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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Gambler from Natchez (1954) Henry Levin, Dale Robertson, Debra Paget, Thomas Gomez
Returning to New Orleans, following four years of army service in Texas in the 1840s Read More »
The Axe of Wandsbek (1951) Falk Harnack, Erwin Geschonneck, Käthe Braun, Gefion Helmke
After a crime is committed during the Nazi era in the Reeperbahn area of Hamburg, the aspiring local leader Read More »
Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) Raoul Walsh, Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix
In 1674, “reformed” pirate Sir Henry Morgan is a high official in Jamaica, but Edward Maynard hopes to win a large reward by proving Morgan still dabbles in piracy. Read More »
April Love (1957) Henry Levin, Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Dolores Michaels
Chicagoan Nick Conover received a suspended sentence for being caught joyriding in a stolen car, with his driver’s license suspended indefinitely. Read More »
South Seas Adventure (1958) Carl Dudley, Richard Goldstone, Diane Beardmore, Marlene Lizzio, Tommy Zahn
The fifth in a series of Cinerama travelogues—and not a Documentary since the vast majority of the film, aside from the scenery, is comprised of fictional stories. Read More »
Seven Wonders of the World (1956) Tay Garnett, Paul Mantz, Lowell Thomas, Claude Dauphin
Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience to try to update the ancient Greek list of “Seven Wonders of the World.” Read More »
The Sleeping Tiger (1954) Joseph Losey, Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox
A psychotherapist attempts to rehabilitate a convict in his home after he breaks in. Read More »
Tom Browns Schooldays (1951) Gordon Parry, John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, James Hayter
A faithful rendition of the Thomas Hughes book of life at the famed Rugby School for Boys in 1834, when Dr. Thomas Arnold Read More »
When in Rome (1952) Clarence Brown, Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia
An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest. Read More »
Le cas du Docteur Laurent (1957) Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel, Silvia Monfort
A not-so-young doctor tries to explain to women of the fifties(in a small village in the mountain) that painless childbirth is possible Read More »
Age Of Nudity (1959) Seijun Suzuki, Keiichirô Akagi, Kyôko Hori, Bokuzen Hidari
The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. Read More »
Rough Shoot (1953) Robert Parrish, Joel McCrea, Laurence Naismith, Denis Lehrer
U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Robert Taine and his wife Cecily live in a village in England. Read More »
The Man Behind the Gun (1953) Felix E. Feist, Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson
Posing as a schoolteacher, undercover government agent Ransome Callicut arrives in 1850’s California to gather intelligence Read More »
Search for Paradise (1957) Otto Lang, James S. Parker, Lowell Thomas, Christopher Young
“Join Lowell Thomas and follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo” in this new, digital restoration of SEARCH FOR PARADISE Read More »