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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Kingdom and the Beauty / Jiang shan mei ren (1959)

This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. Read More »
Neapolitan Carousel (1954) Ettore Giannini, Léonide Massine

Music, ballet, folk dances and mime eliciting the spirit of Naples Read More »
Points and Lines (1958) Tsuneo Kobayashi, Hiroshi Minami

Based on Matsumoto Seicho’s classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group Read More »
The Shiralee (1957) Leslie Norman, Peter Finch, Dana Wilson

Based on a best-selling Australian novel by D’Arcy Niland, The Shiralee stars Peter Finch as an Aussie “swagman,” or poacher Read More »
Hell Drivers (1957) Cy Endfield, Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom

Joe “Tom” Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind Read More »
The Loyal 47 Ronin / Chûshingura (1958) Kunio Watanabe

Japan’s timeless tale of honor and revenge, the Loyal 47 Ronin is the true story of group of samurai Read More »
Fellowship of the Frog (1959) Harald Reinl

Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. Read More »
Home Before Dark (1958) Mervyn LeRoy, Jean Simmons

A wealthy but emotionally damaged woman is released from a sanitarium a year after suffering a mental breakdown. Read More »
There’s Always a Price Tag / Retour de manivelle (1957)

An unemployed Frenchman who saves the life of a rich man is hired as a chauffeur by the grateful man Read More »