Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe ‘Le Paravent Chinois’ featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) Richard Thorpe, Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth
Sea-faring saga of two brothers (Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger) and the woman they both love. Read More »
Quentin Durward (1955) Richard Thorpe, Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley
In 1465 Quentin Durwood travels to France to meet Isabelle, Countess of Marcroy, on behalf of his elderly Scottish uncle whom Read More »
The Thief of Venice (1950) John Brahm, Maria Montez
A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey. Read More »
Slaves of Babylon (1953) William Castle, Richard Conte, Linda Christian, Maurice Schwartz
The Jews are taken from Jerusalem and made slaves by King Nebuchadnezzar. Read More »
The Girl on the Bridge (1951) Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Robert Dane
An elderly watchmaker stops a beautiful young blonde from committing suicide by throwing herself off a bridge. Read More »
Texas Carnival (1951) Charles Walters, Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Howard Keel
An guy and a girl who are working in a carnival’s dunk tank. When inebriated Texan comes to the booth he and the guy starts drinking. Read More »
Robbery Under Arms (1957) Jack Lee, Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, David McCallum
During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, infamous cattlethief Captain Starlight. Read More »
Cinerama Holiday (1955) Robert L. Bendick, Philippe De Lacy, John Marsh, Betty Marsh, Fred Troller
Travelogue featuring an American couple traveling in Europe and a European couple traveling in the U.S Read More »
The Tale of the Crucified Lovers (1954) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
In 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. Read More »