The Tall Men
Movie / 1955-09-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Victor Young
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Movie / 1955-08-18 / United States / Releases: 4 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Alfred Newman
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
To Catch a Thief
Movie / 1955-08-03 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Lyn Murray
When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling daughter in a seductive game of pursuit, deception, and desire.
Land of the Pharaohs
Movie / 1955-07-24 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Dimitri Tiomkin
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
The Kentuckian
Movie / 1955-07-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
House of Bamboo
Movie / 1955-07-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Leigh Harline
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
Moonfleet
Movie / 1955-06-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.
The Seven Year Itch
Movie / 1955-06-03 / United States / Releases: 4 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Alfred Newman
With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!
Soldier of Fortune
Movie / 1955-05-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Hugo Friedhofer
An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.
Continente perduto
Movie / 1955-05-10 / Italy / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Three directors collaborated on the Italian documentary Continente Perduto. The "lost continent" of the title is Asia, specifically Indonesia, here lovingly photographed in Ferraniacolor by Mario Craveri, Giannni Rafaldi and Franco Bernetti. Highlights include a Cantonese wedding aboard a floating junk, the annual wheat and rice harvest, the animal-sacrifice rites at the rim of a volcano, a ceremonial chariot race, and a bevy of Balinese dancers. Though there's no story to speak of, the film has the rhythm and pace of a "continuity" picture. Continente Perduto was the winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Conquest of Space
Movie / 1955-04-20 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Nathan van Cleave
A team of American astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way.
A Man Called Peter
Movie / 1955-03-31 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Alfred Newman
Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him when he receives a "calling" from God to be a minister. He leaves Scotland and goes to America where after a few small congregations he lands the position of pastor of the Church of the Presidents in Washington, D.C. and eventually he becomes Chaplain of the U.S. Senate.
The Glass Slipper
Movie / 1955-03-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
In a musical retelling of the Cinderella tale, a mistreated scullery maid escapes the oppression of her stepfamily to finding love with a prince.
Untamed
Movie / 1955-03-01 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Franz Waxman
When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those leaving the Emerald Isle is Katie O'Neill and her husband, who decide that the promised land is South Africa and make their way there. Once there, they discover the hardships that are the reality of the homesteader experience.
Many Rivers to Cross
Movie / 1955-02-04 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie / 1955-02-02 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Henry Mancini, Herman Stein, William Lava
Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.
Prince of Players
Movie / 1955-01-11 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
This biopic follows the story of Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth and his rise to fame. Edwin's career begins when he replaces his alcoholic father, the great actor Junius Brutus Booth, in a production of "Richard III" after Junius forgets his lines. As an adult, Edwin performs many lead roles and sparks a rivalry with his brother, John Wilkes. But after his brief time as a celebrity, Edwin's career is cut short by family tragedy.
Green Fire
Movie / 1954-12-29 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
In Colombia, mining engineer Rian Mitchell discovers Carrero, the lost emerald mine of the Conquistadors, but has to contend with notorious local bandit El Moro's gang and with coffee planter Catherine Knowland's love.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Movie / 1954-12-23 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Paul J. Smith
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
The Silver Chalice
Movie / 1954-12-20 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 2
Composed by Franz Waxman
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Movie / 1954-12-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Lyn Murray
A U.S. Navy pilot and his squad are assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges deep behind enemy lines during the Korean War.
Beau Brummell
Movie / 1954-11-16 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Richard Addinsell
Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comments about the prince's uniform designs, he eventually becomes his close confidant. Brummel also falls in love with the beautiful Lady Patricia Belham. However, his outspoken manner eventually leads to his being exiled to France.
Désirée
Movie / 1954-11-16 / United States / Releases: 0 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.
Black Widow
Movie / 1954-10-28 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Leigh Harline
When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway producer.
The Egyptian
Movie / 1954-08-25 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.