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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) George Sidney, Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw
In the late 20’s, the talkative newly graduated in pharmacy and aspirant piano player Eddy Duchin comes from Boston to New York Read More »
The Scapegoat (1959) Robert Hamer, Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey
On a vacation in France from his nondescript job and life, John Barratt encounters a titled but impoverished French nobleman who looks exactly like him. Read More »
Bandido! (1956) Richard Fleischer, Robert Mitchum, Ursula Thiess, Gilbert Roland
American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the “regulares” in the 1916 Mexican revolution. Read More »
The Men (1950) Fred Zinnemann, Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane
Ex-GI Ken who as a result of a war wound is paralyzed below the waist. Read More »
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) Roberto Rossellini, Aldo Fabrizi, Gianfranco Bellini, Peparuolo
The film dramatizes about a dozen vignettes from the life of St. Francis and his early followers Read More »
Fortunella (1958) Eduardo De Filippo, Giulietta Masina, Alberto Sordi, Paul Douglas
Nanda Diotallevi, called Fortunella, is a poor girl living in the second-hand dealers district, and is the lover of one of these, Peppino. Read More »
Three Steps to the Gallows (1953) John Gilling, Scott Brady, Mary Castle, John Blythe
American Gregor Stevens arrives in London searching for his brother who Read More »
Husband and Wife (1953) Mikio Naruse, Ken Uehara, Yôko Sugi, Rentarô Mikuni
A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband’s co-worker, a widower. Read More »
A Perilous Journey (1953) R.G. Springsteen, Vera Ralston, David Brian, Scott Brady
Francie Landereaux is one of 29 women on a voyage to California on a barter-bride deal in which any qualified man can buy a wife. Read More »