Japanese fifth columnists create havoc in the industries and plantations of Pre-Pearl Harbor Hawaii, until an American doctor helps defeat them. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Plymouth Adventure (1952) Clarence Brown, Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Adventure, Drama, History
The story of the voyage of the “Mayflower” in its historic voyage across the Atlantic to the New World. Read More »
Annie Get Your Gun (1950) George Sidney, Busby Berkeley, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, Biography, Comedy, Musical
A story very loosely based on the love story of Annie Oakley and Frank Butler who meet at a shooting match. Read More »
Shûu / Sudden Rain (1956) Mikio Naruse, Setsuko Hara, Shûji Sano, Kyôko Kagawa, Comedy, Drama
Setsuko Hara plays Fumiko, whose unsuccessful marriage has made her become more and more cynical. When her niece, Ayako visits and complains about her own marriage, she is unsurprised. Read More »
Edge of Eternity (1959) Don Siegel, Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O’Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the Grand Canyon. Read More »
Appointment with Venus (1951) Ralph Thomas, David Niven, Glynis Johns, George Coulouris, Comedy, Drama, War
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can’t prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. Read More »
A Summer Place (1959) Delmer Daves, Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Drama, Romance
The Hunter family has long owned a mansion on Pine Island, a summer resort located off the Maine coast. Read More »
Izumi / Fountainhead (1956) Masaki Kobayashi, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Yôko Katsuragi, Drama
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply. Read More »
Ghost of the China Sea (1958) Fred F. Sears, David Brian, Lynette Bernay, Norman Wright, War, Drama
A ragtag group of survivors escape a Filipino sugar plantation overrun by Japanese soldiers during World War II, finding a small boat along the way. Read More »
Glad Tidings (1953) Wolf Rilla, Barbara Kelly, Raymond Huntley, Ronald Howard, Comedy, Drama
An English colonel finds love with an American widow, to the displeasure of his children. Read More »