
Marina’s sister drowned herself, her brother is both headstrong and weak, and her widowed mother has a reputation for sleeping around. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Welcome, Mr. Marshall! (1953) Luis García Berlanga, Lolita Sevilla, Manolo Morán, José Isbert

The little village of Villar del Río is awaiting the song performance of Carmen Vargas, ‘The Great Andalusian Star’. Read More »
The Atomic City (1952) Jerry Hopper, Gene Barry, Lydia Clarke, Michael Moore

At Los Alamos, New Mexico, the maximum-security “atomic city” of U.S. nuclear-weapons research, top atomic scientist Frank Addison has a normal Read More »
The Lost One (1951) Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmuth Rudolph

German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy. Read More »
Devil’s Doorway (1950) Anthony Mann, Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond

Lance Poole, an Indian who won a Medal of Honor fighting at Gettysburg, returns to his tribal lands intent on peaceful cattle ranching. Read More »
Johnny on the Spot (1954) Maclean Rogers, Hugh McDermott, Elspet Gray, Paul Carpenter

In this crime drama, a man wrongfully convicted of murder goes back home to find the real killer and clear his name. Read More »
House by the River (1950) Fritz Lang, Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt

The unsuccessful writer Stephen Byrne tries to force his servant Emily Gaunt sexually while his wife Marjorie Byrne is visiting a friend and accidentally strangles her. Read More »
The Art of Burlesque (1950) Lawrence Raimond, Charles Crafts, Carl Princi, Cheyenne

At Striptease College, aspiring strippers are taught their craft by Prof. Stringheimer. Read More »
All Ashore (1953) Richard Quine, Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, Peggy Ryan

Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls. Read More »
She’s Back on Broadway (1953) Gordon Douglas, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Frank Lovejoy

When Catherine Terris’s career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs…Broadway! Read More »