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Tag Archives: 1950s
Imitation of Life (1959) Douglas Sirk, Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Drama
Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson, a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Read More »
A Bullet for Joey (1955) Lewis Allen, Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Montreal: the former well-known gangster Joey Victor is fetched from Europe, where he was deported to from USA. Read More »
My Favorite Spy (1951) Norman Z. McLeod, Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance
Peanuts White, a burlesque comic, is recruited by U.S. agents to impersonate international spy Eric Augustine (whom White resembles) in a mission to purchase Read More »
My Forbidden Past (1951) Robert Stevenson, Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Drama, Romance
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800’s. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University Read More »
Lullaby of Broadway (1951) David Butler, Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. Read More »
The Harder They Fall (1956) Mark Robson, Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Drama, Film-Noir, Sport, Thriller
After 17 years as a recognized and respected sports journalist in New York City, Eddie Willis finds himself out of a job when his newspaper folds. Read More »
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) Lloyd Bacon, Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert, Carl Benton Reid, Comedy
Scatterbrained Sally Elliott tries to get a job as a Fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friend’s kit without permission Read More »
Folly to Be Wise (1952) Frank Launder, Alastair Sim, Elizabeth Allan, Roland Culver, Comedy
A newly-arrived army padre is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Read More »
Three Stops to Murder (1953) Terence Fisher, Tom Conway, Mila Parély, Naomi Chance, Crime, Drama
Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered. Read More »