A young American painter and his French wife move with their small daughter to the US when the husband’s father dies. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Feudin’ Fools (1952) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Dorothy Ford, Comedy
Whe ‘Sach’ Jones inherits a rundown farm in the South, he becomes the target of a group of feuding hillbillies who want to find out if he is a member of the Jones family they have killed or run away. Read More »
Meoto zenzai / Marital Relations (1955) Shirô Toyoda, Hisaya Morishige, Chikage Awashima, Yôko Tsukasa, Drama
Ryukichi, the young master of a cosmetic wholesale dealer, leaves his wife and child to live with Choko, a popular geisha, with whom he has fallen in love. Read More »
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, June Allyson, Dick Powell, David Wayne, Comedy, Romance
Hot-tempered Kathleen Maguire enlists the services of a young attorney to help her zookeeper father get his job back after he is fired for political reasons. Read More »
The Yellow Cab Man (1950) Jack Donohue, Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Slezak, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. Read More »
You for Me (1952) Don Weis, Peter Lawford, Jane Greer, Gig Young, Comedy, Romance
Katie McDermad, who comes from a working class household, is a dedicated surgical nurse, who loves her profession but not the low pay. Read More »
Eight O’Clock Walk (1954) Lance Comfort, Richard Attenborough, Cathy O’Donnell, Derek Farr, Crime, Drama
Taxicab driver Tom Banning is led to an abandoned bomb-site by an eight-year-old girl as an April-fool prank. Read More »
Huis-clos / No Exit (1954) Jacqueline Audry, Arletty, Frank Villard, Gaby Sylvia, Drama
Jacqueline Audry usually approached her text with great reverence, but here she was revisionist to the point of destruction. Read More »
Gan / Wild Geese / The Mistress (1953) Shirô Toyoda, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Jûkichi Uno, Drama, Romance
A young woman is forced to become a mistress to a married, middle-aged man in order to support her father, in this meiji period drama directed by Shiro Toyoda. Read More »
The Dark Avenger / The Warriors (1955) Henry Levin, Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru, Peter Finch, Adventure, Drama, History
During the 14th century, the Hundred-Year War between France and England ends in a truce. The English army occupies French Aquitaine Read More »