#1956.film

[lifewithaview]

Shake, Rattle & Rock (1956)

A group of concerned adults try to ban rock and roll music in their town because they think that the music promotes juvenile delinquency. It's now up to a disc jockey and a hipster to defend the music in a televised trial. The movie also features several rock and roll performances, most notably from Fats Domino.

[inthedarktrees]

Patty McCormack & Nancy Kelly in The Bad Seed (1956)

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe filming a scene from ‘Bus Stop’ (1956). Photo by Milton Greene. 

[voguefashion]

Diana Dors at the 9th annual Cannes Film Festival, 1956.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Animal World - View-Master (1956)

[20th-century-man]

Elizabeth Taylor / on the set of George Stevens’s Giant (1956) / photo by Peter Basch.

[persephone-nymph]

James Dean on the set of Giant (dir. George Stevens, 1956)

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Pasqua in Sicilia (Vittorio de Seta, 1956)

[shihlun]

Han Hyeong-mo

- Madame Freedom

1956

[stillunusual]

Classic Polish movie posters - MOBY DICK

Directed by: John Huston (1956)

[of-fear-and-love]

Hotel interiors from Written on the Wind (1956)

Art direction by Robert Clatworthy, Alexander Golitzen Set decoration by Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron

[mudwerks]

(via Film Noir Photos: Reflections: Carol Ohmart)

The Scarlet Hour (1956)

[gameraboy2]

Nelson Leigh attacked by a "mutate" in World Without End (1956)

[voguefashion]

Grace Kelly in High Society (1956). Grace is wearing her engagement ring, a 10.5-carat, emerald-cut, diamond flanked by two baguettes given to her by Prince Rainier of Monaco whom she married after this film. Costume designed by Helen Rose, who would also design her wedding dress.

[queer-cinephile]

30 Days of Classic Queer Hollywood

Day 28: James Dean (1931 - 1955)

"No, I am not a homosexual. But I'm also not going to go through life with one hand tied behind my back." - James Dean when asked about his sexuality

James "Jimmy" Dean was one of the most iconic actors of the 20th century. Despite only starring in 3 films (East of Eden (1955), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and Giant (1956)), he is one of the most recognizable actors of his time.

This lasting fame is largely due to the fact that he died in a car crash in 1955 at the age of 24, just as he was reaching stardom. He became the only actor to receive two posthumous Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of the Classic Hollywood.

James Dean was a bisexual man. He had relationships with many women, including model Pier Angeli and actresses Liz Sheridan, Barbara Glenn, Ursula Andress, and Beverly Wills. He reportedly had private liaisons with men including Marlon Brando, radio director Rogers Bracket, writer William Bast, and director Bob Stevens.

He was relatively open about this with his costars and coworkers. Nicholas Ray, the director of Rebel Without a Cause (1955), is on record as saying:

"James Dean was not straight, he was not gay, he was bisexual... Jimmy himself said more than once that he swung both ways, so why all the mystery or confusion?"

[20th-century-man]

Marilyn Monroe / publicity photo for Joshua Logan’s Bus Stop (1956)