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Tag Archives: 1950s
A Hole of My Own Making AKA Jibun no ana no nakade (1955) Tomu Uchida, Rentarô Mikuni, Yumeji Tsukioka, Mie Kitahara

Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died in the war slowly disintegrates Read More »
A Man Walks in the City AKA Un homme marche dans la ville (1950) Marcello Pagliero, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Ginette Leclerc, Robert Dalban

A gritty story of dock workers scraping a living in post-war Le Havre, the damage caused to the town during the war all too apparent. Read More »
Francis Joins the WACS (1954) Arthur Lubin

On arrival at Fort Chase, ex-soldier Peter Stirling, recalled to active duty, is re-united with his old pal Francis the Talking Mule. Read More »
Francis in the Haunted House (1956) Charles Lamont, Mickey Rooney, Virginia Welles, James Flavin

Though both star Donald O’Connor and director Arthur Lubin had said goodbye to the “Francis the Talking Mule” series Read More »
The Hard Man (1957) George Sherman, Guy Madison, Valerie French, Lorne Greene

Steve Burden is a former lawman released for bringing in too many wanted men dead. Read More »
Francis Goes to West Point (1952) Arthur Lubin, Donald O’Connor, Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley

Francis Goes to West Point is the third entry in Universal’s money-spinning series about a talking mule. Read More »
The Mating Season (1951) Mitchell Leisen, Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins

Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. Read More »
Carbine Williams (1952) Richard Thorpe, James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey

This is the story of David Marshall ‘Marsh’ Williams, the real life inventor of the world famous M-1 Carbine Read More »
The Bespoke Overcoat (1955) Jack Clayton

Fender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. Read More »