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Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
World Without End (1956) Edward Bernds, Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh
Four astronauts returning from mankind’s first mission to Mars enter a time warp Read More »
Red Garters (1954) George Marshall, Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Guy Mitchell
A musical about a man who rides into a frontier town looking for his brother’s killer Read More »
Love Nest (1951) Joseph M. Newman, June Haver, William Lundigan, Frank Fay
Jim and Connie’s postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Read More »
Devil Goddess (1955) Spencer Gordon Bennet, Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens, Selmer Jackson
Johnny Weissmuller guides Professor Blakely and his daughter Nora into forbidden Kirundi land Read More »
Dangerous When Wet (1953) Charles Walters, Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson
The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. Read More »
Are We Men or Corporals? / Siamo uomini o caporali (1955) Camillo Mastrocinque, Totò, Paolo Stoppa, Fiorella Mari
Corporals are the powers that be, the Man, the Totalitarian creeps, the Bureaucratic bosses and bullies Read More »
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) Basil Dearden, Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford
Jean (Virginia McKenna) and Matt (Bill Travers) are a struggling married couple, with Matt trying to scrape out a living as a writer. Read More »