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Tag Archives: 1950s
Jack Slade (1953) Harold D. Schuster, Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone, Barton MacLane
A twelve year old Joey Slade sees his father gunned down in front of him Read More »
What Is Your Name? Part III AKA Kimi no na wa: Daisanbu (1954) Hideo Ôba, Chikage Awashima, Haruyo Ichikawa, Akio Isono
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. Read More »
What Is Your Name? Part II AKA Kimi no na wa: Dainibu (1953) Hideo Ôba, Keiko Awaji, Chikage Awashima, Kimie Hayashi
Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge Read More »
What Is Your Name? AKA Kimi no na wa (1953) Hideo Ôba, Keiko Awaji, Chikage Awashima, Haruyo Ichikawa
Machiko and Haruki are not allowed to meet. When at last they find each other, Haruki has to part for Europe. Read More »
Zaza (1956) René Gaveau, Lilo, Maurice Teynac, Robert Dalban
Paris 1900. During the Belle Époque, Zaza, a young music hall artist Read More »
Paul Temple’s Triumph (1950) Maclean Rogers, John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan, Jack Livesey
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends Read More »
Captain China (1950) Lewis R. Foster, John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn
Charles Chinnough, aka Captain China, washed ashore off his ship during a storm Read More »
The Milkman (1950) Charles Barton, Donald O’Connor, Jimmy Durante, Piper Laurie
Roger Bradley, son of a milk magnate, isn’t allowed to work for his dad’s company because Read More »
California Conquest (1952) Lew Landers, Cornel Wilde, Teresa Wright, Alfonso Bedoya
The period is the 1840’s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become Read More »
Orpheus (1950) Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). Read More »
Gun Brothers (1956) Sidney Salkow, Buster Crabbe, Ann Robinson, Neville Brand
Chad Santee heads west to join his brother, Jubal, that allegedly has a large cattle ranch. Read More »
Belle Le Grand (1951) Allan Dwan, Vera Ralston, John Carroll, William Ching
Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn’t commit Read More »
Our Very Own (1950) David Miller, Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during Read More »
The Wages Of Fear AKA Le salaire de la peur (1953) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck
In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission Read More »