
Enviromentalist Anne Richards goes to Washington D. C. to fight for getting legislation passed to save the last remaining sanctuary of the almost-extinct California Condor. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Forever, Darling (1956) Alexander Hall, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason

Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. Read More »
The Miracle of Marcelino (1955) Ladislao Vajda, Rafael Rivelles, Antonio Vico, Juan Calvo

Marcelino Pan y Vino is the story of a 5-year-old boy who was abandoned by his mother in front of a Franciscan Monastery when he was a baby. Read More »
A Womans Devotion (1956) Paul Henreid, Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule

After six months of marriage to Trevor Stevenson (Ralph Meeker), well-known painter and much-decorated hero of World War Two Read More »
Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) Guido Brignone, Anita Ekberg, Georges Marchal, Folco Lulli

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops under the command of the consul Marcus Valerius. Read More »
The Rough and the Smooth (1959) Robert Siodmak, Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton, William Bendix

As young archaeologist Mike Thompson prepares to marry Margaret Goreham, the daughter of a wealthy and influential publisher Read More »
The Benny Goodman Story (1956) Valentine Davies, Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten

Bio of swing band leader ‘Benny Goodman’ from age 10 (1919) to his landmark Carnegie Hall band concert in 1938. Read More »
Bowery Battalion (1951) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Donald MacBride

Slip and the other Bowery Boys join the army and to their camp, shortly after they enlist, comes their old friend and benefactor, Louie Dumbrowsky. Read More »
The City Stands Trial (1952) Luigi Zampa, Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa

Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Read More »
All for Mary (1955) Wendy Toye, Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison, David Tomlinson

In a Swiss Alpine resort shortly after the War an army officer and upper-class Humpy Miller both set their sights on Mary, the landlord’s daughter. Read More »