The 1920’s and 30’s career of singer Helen Morgan is followed from her early days singing outdoors in a carnival Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Marauders (1955) Gerald Mayer, Dan Duryea, Jeff Richards, Keenan Wynn
In 1875, in Arizona Territory, rancher John Rutherford plans to forcibly evict all squatters from his lands. Read More »
Limelight (1952) Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce
Chaplin’s final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian’s effort to help a despondent Read More »
Flesh and Fury (1952) Joseph Pevney, Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow Read More »
Rio, Zona Norte (1957) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Grande Otelo, Jece Valadão, Malu Maia
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him. Read More »
Against All AKA Proti všem (1958) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Gustav Hilmar, Vlasta Matulová
After the battle of Sudom?? the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Read More »
-30- AKA Thirty (1959) Jack Webb, William Conrad, David Nelson
Managing Editor Sam Gatlin arrives in the afternoon and departs early the next morning, having assembled a morning newspaper for Los Angeles. Read More »
Massacre Canyon (1954) Fred F. Sears, Philip Carey, Audrey Totter, Douglas Kennedy
Lt. Faraday has two wagons full of guns that he and his men must deliver. He also must escort two young ladies through hostile Indian Country. Read More »
Seven Guns to Mesa (1958) Edward Dein, Charles Quinlivan, Lola Albright, James Griffith
A band of outlaws, led by “Papa” Clellan, hold up in a ghost town as they plan an attack on a wagon train loaded with gold. Read More »
99 River Street (1953) Phil Karlson, John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter
Having lost his heavyweight championship match, boxer Ernie Driscoll Read More »