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Bus Stop 1950s Western comedy: Lisa’s Home Bijou

August 2, 2019 by Lisa Grable 3 Comments

Bus Stop (1956) is a Broadway play by William Inge brought to the screen. With Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray. Fun at the Phoenix rodeo! Lisa's Home Bijou

Film Festival: William Inge stories Bus Stop (1956) opens with Virgil (Arthur O’Connell) and Bo (Don Murray) practicing steer wrestling for the rodeo in beautiful Montana. Bo is the very young owner of the ranch and Virgil is his top hand. They get on a bus to ride from Montana to Phoenix for the big…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1956, Broadway play, Bus Stop, classic films, Don Murray, Joshua Logan, Lisa's Home Bijou, Marilyn Monroe, Phoenix rodeo, William Inge

Picnic a Kansas summer romance: Lisa’s Home Bijou

June 14, 2019 by Lisa Grable 2 Comments

Picnic (1956) is a drama based on William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize winning play. With Kim Novak, William Holden, and Rosalind Russell. Beautifully filmed in Kansas. Lisa's Home Bijou

Film Festival: William Inge As Picnic (1956) opens, a young man (William Holden) rides into town on a boxcar in the early morning. He’s dusty and dirty and he cleans himself up in the mill race. He wanders through the backyards and picks a back door to knock on. Mrs. Potts offers him food, after…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1956, classic films, Kansas, Kim Novak, Lisa's Home Bijou, Picnic, Rosalind Russell, William Holden, William Inge

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

June 16, 2017 by Lisa Grable 4 Comments

Hugh Marlowe is a serious rocket scientist who attracts alien attention. Ray Harryhausen special effects destroy Washington. Lisa's Home Bijou: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

Film Festival: Science Fiction in the 1950s Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) was the first movie that Ray Harryhausen used stop motion animation on flying saucers. Alien invasion films became a staple during the 1950s and this film is a classic! “As a result, headquarters of the Hemispheric Defense Command in Colorado Springs issued…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1956, classic films, flying saucers, Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Lisa's Home Bijou, Ray Harryhausen, science fiction, UFOs, Washington DC

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Forbidden Planet

June 2, 2017 by Lisa Grable 2 Comments

Robby the Robot lives on Altair IV with Anne Lloyd Francis and Walter Pidgeon. Leslie Nielsen lands to cause a Tempest. Lisa's Home Bijou: Forbidden Planet (1956)

Film Festival: Science Fiction in the 1950s Forbidden Planet (1956) was the first big budget sci-fi film. Rather than aliens invading the earth or monsters from nuclear testing, this film takes place completely on another planet, Altair IV. The score was composed electronically by a couple from Greenwich Village and makes for some very eery…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1956, A. Arnold Gillespie, Altair 4, Anne Lloyd Francis, classic films, electronic music, Leslie Nielsen, Lisa's Home Bijou, Robby the Robot, science fiction, The Tempest, Walter Pidgeon

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Lisa Grable, Casa BouquetI’m an educator, grandmother, classic movie fan, sewer and crafter, and I love Hawaii. Read more about me …

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