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Tag Archives: 1950s
Wicked Woman (1953) Russell Rouse, Beverly Michaels, Richard Egan, Percy Helton

A blonde floozy drifts into town and gets a job as a waitress at a local bar. Read More »
Conflagration (1958) Kon Ichikawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai

Goichi Mizoguchi, an aspiring Buddhist monk who became involved in the temple that was owned by his father Read More »
Come Back, Africa (1959) Lionel Rogosin, Zacharia Mgabi, Vinah Bendile, Miriam Makeba

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959. Read More »
Westward the Women (1951) William A. Wellman, Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson

In a time when “The West” pretty much ends in Texas and only California is slowly being populated by the white men Read More »
A Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji (1955) Tomu Uchida, Chiezo Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Chizuru Kitagawa

A samurai travels to Edo with his two servants. On their way, they meet many people and encounter great injustice. Read More »
Mister Universe (1951) Joseph Lerner, Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Vince Edwards

A gullible and honest “Mr. Universe” winner, Tommy Tomkins, gets added to the stable of a con-man and a wrestling prompter. Read More »
The Glory Brigade (1953) Robert D. Webb, Victor Mature, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin

During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines. Read More »
The Matchmaker (1958) Joseph Anthony, Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine

It’s 1884 in Yonkers, New York. Dolly Gallagher-Levi is a Jane-of-all-Trades, but her latest and most lucrative venture is as a matchmaker Read More »
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953) Arthur Crabtree, Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott, Sidney James

War time drama. Lili will not marry her true Love, an American reporter, until she becomes a star. Read More »