1 9 5 6 - January to June 'Os 7 samurais' / 'Les diaboliques' / 'Rose tatoo'

29 January 1956 - Roman Vignoli Barreto's 'Chico Viola não morreu' with Cyl Farney playing late singer Francisco Alves who died tragically in an automobile crash on 27 September 1952.

15 February 1956 - Carlos Manga's 'Vamos com calma' with Oscarito, Eliana & Cyl Farney...

29 January 1956 - Akira Kurosawa's 'Os 7 Samuarais' (Shichinin no Samurai) opens at 'regular' movie-houses - instead of being shown at the usual Japanese outlets.

2nd April 1956 - Allied Artists' 'A morte do fantasma' (Tonight's the night) with David Niven, Yvonne de Carlo & Barry Fitzgerald. 

2nd April 1956 (from 'A Gazeta Esportiva) Lisboa Filme's 'Serra Brava' with Antonio de Souza, Juvenal de Araujo, Arminda Vidal & Sacramento, having originally opened in Lisbon on 13 May 1948, comes back to Cine Paratodos screen after 8 years.

8 April 1956 - Victor Lima's 'O grande pintor' with Ankito, Violeta Ferraz, Carlos Tova & Margot Morel.

15 April 1956 - Ruben Biáfora, the cinema columnist for OESP writes his review of H.G. Clouzot's seminal 'Les diaboliques'. 

15 April 1956 - The lives, loves & vicissitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the 20th century are played out in this drama with songs. According to Wikipedia: 'La cabalgata del circo' es la trayectoria de un circo criollo a lo largo de los años narrada a través de la historia de los hermanos Roberto (Hugo del Carril) y Nita Arletty (Libertad Lamarque). It was premiered in 1945, but subsequently banned by Juan Domingo Perón when he came to power. His wife Eva Duarte Perón had a minor role in it. As soon as Perón was deposed in 1955, they unburied the flick to cash in on the new times. In São Paulo it was shown at Cine Opera, a popular Spanish language outlet.

Eva Duarte (future Evita Perón) & Libertad Lamarque (future Abuela Piedad)...

3rd June 1956 - Hecht-Lancaster's 1955 production 'Marty' is back all over again after having won the Academy Awards as best picture, best actor for Ernest Borgnine, best direction and best story...

3rd June 1956 - Portuguese movie 'O grande Elias' at Cine Paratodos. Released originally in 1950. Wikipedia says: 'O grande Elias' é considerado um dos últimos grandes sucessos do auge do cinema português, sendo ainda bem popular em Portugal hoje, assim como outros filmes de sucesso do ex- ator da UFA Arthur Duarte. 'Panther girl of the Kongo' is the Republic Serial at Cine São Bento. 

 

 

10 June 1956 - Tennessee Williams' 'Rose Tatoo' (A Rosa tatuada) finally opens at Cines Art Palacio and Opera. Anna Magnani won an Academy Award for her role.