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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:02:56 GMT
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:04:17 GMT
Columbia
1957: 37 RELEASES
JANUARY
NIGHTFALLZARAKFEBRUARYUTAH BLAINEMARCHTHE SHADOW ON THE WALLZOMBIES OF MORA TAUTHE MAN WHO TURNED TO STONEAPRILTHE PHANTOM STAGECOACHTHE TALL TTHE STRANGE ONETHE GARMENT JUNGLETHE GUNS OF FORT PETTICOATMAYSIERRA STRANGERHELLCATS OF THE NAVYJUNEBEYOND MOMBASACALYPSO HEAT WAVETHE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODEDTHE GIANT CLAWTHE BURGLAR20 MILLION MILES TO EARTHJULYTHE YOUNG DON’T CRYTHE 27TH DAYAUGUSTJEANNE EAGELS3:10 TO YUMAFIRE DOWN BELOWPICKUP ALLEYOPERATION MAD BALLNO TIME TO BE YOUNGSEPTEMBERTHE PARSON AND THE OUTLAWESCAPE FROM SAN QUENTINTHE BROTHERS RICOOCTOBERPAL JOEYDOMINO KIDTHE TIJUANA STORYNOVEMBERTHE STORY OF ESTHER COSTELLODECISION AT SUNDOWNDECEMBERTHE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAITHE HARD MAN
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:05:46 GMT
Allied Artists
1957: 32 RELEASES
JANUARYCHAIN OF EVIDENCEFEBRUARYATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERSNOT OF THIS EARTHLAST OF THE BADMENHOLD THAT HYPNOTISTAPRILTHE BADGE OF MARSHAL BRENNANFOOTSTEPS IN THE NIGHTDRAGOON WELLS MASSACREMAYTHE PERSUADERDESTINATION 60000THE OKLAHOMANJUNESPOOK CHASERSHOT ROD RUMBLECALYPSO JOELOVE IN THE AFTERNOONJULYDINOTHE CYCLOPSTHE DAUGHTER OF DR. JEKYLLAUGUSTPORTLAND EXPOSEFROM HELL IT CAMETHE DISEMBODIEDSEPTEMBERDEATH IN SMALL DOSESTEENAGE DOLLNAKED IN THE SUNUNDERSEA GIRLOCTOBERAFFAIR IN HAVANALOOKING FOR DANGERGUN BATTLE AT MONTEREYNOVEMBERTHE TALL STRANGERSABU AND THE MAGIC RINGDECEMBERUP IN SMOKEOREGON PASSAGE
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:07:05 GMT
Paramount
1957: 19 RELEASES
FEBRUARYTHREE VIOLENT PEOPLEFUNNY FACEMARCHFEAR STRIKES OUTMAYGUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRALTHE BUSTER KEATON STORYJUNETHE DELICATE DELINQUENTBEAU JAMESJULYLOVING YOUAUGUSTOMAR KHAYYAMSEPTEMBERTHE JOKER IS WILDSHORT CUT TO HELLOCTOBERTHE DEVIL’S HAIRPINMISTER ROCK AND ROLLTHE TIN STARHEAR ME GOODNOVEMBERTHE LONELY MANZERO HOUR!THE SAD SACKDECEMBERWILD IS THE WIND
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:08:26 GMT
United Artists
1957: 53 RELEASES
JANUARYDRANGOTHE HALLIDAY BRANDCRIME OF PASSIONFOUR BOYS AND A GUNMEN IN WAR5 STEPS TO DANGERFEBRUARYTOMAHAWK TRAILVOODOO ISLANDPHARAOH’S CURSEMARCHREVOLT AT FORT LARAMIETHE DELINQUENTSTHE BIG BOODLEHIT AND RUNWAR DRUMSTHE BIG CAPERAPRILTHE IRON SHERIFFTHE BACHELOR PARTY12 ANGRY MENFURY AT SHOWDOWNTHE RIDE BACKMAYGUN DUEL IN DURANGOSPRING REUNIONSAINT JOANMONKEY ON MY BACKBAILOUT AT 43000JUNETHE VAMPIRETHE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLDBAYOUJULYSWEET SMELL OF SUCCESSTHE PRIDE AND THE PASSIONTROOPER HOOKJUNGLE HEATTHE BUCKSKIN LADYOUTLAW’S SONHIDDEN FEARBOP GIRL GOES CALYPSOAUGUSTVALERIETHE FUZZY PINK NIGHTGOWNCHICAGO CONFIDENTIALMY GUN IS QUICKSEPTEMBERTHE CARELESS YEARSTHE GIRL IN BLACK STOCKINGSSTREET OF SINNERSGUNSIGHT RIDGEOCTOBERTIME LIMITHELL BOUNDNOVEMBERRIDE OUT FOR REVENGEDECEMBERMAN ON THE PROWLBABY FACE NELSONLEGEND OF THE LOSTWITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTIONTHE DALTON GIRLSPATHS OF GLORY
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:09:51 GMT
Republic Pictures
1957: 22 RELEASES
JANUARYDUEL AT APACHE WELLS FEBRUARYAFFAIR IN RENO MARCHHELL’S CROSSROADS APRILSPOILERS OF THE FOREST MAYTHE WEAPON THE LAWLESS EIGHTIES JUNEJOURNEY TO FREEDOM UNEARTHLY BEGINNING OF THE END JULYTHE LAST STAGECOACH WEST SEPTEMBERPAWNEE TAMING SUTTON’S GAL THE WAYWARD GIRL OCTOBERHELL CANYON OUTLAWS PANAMA SAL NOVEMBERRAIDERS OF OLD CALIFORNIA THE CROOKED CIRCLE EIGHTEEN AND ANXIOUS MAN FROM TANGIER DECEMBERHELL SHIP MUTINY GUNFIRE AT INDIAN GAP WEST OF SUEZ
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:11:40 GMT
20th Century Fox
1957: 48 RELEASES
JANUARYTHE QUIET GUNFEBRUARYOH MEN! OH WOMEN!MARCHTHE STORM RIDERHEAVEN KNOWS MR. ALLISONAPRILBREAK IN THE CIRCLESHE DEVILKRONOSTHE RIVER’S EDGEBOY ON A DOLPHINMAYTHE RESTLESS BREEDLURE OF THE SWAMPDESK SETBADLANDS OF MONTANATHE WAY TO THE GOLDTHE TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMESCHINA GATETHE WAYWARD BUSJUNEISLAND IN THE SUNJULYTHE ABDUCTORSGOD IS MY PARTNERAPACHE WARRIORA HATFUL OF RAINAN AFFAIR TO REMEMBERBERNARDINEWILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?AUGUSTHELL ON DEVIL’S ISLANDTHE UNKNOWN TERRORBACK FROM THE DEADTHE SUN ALSO RISESSEPTEMBERCOPPER SKYFORTY GUNSTHE DEERSLAYERUNDER FIRETHE THREE FACES OF EVEOCTOBERGHOST DIVERSEA WIFEYOUNG AND DANGEROUSROCKABILLY BABYNO DOWN PAYMENTNOVEMBERRIDE A VIOLENT MILEAPRIL LOVEDECEMBERESCAPE FROM RED ROCKPLUNDER ROADKISS THEM FOR MEPEYTON PLACEA FAREWELL TO ARMSTHE ENEMY BELOWSTOPOVER TOKYO
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:12:56 GMT
Radio Pictures
1957: 9 RELEASES
APRILTHE YOUNG STRANGERMAYPUBLIC PIGEON NO. 1JULYRUN OF THE ARROWAUGUSTTHAT NIGHT!SEPTEMBERJET PILOTOCTOBERTHE UNHOLY WIFEESCAPADE IN JAPANNOVEMBERALL MINE TO GIVETHE VIOLATORS
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:14:14 GMT
Warner Brothers
1957: 17 RELEASES
JANUARYTOP SECRET AFFAIRFEBRUARYTHE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUISMARCHTHE BIG LANDMAYSHOOT-OUT AT MEDICINE BENDUNTAMED YOUTHA FACE IN THE CROWDJUNETHE D.I.AUGUSTBAND OF ANGELSTHE PAJAMA GAMESEPTEMBERBLACK PATCHJOHNNY TROUBLEOCTOBERTHE HELEN MORGAN STORYTHE BLACK SCORPIONNOVEMBERTHE STORY OF MANKINDBOMBERS B-52DECEMBERSAYONARATHE GREEN-EYED BLONDE
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:15:42 GMT
Universal
1957: 29 RELEASES
JANUARYFOUR GIRLS IN TOWNISTANBULGUN FOR A COWARDFEBRUARYBATTLE HYMNTHE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MANMISTER CORYMARCHTHE TATTERED DRESSAPRILTHE NIGHT RUNNERMAN AFRAIDKELLY AND METHE GIRL IN THE KREMLINMAYTHE KETTLES ON OLD MACDONALD’S FARMTHE DEADLY MANTISJOE BUTTERFLYJUNETHE MIDNIGHT STORYTAMMY AND THE BACHELORJULYNIGHT PASSAGEAUGUSTMAN OF A THOUSAND FACESSEPTEMBERSLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUEQUANTEZAPPOINTMENT WITH A SHADOWOCTOBERMY MAN GODFREYJOE DAKOTATHE LAND UNKNOWNINTERLUDENOVEMBERSLIM CARTERTHE TARNISHED ANGELSDECEMBERTHE MONOLITH MONSTERSLOVE SLAVES OF THE AMAZONS
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:17:00 GMT
MGM
1957: 29 RELEASES
JANUARYTHE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREETSLANDEREDGE OF THE CITYFEBRUARYTHE WINGS OF EAGLESHOT SUMMER NIGHTAPRILTEN THOUSAND BEDROOMSLIZZIETARZAN AND THE LOST SAFARIMAYTHE LIVING IDOLTHE LITTLE HUTTHE VINTAGESOMETHING OF VALUETHIS COULD BE THE NIGHTDESIGNING WOMANJUNETHE HAPPY ROADTHE SEVENTH SINJULYSILK STOCKINGSGUN GLORYAUGUSTMAN ON FIREACTION OF THE TIGERSEPTEMBERTIP ON A DEAD JOCKEYHOUSE OF NUMBERSTHE HIRED GUNOCTOBERLES GIRLSUNTIL THEY SAILTHE INVISIBLE BOYNOVEMBERJAILHOUSE ROCKDON’T GO NEAR THE WATERDECEMBERRAINTREE COUNTY
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 21:20:24 GMT
Best Picture: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI – Columbia
Best Director: David Lean for THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI – Columbia
Best Actor: Alec Guinness for THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI – Columbia
Best Actress: Joanne Woodward for THE THREE FACES OF EVE – 20th Century Fox
Best Supporting Actor: Red Buttons for SAYONARA – Warner Brothers
Best Supporting Actress: Miyoshi Umeki for SAYONARA – Warner Brothers
Highest grossing film: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI – Columbia |
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Post by I Love Melvin on May 15, 2023 23:34:39 GMT
You warned us that the end was coming for RKO and here it is, basically, with these nine films. Jet Pilot seems to be an example of studio housecleaning, having been sitting on the shelf for a while, so I wonder if that was true of any of the others.
Anyway, I always think of 1957 as the penultimate year for what's now called "mid-century modern" style, with stunningly elegant musicals like Funny Face, Silk Stockings and Les Girls and colorful time-capsule comedies like Desk Set, Designing Woman and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Even Peyton Place, with its wartime historical setting, has that high-gloss late-1950's look and feel. Love it.
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Post by topbilled on May 15, 2023 23:42:07 GMT
You warned us that the end was coming for RKO and here it is, basically, with these nine films. Jet Pilot seems to be an example of studio housecleaning, having been sitting on the shelf for a while, so I wonder if that was true of any of the others. Anyway, I always think of 1957 as the penultimate year for what's now called "mid-century modern" style, with stunningly elegant musicals like Funny Face, Silk Stockings and Les Girls and colorful time-capsule comedies like Desk Set, Designing Woman and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Even Peyton Place, with its wartime historical setting, has that high-gloss late-1950's look and feel. Love it.
When I go back and do 1930 to 1939, you will see how much more prolific the studio was in its earliest days. |
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Post by I Love Melvin on May 15, 2023 23:46:42 GMT
There are still a few more releases for RKO...six in 1958 and two in 1959. But those last two were released by other studios, having been auctioned off when Desilu took over the studio for television production. But yeah, it's a sad end for a once glorious motion picture company.
When I go back and do 1930 to 1939, you will see how much more prolific the studio was in its earliest days. Looking forward to it. It's amazing what damage Howard Hughes' personal insecurities and idiosyncrasies did to hasten the demise. |
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