Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe (1952) was MGM’s big blockbuster and Oscar contender of 1952. Richard Thorpe directs this rousing adaptation of Sir Walter Scott’s novel starring Robert Taylor as Ivanhoe, Elizabeth Taylor as… Read more »
Tag: 1950s
Jet Pilot
Nobody likes Howard Hughes’ Jet Pilot (1957). One of the stars of Jet Pilot, John Wayne, has described the film as “too stupid for words”. Hughes poured a fortune into… Read more »
Jack & The Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) was Bud Abbott and Lou Costello’s passion project. The comedy duo produced this family classic themselves with original songs by Lester Lee and Bob Russell…. Read more »
Mister 880
20th Century Fox’s production Mister 880 (1950) was a small production that functioned as a showcase for Edmund Gwenn. Gwenn plays Skipper, an amateur counterfeiter, under investigation by Agent Steve… Read more »
We’re No Angels
We’re No Angels (1955) was one of Humphrey Bogart’s last movies. It’s a rare showcase for his often overlooked talents as a comedian. Bogart always had a humorous line or… Read more »
Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz (1954) is the second of two successive westerns that Robert Aldrich made for Hecht-Lancaster Productions at United Artists. At the time that Vera Cruz was made Lancaster was… Read more »
Night Of The Demon
With his film Night Of The Demon (1957) director Jacques Tourneur marries the two genres at which he most excelled: film noir and the Gothic Horror. The character Dr. Holden… Read more »
Saddle The Wind
Saddle The Wind (1958) should be a classic western. Rod Serling’s script brings an existential dread to the familiar tale of a brother trying to pull his younger brother back… Read more »
Texas Carnival
Texas Carnival (1951) is another in the cycle of comedy musicals Esther Williams made at MGM. This would be her third film playing opposite of MGM funny man Red Skelton…. Read more »
Battle Hymn
Douglas Sirk’s Battle Hymn (1957) is in many ways a typical “ode to the armed forces” melodrama that was very popular in the fifties. Still, there’s enough of Sirk in… Read more »
