The origin of Anthony and Miller, a wildly successful comedy team, can be traced back several years to Harvey Miller’s stage fright on the golf links. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Fathers Little Dividend (1951) Vincente Minnelli, Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Comedy, Romance
In this sequel to Father of the Bride (1950), newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby Read More »
A Blueprint For Murder (1953) Andrew L. Stone, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Two orphans, Polly and Doug, live with their stepmother Lynne; Polly collapses with the same mystery symptoms that killed her father. Read More »
Arena (1953) Richard Fleischer, Gig Young, Jean Hagen, Polly Bergen, Drama, Sport, Western
M-G-M’s first 3-D production shot at a rodeo in Tucson, Arizona is a story surrounded by objects flying into the camera. Read More »
Alaska Passage (1959) Edward Bernds, Bill Williams, Leslie Bradley, Naura Hayden, Adventure, Drama
Al Graham and Gerard Mason are partners in an Alaskan trucking company. They quarrel over expenses and losses. Read More »
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Billy Wilder, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
It’s Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack, irrepressible barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts, known as a barrister for the hopeless Read More »
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie, Adventure, Drama, Romance, History
Freshly arrived Sandhurst-trained Captain Alan King, better versed in Pashtun then any of the veterans and born locally as army brat Read More »
The Glass Web (1953) Jack Arnold, Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Kathleen Hughes, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
The ice-cold diva Paula ruthlessly exploits the guys she dates. While blackmailing the married Don with a recent one-night-stand, she has a secret affair with Henry Read More »
Target Hong Kong (1953) Fred F. Sears, Richard Denning, Nancy Gates, Richard Loo, Action, Drama
American agents and Hong Kong nationalists recruit Lassiter to help remove the Communist influence that has come to the region, led by the evil Suma (Ben Astar). Read More »
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952) Henry King, Jean Peters, David Wayne, Hugh Marlowe, Drama
Ben Halper sets up his barber’s shop at the turn of the century in Sevillinois and watches the town grow around him. Read More »
Final Appointment (1954) Terence Fisher, John Bentley, Eleanor Summerfield, Hubert Gregg, Drama
A reporter and his girlfriend–also a reporter–investigate threats against a retired army officer and discover that they’re linked to a series of murders and a court-martial that occurred during the war. Read More »
Three Little Words (1950) Richard Thorpe, Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Red Skelton, Biography, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can’t continue his stage career after an injury for while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricst. Read More »
Winchester 73 (1950) Anthony Mann, James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Action, Drama, Western
In a marksmanship contest, Lin McAdam wins a prized Winchester rifle, which is immediately stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown. Read More »
Bad for Each Other (1953) Irving Rapper, Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Dianne Foster, Drama
A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between setting up a glamorous practice and helping the poor.
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Sincerely Yours (1955) Gordon Douglas, Liberace, Joanne Dru, Dorothy Malone, Drama
Tony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée Read More »