The 50s

4th Ave Publishing

Month: April 2024

Jeanne Eagels 1957

Kim Novak – Jeff Chandler in Jeanne Eagels 1957 The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.

River of No Return (1954)

Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum in “River of No Return” (1954) The titular river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious saloon singer. In order to survive, each must be purged of anger, and…

Debra Paget in Princess of the Nile (1954)

Debra Paget in Princess of the Nile (1954) 1249 A.D. Shalimar, an Egyptian princess, striving to rid her country of its Bedouin conquerors, forms an alliance with Prince Haidi, son of the Caliph of Baghdad. She practices her intrigues both…

Chelo Alonso in Sign of the Gladiator 1959

Chelo Alonso in Sign of the Gladiator 1959 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops under the command of the consul Marcus Valerius. Forced into slavery and tortured on a cross, Marcus manages to escape,…

Joseph Cotten – Rhonda Fleming (The killer is loose) 1956

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole’s young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. About three years later,…