
Living with her father and stepmother in Naples, Anna is very unhappy as her stepmother hinders her attempts to live her own life. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Flight Nurse (1953) Allan Dwan, Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz

A routine film on the surface, Flight Nurse is quite original in showing war from the point of view of a nurse who is as comely as as she is generous. Read More »
Side Street (1950) Anthony Mann, Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell, James Craig

Joe Norson, a poor letter carrier with a sweet, pregnant wife, yields to momentary temptation Read More »
Lone Star (1952) Vincent Sherman, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford

Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke Read More »
Yotsuya Kaidan (1956) Masaki Môri, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akemi Tsukushi, Chieko Sôma

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. Read More »
Hellgate (1952) Charles Marquis Warren, Sterling Hayden, Joan Leslie, Ward Bond

A man is accused of spying for the confederacy, and sentenced to the notorious Hellgate Prison. Read More »
Run for the Hills (1953) Lew Landers, Sonny Tufts, Barbara Payton, John Harmon

Fearing nuclear war, an insurance man (Sonny Tufts) Read More »
The Big Beat (1958) Will Cowan

Young man just out of college tries to persuade his father, who owns a record company, to start signing up rock ‘n’ roll acts. Read More »
L’étrange Madame X / Strange Madame X (1951) Jean Grémillon, Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Arlette Thomas

Can a person really lead a double life? It looks as though Irène can. Read More »
Her Bridal Night / La mariée est trop belle (1956) Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan

A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine and becomes a top model. Read More »