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Tag Archives: 1950s
Nor the Moon by Night (1958) Ken Annakin, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan
When Alice Lang flies out to Kenya to marry gamekeeper Andrew Miller she is met by his brother Rusty, who is initially opposed to the marriage. Read More »
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957) Nunnally Johnson, Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Dan Dailey
Ginger Rogers, Dan Dailey’s bored housewife, seeks psychiatric help from Dr. David Niven who also solves his own emotional problems. Read More »
Air Hostess AKA Kong zhong xiao jie (1959) Wen Yi, Grace Chang, Julie Yeh Feng, Roy Chiao
Back in 1959, air hostess was considered one of the most glamorous and privileged occupations for young girls with a dream. Read More »
Aida (1953) Clemente Fracassi, Sophia Loren, Renata Tebaldi, Lois Maxwell
Aida, featuring the actress Sophia Lauren, was a film adaptation of a theatre performance written by Verdi. Read More »
The House of Intrigue AKA Londra chiama Polo Nord (1956) Duilio Coletti, Curd Jürgens, Dawn Addams, Folco Lulli
A British radio operator is captured in occupied territory Read More »
Traviata ’53 (1953) Vittorio Cottafavi, Barbara Laage, Armando Francioli, Eduardo De Filippo
Updated version of the Camille melodrama: An engineer has a romance with the mistress Read More »
Marty (1955) Delbert Mann, Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
Stuck as the last of six children at home with an overbearing Italian mother Read More »
Three Loves AKA Mittsu no ai (1954) Masaki Kobayashi, Isuzu Yamada, Kô Mishima, Yûnosuke Itô
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator’s son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. Read More »
The Flanagan Boy AKA Bad Blonde (1953) Reginald Le Borg, Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater
The film opens at a carnival with two barkers calling for onlookers to enter the tent where an audience Read More »
Maigret Sets a Trap AKA Maigret tend un piège (1958) Jean Delannoy, Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot
For some time now, women coming home at night have been savagely murdered by a mysterious serial killer. Read More »
World Without End (1956) Edward Bernds, Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh
Four astronauts returning from mankind’s first mission to Mars enter a time warp Read More »
Red Garters (1954) George Marshall, Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Guy Mitchell
A musical about a man who rides into a frontier town looking for his brother’s killer Read More »
Fools in the Mountains AKA Fjols til fjells (1957) Edith Carlmar, Leif Juster, Unni Bernhoft, Frank Robert
It’s peak season at the Hurumhei Mountain Hotel, a ski resort, in Norway Read More »
Two Eyes, Twelve Hands AKA Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957) Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, Sandhya, Ulhas
Compassionate Jailer Adinath refuses to document an attack on him by an inmate Read More »