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Tag Archives: 1950s
Okuni to Gohei (1952) Mikio Naruse, Michiyo Kogure, Tomoemon Otani, Sô Yamamura

Kogure is the widow of an assassinated samurai and Otani was that man’s pupil. Read More »
Where To? AKA Ila Ayn (1957) Georges Nasser, Laura Azar, Tannous Dik, Shakib Khouri

A family lives poorly in a village in the Lebanese mountain. Read More »
It Should Happen to You! (1954) George Cukor, Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford

Gladys Glover has just lost her modelling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. Read More »
The Littlest Outlaw (1955) Roberto Gavaldón, Pedro Armendáriz, Joseph Calleia, Rodolfo Acosta

Filmed in Mexico, The Littlest Outlaw was produced for Walt Disney Studios by Larry Lansburgh Read More »
Something of Value (1957) Richard Brooks, Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller

Even though Peter and Kimani grow up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. Read More »
Up Front (1951) Alexander Hall, David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Marina Berti

Based on the famed W.W.II cartoons: Lowbrow G.I.s Willie and Joe, on the Italian front Read More »
The Vicious Circle (1957) Gerald Thomas, John Mills, Derek Farr, Noelle Middleton

When Dr Howard Latimer finds the German Actress that he has just met at London Airport murdered in his flat Read More »
So This Is Love (1953) Gordon Douglas, Kathryn Grayson, Merv Griffin, Joan Weldon

Forget her string of Broadway successes. Forget even the flowers-and-candlelight ardor of handsome bachelors. Read More »
Baby Doll (1956) Elia Kazan, Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach

Living in Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, middle aged Archie Lee Meighan Read More »