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Tag Archives: 1950s
Love Letter / Koibumi (1953) Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga, Jûkichi Uno

This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka Read More »
The Crowded Day (1954) John Guillermin

One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store. Read More »
Song of Paris (1952) John Guillermin, Dennis Price, Anne Vernon, Mischa Auer

A famous French cabaret star is rescued from embarrassment by a passing Englishman, and sets out to marry him. Read More »
Wabash Avenue (1950) Henry Koster, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Phil Harris

Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike’s business Read More »
Let’s Do It Again (1953) Alexander Hall

In this 1953 musical remake of “The Awful Truth”, Wyman is married to womanizing composer Read More »
Run for Cover (1955) Nicholas Ray, James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek

Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. Read More »
Mexican Bus Ride / Subida al cielo (1952) Luis Buñuel, Lilia Prado, Esteban Márquez, Luis Aceves Castañeda

A young man and woman’s honeymoon is cut short when the man learns Read More »
Seminole (1953) Budd Boetticher, Rock Hudson, Barbara Hale, Anthony Quinn

19th-century army officer Lance Caldwell is assigned to Fort King in the Everglades. Read More »
The Killer Is Loose (1956) Budd Boetticher, Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man. Read More »