In this bizarre western, two prospectors strike it rich and set out across Death Valley with their riches. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Fountain of Youth (1958) Orson Welles, Dan Tobin, Joi Lansing
A couple is conflicted when they are offered a chance at youth. Based on John Collier’s short story “Youth from Vienna”. Read More »
Hell’s Horizon (1955) Tom Gries, John Ireland, Marla English, Bill Williams
U.S. Air Force Captain John Merrill, an unlikeable Korean War bomber pilot Read More »
Nor the Moon by Night (1958) Ken Annakin, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan
When Alice Lang flies out to Kenya to marry gamekeeper Andrew Miller she is met by his brother Rusty, who is initially opposed to the marriage. Read More »
Aida (1953) Clemente Fracassi, Sophia Loren, Renata Tebaldi, Lois Maxwell
Aida, featuring the actress Sophia Lauren, was a film adaptation of a theatre performance written by Verdi. Read More »
The House of Intrigue / Londra chiama Polo Nord (1956) Duilio Coletti, Curd Jürgens, Dawn Addams, Folco Lulli
A British radio operator is captured in occupied territory Read More »
Traviata ’53 (1953) Vittorio Cottafavi, Barbara Laage, Armando Francioli, Eduardo De Filippo
Updated version of the Camille melodrama: An engineer has a romance with the mistress Read More »
Marty (1955) Delbert Mann, Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
Stuck as the last of six children at home with an overbearing Italian mother Read More »
Three Loves / Mittsu no ai (1954) Masaki Kobayashi, Isuzu Yamada, Kô Mishima, Yûnosuke Itô
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator’s son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. Read More »
The Flanagan Boy / Bad Blonde (1953) Reginald Le Borg, Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater
The film opens at a carnival with two barkers calling for onlookers to enter the tent where an audience Read More »