Rudolph II, the Holy Roman Emperor, does not have a simple life. And yet he manages to complicate it even more with his frequent outbursts of anger. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Anne of the Indies (1951) Jacques Tourneur, Jean Peters
LaRochelle, a former pirate captain, is caught by the British. To get his ship back, he works as a spy against Read More »
I Was an American Spy (1951) Lesley Selander, Ann Dvorak, Gene Evans, Douglas Kennedy
An American nightclub singer in 1940’s Singapore becomes a spy for America in an effort to get back at the invading Japanese army. Based on a true story. Read More »
The Belle of New York (1952) Charles Walters, Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Marjorie Main
In squeaky-clean New York at the turn of the century, playboy Charlie Hill falls so much in love that he can walk on air. Read More »
Raising a Riot (1955) Wendy Toye, Kenneth More, Shelagh Fraser, Mandy Miller
Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife Mary have three children aged from five to eleven. Read More »
Ruby Gentry (1952) King Vidor, Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden
Despite their different social class Ruby and Boake grew up together in the 1950s North Carolina. Read More »
City Beneath the Sea (1953) Budd Boetticher, Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn
Divers Brad and Tony arrive in Jamaica to attempt salvage of the “Lady Luck,” sunk with all hands and a million in gold. Read More »
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) Richard Sale, Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Alan Young
Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting nowhere. Read More »
Yorokobi mo kanashimi mo ikutoshitsuki / Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura
Covering the years from 1932 through 1957, this is the story of the trials and tribulations of lighthouse keeper Keiji Sada and his wife Hideko Takamine. Read More »
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) Edgar G. Ulmer, John Agar, Gloria Talbott, Arthur Shields
A young woman discovers she is the daughter of the infamous Dr. Jekyll, and begins to believe Read More »