https://shotonwhat.com/1955 The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:58:38 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/confidential-report-1955 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:27:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/confidential-report-1955
Director: Orson Welles
Cinematographer: Jean Bourgoin
An elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold-war European landscape. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/to-catch-a-thief-1955 Thu, 16 May 2024 16:17:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/to-catch-a-thief-1955
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/killers-kiss-1955 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 01:53:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/killers-kiss-1955
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cinematographer: Stanley Kubrick
Ready to catch a train to his hometown, a washed up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-learns-to-drive-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:03:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-learns-to-drive-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy insists in learning to drive the new car so she can help with the driving on the way to California. After one bad lesson, she tries teaching Ethel how to drive. Ethel ends up wrecking the car before it has insurance. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-california-here-we-come-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:03:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-california-here-we-come-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
The Ricardos and Mertzes begin their cross-country drive to California. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-first-stop-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:03:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-first-stop-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
The when the gang is traveling through Ohio, the stop at a diner and motel run by a man who takes advantage of them. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-ethels-hometown-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:02:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-ethels-hometown-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
The gang arrives in Ethel's hometown of Albequerque, New Mexico, where the locals are under the impression that she, and not Ricky, has been hired to star in a Hollywood movie. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-tennessee-bound-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:02:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-tennessee-bound-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
After getting lost and ending up south in Tennessee, the Ricardos and Mertzes get arrested for speeding and Tennessee Ernie Ford helped them escape, to continue their trip west, to California. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-hollywood-at-last-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:02:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-hollywood-at-last-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
When the Ricardos and the Mertzes arrive in Hollywood, Lucy goes to the Brown Derby restaurant where her sighting of William Holden turns catastrophic. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-don-juan-and-the-starlets-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:02:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-don-juan-and-the-starlets-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
The studio makes Ricky do movie publicity with four starlets, leaving Lucy alone. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-gets-into-pictures-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:02:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-gets-into-pictures-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy gets a bit part in a movie, but has a problem with the costume. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-fashion-show-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:01:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-fashion-show-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy models fashions with other celebrities' wives. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-hedda-hopper-story-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:01:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-hedda-hopper-story-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy appears in Hedda Hopper's gossip column. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-bullfight-dance-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:01:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-bullfight-dance-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy blackmails Ricky to get a role on a national TV show, but the part isn't exactly what she expected. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-don-juan-is-shelved-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:01:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-don-juan-is-shelved-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
When Variety reports that M-G-M has shelved its "Don Juan" movie, Lucy is afraid that she and the gang might have to leave Hollywood. She schemes to find a man to pretend to be a producer ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-star-upstairs-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:01:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-star-upstairs-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
When Lucy learns that Cornel Wilde is staying in the penthouse upstairs, she poses as the bellboy to try and get in to meet him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-hollywood-anniversary-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:00:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-hollywood-anniversary-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Ricky can't remember the date of their anniversary. He calls Western Union at 3am, sending a wire to the head of the license bureau in Greenwich, CT for the date. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-and-harpo-marx-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:00:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-and-harpo-marx-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
The gang meets Harpo Marx and Lucy does the famous 'mirror' routine with him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-dancing-star-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:00:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-dancing-star-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy gets to dance with Van Johnson. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-in-palm-springs-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:00:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-in-palm-springs-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
After having a fight with Ricky and Fred, Lucy and Ethel go to Palm Springs. They meet Rock Hudson there, who helps get everyone back together. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-ricky-needs-an-agent-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:00:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-ricky-needs-an-agent-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy is frustrated that Ricky is waiting in Hollywood while MGM tries to find a movie for him to star in. She pretends to be his new agent and confronts the MGM brass, saying he has an ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-tour-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:00:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-tour-1955
Director: William Asher
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy gets stranded in Richard Widmark's house after trying to steal a grapefruit from a tree in his backyard. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-visits-graumans-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:59:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-visits-graumans-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy complains that she doesn't have nearly enough Hollywood souvenirs, a statement with which Ricky takes issue. When she and Ethel go to the Grauman's Chinese Theater, they notice that ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-and-john-wayne-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:59:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-and-john-wayne-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
To avoid bad publicity for the upcoming opening of his Don Juan movie Ricky calls Grauman's Chinese Theater to explain how John Wayne's footprints went missing. The manager of Grauman's ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-and-the-dummy-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:59:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-and-the-dummy-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy receives a phone call from M-G-M asking Ricky if he wants to perform in a show for the executives. Lucy says that he'll do it if she can perform with him. Ricky won't perform in the ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-great-train-robbery-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:59:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-great-train-robbery-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
On the trip back to New York, Lucy learns a jewel thief is on the train. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-ricky-sells-the-car-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:59:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-ricky-sells-the-car-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
While the gang is in Hollywood, Ricky sells the car. The Mertzes are afraid they are going to be stuck in California. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-homecoming-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:58:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-homecoming-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
The Ricardos arrive home in New York where Ricky enjoys fame and adulation. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-ricardos-are-interviewed-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:58:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-ricardos-are-interviewed-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
An interview on national TV brings up the subject of the Ricardos moving into a fancier apartment. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-goes-to-the-rodeo-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:58:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-lucy-goes-to-the-rodeo-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy works on a rodeo act to fill in for Ricky at the talent show for Fred's lodge. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-nursery-school-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:58:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-nursery-school-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Little Ricky is sent to nursery school and gets tonsillitis. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-rickys-european-booking-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:57:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-rickys-european-booking-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Ricky can't take Lucy on his European tour, so Lucy and Ethel hold a raffle to earn money so they can go. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-passports-1955 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:57:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/i-love-lucy-the-passports-1955
Director: James V. Kern
Cinematographer: Karl Freund
Lucy won't be able to go to Europe if she can't find her birth certificate. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/alibabhavum-narpathu-thirudargalum-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:52:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/alibabhavum-narpathu-thirudargalum-1955
Director: T.R. Sundaram
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-desperate-hours-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:23:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-desperate-hours-1955
Director: William Wyler
Cinematographer: Lee Garmes
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-trouble-with-harry-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:21:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-trouble-with-harry-1955
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Robert Burks
The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and everyone seems to have a different idea of what should be done with his body. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/marty-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:06:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/marty-1955
Director: Delbert Mann
Cinematographer: Joseph LaShelle
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-night-of-the-hunter-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:48:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-night-of-the-hunter-1955
Director: Charles Laughton
Cinematographer: Stanley Cortez
A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-seven-year-itch-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:47:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-seven-year-itch-1955
Director: Billy Wilder
Cinematographer: Milton R. Krasner
When his family goes away for the summer, a so far faithful husband is tempted by a beautiful neighbor. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/lola-montes-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:58:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/lola-montes-1955
Director: Max Ophüls
Cinematographer: Christian Matras
Biopic of adventurer Lola Montès who ends up as a circus attraction after being romantically involved with famous European men. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/house-of-bamboo-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:34:17 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/house-of-bamboo-1955
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cinematographer: Joseph MacDonald
Planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate, a U.S. Army Investigator attempts to probe the coinciding death of a fellow Army official. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-girl-in-the-red-velvet-swing-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:21:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-girl-in-the-red-velvet-swing-1955
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cinematographer: Milton R. Krasner
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is the true story of Evelyn Nesbit Shaw, a beautiful showgirl caught in a love triangle with elderly architect Stanford White and eccentric young millionaire Harry K. Thaw. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/pather-panchali-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 15:10:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/pather-panchali-1955
Director: Satyajit Ray
Cinematographer: Subrata Mitra
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/daddy-long-legs-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:39:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/daddy-long-legs-1955
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cinematographer: Leon Shamroy
On a trip to France, millionaire Jervis Pendleton sees an 18 year old girl in an orphanage. Enchanted with her, but mindful of the difference in their ages, he sponsors her to college in ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-tall-men-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:52:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-tall-men-1955
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-racers-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:45:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-racers-1955
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cinematographer: Joseph MacDonald
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:35:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing-1955
Director: Henry King, Otto Lang
Cinematographer: Leon Shamroy
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-court-jester-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:35:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-court-jester-1955
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cinematographer: Ray June, Ray Rennahan
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful king. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/seven-cities-of-gold-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 11:23:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/seven-cities-of-gold-1955
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cinematographer: Lucien Ballard
In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/soldier-of-fortune-1955 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:56:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/soldier-of-fortune-1955
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
When Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears in the 1950s China she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee. ]]>