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Tag Archives: 1950s
Double Deal (1950) Abby Berlin, Marie Windsor, Richard Denning, Taylor Holmes
A young woman inherits an oil field, and hires an engineer to help her drill a well. Read More »
Gigi (1958) Vincente Minnelli, Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan
Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training Read More »
Sorority Girl (1957) Roger Corman, Susan Cabot, Dick Miller, Barboura Morris
A poor-little-rich-girl feels alienated by her mother and enacts a string of torment Read More »
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) Lew Landers, Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrance, Alan Hale Jr.
Captain John Smith (Anthony Dexter), returned from the Jamestown colony, is telling his story before Read More »
I Accuse! (1958) José Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors
The famous “Dreyfus Case” where a Jewish captain in the French Army is falsely accused of treason. Read More »
What Price Murder? AKA Une manche et la belle (1957) Henri Verneuil, Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot, Isa Miranda
Betty Farnwell, a rich widow living in Nice, decides to marry Philippe Read More »
Forbidden Planet (1956) Fred M. Wilcox, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
When Commander Adams and his crew are sent to investigate why there were Read More »
Good Enough to Eat AKA Une fille à croquer (1951) Raoul André, Gaby Morlay, Serge Reggiani, Louise Carletti
Rose Chaperon is asked by her confectioner mother Mathilde to bring jewels Read More »
The Betrayal (1957) Ernest Morris, Philip Friend, Diana Decker, Philip Saville
An Allied pilot is captured by the Germans during the war. During his imprisonment, he is blinded by his captors. Read More »
Take a Giant Step (1959) Philip Leacock, Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee
A black high school senior struggles with becoming a man, and living in a middle class white neighborhood Read More »
Sierra Baron (1958) James B. Clark, Brian Keith, Rick Jason, Rita Gam
In this western set in the California territory in the mid-19th century Read More »
The Big Money (1956) John Paddy Carstairs, Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee, Kathleen Harrison
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that Read More »
Bobbikins (1959) Robert Day, Shirley Jones, Max Bygraves, Billie Whitelaw
Parents Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like an adult. Read More »
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) Otto Preminger, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker
Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. Read More »