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Tag Archives: 1950s
Blood to the Head / Le sang à la tête (1956) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Claude Sylvain

After thirty years of effort, the former longshoreman François Cardinaud Read More »
No Sad Songs for Me (1950) Rudolph Maté, Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey, Viveca Lindfors

Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. Read More »
And God Created Woman / Et Dieu… créa la femme (1956) Roger Vadim, Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant

Antoine promises to take the orphaned Juliette away from St. Tropez after a party Read More »
Gorillas Waltz / La valse du gorille (1959) Bernard Borderie, Charles Vanel, Jess Hahn, Ursula Herwig

This is the third feature in a series about an intrepid French spy by the nickname of “The Gorilla,” Read More »
Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) William Marshall, Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Vincent Price

A sea captain becomes involved with a servant girl in early New Orleans. Read More »
Somebody Loves Me (1952) Irving Brecher, Betty Hutton, Ralph Meeker, Robert Keith

Blossom Seeley climbs to Broadway success with her partner Benny Fields, then retires to become his wife. Read More »
If All the Guys in the World… / Si tous les gars du monde… (1955) Christian-Jaque, André Valmy, Jean Gaven, Marc Cassot

While fishing in the North Sea, eleven out of the twelve men of the Lutèce Read More »
Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) Budd Boetticher, Robert Stack, Joy Page, Gilbert Roland

Johnny Regan, a U.S. citizen, goes to Mexico and takes up bullfighting as a lark Read More »
Picnic on the Grass / Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe (1959) Jean Renoir, Paul Meurisse, Charles Blavette, André Brunot

Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial Read More »