It’s just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Phffft (1954) Mark Robson, Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson
After eight years of marriage, Robert and Nina divorce. He takes up with his womanising Navy buddy Charlie Nelson Read More »
Mademoiselle Strip-tease (1957) Pierre Foucaud, Philippe Nicaud, Agnès Laurent, Dora Doll
Originally titled Mademoiselle Striptease, this classic French sex comedy is a charming frolic through Read More »
Portrait of Alison (1955) Guy Green, Robert Beatty, Terry Moore, William Sylvester
A car plunging over a cliff kills its two occupants identified as newspaperman Lewis Forrester Read More »
The Seekers (1954) Ken Annakin, Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell
In 1821, British seaman Phillip Wayne sets foot on New Zealand where he befriends a Maori tribe and their chief, Hongi Tepe. Read More »
The Anatomy of Love AKA Tempi nostri – Zibaldone n. 2 (1954) Alessandro Blasetti, Paul Paviot, Vittorio De Sica, Dany Robin, François Périer
A five-part compilation film. in “The Baby,” a poverty-ridden couple with children decides Read More »
Blowing Wild (1953) Hugo Fregonese, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman
In a hypothetical country in South America, Jeff Dawson and his partner Dutch Peterson have invested all their savings Read More »
Air Cadet (1951) Joseph Pevney, Stephen McNally, Gail Russell, Alex Nicol
Universal’s Air Cadet stars Stephen McNally as the obligatory tough topkick, here assigned to whip a bunch of green pilots into shape. Read More »
Anastasia (1956) Anatole Litvak, Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes
Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute Read More »
Born to Be Bad [+Extra] (1950) Nicholas Ray, Mel Ferrer, Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan
Christabel fools everyone with her sweet exterior including her cousin Donna and Donna’s wealthy fiancée Curtis. Read More »