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Tag Archives: 1950s
Honeymoon / Luna de miel (1959) Michael Powell, Anthony Steel, Ludmilla Tchérina, Antonio

Australian farmer Kit Kelly and his new bride Anna are driving through Europe Read More »
Le film est déjà commencé? (1951) Maurice Lemaître

Lemaître is amongst one of the most important and creative artists of the second half of the 20th century. Read More »
San Antone (1953) Joseph Kane, Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Forrest Tucker

After the Civil War, a cowboy who’s a former Union soldier leads a cattle Read More »
Poor But Beautiful / Poveri ma belli (1957) Dino Risi, Marisa Allasio, Maurizio Arena, Renato Salvatori

Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. Read More »
Lovers, Happy Lovers! / Monsieur Ripois (1954) René Clément, Gérard Philipe, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood

From the Louis Hemon novel “M. Ripois and His Nemesis” about Andre Ripois, a philanderer Read More »
Hold That Line (1952) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, John Bromfield

In a precursor to Trading Places (1983), the Bowery Boys are enrolled in a fancy college Read More »
Target (1952) Stuart Gilmore, Tim Holt, Linda Douglas, Walter Reed

In 1893, the railroad is coming to Pecos, Texas, and crooked land agent Martin Conroy Read More »
Its a Small World (1950) William Castle, Paul Dale, Lorraine Miller, Will Geer

Harry Musk is one in a million. That means that he’s the one out of a million children who is perfectly proportioned Read More »
Ghost Chasers (1951) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan

A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor. Read More »