Roman Holiday (1953) is an immensely popular and irresistible romantic comedy from Paramount Pictures, Directed and produced by William Wyler. Stars Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert. Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and John Dighton. Music: Georges Auric and Victor Young (uncredited). Cinematography by Henri Alekan, Franz Planer. Edited by Robert Swink. Academy Awards went to Hepburn for Best Actress, Dalton Trumbo for Best Writing Motion Picture and Edith Head for Best Costume Design. In 1953 Dalton Trumbo was on the Hollywood Blacklist and did not receive a credit; instead, writer Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him. Trumbo's credit was reinstated in 1993 but full screenwriting credit was finally restored by the Writers Guild of America in 2011. Blacklisted director Bernard Vorhaus also worked on the film as an assistant director under a pseudonym. The film was shot at the Cinecitta Studios and on location around Rome. In 1999, Roman Holiday was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im6DcZJ0g1c

"Rock-A-Bye Baby" (1958) is a favorite of Jerry Lewis fans. Paramount Pictures Presents in VistaVision and Technicolor. Produced by Jerry Lewis and Directed by multi-talented screenwriter, animator, cartoonist for Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks and Warner Bros. - comedy director Frank Tashlin. The film is loosely based on the Preston Sturges' feature "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" (1944). Stars Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Reginald Gardiner, Hans Conried, James Gleason, Salvatore Baccaloni. Catchy songs by Harry Warren and Sammy Cahn with a very nice musical score by Walter Scharf. The film has bit parts with two of the original Keystone Kops, Hank Mann and Chester Conklin. Jerry Lewis' son Gary Lewis plays "Clayton Poole" as a boy in a fantasy sequence. A picture of comedian Jack Benny was used as a photograph of "Carlos", the Mexican bullfighter that Carla married, and the father of her triplets. Lewis sung songs include "Rock-a-Bye Baby", "The Land of La-La-La" (with son Gary), "Love Is a Lonely Thing", Dormi, Dormi, Dormi (Sleep-Sleep-Sleep)" (with Salvatore Baccaloni), "Rock My Baby, Rock", "Why Can't He Care for Me?" sung by Connie Stevens, "The White Virgin of the Nile" sung by Marilyn Maxwell ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4rqD1IcQxg

Rare Special Extended Trailer made in 1956 announcing the upcoming release of Paramount Pictures and Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments". Extended trailer - really a mini documentary - is introduced by its passionate producer-director Cecil B. DeMille. Highly unusual lengthy feature film promotional screened in movie theaters months before the movie was released. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT1L1fkFRpA

Perhaps the most intelligent well executed sci-fi film of all time. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) (a.k.a. Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World). From 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. The film stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, and Sam Jaffe. Screenplay: Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates. Music Composer: Bernard Herrmann. The film's storyline involves a humanoid alien visitor named Klaatu that comes to Earth, accompanied by a powerful eight-foot tall robot, Gort, to deliver an important message that will affect the entire human race. In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PQrDgUmjRI