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Tag Archives: 1950s
Party Girl (1958) Nicholas Ray, Robert Taylor

Lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career defending crooks in trials. Read More »
The Wonderful Country (1959) Robert Parrish

Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father’s murderer Read More »
Back from Eternity (1956) John Farrow

After a commercial plane crash lands in a South American jungle, the passengers and pilots Read More »
Unmasked (1950) George Blair, Robert Rockwell

Roger Lewis, publisher of a vicious scandal sheet, is in the habit of tricking wealthy, gullible women into investing in his ventures. Read More »
The Happy Years (1950) William A. Wellman

Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink “Dink” Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School Read More »
Richard III (1955) Laurence Olivier

Richard’s military skills have helped to put his older brother Edward on the throne of England. Read More »
The Man Is Armed (1956) Franklin Adreon

Crime drama in which a man unknowingly helps a gang pull off a big heist. Read More »
Shyam’s Mother (1953) Shyamchi Aai

About the relationship between Shyam and his mother who teaches him how to stick to his ideals and beliefs in spite of them living in poverty. Read More »
So Long at the Fair (1950) Antony Darnborough

Vicky Barton and her brother, Johnny, take a trip to the 1896 Paris Exhibition. Read More »