The 50s

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50’s Movies

Marilyn Monroe during the filming of Bus Stop, 1956.

Innocent rodeo cowboy Bo falls in love with cafe singer Cherie in Phoenix. She tries to run away to Los Angeles but he finds her and forces her to board the bus to his home in Montana. When the bus…

Around the world in 80 days – 1956

Shirley MacLaine – David Niven (Around the world in 80 days) 1956 A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.

Attack Of The Puppet People (1958)

Attack Of The Puppet People (1958) The secretary Sally Reynolds is hired by the owner of the Dolls, Inc., the former puppet master Mr. Franz. Soon she meets the salesman Bob Westley and they fall in love with each other….

River of no return 1954

Marilyn Monroe – Rory Calhoun (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 each…

Not of this earth 1957

Morgan Jones – Beverly Garland (Not of this earth) 1957 An alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to Earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There, he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his…

Peter Pan (1953)

Peter Pan (1953) An adaptation of J. M. Barrie’s story about a boy who never grew up. The three children of the Darling family receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Land, where an ongoing war…

Maureen O’Hara in Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)

Maureen O’Hara in the title role in Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) In eleventh century England, King Edward the Confessor wants Saxon Lord Leofric to marry a despised Norman woman, and has him jailed when he refuses. In jail, he…