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Tag Archives: 1950s
The Kid from Left Field (1953) Harmon Jones

Former ballplayer Larry Cooper secretly and unofficially manages a struggling major league club Read More »
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

In the spring of 1942, following the blockade run that took General Douglas MacArthur Read More »
A Cry in the Night (1956) Frank Tuttle

Owen Marks, parked at Lovers’ Loop with girlfriend Liz Taggart, surprises a peeping Tom, who knocks him out and kidnaps Liz. Read More »
Naked Africa (1957) Ray Phoenix

A documentary exploring some of the tribes of South Africa, the wildlife, and some of the descendants Read More »
Brink of Life (1958) Ingmar Bergman

Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other while in a maternity ward together Read More »
While the City Sleeps (1950)

Jompa is unemployed – and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents Read More »
Josephine and Men (1955) Roy Boulting

The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men… Read More »
Mon oncle (1958) Jacques Tati

Monsieur Hulot’s brother-in-law is the manager of a factory where plastics are manufactured. Read More »
Nowhere to Go (1958) Seth Holt, Basil Dearden

Paul Gregory is sprung from jail in London by his accomplice after getting a stretch as expected for robbing a woman who falls for his charms. Read More »