Young David, orphaned en route to California, falls into the hands of medicine-show rascal Baltimore Dan. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959) John Guillermin, Gordon Scott, Anthony Quayle, Sara Shane
After diamond hunters kill two people while stealing explosives, Tarzan sets off after them. Read More »
Story of a Beloved Wife / Aisai monogatari (1951) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Jûkichi Uno, Ichirô Sugai
Shindo’s directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Read More »
Cow Country (1953) Lesley Selander, Edmond O’Brien, Helen Westcott, Robert Lowery
A “big” western by Allied Artists standards, Cow Country is directed with his usual panache by horse-opera expert Lesley Selander. Read More »
A King in New York (1957) Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde
Due to a revolution in his country, King Shahdov comes to New York – almost broke. Read More »
The End of the Road (1954) Wolf Rilla
Known as Mick to some and Mack to others, because he is half Scottish and half Irish Read More »
Hollywood Story (1951) William Castle, Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan
Hollywood 1950: The successful producer Larry O’Brian arrives in Los Angeles to found a motion picture company. Read More »
It’s a Grand Life (1953) John E. Blakeley, Frank Randle, Diana Dors, Dan Young
Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private Read More »
The Iron Glove (1954) William Castle, Robert Stack, Ursula Thiess, Richard Wyler
Irishman Charles Wogan wields his sword in the cause of James Stuart Read More »
The Devil Is a Woman / La Lupa (1953) Alberto Lattuada, Kerima, Ettore Manni, May Britt
A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the same young soldier. Read More »