Video: 'This is Cinerama' trailer
(Tuesday, September 30, 1952) — The motion picture This Is Cinerama, which introduced the triple-camera, triple-projector Cinerama widescreen process, premiered today at the New York Broadway theatre in New York City.
Directed by Merian C. Cooper, the film is narrated by travel writer and newscaster Lowell Thomas.
Video: 'High Noon' trailer
(Thursday, July 24, 1952) — High Noon, a Western film that tells in real time the story of a town marshal forced to face a gang of killers by himself, premiered today at the Mayfair theater in New York City.
The film was directed by Fred Zinnemann and stars Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. It won four Academy Awards, including Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gary Cooper), Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, and Best Music, Song.
Video: 'Ivanhoe' trailer
(Tuesday, June 12, 1952) — A Royal premiere was held today in London for Ivanhoe, a film about a noble knight torn between his fair lady and a beautiful Jew.
The film was directed by Richard Thorpe and stars Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine and George Sanders.
Video: 'The Quiet Man' trailer
(Wednesday, June 6, 1952) — The Quiet Man, a romantic comedy-drama film about a retired American boxer who returns to the village where he was born in Ireland and finds love, opened today in Dublin and London.
The film was directed by John Ford and stars John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Victor McLaglen and Barry Fitzgerald. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning Best Director and Best Cinematography.
(Thursday, March 20, 1952) — An American In Paris, a musical about an American artist who finds love in Paris but almost loses it to conflicting loyalties, was named Best Picture of 1951 tonight at the 24th Academy Awards at RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Continue reading ‘An American In Paris’ wins Best Picture at 24th Academy Awards 60 years ago today (1952)
(Tuesday, March 4, 1952) — Ronald Reagan, 41, and Nancy Davis, 30, were married today in a simple ceremony designed to avoid the press at the Little Brown Church in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.
The only people in attendance were actor William Holden, the best man, and his wife, actress Brenda Marshall, the matron of honor.
Video: 'The Greatest Show on Earth' trailer
(Thursday, January 10, 1952) — The Greatest Show on Earth, a drama film set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, premiered today in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ premieres in New York 60 years ago today (1952)
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An American in Paris (1951) Trailer
(Sunday, August 26, 1951) — An American in Paris, a MGM musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin, premiered tonight in London. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Georges Guetary and Oscar Levant, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fm6sa_L5_4
'A Place In The Sun' - Trailer [1951]
(Tuesday, August 14, 1951) — A Place in the Sun, a film which tells the story of a working-class young man who is entangled with two women, premiered tonight in Los Angeles. It was directed by George Stevens and stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, and Raymond Burr.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAGKI0FMnfA
Strangers on a Train (1951) - (Original Trailer)
(Saturday, June 30, 1951) — Strangers on a Train, an American psychological thriller produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released today by Warner Bros. The film stars Farley Granger, Ruth Roman and Robert Walker, and features Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock and Laura Elliott.
