The unsuccessful writer Stephen Byrne tries to force his servant Emily Gaunt sexually while his wife Marjorie Byrne is visiting a friend and accidentally strangles her. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Art of Burlesque (1950) Lawrence Raimond, Charles Crafts, Carl Princi, Cheyenne
At Striptease College, aspiring strippers are taught their craft by Prof. Stringheimer. Read More »
Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953) Mikio Naruse, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata Read More »
Battle of Roses (1950) Mikio Naruse, Kuniko Miyake, Setsuko Wakayama, Yôko Katsuragi
In Japan, after the death of Mr. Masago, her wife Satomi Masago loses the family’s company “Lily Cosmetic” Read More »
All Ashore (1953) Richard Quine, Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, Peggy Ryan
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls. Read More »
She’s Back on Broadway (1953) Gordon Douglas, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Frank Lovejoy
When Catherine Terris’s career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs…Broadway! Read More »
Teresa (1951) Fred Zinnemann, Pier Angeli, John Ericson, Patricia Collinge
A reluctant soldier, Peter, serves in Italy during WWII. He marries a local girl named Teresa and brings her to the US. Read More »
The Restless Years (1958) Helmut Käutner, John Saxon, Sandra Dee, Teresa Wright
Will Henderson is the new boy at the high school. He befriends outcast Melinda Grant, whose illegitimacy marks her and her unstable mother. Read More »
Count Three and Pray (1955) George Sherman, Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey
This laid-back western manages to deliver a full quota of action, an agreeable dash of sentiment, and quite a few three-dimensional characterizations. Read More »
Smoke Signal (1955) Jerry Hopper, Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie, Rex Reason
Capt. Harper’s cavalry patrol returns to the fort to find it besieged by Ute Indians. Read More »
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) Raoul Walsh, Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie
Set in the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Read More »
Mystery Junction (1951) Michael McCarthy, Sydney Tafler, Barbara Murray, Martin Benson
Larry Gordon, well-known crime writer, is on a train journey when a scream is heard. Read More »
Hell and High Water (1954) Samuel Fuller, Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition Read More »
Sunday in August (1950) Luciano Emmer, Anna Baldini, Vera Carmi, Emilio Cigoli
The plot weaves several episodes with several groups of people, Roman families, youth gangs and young love couples, who spend a Sunday at the beach of Ostia. Read More »
Magnificent Obsession (1954) Douglas Sirk, Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
Reckless playboy Robert Merrick (Rock Hudson) is in a boat accident, and his condition requires a resuscitator to save his life. Read More »