The 50s

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Romance

Johnny Trouble 1957

Carolyn Jones – Stuart Whitman in Johnny Trouble 1957 Katherine Chandler lives in an apartment house that has been purchased by the local college for a boy’s dormitory. She refuses to vacate, certain that her son, who was a wild…

Rory Calhoun – Kathleen Hughes (Dawn at Socorro) 1954

Rory Calhoun – Kathleen Hughes (Dawn at Socorro) 1954 Brett Wade, gambler, gunslinger, and classical pianist, is wounded in a gunfight with the Ferris clan; the doctor finds signs of tuberculosis. En route to Colorado for his health, Brett stops…

Sophia Loren – William Holden

Sophia Loren-William Holden (The key) 1958 During World War II, successive tugboat British Captains sent on dangerous salvage missions pass-on the key to a home-port apartment, where a lonely Swiss-Italian young war-widow lives.

Jeffrey Hunter – Jean Peters (Lure of the wilderness) 1952

Jeffrey Hunter and Jean Peters in Lure of the wilderness 1952 A young girl and her father, who was unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates the swamp…

Ava Gardner dances in The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Ava Gardner dances in The Barefoot Contessa (1954) At Maria Vargas’ funeral, several people recall who she was and the impact she had on them. Harry Dawes was a not very successful writer/director when he and movie producer Kirk Edwards…

Debra Paget and Jeffrey Hunter in Princess of the Nile (1954)

Debra Paget and Jeffrey Hunter 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…

MADEMOISELLE STRIPTEASE, 1956

Brigitte Bardot Originally titled Mademoiselle Striptease, this classic French sex comedy is a charming frolic through luscious Parisian cabarets with outstanding striptease performances. Agnes Laurent plays a spoiled young provincial girl.

Mogambo 1953

Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner in Mogambo 1953 Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla…