A teacher runs an ad in the newspaper to find a wife. Afraid of beautiful ladies, he weds an ugly woman. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Tarzan’s Fight for Life (1958) H. Bruce Humberstone, Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Rickie Sorensen
Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. Read More »
Wife AKA Tsuma (1953) Mikio Naruse, Mieko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Rentarô Mikuni
Tokyo. Mihoko and Toichi Nakagawa’s ten year marriage is crumbling out of inertia. Read More »
Okefenokee (1959) Roul Haig, Peter Coe, Peggy Maley, Henry Brandon
Gangland boss Joe Kalhari, working with Ricki Hart, operator of a swamp-side dive Read More »
I Am a Camera (1955) Henry Cornelius, Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey, Shelley Winters
In the early thirties, aspiring writer Christopher Isherwood, living in Berlin Read More »
The Radio Commits a Burglary AKA Radio tekee murron (1951) Matti Kassila, Hannes Häyrinen, Ritva Arvelo, Kullervo Kalske
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum Read More »
Men of Blue Cross AKA Blekitny krzyz (1955) Andrzej Munk, Gustaw Holoubek, Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica, Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont
The final film produced by Warsaw’s Documentary Film Studio is an epic re-enactment Read More »
Flowing AKA Nagareru (1956) Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Read More »
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953) Lee Sholem, Maureen O’Hara, Alex Nicol, William Bishop
In Wyoming Territory, a range war is brewing between entrenched cattle barons and new settlers. Read More »
Lily Boy AKA Liliomfi (1955) Károly Makk, Iván Darvas, Marianne Krencsey, Margit Dajka
In the 19th century story, Liliomfi, the talented travelling comedian and Mariska Read More »
Comanche Territory (1950) George Sherman, Maureen O’Hara, Macdonald Carey, Will Geer
Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished Read More »
Bronco Buster (1952) Budd Boetticher, John Lund, Scott Brady, Joyce Holden
A veteran rodeo rider takes on a young apprentice in order to “teach him the ropes”, and winds up competing against him. Read More »
Desperate Decision AKA La jeune folle (1952) Yves Allégret, Danièle Delorme, Henri Vidal, Jean Debucourt
1922: Irish Revolution. Catherine, a servant in a convent goes to Dublin to meet Read More »
Let Me Borrow Your Wife AKA Lån meg din kone (1958) Edith Carlmar, Tore Foss, Sonja Wigert, Vigdis Røising
The movie takes place in a company that sells baby toys. Read More »
Better Than Their Reputation AKA Bedre enn sitt rykte (1955) Edith Carlmar, Vigdis Røising, Unni Bernhoft, Synnøve Strigen
The main character Dag falls in love with his young French language teacher. Read More »