Showing posts with label 1950's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950's. Show all posts

February 28, 2015

A Place in the Sun (1951) Trailer

A Place in the Sun


I'm in trouble, George... bad trouble 

A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film loosely based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the play, also titled An American Tragedy.

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February 18, 2015

Macabre (1958) Trailer

Macabre


 If it frightens you to death, you'll be buried free of charge!

Macabre is a 1958 thriller film directed by William Castle, written by Robb White, and starring William Prince, Jim Backus, Christine White, Jacqueline Scott, and Susan Morrow. 

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Doctor Rod Barrett's (William Prince) young daughter has been kidnapped by a mysterious maniac who has buried her alive "in a large coffin". The doctor has five hours in which to find and rescue her before her air runs out and she suffocates. The maniacal killer apparently, also murdered Doctor Barrett's wife and sister.Various family members and friends become potential suspects as they help in the search, wandering through dark graveyards, crypts, thunder and lightning, and red-herrings. The somewhat muddy plot leads to a surprise conclusion that reveals the guilty party and the motive. At the film's end, the voice of William Castle is heard throughout the theater, requesting that the audience not reveal the unexpected ending to others.
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February 11, 2015

Diary of a Country Priest (1951) Trailer

Journal d'un curé de campagne


Diary of a Country Priest (original French title: Journal d'un curé de campagne) is a 1951 French film written and directed by Robert Bresson, and starring Claude Laydu.

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In Ambricourt, a young Priest (Claude Laydu) arrives to be the local parish priest. The community of the small town does not accept him, and although having a serious disease in the stomach, the inexperienced and frail priest tries to help the dwellers, and has a situation with the wealthy family of the location.

February 10, 2015

3 Ring Circus (1954) Trailer

3 Ring Circus


Tame a lion. Get shot out of a cannon. Wash an elephant. Jerrico will do anything to become a circus clown.

3 Ring Circus is a 1954 film comedy starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. 

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Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money and are looking for a job. They finally find employment working in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown...

Father's Little Dividend (1951) Trailer

Father's Little Dividend


Father's Little Dividend is a 1951 comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor. 

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February 09, 2015

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) Trailer

The Man with the Golden Arm


The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren, which tells the story of a heroin addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world. It stars Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang and Darren McGavin.

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Island in the Sun (1957) Trailer

Island in the Sun


The place is the West Indies . . . the sun hides many things.

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Alexander the Great (1956) Trailer

Alexander the Great


Conqueror of conquerors! Spectacle of spectacles! The colossus of motion pictures! 

Alexander the Great is a 1956 American sword-and-sandal epic film about the life of Macedonian general and king Alexander the Great, written, directed and produced by Robert Rossen with Gordon S. Griffith as executive producer.

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Alexander the Great was a fierce military commander who led huge armies into battle without a single defeat; a magnificent warrior who many believed was part god - this was Alexander the Great (Richard Burton), the legendary Greek hero hailed by his countrymen as "The King of Kings". 

February 08, 2015

The Ladykillers (1955) Trailer

The Ladykillers


Meet "The Unholy Five"...The Most Befuddled Set of Assorted Thugs That Ever Fouled Up a Million Dollar Bank Robbery!! 

The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy film made by Ealing Studios. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, it stars Katie JohnsonAlec GuinnessCecil ParkerHerbert Lom,Peter SellersDanny Green, and Jack Warner.

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January 20, 2015

The Naked Maja (1958) Trailer

The Naked Maja




 Now she is yours...the matchless...the shameless beauty who lives forever as The Naked Maja!


The Naked Maja (1958) is an Italian-French-American co-production made by S.G.C., Titanus Films and United Artists

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January 15, 2015

The Big Combo (1955)

The Big Combo


The Most Startling Story The Screen Has Ever Dared Reveal!

The Big Combo is a 1955 American film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis and photographed by cinematographer John Alton, with music by David Raksin.

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Police Lt. Diamond is told to close his surveillance of suspected mob boss Mr. Brown because it's costing the department too much money with no results. Diamond makes one last attempt to uncover evidence against Brown by going to Brown's girlfriend, Susan Lowell. Written by Norman L Cook <cook@ssdgwy.mdc.com>

January 14, 2015

The Bigamist (1953) Trailer

The Bigamist


Wanted by two women!


The Bigamist is a 1953 film noir directed by and starring Ida Lupino.

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Harry and Eve Graham want to adopt a child. Mr. Jordan, the adoption agent investigates them, discovering that Harry has a second wife, Phyllis. When Mr. Jordan is about to call the police, Harry explains to him how he got involved with his second wife, and how he got to be in the trouble that he is in.

The Blue Gardenia (1953) Scene

The Blue Gardenia



The Blue Gardenia is a 1953 black-and-white film noir directed by Fritz Lang and based on a story by Vera Caspary.

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In Los Angeles, on the day of her birthday, the telephone operator Norah Larkin decides to celebrate dining alone at home, with the picture of his beloved fiancé, a soldier overseas, and reading his last letter for her. In the letter he tells that he met a Japanese nurse and he wanted to get married with her. Norah, completely upset, accepts to blind date the Don Juan and photographer of calendar girls Harry Prebble. They go to the Blue Gardenia Club, and Norah drinks six strong cocktails Polynesian Pearl Divers and gets completely drunk. Harry takes her to his apartment and tries to force Norah to have sex, and she uses a poker to hit Harry on the head. On the next morning, she wakes-up in her apartment with her two roommates, but she can not remember what happened. When she reads the newspaper, she finds that Harry is dead and the police has her handkerchief, her high heels and her blue gardenia and is chasing the woman that killed the famous wolf Harry. When she reads in the ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ride Lonesome (1959) Trailer

Ride Lonesome


Scorching lead-hot action all the way!

Ride Lonesome is a 1959 Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph ScottKaren SteelePernell RobertsLee Van Cleef, and James Coburn in his film debut.

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Bounty hunter Ben Brigade (Randolph Scott) captures wanted outlaw Billy John (James Best), who brags that his brother Frank (Lee Van Cleef) will never allow Brigade to take Billy John to justice in Santa Cruz, California. Along the way, Brigade comes to the rescue of a woman, Carrie Lane (Karen Steele), whom he and a pair of unwelcome new partners, gunmen Sam Boone (Pernell Roberts) and his friend Whit (James Coburn), take along toward safety. But Brigade knows that the reward on Billy John's head is the real motive behind Sam's and Whit's arrival, and that outlaw leader Frank won't be far behind.

Seven Men from Now (1956) Trailer

Seven Men from Now


Seven Men from Now is a 1956 Western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph ScottGail Russell, and Lee Marvin.

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Ex-sheriff Ben Stride tracks the seven men who held up a Wells Fargo office and killed his wife. Stride is tormented by the fact that his own failure to keep his job was the cause of his wife's working in the express office and thus he is partly responsible for her death. Stride encounters a married couple heading west for California and helps them. Along the way they are joined by two n'er-do-wells, Masters and Clete, who know that Stride is after the express-office robbers. They plan to let Stride lead them to the bandits, then make away with the loot themselves. But they aren't the only ones carrying a secret.Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Saddle the Wind (1958) Trailer

Saddle the Wind


 Brothers with guns who... Saddle the Wind .

Saddle the Wind (1958) is a Western film directed by Robert Parrish, written by Rod Serling and produced by Armand Deutsch. It was filmed in Metrocolor and CinemaScope.

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Steve Sinclair is a world a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony arrives on the scene with his new bride Joan Blake.

The Indian Fighter (1955) Trailer

The Indian Fighter


Only one man has the power to stop a war.

The Indian Fighter is a 1956 American Western film directed by Andre De Toth and based upon an original story by Robert L. Richards.

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Johnny Hawks is a man who made his name fighting Indians. Returning to the West after the Civil War he must now keep wronged Sioux warriors from massacring the Oregon-bound wagon train he is leading and the nearby fort.

January 09, 2015

Kronos (1957) Trailer

Kronos


PLANET ROBBER TRAMPLES EARTH...STEALING ENERGY FOR OTHER WORLDS!


Kronos is a 1957 black-and-white science fiction film directed by Kurt Neumann, released by Regal Films, starring Jeff Morrow and Barbara Lawrence

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Scientists investigate what appears to be a meteorite that crashes into the ocean. After a few days and nights of mysterious lights and noises, a giant machine comes out of the ocean. The machine is the creation of an alien race, that is trying to syphon energy from earth. A true classic, in that it is so different from anything in the time period. To this day, nothing else has come out like it. Written by Anonymous

The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) Trailer

The Amazing Colossal Man


NEVER SINCE "KING KONG" SUCH A MIGHTY MOTION PICTURE!


The Amazing Colossal Man is a 1957 black-and-white science fiction film, directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Glenn Langan.

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Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is inadvertently exposed to a plutonium bomb blast at Camp Desert Rock. Though burned over 90% of his body, he survives, and begins to grow in size. As he grows, his heart and circulatory system fail to keep pace with his growth, and he is gradually losing his mind as a result of reduced blood supply to his brain. He reaches 50 feet tall before his growth is stopped. By this time he has become insane. He escapes and wreaks havoc upon Las Vegas before he is finally stopped.Written by Teresa E. Tutt <tuttt@rpi.edu>

Grip of the Strangler (1958) Trailer

The Haunted Strangler


KING OF THE MONSTERS! KARLOFF IN HIS NEW HORROR HIT! (original print ad - all caps) 

The Haunted Strangler (also known as Grip of the Strangler and originally titled The Judas Hole) is a 1958 British horror film directed by Robert Day.

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A writer investigating the execution of a serial killer known as "The Haymarket Strangler" 20 years previously begins to suspect that the wrong man might have been hanged. However, when he picks up a scalpel used by the murderer, he finds himself possessed by the killer's spirit and begins committing similar murders. Written by Anonymous

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