Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Beat Generation (1959) Charles F. Haas, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton
Soon after, we learn that Hess is a serial rapist at large in Los Angeles. Read More »
April in Paris (1952) David Butler, Doris Day, Ray Bolger, Claude Dauphin
Miss Ethel ‘Dynamite’ Jackson is a chorus girl who mistakingly receives an invitation from the State Department Read More »
The Baron of Arizona (1950) Samuel Fuller, Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Vladimir Sokoloff
The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. Read More »
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) Crane Wilbur, Steve Cochran, David Brian, Philip Carey
Another in a unrelated series of Warner’s penitentiary tours in three different decades. Read More »
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957) Ingmar Bergman
The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man Read More »
Cattle Drive (1951) Kurt Neumann, Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell, Chill Wills
The spoilt young son of a wealthy railroad owner manages to get himself lost in the middle of nowhere. Read More »
The Venetian (1958) Venetianskan
A young beautiful man from Milan arrives at the carnival in Venice. He meets two flirtatious women. Read More »
Wichita (1955) Jacques Tourneur, Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. Read More »
Giant of Marathon (1959) Jacques Tourneur, Bruno Vailati, Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Fantoni
This classical peplum tells a fictitious story set in 490 BC, the time of the Medic Wars during which Persian armies sweep the Ancient world. Read More »