
King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament’s will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? AKA Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (1959) Frank Wisbar, Joachim Hansen, Wilhelm Borchert, Wolfgang Preiss

1942. First lieutenant Wisse, young and still idealistic, is sent to the Eastern front where a renewed German offensive is in full swing. Read More »
Sleepless AKA La anam (1957) Salah Abouseif, Faten Hamamah, Maryam Fakhruddin, Omar Sharif

‘I Never Sleep’ (also called ‘Sleepless’) is the story of Nadia Lotfi (Faten Hamama), a teenage girl Read More »
The Far Country (1954) Anthony Mann, James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet

In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity Read More »
Small Town Girl (1953) László Kardos, Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller

Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. Read More »
Ride Lonesome (1959) Budd Boetticher, Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts

A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Read More »
Woman on the Run (1950) Norman Foster, Ann Sheridan, Dennis O’Keefe, Robert Keith

Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) Read More »
Fort Defiance (1951) John Rawlins, Dane Clark, Ben Johnson, Peter Graves

It’s just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Read More »
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 »