
In 1674, “reformed” pirate Sir Henry Morgan is a high official in Jamaica, but Edward Maynard hopes to win a large reward by proving Morgan still dabbles in piracy. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
April Love (1957) Henry Levin, Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Dolores Michaels

Chicagoan Nick Conover received a suspended sentence for being caught joyriding in a stolen car, with his driver’s license suspended indefinitely. Read More »
South Seas Adventure (1958) Carl Dudley, Richard Goldstone, Diane Beardmore, Marlene Lizzio, Tommy Zahn

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 »
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 »