The Ten Favorite Films of 1956
1 — Gregory Peck and John Huston attempted the impossible in producing this film, Moby Dick, although its subject is not new, for certain producers have taken it up before, depicting in it the struggle between man and the monsters of the sea. In this new production, however, the events revolve around the eternal struggle between man and fate, and also the struggle between man and himself.
2 — Bhowani Junction: A ruddy-skinned Indian girl whose heart is pulled between three men — so Ava Gardner appears amid the captivating Pakistani scenery, with Stewart Granger as a rough but attractive young man.
3 — War & Peace: The subject of this film is taken from "War and Peace" by Dostoevsky. It is in itself a long, many-branched story, and the directors suffered certain difficulties in adapting it and producing it in the form in which it appeared on the screen. As for Audrey Hepburn, who plays the lead in this film alongside Mel Ferrer and Henry Fonda, she has become Natasha herself in figure and temperament. It is one of the most successful films in its photography of scenes of war.
4 — Bus Stop: Don Murray [...] a herdsman, one of the cowboys [...] a comic film that shows the ability of [...] the comic as well!
5 — The Giant: The story [...] the Benedict family, as [...] Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor [...] the value of this production rests on the skill [...] also, on the appeal for tolerance [...]
6 — The August Moon [...] East and West. In it appears [...] having strayed a little from his calm [...] with