Three navy men run into a shady producer who convinces them to invest into his new show. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The A-B-C’s of Love (1953) Lillian Hunt, Shirley Jean Rickert, Mae Blondell, Helen Lewis
Filmed version of a burlesque performance, featuring strippers, songs and comedy routines. Read More »
Be Beautiful But Shut Up / Sois belle et tais-toi (1958) Marc Allégret, Mylène Demongeot, Henri Vidal, Béatrice Altariba
The 17-year old wayward but wholesome orphan Virginie, played by the blond Read More »
The Cruel Sea (1953) Charles Frend, Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose Read More »
Hot Rod (1950) Lewis D. Collins, Jimmy Lydon, Art Baker, Gil Stratton
David Langham, the youngest son of a hot-rod hating father, Judge Langham Read More »
Tokyo Story / Tôkyô monogatari (1953) Yasujirô Ozu, Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura
Elderly couple Shukishi and Tomi Hirayama live in the small coastal village of Onomichi Read More »
The Diary of a High School Bride (1959) Burt Topper, Anita Sands, Ron Foster, Chris Robinson
A 17-year-old high-school senior must justify her wedding to a 24-year-old law student to both her parents and her unbalanced ex-boyfriend. Read More »
The White Slave Trade / La tratta delle bianche (1952) Luigi Comencini, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Marc Lawrence, Ettore Manni
Cunning and exploitative, Manfredi, the ruthless human trafficker, has always been good at lying. Read More »
On the Beach (1959) Stanley Kramer, Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary Read More »
Himeyuri Lily Tower / Himeyuri no Tô (1953) Tadashi Imai, Kyôko Kagawa, Susumu Fujita, Keiko Tsushima
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. Read More »