in Review Magazine Contents April 1956

    1956/04 –

  • Cover: Alec Guinness and Grace Kelly on location for “The Swan”

    • ARTICLES:

  • End of An Era by Leonard Spinrad
  • Film’s Irresponsibilities by Harold Addison
  • 1955’s Short Documentaries by Malvin Ward
  • Nancy Carroll by John Springer – 7 pages
  • The Composer on the Screen by Edward Connor
  • Movie Memory Test: 20 by John Springer

    • FILM REVIEWS:

  • Don Juan and Don Giovanni by Tatiana Balkoff Drowne
  • On the Threshold of Space by H.H.
  • The Swan by Henrietta Lehman
  • 7 Wonders of the World by Diana Willing
  • Forbidden Planet by Hal Maxwell
  • Patterns by Hobart M. Farquhar
  • Anything Goes by Wallace D. Wolfe
  • Lovers and Lollipops by Eleanor H. Nash
  • French Cancan by R.V. Tozzi
  • Cockleshell Heroes by Eileen Kelly
  • List of Recommended Movies

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • Films on TV by Don Miller
  • The Sound Track by Edward Connor

    • Recorded Filmusic by Gerald Pratley

  • Letters

    • BOOK REVIEW:

  • Elinor Glyn by Lawrence J. Quirk

    • 1956-02 Films in Review Magazine Contents February 1956

    1956/02 –

  • Cover: Jack Sernas and Rossana Podesta in “Helen of Troy”

    • ARTICLES:

  • The Cold War Against David Wark Griffith by Seymour Stern
  • Movie Memory Test: 18 by John Springer
  • Helen Hayes Golden Jubilee by Robert Downing
  • The Cameraman – Part 2 by George Mitchell
  • Hors D’Oeuvre

    • FILM REVIEWS:

  • I’ll Cry Tomorrow by Hal Maxwell
  • Royal bed by Penelope Reeves
  • The Benny Goodman Story by Jim Scovotti
  • Helen of Troy by Diana Willing
  • The Ladykillers by Robert Kass
  • Trouble in Store by Eileen Kelly
  • List of Recommended Movies

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • The Sound Track by Edward Connor

    • Recorded Filmusic by Gerald Pratley

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold by Anthony Thomas
  • Letters

    • 1956-01 Films in Review Magazine Contents January 1956

    1956/01 –

  • Cover: A drawing of Laurence Olivier by Dorothy Lovell

    • ARTICLES:

  • 1955’s Ten Best by Henry Hart
  • The Cameraman – Part 1 by George Mitchell
  • Asta Nielsen by Herbert G. Luft
  • Hors D’Oeuvre
  • Movie Memory Test: 17 by John Springer

    • FILM REVIEWS:

  • Picnic by John Springer
  • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell by Roy P. Steckler
  • The Man with the Golden Arm by Diana Willing
  • Diane
  • Lucky Kid by Hal Maxwell
  • Adorable Creatures by Anne Duval-Clair
  • Kismet
  • List of Recommended Movies

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • The Sound Track by Edward Connor

    • Recorded Filmusic by Gerald Pratley

  • Letters

    • BOOK REVIEWS:

  • Screen Lovers by Alice H. Witham
  • Robert Benchley by Robert Downing
  • The Deer Park

    • 1955-12 Films in Review Magazine Contents December 1955

    1955/12 –

  • Cover: Adrienne Corri in “Lease of Life”

    • ARTICLES:

  • Bette Davis by Lawrence J. Quirk – 20 pages including 3 page filmography
  • Hollywood’s Public Relations by Dore Schary
  • The Living Past by William K. Everson
  • “Economic Censorship” by Henry Hart
  • Death by Automobile by Roi A. Uselton
  • Hors D’Oeuvres
  • Movie Memory Test: 16 by John Springer

    • FILM REVIEWS:

  • 55mm Cinemascope
  • The Prisoner by Henry Hart
  • Guys and Dolls by Steve Sondheim and R.D.
  • Lease of Life
  • Diabolique
  • The Rose Tattoo by R.D.
  • The View from Pompey’s Head by Edith Gordon
  • Good Morning, Miss Dove by Millicent Reade
  • The Tender Trap by Robert Downing
  • My Sister Eileen by Don Miller
  • List of Recommended Movies

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • The Sound Track by Edward Connor

    • Recorded Filmusic by Gerald Pratley

  • Letters

    • 1955-10 Films in Review Magazine Contents October 1955

    1955/10 –

  • Cover: Cyd Charisse in “It’s Always Fair Weather”

    • ARTICLES:

  • Why the Stars Shine by Cato Britannicus
  • Venice 1955 by Francis Koval
  • Edinburgh’s Festival by Pamela Anne King
  • Luise Rainer by Edwin Bronner
  • Stunt Men by William K. Everson
  • Widescreen Chronology by James L. Limbacher
  • Movie Memory Test: 14 by John Springer

    • FILM REVIEWS:

  • To Hell and Back by George Mitchell
  • The Virgin Queen by Robert Downing
  • The Divided Heart by Roger B. Dooley
  • The African Lion by Otto Schelling
  • Pete Kelly’s Blues by Edward Jablonski
  • The Desperate Hours by Robert Kass
  • I Am the Camera by John Springer
  • The Phoenix City Story
  • Trial by Courtland Phipps
  • It’s Always Fair Weather by Eleanor Lansing Thomas
  • List of Recommended Movies

    • BOOK REVIEWS:

  • How Hollywood Rates by John Springer
  • Passport to Paris by R.V. Tozzi
  • Who Could Ask for Anything More by Robert Downing

    • OTHER FEATURES:

  • The Sound Track by Edward Connor

    • Recorded Filmusic by Gerald Pratley

  • Letters

    • 1954-12 Films in Review Magazine Contents December 1954

    1954/12 –

  • Cover: Susan Shentall in “Romeo and Juliet”

    • ARTICLES:

  • Marlene Dietrich by Arthur Knight – 18 pages
  • Sarah Bernhardt by Charles Ford
  • Authors as Actors by Gerald D. McDonald
  • The Loneliest Man by W. Ward Marsh
  • The Kettles by N. Hope Wilson
  • A Color Chronology by James L. Limbacher
  • Non-Theatrical Films by Ralph Gerstle
  • Hors D’Oeuvres
  • Movie Memory Test: 6 by John Springer

    • FILM REVIEWS:

  • Romeo and Juliet by Lauro Venturi
  • The Heart of the Matter by Robert Kass

  • Desiree
  • Miscellaneous Reviews

  • List of Recommended Movies
  • The Sound Track

    • BOOK REVIEWS:

  • Cinquante ans de Cinema Francais by Gerald D. McDonald

  • The Laughton Story by Robert Downing
  • Valentino by Elspeth Hart
  • Letters

    • 1954-04 Films in Review Magazine Contents April 1954

    1954/04 –

  • Cover: Jennifer Jones in “Indiscretion of an American Wife”

    • ARTICLES:

  • Sao Paolo’s Festival by Francis Koval
  • UA’s 35th Birthday by Christopher North
  • Optical Effects by Ralph Gerstle
  • Sidney Olcott by George Mitchell
  • 1953’s Short Documentaries by Malvin Wald
  • Film Society Hints by Robert Andrew Caras
  • Hors D’Oeuvres

    • FILM REVIEWS:

  • Belles de la Nuit by Alexander Singer

  • Indiscretion of an American Wife by Henry Hart
  • Intimate Relations by Herietta Lehman
  • Miscellaneous Reviews
  • List of Recommended Movies
  • The Sound Track

    • BOOK REVIEWS:

  • Alec Guinness by Elspeth Hart
  • Motion Pictures by Marilyn Adams
  • Letters