
The fifth in a series of Cinerama travelogues—and not a Documentary since the vast majority of the film, aside from the scenery, is comprised of fictional stories. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Tom Browns Schooldays (1951) Gordon Parry, John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, James Hayter

A faithful rendition of the Thomas Hughes book of life at the famed Rugby School for Boys in 1834, when Dr. Thomas Arnold Read More »
When in Rome (1952) Clarence Brown, Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia

An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest. Read More »
Le cas du Docteur Laurent (1957) Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel, Silvia Monfort

A not-so-young doctor tries to explain to women of the fifties(in a small village in the mountain) that painless childbirth is possible Read More »
Rough Shoot (1953) Robert Parrish, Joel McCrea, Laurence Naismith, Denis Lehrer

U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Robert Taine and his wife Cecily live in a village in England. Read More »
The Man Behind the Gun (1953) Felix E. Feist, Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson

Posing as a schoolteacher, undercover government agent Ransome Callicut arrives in 1850’s California to gather intelligence Read More »
Search for Paradise (1957) Otto Lang, James S. Parker, Lowell Thomas, Christopher Young

“Join Lowell Thomas and follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo” in this new, digital restoration of SEARCH FOR PARADISE Read More »
Dunkirk (1958) Leslie Norman, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee

Two stories in one – an easygoing British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. Read More »
A Life of Her Own (1950) George Cukor, Lana Turner, Ray Milland, Tom Ewell

Small town Kansas girl, Lily James, is the latest model working for the Thomas Callaway Agency in New York City. Read More »
A Cry from the Streets (1958) Lewis Gilbert

Max Bygraves and Barbara Murray star in this hard-hitting and bittersweet story about London’s unwanted children – and the good people trying to help them. Read More »