The 50s

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Mid Century

Naked alibi (1954)

Naked alibi (1954) Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of…

Diana Dors posing

I was the first home-grown sex symbol, rather like Britain’s naughty seaside postcards. When Marilyn Monroe’s first film was shown here [The Asphalt Jungle (1950)], a columnist actually wrote “How much like our Diana Dors she is.”.  

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958

Paul Newman & Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958 The family of “Big Daddy” Pollitt (Burl Ives) convenes at his and Big Momma’s (Dame Judith Anderson’s). Among the attendees is alcoholic son, Brick (Paul Newman); an ex-football…

Kim Novak as Jeanne Eagles 1957

Kim Novak as Jeanne Eagles 1957 A largely fictionalized account of the career of actress Jeanne Eagels, whose fame was both on stage and on the screen in the 1910s and 1920s, is presented. After losing in a rigged carnival…

The Sad Truth About Happy Pills! People Today, November 1956

The Sad Truth About Happy Pills! People Today, November 1956