Beloved children’s author Dr Seuss (real name Theodore Geisel) made his first and only foray into feature films with The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T, which he conceived,…
Browsing: Movies 1953
Please note: The majority of movie posts contain spoilers.
Having run out of exotic backgrounds on Earth, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello accidentally launch a rocket ship and think they’ve landed on Mars -…
The events presented in Albert R.N. are based on fact and took place in the prison camp, Marlag O for Naval Officers in North-West Germany…
Appointment in London covers one hectic but typical month in Summer 1943 among the men of RAF Bomber Command. Tired but tenacious Wing Commander Tim Mason…
Fred Astaire and Michael Kidd choreographed this gem of a Hollywood musical produced by MGM. The Band Wagon began as a revue which opened in 1931…
Near the Arctic Circle, an atomic bomb is detonated. This fearsome experiment disturbs the sleep of a giant Rhedosaurus encased in ice for more than…
Easily one of the most irreverent, tongue-in-cheek movies made under Hollywood auspices, Beat The Devil stands out for many reasons. First, the amount and level of talent…
Glenn Ford stars as Dave Bannion, a cop who ditches his badge in order to take down a mob boss when his wife (Jocelyn Brando)…
Henry Carson (John Le Mesurier) owns a seedy Soho night club called The Blue Parrot which becomes the centre of a police investigation following the…
This sequel to On Moonlight Bay (1951) reunited most of the original cast and presented the trials and tribulations of the Winfield family in small-town…
The opening sequence of this wonderful musical is pure pleasure, as Doris Day rides the Deadwood stage across the screen and into our hearts. Day,…
The story follows the Royal Navy Flower-class corvette HMS Compass Rose under Captain George Ericson (Jack Hawkins), a Merchant Navy and Royal Naval Reserve officer…
A rather aloof desert-stormer, meant as a follow-up to The Desert Fox (1951) and again boasting James Mason as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel – this time…
After making some well-received documentaries, Stanley Kubrick quit his day job as a photographer for Look magazine and borrowed money from his father and uncle…
When scientists and best friends Bill Leggatt (Stephen Murray) and Robin Grant (John Van Eyssen) fall in love with the same girl (Barbara Payton), they…
This first-rate, compelling drama about army life in Hawaii on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor comes across with power and passion, thanks…
In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the Marilyn Monroe mannerisms all combine in a very sexy explosion of music, comedy, and romance unequalled in the rest of her career. She…
Psychiatrist Dr Alton (Timothy Farrell) narrates two stories: one of a transvestite called Glen (Edward D. Wood Jr) who secretly dresses as a woman called…
Family men Roy Collins (Edmond O’Brien) and Gilbert Bowen (Frank Lovejoy) set out on a fishing trip, but a hitch-hiker turns their holiday into a…
As much a vehicle for a scenery-devouring Vincent Price as for the newfangled 3D process that would kick-start the 1950s craze, the Victorian horror shows…
