
The mood is set with the opening with excerpts from the Excelsior Ball, a famous ballet at the turn of the century that heralded the advances of the upcoming century Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
The Golden Disc (1958) Don Sharp, Lee Patterson, Mary Steele, Terry Dene, Musical

A young couple expand their coffee bar to include a record shop and a recording outlet, to help a young singer, and to cash in on the start of the rock and roll era. Read More »
Walk the Proud Land (1956) Jesse Hibbs, Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Pat Crowley, Biography, Western

Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Read More »
Lafayette Escadrille (1958) William A. Wellman

The brave Americans who flew for France before the U.S. entered World War I are saluted in Lafayette Escadrille, a rousing and flavorful adventure filled with flyboy camaraderie. Read More »
Lukochuri / Hide and Seek (1958) Kamal Majumdar, Kishore Kumar, Mala Sinha, Anita Guha, Comedy

Kumar leaves home for a job in Bombay. His father forbids him to meet his twin brother Shankar who wants to give music to films and is in love with an artist. Read More »
Pillars of the Sky (1956) George Marshall, Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond, Western

In Oregon Country, 1868, several tribes of Native Americans have been placed on a reservation north of the Snake River. Read More »
Carica Eroica / Heroic Charge (1952) Francesco De Robertis, Antonio Caprice, Giuseppe Carignani, Ludovico Ceriana, Drama, War

In 1941 an Italian regiment known as the Savoy Cavalry is sent by Mussolini to Russia to assist the German invasion. Read More »
The Glass Menagerie (1950) Irving Rapper, Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence, Drama

An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be.
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Pardners (1956) Norman Taurog, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson, Comedy, Romance, Western

Martin and Lewis are sons of former ranch partners. Lewis, raised by his millionaire mother, follows visiting Martin back to the old West to learn how to be a cowboy. Read More »
Bonjour tristesse (1958) Otto Preminger, Jean Seberg, David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Drama, Romance

Cecile, decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father Raymond. When Anne, Raymond’s old love interest, comes to Raymond’s villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life. Read More »