The great strength of classic British screen comedies often lies not so much in the stars of the story but in the supporting cast, drawn…
Browsing: Movies – 1950s
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The music of George and Ira Gershwin underscores this Academy Award-winning tale of an artist caught between two women in post-war Paris. Shot almost entirely…
Set in the year 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to…
A charming drama set in Paris in 1928. Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming…
James Stewart plays Paul ‘Polly’ Biegler, an easygoing country lawyer in this courtroom drama adapted from the novel by Robert Traver – in fact, a…
Roger Vadim created a scandal with his first film, And God Created Woman, which starred his young wife, Brigitte Bardot. The eroticism and nudity in the…
Otto Preminger’s Angel Face features Robert Mitchum as Frank Jessup, a private investigator who discovers – but cannot escape from – the machinations of Diane Tremayne, the…
A beautiful blonde angel arrives at The Angel, Islington in London to spread the gospel of goodwill. Short on cash, she pawns her harp at…
Filmed at RAF Kenley in Surrey, Angels One Five tells the story of some of the “Few” – the men of the Royal Air Force…
A mission to Mars returns with crew members missing and comatose, and only Dr Iris Ryan (Nora Hayden) can be made conscious to tell the…
This on-target animated cartoon faithfully based on George Orwell’s political satire was the first-ever feature-length British animated film. Until the final reel, Animal Farm sticks faithfully to…
This Technicolor outdoor song and dance extravaganza is a flashy film version of the Broadway hit musical about Annie Oakley, the celebrated female sharpshooter. Set…
In London in 1944, beautiful American newspaper columnist Sara Scott (Lana Turner) falls in love with BBC war correspondent Mark Trevor (Sean Connery), who is…
Burt Lancaster stars as Massai, an angry Apache Indian warrior who boldly crusades for justice for his tribe and then settles down. For once, the…
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…
A splendid, charming film version of Jules Verne’s magnificent travelogue with spectacular sketches from various parts of the world and scores of cameos from an…
Artists and Models, which provided the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis duo with its finest screen hour, is a dizzily self-reflexive play on movie illusion. Eugene Fullstack…
American singing sensation Bobby Denver ‘the crying crooner’ (whose tearful singing technique has a traumatic effect on females, schoolgirls and little old ladies alike) arrives…
Thanks to its emphasis on character, this film noir about an old crook fresh out of jail who brings a gang of criminals together for…
A beautiful female extraterrestrial (Shirley Kilpatrick) – dressed in a skintight metallic suit with high heels, lipstick, and jet-propelled eyebrows – lands in the Sierra…