Tag Archives: 1950s

A goblin helps a miller’s daughter spin straw into gold, asking in return for her first child, in this amusing ‘teaching play’ about greed, envy and helpfulness. Read More »

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can’t prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. Read More »

Year 67 A.D. the ruler of Corinth is a fan of Nero. Fails to set fire to his hometown, dedicated to the worship of Aphrodite, goddess of love Read More »

Vienna has built a saloon outside of town, and she hopes to build her own town once the railroad is put through, but the townsfolk want her gone. Read More »

Two young peasants, Angela and Pasquale, promised for several years, are postponing marriage for financial reasons. Read More »

Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. Read More »

A portrait of Japan, five years after its defeat in WWII, still in the grip of unemployment Read More »

With her unofficial fiancé Eddie Harris studying in England for a year, Radcliffe educated Caroline Bender decides to get her first ever job as a secretary Read More »

Archaeologists in Egypt find one of their crew has been turned into a blood sucking mummy after they have unleashed a three thousand year curse by entering a Pharaoh’s tomb. Read More »

Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers soon as look at them. Read More »