General Electric Theater (8x16): Sarah's Laughter
Episode / 1960-01-03 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Jerry Goldsmith
Uchu daisenso
Movie / 1959-12-26 / Japan / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Movie / 1959-12-15 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Bernard Herrmann
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
Take a Giant Step
Movie / 1959-12-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Jack Marshall
After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for advice. Spence, who lives in a genteel white area and has mostly white friends, feels like an outsider. He visits a bar in a black neighborhood, where he meets a few prostitutes, which doesn't help. Eventually, Spence starts a friendship with the housekeeper, Christine, who tells him her own difficult story.
The Story on Page One
Movie / 1959-12-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Elmer Bernstein
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
General Electric Theater (8x10): The Last Dance
Episode / 1959-11-22 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Jerry Goldsmith
A Summer Place
Movie / 1959-11-18 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 2
Composed by
Max Steiner
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
Ben-Hur
Movie / 1959-11-18 / United States / Releases: 4 / Recordings: 3
Composed by
Miklós Rózsa
In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Movie / 1959-11-17 / United Kingdom / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
George Duning
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.
Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
Movie / 1959-11-12 / Italy / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Glaucus, a demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the city and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt.
The Miracle
Movie / 1959-11-12 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 2
Composed by
Elmer Bernstein
A novice leaves a Spanish convent to follow a 19th-century British soldier she loves.
The Jayhawkers!
Movie / 1959-10-15 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Jerome Moross
Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex-raider to capture Darcy.
The Best of Everything
Movie / 1959-10-09 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Alfred Newman
An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.
General Electric Theater (8x03): Hitler's Secret
Episode / 1959-10-04 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Jerry Goldsmith
The Deputy
Television / 1959-09-12 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Jack Marshall
The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.
Johnny Staccato
Television / 1959-09-10 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Elmer Bernstein
Jazz pianist Johnny Staccato supplements his meager musician's income by working as a private detective. The background for many of the episodes is his friend "Waldo's" jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village, featuring performances by the Pete Candoli jazz combo which included Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Red Norvo and Johnny Williams. The theme was composed by Elmer Bernstein.
Cast a Long Shadow
Movie / 1959-08-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Gerald Fried
A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness managing a cattle drive.
Caltiki il mostro immortale
Movie / 1959-08-07 / Italy / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Roberto Nicolosi
Academic researchers are chased by a nuclear-hot specimen of ancient Mayan blob.
North By Northwest
Movie / 1959-08-06 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 2
Composed by
Bernard Herrmann
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Blue Denim
Movie / 1959-07-30 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Bernard Herrmann
Two naive high-school students must deal with the unexpected consequences after a night of passion.
Il terrore dei barbari
Movie / 1959-06-30 / Italy / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
Les Baxter
When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Movie / 1959-06-24 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by
William Alwyn
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization...under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
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.