Isabelle, the daughter of multimillionaire Frank Lindstrom, chooses to marry Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
A Parisian Woman AKA Une parisienne (1957) Michel Boisrond, Charles Boyer, Henri Vidal, Brigitte Bardot
The President of France’s daughter falls for her father’s attaché and asks to be his mistress. Read More »
Sea of Lost Ships (1953) Joseph Kane, John Derek, Wanda Hendrix, Walter Brennan
The son of a deceased Coast Guard hero is raised by a Coast Guard NCO, who also has a son the same age. Read More »
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon AKA La balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde (1950) Carlos Hugo Christensen, Arturo de Córdova, Virginia Luque, América Barrio
A Captain with a mistress at another port leaves his wife on a routine trip with his son. Read More »
That Woman Opposite (1957) Compton Bennett, Phyllis Kirk, Dan O’Herlihy, Wilfrid Hyde-White
A series of daring robberies has taken place on Rue des Anges, a quiet street in the town of La Bandelette. Read More »
Cellulose AKA Celuloza (1954) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Józef Nowak, Stanislaw Milski, Zbigniew Skowronski
A common worker tells a communist activist the story of his turbulent life Read More »
An Actor’s Revenge AKA Yukinojo Henge (1959) Masahiro Makino, Hashizo Okawa, Chikage Awashima, Keiko Okawa
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo’s kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata Read More »
Sunset Blvd. (1950) Billy Wilder, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
In early-1950s Hollywood, obscure screenplay-writer Joe Gillis is unable to sell his work to the studios Read More »
To Please a Lady (1950) Clarence Brown, Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou
Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made Read More »
That Is the Dawn AKA Cela s’appelle l’aurore (1956) Luis Buñuel, Georges Marchal, Lucia Bosé, Julien Bertheau
The wife of a physician who diligently cares for the poor, grows weary of their dull South France factory town Read More »
Guilty Bystander (1950) Joseph Lerner, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland
An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an even scuzzier part of town Read More »
Another Man’s Poison (1951) Irving Rapper, Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams
Mystery writer Janet Frobisher lives alone in a dark English country house Read More »
Lucrèce Borgia AKA Lucretia Borgia (1953) Christian-Jaque, Martine Carol, Pedro Armendáriz, Valentine Tessier
In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrètè. Read More »
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Richard Brooks, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives
The family of who is “affectionately” known as “Big Daddy” Pollitt convenes Read More »
John and Julie (1955) William Fairchild, Colin Gibson, Lesley Dudley, Noelle Middleton
John and Julie are two children, aged about 9 and 6, who live in Dorset. Read More »