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Still to Come from 1957: World Premieres

Gourmet Prospects

China Gate Dir. Samuel Fuller. With Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Dubov
Funny Face Dir. Stanley Donen. With Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Kay Thompson, Dovima
Les Girls Dir. George Cukor. With Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg
Il Grido Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni. With Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Betsy Blair, Dorian Gray
Kanal Dir. Andrzej Wajda. With Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski
The Lower Depths Dir. Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa
Mother India Dir. Mehboob Khan. With Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar
Nights of Cabiria Dir. Federico Fellini. With Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Barzi
Le Notti bianche Dir. Luchino Visconti. With Marcello Mastroianni, Maria Schell, Jean Marais
The Tarnished Angels Dir. Douglas Sirk. With Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone
Throne of Blood Dir. Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
Tokyo Twilight Dir. Yasujirô Ozu. With Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishû Ryû, Isuzu Yamada
The Wide Blue Road Dirs. Gillo Pontecorvo and Maleno Malenotti. With Yves Montand, Alida Valli
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Dir. Frank Tashlin. With Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield

Actressy Enticements

An Affair to Remember Dir. Leo McCarey. With Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning
The Bachelor Party Dir. Delbert Mann. With Don Murray, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden
The Barretts of Wimpole Street Dir. Sidney Franklin. With Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud
The Crucible Dir. Raymond Rouleau. With Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Mylène Demongeot
Designing Woman Dir. Vincente Minnelli. With Lauren Bacall, Gregory Peck, Dolores Gray
Desk Set Dir. Walter Lang. With Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Gig Young, Joan Blondell
A Farewell to Arms Dir. Charles Vidor. With Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica
The Helen Morgan Story Dir. Michael Curtiz. With Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson
Island in the Sun Dir. Robert Rossen. With James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge
Jeanne Eagels Dir. George Sidney. With Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake
Lizzie Dir. Hugo Haas. With Eleanor Parker, Richard Boone, Joan Blondell, Hugo Haas, Ric Roman
Love in the Afternoon Dir. Billy Wilder. With Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
No Down Payment Dir. Martin Ritt. With Joanne Woodward, Sheree North, Tony Randall
The Pajama Game Dirs. George Abbott and Stanley Donen. With Doris Day, John Raitt
Pal Joey Dir. George Sidney. With Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols
The Princess and the Showgirl Dir. Laurence Olivier. With Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier
Saint Joan Dir. Otto Preminger. With Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, Richard Todd
Sayonara Dir. Joshua Logan. With Marlon Brando, Miiko Taka, Red Buttons, Miyoshi Umeki
The Seventh Sin Dir. Ronald Neame. With Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers, George Sanders
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress Dir. Ernst Marischka. With Romy Schneider
The Story of Esther Costello Dir. David Miller. With Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi
Tammy and the Bachelor Dir. Joseph Pevney. With Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen

Gender Is Burning

Band of Angels Dir. Raoul Walsh. With Yvonne De Carlo, Clark Gable, Sidney Poitier
Fear Strikes Out Dir. Robert Mulligan. With Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore
A Hatful of Rain Dir. Fred Zinnemann. With Anthony Franciosa, Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint
The Strange One Dir. Jack Garfein. With Ben Gazzara, Pat Hingle, Peter Mark Richman
The Sun Also Rises Dir. Henry King. With Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn
Voodoo Woman Dir. Edward L. Cahn. With Marla English, Tom Conway, Mike Connors

Auteurist Loyalties

Baby Face Nelson Dir. Don Siegel. With Mickey Rooney, Carolyn Jones, Cedric Hardwicke
Battle Hymn Dir. Samuel Fuller. With Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore
Big Time Operators Dir. Basil Dearden. With Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Peter Sellers
Bitter Victory Dir. Nicholas Ray. With Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Raymond Pellegrin
Decision Against Time Dir. Charles Crichton. With Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Sellars, Jeremy Bodkin
Decision at Sundown Dir. Budd Boetticher. With Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele
The Delinquents Dir. Robert Altman. With Tom Laughlin, Peter Miller, Richard Bakalyan
Edge of the City Dir. Martin Ritt. With John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden
Les Espions Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot. With Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov, O.E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe
He Who Must Die Dir. Jules Dassin. With Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Grégoire Aslan, Gert Fröbe
A Hero of Our Times Dir. Mario Monicelli. With Alberto Sordi, Franca Valeri, Giovanna Ralli
Jet Pilot Dir. Josef von Sternberg. With John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix
A King in New York Dir. Charles Chaplin. With Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde
Kiss Them for Me Dir. Stanley Donen. With Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson
Men in War Dir. Anthony Mann. With Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Phillip Pine
Monkey on My Back Dir. André De Toth. With Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards
Nightfall Dir. Jacques Tourneur. With Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando
The Restless Breed Dir. Allan Dwan. With Scott Brady, Anne Bancroft, Jay C. Flippen, Jim Davis
The River's Edge Dir. Allan Dwan. With Ray Milland, Debra Paget, Anthony Quinn, Harry Carey Jr.
Run of the Arrow Dir. Samuel Fuller. With Rod Steiger, Sara Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker
Silk Stockings Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. With Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige, Peter Lorre
The Spirit of St. Louis Dir. Billy Wilder. With James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith
The Tall T Dir. Budd Boetticher. With Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan
This Angry Age Dir. René Clément. With Silvana Mangano, Anthony Perkins, Richard Conte
Time Without Pity Dir. Joseph Losey. With Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern
The Tin Star Dir. Anthony Mann. With Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer, Michel Ray
The True Story of Jesse James Dir. Nicholas Ray. With Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter
The Wings of Eagles Dir. John Ford. With John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond
The Young Stranger Dir. John Frankenheimer. With James MacArthur, Kim Hunter, James Daly

Further Research

Across the Bridge Dir. Ken Annakin. With Rod Steiger, David Knight, Noel Willman, Marla Landi
And Quiet Flows the Don Dir. Sergei Gerasimov. With Pyotr Glebov, Elina Bystritskaya
Battle Hell Dir. Michael Anderson. With Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff
The Brothers Rico Dir. Phil Karlson. With Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates
The Careless Years Dir. Arthur Hiller. With Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, John Larch
The Curse of Frankenstein Dir. Terence Fisher. With Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court
The Delicate Delinquent Dir. Don McGuire. With Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin, Martha Hyer
Don Quixote Dir. Grigoriy Kozintsev. With Nikolai Cherkasov, Yuri Tolubeyev, Serafima Birman
The Enemy Below Dir. Dick Powell. With Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Dir. John Sturges. With Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
The Incredible Shrinking Man Dir. Jack Arnold. With Grand Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent
Jailhouse Rock Dir. Richard Thorpe. With Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy
The Joker Is Wild Dir. Charles Vidor. With Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert
Legend of the Lost Dir. Henry Hathaway. With John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi
Lucky Jim Dir. John Boulting. With Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Sharon Acker
Man of a Thousand Faces Dir. Joseph Pevney. With James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer
The Mark of the Hawk Dir. Michael Audley. With Sidney Poitier, Eartha Kitt, Juano Hernandez
My Man Godfrey Dir. Henry Koster. With David Niven, June Allyson, Jessie Royce Landis
The Mysterians Dir. Ishirô Honda. With Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Momoko Kôchi
Naya Daur Dir. B.R. Chopra. With Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Ajit, Chand Usmani, Jeevan
Oedipus Rex Dir. Tyrone Guthrie. With Douglas Campbell, Eleanor Stewart, Robert Goodier
Old Yeller Dir. Robert Stevenson. With Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Kevin Corcoran, Tommy Kirk
Omar Khayyam Dir. William Dieterle. With Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, John Derek
The Pride and the Passion Dir. Stanley Kramer. With Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren
Pyaasa Dir. Guru Dutt. With Mala Sinha, Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Johnny Walker, Kumkum
The Snow Queen Dir. Lev Atamanov. Animated. Voices of Vladimir Gribkov, Yanina Zhejmo
Something of Value Dir. Richard Brooks. With Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller
The Tattered Dress Dir. Jack Arnold. With Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, Gail Russell