
Back in Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is departing his father’s store to seek out a larger chance, although the Princess Fawzia is hoping to speak her daddy Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Wrong Man (1956) Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero – Manny to his friends – is a string bassist, a devoted husband and father, and a practicing Catholic. Read More »
Indiscreet (1958) Stanley Donen, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Comedy, Romance

Anna Kalman is a London based performer. She’s been not able to find love in her life. Read More »
Joan at the Stake (1954) Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman, Tullio Carminati, Giacinto Prandelli, Biography, Drama, History, Musical

The film takes place mostly in a surrealistic fantasy around the time of the execution of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc, played by Ingrid Bergman, is being burned alive for heresy. Read More »
The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) Leslie Fenton, Glenn Ford, Edmond O’Brien, Rhonda Fleming, Western

Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder. Read More »
Queen Bee (1955) Ranald MacDougall, Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, Drama, Romance

Eva Phillips is a Southern socialite whose manipulation and ruthlessness ruins the lives of everyone around her. The question is, will anyone be able to stop her? Read More »
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin, Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance

When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally steers Moose Moran’s girl away from a winning bet, he is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry gangster. Read More »
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) John Sturges, Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western

From the time John J. Macreedy steps off the train in Black Rock, he feels a chill from the local residents. Read More »
Wild Is the Wind (1957) George Cukor, Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Anthony Franciosa, Drama

An immigrant Nevada rancher brings a woman from Italy to be his second wife but when he neglects her, she becomes involved with his trusted assistant. Read More »
Bandit Queen (1950) William Berke, Barbara Britton, Willard Parker, Phillip Reed, Adventure, Western

Zara Montalvo, half Spanish and half American, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by Sheriff Jim Harding and his gang. Read More »