John Paul Jones
Movie / 1959-06-16 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Max Steiner
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
The Horse Soldiers
Movie / 1959-06-11 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by David Buttolph
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
The Rabbit Trap
Movie / 1959-06-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Jack Marshall
A man must choose between work or his family after he is called back to work during a family vacation. He and his son have set a harmless rabbit trap in the woods near the cabin they are vacationing in. When the family returns home they realize that they forget to retrieve the trap and the son fears that a rabbit will be captured and die a slow death from starvation. The man is in line for a promotion, yet feels that he is under appreciated by his boss. He must choose whether or not to follow his instincts and do the right thing or possibly lose the promotion he has worked long and hard for.
These Thousand Hills
Movie / 1959-05-07 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Leigh Harline
A cowboy tries for easy money with his partner, then tries ranching with a saloon hostess's money.
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Movie / 1959-05-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson Thacker who has managed to pilot his small boat into the city's harbor. At this point, tensions rise between the three, particularly between Thacker, who is white, and Burton, who is black.
Face of a Fugitive
Movie / 1959-05-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at the border of the States to Mexico. But he cannot settle in peace as his chasers are trying to find him.
Horrors of the Black Museum
Movie / 1959-04-29 / United Kingdom / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
Il marito bello: Il nemico di mia moglie
Movie / 1959-03-28 / Italy / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Lelio Luttazzi
Marco and Luciana are married and in love, but the passion of Marco for football distract him, and make him impossible to keep a job for a long time: that's why the young couple keeps arguing.
Some Like It Hot
Movie / 1959-03-19 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Adolph Deutsch
Two musicians witness a mob hit and need to quickly find a way out of Chicago. Their only opportunity comes in the form of joining an all-girl band as they prepare to leave on a tour. The two disguise themselves as women and struggle to keep their identities secret as the gangsters close in.
The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie / 1959-03-18 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Alfred Newman
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
Rio Bravo
Movie / 1959-03-08 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Dimitri Tiomkin
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Sleeping Beauty
Movie / 1959-02-17 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by George Bruns
Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.
Soledad
Movie / 1959-02-07 / Italy / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Soledad and Miguel are two young people in a romantic relationship. Don Ramón, a wealthy stranger, arrives in their small town and marries Soledad. Miguel leaves town and wanders aimlessly throughout the region with a peddler.
City of Fear
Movie / 1959-02-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
An escaped convict gets a hold of some radioactive material after his escape. Authorities desperately try to find the man that unknowingly is threating the lives of everyone in the city.
Bell Book and Candle
Movie / 1958-12-25 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by George Duning
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.
The Buccaneer
Movie / 1958-12-11 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Elmer Bernstein
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Movie / 1958-12-05 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
Auntie Mame
Movie / 1958-12-04 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bronislau Kaper
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
Torpedo Run
Movie / 1958-10-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.
The Old Man and the Sea
Movie / 1958-10-07 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Dimitri Tiomkin
Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.
The Big Country
Movie / 1958-09-30 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Jerome Moross
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Movie / 1958-09-30 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Hugo Friedhofer
Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.
Earth vs. the Spider
Movie / 1958-09-01 / United States / Releases: 0 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
Teenagers from a small town and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider, living in a cave nearby and getting hungry.
The Hunters
Movie / 1958-09-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Paul Sawtell
With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film based on the best-selling novel by veteran fighter pilot James Salter. Set during the height of the Korean War, the story centers on Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum), a master of the newly operational F-86 Sabre fighter jets. But adept as he is at flying, Saville¹s personal life takes a nosedive when he falls in love with his wingman¹s (Lee Philips) beautiful wife (May Britt). To make matters worse, Saville must cope with a loud-mouthed rookie (Robert Wagner) in a daring rescue mission that threatens all their lives in this well-crafted war drama.