The bane of adolescent Bart Collins’ existence is the piano lessons he is forced to take under the tutelage of Dr. Terwilliker Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Innocent Meeting (1959) Godfrey Grayson, Sean Lynch, Beth Rogan, Raymond Huntley
A teenager on probation is falsely accused of robbery. A young girl, knowing the truth Read More »
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) Charles Lamont, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Paige
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Read More »
Armored Car Robbery (1950) Richard Fleischer, Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman
Dave Purvis takes pride in being unknown to the law, though famed among fellow crooks Read More »
Spionage (1955) Franz Antel, Ewald Balser, Barbara Rütting, Gerhard Riedmann
Oberst Alfred Redl heads the military intelligence department of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Read More »
Carnival in Moscow (1956) Eldar Ryazanov, Igor Ilyinsky, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Yuri Belov
This Russian musical manages to satirize Soviet life without ever offending the Politburo. Read More »
I’ll Get By (1950) Richard Sale, June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven
Updated version of “Tin Pan Alley” concerns two songwriters Read More »
Flesh and the Woman (1954) Robert Siodmak, Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Claude Pascal, Arletty
Pierre Martel is a brilliant lawyer in Paris who has fallen in love with a ravishing Italian girl Read More »
Love in the Afternoon (1957) Billy Wilder, Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
In Paris, detective Claude Chavasse is hired to follow a wife suspected of infidelity with the notorious American libertine Frank Flannagan. Read More »
The River’s Edge (1957) Allan Dwan, Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget
A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Read More »