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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) Alfred E. Green, Keefe Brasselle, Marilyn Erskine, Aline MacMahon

This merry musical biography of “Banjo Eyes” will gladden the hearts of Cantor and musical fans alike. Read More »
Secret Meeting / Marie-Octobre (1959) Julien Duvivier, Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Robert Dalban

A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin (Danielle Darrieux). Read More »
I Am Free / Ana hurra (1958) Salah Abouseif, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Shukri Sarhan, Zouzou Nabil

Aminia is a young woman living with her aunt’s family which includes Read More »
Kriegsgericht (1959) Kurt Meisel, Karlheinz Böhm, Christian Wolff, Klaus Kammer

Three Navy sailors are picked up by a submarine after their cruiser Read More »
A Certain Smile (1958) Jean Negulesco, Rossano Brazzi, Joan Fontaine, Bradford Dillman

Dominique, a law student at the Sorbonne, is engaged to a fellow classmate. Read More »
Five Days (1954) Montgomery Tully, Dane Clark, Cecile Chevreau, Paul Carpenter

A man hires a hitman to kill him so his wife can collect on his life insurance. Read More »
Rock Baby – Rock It (1957) Murray Douglas Sporup, Johnny Carroll, Don Coats, Preacher Smith

Local Dallas teenagers resist attempts by shady underworld types to take over their beloved rock ‘n’ roll club. Read More »
Don’t Knock the Rock (1956) Fred F. Sears, Bill Haley and the Comets, Alan Dale, Alan Freed

Rock-and-roller Arnie Haynes returns to his hometown as a hero to the teenagers. Read More »
Kanal (1957) They Loved Life – Andrzej Wajda

A symbolic depiction of hell on Earth, set in the last days of the Warsaw uprising in 1944. Read More »