The Lionians are a tribe dying of a mysterious disease. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola, a half-breed nurse Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Black Orchid (1958) Martin Ritt, Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Peter Mark Richman
After mobsters murder her husband, Rose Bianco works long hours making artificial flowers, to support herself and her son. Read More »
The Fake (1953) Godfrey Grayson, Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh Williams
An American has to guard da Vinci’s “Madonna and Child” when it is being shown in Britain. When it arrives he suspects it is not the real painting. Read More »
So Young, So Bad (1950) Bernard Vorhaus, Edgar G. Ulmer, Paul Henreid, Catherine McLeod, Grace Coppin
Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls Read More »
Vendetta (1950) Mel Ferrer, Stuart Heisler, Faith Domergue, George Dolenz, Donald Buka
The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica. Read More »
Thunder Bay (1953) Anthony Mann, James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland
In 1946, ex-Navy engineer Steve Martin comes to a Louisiana town with a dream: to build a safe platform for offshore oil drilling. Read More »
A Room for Rent AKA Kashima ari (1959) Yûzô Kawashima, Furankî Sakai, Nobuko Otowa, Ikio Sawamura
The story follows the various tenants living in a multi-room tenement on a hill overlooking the city of Osaka. Read More »
A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) Raoul Walsh
Colorful bayou peddler Hank Martin marries pretty teacher Verity, who finds that the rural poor all love Hank. Read More »
King Creole (1958) Michael Curtiz, Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau
Having flunked graduation for a second time and needing cash to support his crabby (and thus unemployed) father Read More »
Tamango (1958) John Berry, Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, Jean Servais
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. Read More »