July 5, 1956 –
MGM released boxer Rocky Grazaiano’s film biography, Somebody Up There Likes Me, starring Paul Newman and Pier Angeli on this date.
Originally, the movie was to be filmed on-location in New York City in Technicolor with James Dean in the lead role. However, after James Dean’s death, it was decided the film should be in black and white, and filmed on studio sets. Director Robert Wise felt the sets looked very fake, and only used them for night scenes, while filming the daytime scenes on-location.
The Haus of Dcaligari 