Tag Archives: 1950s

A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka Read More »

At an all-black army camp, civilian parachute maker and “hot bundle” Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Read More »

Self-centered parents of the 50’s targeted by drama in which teenagers panicking after burglary supposed to finance the run from the Third World War. Read More »

Crude and uncivilized backwoods trapper Jed Cooper and his two partners sign up as scouts in a remote Oregon army fort Read More »

In the heady atmosphere of Rio’s carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Read More »

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV Read More »

Lilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle’s café in Benghazi, Libya Read More »

Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. Read More »

An Eastern European escapes to America, where Communist agents try to track him down. Read More »

January 1905, Manchuria. The Russo-Japanese War has been going on for nearly a year. Read More »