Five portraits of actresses in their “common” life, seen as women rather than movie stars. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Magnificent Tramp (1959) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Darry Cowl, Bernard Blier
Archiméde is an old tramp who likes to think he is a cut above the rest. Read More »
Blue Denim (1959) Philip Dunne, Carol Lynley, Brandon De Wilde, Macdonald Carey
Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard are fairly typical 1950s teenagers. Read More »
Stella (1950) Claude Binyon, Ann Sheridan, Victor Mature, Leif Erickson
Uncle Joe’s untimely demise brings about an endless parade of unexpected consequences. Read More »
Suspended Alibi (1957) Alfred Shaughnessy, Patrick Holt, Honor Blackman, Valentine Dyall
A married editor who is having an affair pretends that he is visiting an army friend Read More »
Cosh Boy (1953) Lewis Gilbert, James Kenney, Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies
Amongst the bomb-sites and dark alleys of postwar London Roy Walsh and his gang of juvenile delinquents waylay and rob old ladies. Read More »
The Desperate Hours (1955) William Wyler, Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy
After escaping from prison, Glenn Griffin, his brother Hal and a third inmate Sam Kobish randomly select a house Read More »
A Stranger in Town (1957) George Pollock, Alex Nicol, Anne Paige, Mary Laura Wood
In a sleepy village, a young composer is found shot dead and a woman is found gassed. Read More »
Jet Pilot (1957) Josef von Sternberg, John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen
Air Force Colonel Shannon is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna. Read More »
Babette Goes to War (1959) Christian-Jaque, Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Ronald Howard
During WW2, as the German forces rapidly advance toward the French coast, naive French country girl Babette makes her way to the coastal town of Dieppe. Read More »