The 50s

4th Ave Publishing

1950

Kiss tomorrow goodbye 1950

Barbara Payton – James Cagney in Kiss tomorrow goodbye 1950 From the trial of the survivors, we flash back to amoral crook Ralph Cotter’s violent prison break, assisted by Holiday Carleton, sister of another prisoner…who doesn’t make it. Soon Ralph…

The flame and the arrow – 1950

Virginia Mayo-Burt Lancaster (The flame and the arrow) 1950 Twelfth-century Lombardy lies under the iron heel of German overlord Count Ulrich ‘The Hawk’, but in the mountains, guerillas yet resist. Five years before our story, Ulrich stole away the pretty…

1950 Ford automobile advertisement

1950 Ford automobile advertisement

Laurette Luez – Errol Flynn (Kim) 1950

Laurette Luez – Errol Flynn (Kim) 1950 During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.

A still from South Sea Sinner (1950)

Frank Lovejoy, Shelley Winters in a still from South Sea Sinner (1950) A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because “men like her…

The Petty Girl – lobby card

The Petty Girl – lobby card An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his artwork. She declines his offer, but he’s…

Our Lady of the Broomstick competition 1950

Our Lady of the Broomstick competition 1950