
The story picks up at the point where “The Robe (1953)” ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Mark of the Renegade (1951) Hugo Fregonese, Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, J. Carrol Naish

MGM’s Ricardo Montalban and Cyd Charisse were loaned to Universal for the Technicolor period piece Mark of the Renegade. Read More »
Trouble Along the Way (1953) Michael Curtiz, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce Read More »
Khyber Patrol (1954) Seymour Friedman, Richard Egan, Dawn Addams, Raymond Burr

Captain Kyle Cameron, a Canadian not overly impressed by discipline and diplomacy Read More »
Bunco Squad (1950) Herbert I. Leeds, Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez

Told in semi-documentary style, this film deals with a little-known section Read More »
The Beggar’s Opera (1953) Peter Brook, Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose

Authentic rendering of John Gay’s 18th century musical, filmed in Technicolor Read More »
The Second Face (1950) Jack Bernhard

A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital Read More »
Mask of the Dragon (1951) Sam Newfield, Richard Travis, Sheila Ryan, Sid Melton

Lt. Dan Oliver, an American soldier in Korea, agrees to deliver a jade dragon statuette Read More »
One Girl’s Confession (1953) Hugo Haas

Another of the “Fate and Irony” films from director-writer-producer-actor Hugo Haas but this one has less hair-shirt torment Read More »
The Delicate Delinquent (1957) Don McGuire, Jerry Lewis, Martha Hyer, Darren McGavin

Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member Read More »