Tag Archives: 1950s

In this beautifully shot, psychologically complex western, Van Heflin is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding Read More »

Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. Read More »

“Cheaper By the Dozen”, based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island to Montclair, New Jersey Read More »

John Paul Steckler was the Junior Officer aboard a destroyer when WWII ended. He gets stuck with the job of sailing the ship to the states to be decommissioned. Read More »

Cafe owner Stan Fabian joins Joanie Daniel and her “brother” Frank in a scheme to unearth a “fortune in stolen gold buried by Frank” in Germany during World War II Read More »

Spring inspires lessons in love and life for a French family in 1920s Ottawa, especially for teenage Robert Read More »

A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches. Read More »

In this amiable imitation Guys and Dolls, Alan Reed plays a big-time 1920s gangster who is rubbed out by his enemies. Read More »

When a body is found in the New Orleans docks, it’s pretty obvious that he died from gun shot wounds. Read More »

A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing. Read More »