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Tag Archives: 1950s
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 »
The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
Bat Masterson doesn’t look for trouble, but he doesn’t walk away from it. Read More »
Michel De Ghelderode (1957) Luc de Heusch
Ghelderode’s gravelly voice is the leitmotiv of the film, which focuses on rehearsals Read More »
South Sea Woman (1953) Arthur Lubin
Marine Sergeant James O’Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion Read More »
Frankenstein 1970 (1958) Howard W. Koch, Boris Karloff, Tom Duggan, Jana Lund
Baron Victor Von Frankenstein has fallen on hard times Read More »
Kismet (1955) Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donen, Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray
Like a tale spun by Scheherazade, Kismet follows the remarkable and repeated changes of fortune that engulf a poor poet. Read More »