
Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Executive Suite (1954) Robert Wise, William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, June Allyson

Avery Bullard, President of the Tredway Corporation has died. But he never named Read More »
Half Angel (1951) Richard Sale, Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Cecil Kellaway

Nora Gilpin is a demure nurse, who has just become engaged to her long-time beau, Tim. Read More »
The Singing Ringing Tree (1957) Francesco Stefani

A courageous prince would like to win the core of a princess that is stubborn by locating the singing, ringing tree to get her. Read More »
The Scamp (1957) Wolf Rilla, Richard Attenborough, Dorothy Alison, Colin Petersen

Mike Dawson, out-of-work burlesque actor, is too busy with his latest girlfriend Read More »
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) Raoul Walsh, Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie

Set in the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Read More »
Time Without Pity (1957) Joseph Losey, Michael Redgrave

Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie Read More »
Kiku to Isamu (1959) Tadashi Imai, Emiko Takahashi, Tanie Kitabayashi, George Okunoyama

Immediately after the Second World War, sister Kiku and brother Isamu, whose mother Read More »
Alias John Preston (1955) David MacDonald, Betta St. John, Alexander Knox, Christopher Lee

Wealthy John Preston arrives in small town Deanbridge. Read More »
The Story of Pure Love / Jun’ai monogatari (1957) Tadashi Imai, Shinjirô Ehara, Hitomi Nakahara, Eiji Okada

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando Read More »