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.
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.
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.
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.
Her Twelve Men
Movie / 1954-08-11 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Bronislau Kaper
An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few eyebrows among the all-male faculty.
Valley of the Kings
Movie / 1954-07-21 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Miklós Rózsa
Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to help her fulfill her deceased father's life's ambition - to provide solid proof of the biblical Joseph's travels in ancient Egypt. As an ex-pupil of Ann's father, Mark accepts and the two embark on a search for the tomb of the Pharoah Ra Hotep, said to have had some connection with Joseph. The trail to the tomb is fraught with intrigue, betrayal, murder, and the possibility that the tomb itself has been emptied of all its artifacts by ancient looters.
Seagulls Over Sorrento
Movie / 1954-07-13 / United Kingdom / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Miklós Rózsa
A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.
Garden of Evil
Movie / 1954-07-09 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Bernard Herrmann
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.
The High and the Mighty
Movie / 1954-07-03 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 2
Composed by
Dimitri Tiomkin
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.
The Caine Mutiny
Movie / 1954-06-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Max Steiner
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
On the Waterfront
Movie / 1954-06-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Leonard Bernstein
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
Dial M for Murder
Movie / 1954-05-29 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Dimitri Tiomkin
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
Men of the Fighting Lady
Movie / 1954-05-07 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Miklós Rózsa
A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.
Flame and the Flesh
Movie / 1954-05-05 / United States / Releases: 0 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
American woman in Europe romanced by local gigolo; problems ensue.
Three Coins in the Fountain
Movie / 1954-05-01 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Victor Young
Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain. Frances, a secretary at a government agency, sets out to win the heart of her smooth-talking novelist employer; Anita, her coworker, defies office regulations by romancing an Italian who works at the agency; and office newcomer Maria meets a real Italian Prince Charming and falls madly in love. The only thing the three hopeful ladies need to do is seal their fate.
River of No Return
Movie / 1954-04-30 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Cyril J. Mockridge
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
Prince Valiant
Movie / 1954-04-05 / United States / Releases: 4 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Franz Waxman
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Movie / 1954-03-05 / United States / Releases: 0 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
The Naked Jungle
Movie / 1954-03-03 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Daniele Amfitheatrof
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
Hell and High Water
Movie / 1954-02-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Alfred Newman
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.
King of the Khyber Rifles
Movie / 1953-12-23 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Bernard Herrmann
Freshly arrived Sandhurst-trained Captain Alan King, better versed in Pashtun then any of the veterans and born locally as army brat, survives an attack on his escort to his Northwest Frontier province garrison near the Khyber pass because of Ahmed, a native Afridi deserter from the Muslim fanatic rebel Karram Khan's forces. As soon as his fellow officers learn his mother was a native Muslim which got his parents disowned even by their own families, he falls prey to stubborn prejudiced discrimination, Lieutenant Geoffrey Heath even moves out of their quarters, except from half-Irish Lt. Ben Baird.
Knights of the Round Table
Movie / 1953-12-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Miklós Rózsa
In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's love, leaving the Round Table without protection.