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Tag Archives: 1950s
Battle Hymn (1957) Douglas Sirk, Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea

Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Read More »
The Hunchback of Paris (1959) André Hunebelle, Jean Marais, Bourvil, Sabine Sesselmann

Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. Read More »
Trapeze (1956) Carol Reed, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida

Mike Ribble was once a great trapeze artist – and the only to have completed a triple somersault – before his accident. Read More »
The Cranes Are Flying (1957) Mikhail Kalatozov, Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasiliy Merkurev

As the clouds of war spread over Russia during Germany’s surprise invasion in 1941, the fervent young lovers Read More »
French Cancan (1955) Jean Renoir, Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix

Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe ‘Le Paravent Chinois’ featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola Read More »
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 »