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Tag Archives: 1950s
Goddess of Love / La Venere di Cheronea (1957)
The god Zeus sends Venus, the goddess of love, to Earth to find her own true love. Read More »
2 minutter for sent (1952)
The body of a loose-living woman is discovered. Who murdered her? Her new hard-drinking boyfriend? Read More »
Die Sünderin / The Sinner (1951)
Marina, a prostitute, lives with the unsuccessful artist Alexander. Read More »
Love That Brute (1950) Alexander Hall, Paul Douglas, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero
In 1928, Big Ed Hanley, boss of a gang of Chicago racketeers, has money and power, but he is bored. Read More »
Scandal at Scourie (1953) Jean Negulesco, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Agnes Moorehead
After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitoba. Read More »
The Miniver Story (1950) H.C. Potter, Victor Saville, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak
The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together Read More »
Fan-Fan the Tulip / Fanfan la tulipe (1952) Christian-Jaque, Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand
Fanfan is a handsome young peasant. He joins the army to escape a forced marriage Read More »
The Law and the Lady (1951) Edwin H. Knopf
A former housemaid (Garson) now works as a confidence trickster, but her plans for a big job in California go awry. Read More »
How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) Nigel Patrick
The impoverished Clitterburn family live on a grand English estate but times are hard and the head of the household, Sir Henry Read More »