| 1954 horror film about giant ants | 33 |
| 1954 Kurosawa classic, with "The" | 43 |
| 1954 Literature Nobelist, informally | 36 |
| 1954 Maxwell Anderson play, with "The" | 48 |
| 1954 Oscar winner ___ Marie Saint | 33 |
| 1954 PGA's leading money winner | 35 |
| 1954 physics co-Nobelist Walther | 32 |
| 1954 sci-fi film with giant ants | 32 |
| 1954 song with a repeating title | 32 |
| 1954 title role for Audrey Hepburn | 34 |
| 1954 war comedy "Francis Joins the ___" | 49 |
| 1955 #1 hit by Tennessee Ernie Ford | 35 |
| 1955 'Arabian Nights' adventure film | 44 |
| 1955 "book for precocious grown-ups" | 46 |
| 1955 "Fifty Million Times _____" | 42 |
| 1955 Best Actress Oscar winner Anna | 35 |
| 1955 Best Musical winner, with "The" | 46 |
| 1955 Best Picture nominee, with "The" | 47 |
| 1955 Best Picture starring Ernest Borgnine | 42 |
| 1955 Burt Lancaster film with The | 37 |
| 1955 costar of James and Natalie | 32 |
| 1955 Disney animated film featuring Darling Dear | 48 |
| 1955 film based on a Steinbeck novel | 36 |
| 1955 film starring Doris Day and James Cagney | 45 |
| 1955 film with a famous spaghetti scene | 39 |
| 1955 Fred Astaire/Leslie Caron musical | 38 |
| 1955 Gloria Grahame musical role | 32 |
| 1955 Graham Greene novel, with "The" | 46 |
| 1955 Hitchcock film with Cary Grant | 35 |
| 1955 Magnani film with ''The'' | 46 |
| 1955 merger participant, for short | 34 |
| 1955 musical version of "Cinderella" | 46 |
| 1955 novel made into a 1962 film | 32 |
| 1955 novel that was made into 1962 and 1997 films | 49 |
| 1955 Preakness and Belmont winner | 33 |
| 1955 Preakness winner or city on the Merrimack | 46 |
| 1955 Thunderbird seating capacity | 33 |
| 1955 title role voiced by Barbara Luddy | 39 |
| 1955 Tony winner for "Quadrille" | 42 |
| 1955 Wimbledon and U.S. Open champ | 34 |
| 1955-67 Arkansas governor Faubus | 32 |
| 1956 crime drama (with ''The'') | 47 |
| 1956 Deborah Kerr/John Kerr drama | 33 |
| 1956 Dr. Seuss book about ill-conceived plans | 45 |
| 1956 film based on "The Tempest" | 42 |
| 1956 Four Lads hit "___ Much!" | 40 |
| 1956 Glenn Ford film remade in 1996 | 35 |
| 1956 hit song, to a letter writer? | 34 |
| 1956 hit, "Since ___ You Baby" | 40 |
| 1956 Hitchcock thriller starring James Stewart | 46 |
| 1956 Ingrid Bergman/Yul Brynner film | 36 |
| 1956 Lasker Medical Research Award recipient | 44 |
| 1956 Literature Nobelist Juan Ramón ___ | 42 |
| 1956 movie starring John and Deborah Kerr | 41 |
| 1956 Olympic skiing sensation ___ Sailer | 40 |
| 1956 Oscar-winning title role for Ingrid Bergman | 48 |
| 1956 Pidgeon/Francis space movie | 32 |
| 1956 Rookie of the Year Aparicio | 32 |
| 1956 short-story collection by Eudora Welty | 43 |
| 1956 vice-presidential candidate Kefauver | 41 |
| 1956 Walter Pidgeon sci-fi classic | 34 |
| 1956 western "The Proud _____" | 40 |
| 1956 World Series perfect game pitcher | 38 |
| 1957 #1 R&B hit for Chuck Willis | 36 |
| 1957 "Auntie Mame" Tony winner Peggy | 46 |
| 1957 "E-Day" introduction | 35 |
| 1957 and 1958 Wimbledon and U.S. Open winner | 44 |
| 1957 Best Supporting Actress Miyoshi ___ | 40 |
| 1957 Elia Kazan film (with "A") | 41 |
| 1957 film based on "Macbeth" | 38 |
| 1957 film featuring the subject of this puzzle | 46 |
| 1957 filmic interpretation of “Macbeth” | 47 |
| 1957 Fonda/Cobb courtroom drama? | 32 |
| 1957 French Nobelist in literature | 34 |
| 1957 Henry Fonda film, with "The" | 43 |
| 1957 hit for Buddy Holly and the Crickets | 41 |
| 1957 hit for the Bobbettes (ELMER anagram) | 42 |
| 1957 Jack Webb film set on Parris Island | 40 |
| 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis song for tree fanciers? | 44 |
| 1957 Joanne Woodward film, with "The" | 47 |
| 1957 movie starring Red as Joe Kelly | 36 |
| 1957 Physics Nobelist Tsung-___ Lee | 35 |
| 1957 Sondheim/Bernstein musical number | 38 |
| 1957 Woodward/Cobb drama? (with "The") | 48 |
| 1958 Best Picture, and this puzzle's title | 46 |
| 1958 best seller set in Southeast Asia | 38 |
| 1958 Brazilian World Cup sensation | 34 |
| 1958 chiller (with "The") | 35 |
| 1958 chiller, with "The" | 34 |
| 1958 Elizabeth Taylor/Paul Newman drama | 39 |
| 1958 film with the song "The Parisians" | 49 |
| 1958 hit by Little Anthony and the Imperials | 44 |
| 1958 hit that wondered who wrote its title | 42 |
| 1958 hit whose B-side was "La Bamba" | 46 |
| 1958 Jerry Lewis film, with "The" | 43 |
| 1958 movie chiller, with "The" | 40 |
| 1958 No. 1 hit for the Silhouettes | 34 |
| 1958 Oscar winner for "The Big Country" | 49 |
| 1958 Oscar winner for Best Original Song | 40 |
| 1958 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction | 38 |