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Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
Seven Wonders of the World (1956) Tay Garnett, Paul Mantz

Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience Read More »
Napoléon (1955) Sacha Guitry, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Napoléon Bonaparte’s life, loves and exceptional destiny from 1769 to 1821, but as seen through the eyes of Talleyrand Read More »
Let’s Dance (1950) Norman Z. McLeod, Betty Hutton

Donald Elwood meets after the war his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. Read More »
The Fearmakers (1958) Jacques Tourneur, Dana Andrews

A Korean War veteran discovers his Washington-based PR firm has been taken over by Communist infiltrators. Read More »
J’accuse! [Magirama] (1956) Abel Gance, Nelly Kaplan

A portmanteau work in four segments,designed to illustrate the expressive possibilities Read More »