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Tag Archives: 1950s
Moulin Rouge (1952) John Huston, José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Colette Marchand
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. Read More »
Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser (1957) Gerhard Klein, Ekkehard Schall, Ilse Pagé, Ernst-Georg Schwill
The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Read More »
Terror at Midnight (1956) Franklin Adreon, Scott Brady, Joan Vohs, Frank Faylen
Neal Rickards (Scott Brady, a young police detective is investigating a big interstate hot-car racket. Read More »
The Jazz Singer (1952) Michael Curtiz, Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Eduard Franz
Jerry dreams to become a famous jazz singer. But in order to accomplish that, he must defy his father, a Jewish Cantor, who is opposed to such dream as a future for his son. Read More »
Wetbacks (1956) Hank McCune, Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, Barton MacLane
About to lose his sole possession, his boat, for lack of payments, ex- Coast Guardsman Jim Benson takes a gamble on a fishing charter Read More »
Bitter Victory (1957) Nicholas Ray, Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman
In North Africa during World War II, Major David Brand is assigned to lead a British commando raid into German-held Benghazi Read More »
Time Table (1956) Mark Stevens, King Calder, Felicia Farr
As a train speeds through the Arizona night, a man posing as a physician holds up the baggage-car crew and escapes with a $500,000 payroll. Read More »
Those Days (1954) Sundaram Balachander, Shivaji Ganesan, Pandharibai, Jawar N. Sitaraman
The night after the Japanese bombing of Madras, Rajan (Sivaji Ganesan) a radio engineer, is murdered while preparing to leave town with a bag full of cash. Read More »
Bellissima (1951) Luchino Visconti, Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daugther to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. Read More »
Slander (1957) Roy Rowland, Van Johnson, Ann Blyth, Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran plays the slick, debonair owner of a notorious gossip magazine who is anxious to break a big scandal to reverse a recent decline in sales. Read More »
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) Arthur Lubin, Ginger Rogers, Barry Nelson, Carol Channing
At the turn of the century Rose and ex-showbiz friend Molly get involved in selling steel. Read More »
Lake of the Dead (1958) Kåre Bergstrøm, André Bjerke, Bjørg Engh, Henki Kolstad
A group of friends travel to a cabin in the Norwegian forest. It’s a rumor that at night a crazy man can be heard screaming at a lake nearby the cabin. Read More »
The Great Adventure (1953) Arne Sucksdorff, Anders Nohrborg, Kjell Sucksdorff
A vixen mother invades a chicken coop to provide food for her cubs. She continues to raid the coop until she is shot by a farmer. Read More »
Spin a Dark Web (1956) Vernon Sewell, Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson
A Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. Read More »