Frankie Vaughan stars as young pop singer Johnny Burns, who is enlisted reluctantly by Frances Baring (Anna Neagle) Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Huk! (1956) John Barnwell, George Montgomery, Mona Freeman, John Baer
After 14 years in the United States, Greg Dickson returns to the Philippines where he was raised Read More »
Darling, How Could You! (1951) Mitchell Leisen, Joan Fontaine, John Lund, Mona Freeman
Based on James Barrie’s play “Alice Sit-By-The-Fire”. In turn-of-the-century New York Read More »
The Joker Is Wild (1957) Charles Vidor, Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain
Frank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. Read More »
Salute the Toff (1952) Maclean Rogers, John Bentley, Carol Marsh, Roddy Hughes
When young secretary Fay (Marsh) fears for her boss’s safety when he fails Read More »
Hammer the Toff (1952) Maclean Rogers, John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, John Robinson
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula. Read More »
The Kidnapper / El secuestrador (1958) Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, María Vaner, Leonardo Favio, Lautaro Murúa
A group of poor people living on the bare minimum in a slum, trying to survive Read More »
Johnny You’re Wanted (1956) Vernon Sewell, John Slater, Alfred Marks, Garry Marsh
Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Read More »
Three for Bedroom C (1952) Milton H. Bren, Gloria Swanson, James Warren, Fred Clark
A film star and her young daughter stow away on a cross-country train to California. Read More »
Mother India (1957) Mehboob Khan, Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar
The film begins with the finishing of a water canal for the village set in the present. Read More »