A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Mohawk (1956) Kurt Neumann, Scott Brady
An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper’s daughter Read More »
Ten Days to Tulara (1958) George Sherman
Tramp pilot Scott McBride (Sterling Hayden) goes to meet a Mr. Rodriguez Read More »
Ben-Hur (1959) William Wyler, Charlton Heston
Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Read More »
The Vanquished (1953) Edward Ludwig
A Southern States official returns home after the Civil War Read More »
Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954) La ilusión viaja en tranvía
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned Read More »
Fires on the Plain (1959) Kon Ichikawa
It is the Philipines, 1945. The Japanese Imperial Army has been reduced to a ragtag mob hiding in the jungles. Read More »
La mer et les jours (1958) Alain Kaminker, Raymond Vogel, Daniel Ivernel
A film about the inhabitants of Ile de Sein in Brittany. Read More »
The Cock’s Crow (1955) Rafael Gil, Francisco Rabal, Jacqueline Pierreux, Gérard Tichy
A priest in a communist country tries to escape denying his religious condition. Read More »
House of Wax (1953) André De Toth, Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk
A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures Read More »