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1950 The Sundowners Western / Action / Adventure / Romance N/R, 83 Minutes
Director: George Templeton More Info
Starring: Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, Cathy Downs, John Litel, Jack Elam, Don Haggerty, Stanley Price, Clem Fuller, John Drew Barrymore Lots of Western action is portrayed in this film, complete with range wars. In the midst of the wars are the Cloud brothers: desperado "Kid Wichita" (Robert Preston), Jeff (John Drew Barrymore), and Tom (Robert Sterling). While "Kid Wichita" wants to control the family, Tom wants only to have his own land apart from the family, and a showdown is inevitable. |
1950 Sunset Blvd. Drama / Romance N/R, 111 Minutes
Director: Billy Wilder More Info
Starring: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Cecil B. DeMille, Jack Webb, Fred Clark, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton, Lloyd Gough Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) is an aging ex-Hollywood star who longs for a comeback. Aspiring screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) recognizes her weaknesses and moves into her home by flattering her with stories of her future regained stardom. In addition to three Oscars (Best Writing, Art Direction/Set Decoration, and Musical Score), the film received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Holden), Actress (Swanson), Supporting Actress and Actor (Nancy Olson and Erich von Stroheim), and Director. |
1950 Surrender Western / Drama / Romance N/R, 90 Minutes
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1950 Tea for Two Musical / Comedy / Romance N/R, 97 Minutes
Director: David Butler More Info
Starring: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Patrice Wymore, Eve Arden, Billy De Wolfe, S.Z. Sakall, Bill Goodwin, Virginia Gibson, Crauford Kent Based on the Broadway musical, "No, No, Nanette," this delightful film is about Nan's (Doris Day) bet that she can get money needed for her Broadway musical show by not answering "NO!" for an entire weekend. Nan wins the bet and then learns that the money was wiped out in the Wall Street Stock Market crash. Jimmy (Gordon MacRae) is smitten with Nan and offers her the money. The show does go on and is a hit. The film's songs include "Tea for Two," "I Want to Be Happy," "I Only Have Eyes for You," and "Do Do Do." |
1950 The Torch Drama / Comedy / Action / Adventure / Romance N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Emilio Fernandez More Info
Starring: Paulette Goddard, Pedro Armendariz, Gilbert Roland, Walter Reed, Jose Torvay, Julio Villarreal, Carlos Muzquiz, Margarito Luna, Pascual Garcia Pena, Antonia Daneem After taking over a small town in Mexico, General Jose Juan Reyes (Pedro Armendariz) falls in love with one of the town's beautiful residents, Maria Dolores Penafiel (Paulette Goddard) whose father Don Carlos (Julio Villarreal) is one of the town's wealthy men. At first, Maria hates Jose and slaps him in the face. This act–and others–only serve to encourage Jose, and he sets out to win Maria's love. |
1950 Two Weeks with Love Comedy / Musical / Romance N/R, 92 Minutes
Director: Roy Rowland More Info
Starring: Jane Powell, Louis Calhern, Ricardo Montalban, Ann Harding, Carleton Carpenter, Debbie Reynolds, Phyllis Kirk, Clinton Sundberg, Gary Gray, Tommy Rettig During the summer of 1913, Patti (Jane Powell), her sister Melba (Debbie Reynolds), their parents (Louis Calhern and Ann Harding), and her younger brothers (Gary Gray and Tommy Rettig) vacation in the Catskills. At 17, Patti feels that she is old enough to be dating and becomes interested in another resort guest Demi Armendez (Ricardo Montalban). But, Patti's friend Valerie (Phyllis Kirk) is also attracted to Demi and does not stand by and encourage a romance between Patti and Demi. Problems develop, but by story's end all ends happily. This was Debbie Reynolds' second movie, and her rendition of the song "Abba Dabba Honeymoon" hit the charts. |
1950 The Yellow Cab Man Comedy / Romance N/R, 85 Minutes
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1951 The African Queen Adventure / Drama / Romance N/R, 105 Minutes
Director: John Huston More Info
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner, Gerald Onn, Peter Swanwick, Errol John Humphrey Bogart (in his second Oscar-winning role) and Katharine Hepburn are great together as liquor-loving steamboat captain Charlie and religious spinster Rose in Africa during World War I. After Rose's brother is killed by the Germans, Charlie gives her safe passage, but she has other ideas–such as using the steamer to attack a German gunboat. Academy Award nominations included Best Actress and Director. |
1951 An American in Paris Musical / Romance N/R, 113 Minutes
Director: Vincente Minnelli More Info
Starring: Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Georges Guetary, Eugene Borden, Ann Codee, Dick Wessel, Paul Maxey, John Eldredge Based on the music of George and Ira Gershwin, dance and music sequences contributed to the Academy Award for Best Picture. The story is about ex-GI Jerry (Gene Kelly) who stays in Paris after the war to study art and then falls in love with Lise (Leslie Caron). The film also won five other Oscars, and Director Vincente Minnelli received a nomination. |
1951 Anne of the Indies Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance N/R, 81 Minutes
Director: Jacques Tourneur More Info
Starring: Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Herbert Marshall, Thomas Gomez, James Robertson Justice, Sean McClory, Holmes Herbert, Francis Pierlot, Carleton Young A legendary pirate, Captain Anne Providence (Jean Peters), seizes a ship but spares the captain, Pierre La Rochelle (Louis Jourdan), from walking the plank. But, La Rochelle is a spy working against pirates, and when Anne catches on, she kidnaps his wife Molly (Debra Paget) and leaves her on a desert island. She later rescues Molly and redeems herself only to fall into the clutches of Blackbeard (James Robertson Justice). |
1951 Bedtime for Bonzo Family / Comedy / Romance N/R, 83 Minutes
Director: Frederick De Cordova More Info
Starring: Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Jesse White, Lucille Barkley, Herbert Heyes, Herb Vigran, Harry Tyler, Edward Gargan, Ann Tyrrell In this light-hearted film, a college professor (Ronald Reagan) raises a chimpanzee in order to prove that it is environment, not heredity, that determines personality traits. |
1951 Father's Little Dividend Comedy / Romance N/R, 82 Minutes
Director: Vincente Minnelli More Info
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Moroni Olsen, Russ Tamblyn, Paul Harvey, Richard Rober, Frank Faylen This sequel to "Father of the Bride (1950)" has Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) trying to adjust to becoming a grandfather. His daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor) is now married to Buckley (Don Taylor), and they are expecting a baby. Stanley's overbearing wife Ellie (Joan Bennett) is worried throughout the pregnancy, but their young grandson arrives safely. The baby now screams whenever Stanley comes near–until Stanley mistakenly leaves the baby alone in his carriage for a half hour. When Stanley returns, he is greeted by a smiling baby, and he is finally a proud grandfather. |
1951 Force of Arms Drama / Romance N/R, 100 Minutes
Director: Michael Curtiz More Info
Starring: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Frank Lovejoy, Gene Evans, Dick Wesson, Paul Picerni, Katherine Warren, Ross Ford, Ron Hagerthy, Don Gordon This film, based on Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" is set in Italy during World War II where WAC nurse Lieutenant Eleanor McKay (Nancy Olson) falls in love with her patient, Sergeant Peterson (William Holden). After his recovery, Peterson is sent back to the front, and Eleanor waits anxiously for his return. |
1951 Happy Go Lovely Comedy / Musical / Romance N/R, 97 Minutes
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone More Info
Starring: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes, Diane Hart, Gordon Jackson, Barbara Couper, Gladys Henson, Sandra Dorne, Hugh Dempster Stuffy millionaire B.G. Bruno (David Niven) gives young Janet (Vera-Ellen) a lift. Janet is a member of an American movie production shooting in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is seen exiting the limo. Rumors fly after the sighting, and the director, needing money, thinks B.G. might help. Meanwhile, a love affair takes place between B.G. and Janet. All ends well. Vera-Ellen's dance routines are a highlight. |
1951 I'll Never Forget You Drama / Fantasy / Romance N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Roy Ward Baker More Info
Starring: Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie, Dennis Price, Beatrice Campbell, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Huntley, Irene Browne, Felix Aylmer, Arthur Denton American nuclear physicist Peter Standish (Tyrone Power) is working in England and living in an 18th-century mansion he inherited from an ancestor. One rainy evening, Peter is strolling in the neighborhood when he is hit by lightening. He awakens transported back into the 18th century and is now his own ancestor. While "living" in the past, he meets and falls in love with his cousin Helen (Ann Blyth) and uses his scientific knowledge to help improve 18th-century living conditions. Another thunderstorm shoots Peter back to the 20th century, and he learns from old, family documents that Helen had died before ever marrying. Now his friend Roger (Michael Rennie) introduces him to his sister Martha (also played by Ann Blyth) who looks just like Helen, and Peter and Martha instantly fall in love. This film begins in black and white, and then switches to color when Peter awakens in the 18th century. |
1951 The Lemon Drop Kid Comedy / Musical / Romance N/R, 91 Minutes
Director: Sidney Lanfield More Info
Starring: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King, Fred Clark, Jay C. Flippen, William Frawley, Tom Dugan, Harry Bellaver Based on a Damon Runyan story, this is the remake of the 1934 film about a reformed gangster, The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope). The Kid accidentally gives gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) a bad tip on a race. Now Moran tells The Kid that he must come up with $10,000 to make up for what he would have won. The Kid sets up a fake charity–after all, it is Christmas–and begins to raise the needed funds. This is the film that introduced Ray Evans and Jay Livingston's Christmas ballad, "Silver Bells." |
1951 Mr. Imperium Drama / Musical / Romance N/R, 87 Minutes
Director: Don Hartman More Info
Starring: Lana Turner, Ezio Pinza, Marjorie Main, Barry Sullivan, Cedric Hardwicke, Debbie Reynolds, Mitchell Lewis, Ann Codee, Tony Marlo, Chick Chandler Singer Frederica Brown (Lana Turner) meets a man who introduces himself as "Mr. Imperium" (Ezio Pinza) while both are vacationing in Italy. They begin a short-lived love affair during which, he nicknames her "Fredda," and she calls him "Al." Al teaches Fredda some Italian, and she teaches him some American customs. They part, but 12 years later they are reunited. She is now a movie star, and he is king of a European throne. They try to fit into each others' lives but by story's end must say "arrivederci." |
1951 My Favorite Spy Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance N/R, 93 Minutes
Director: Norman Z. McLeod More Info
Starring: Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Arnold Moss, John Archer, Morris Ankrum, Iris Adrian, Frank Faylen, Mike Mazurki, Marc Lawrence Burlesque comic Peanuts White (Bob Hope) is recruited by the FBI to impersonate his look-alike, Eric Augustine (also played by Hope), who is an international spy. Eric holds vital microfilm that the FBI wants Peanuts to bring back to them. Peanuts heads off to Tangiers and meets Eric's girlfriend, Lily Dalbray (Hedy Lamarr). Peanuts tries to get his hands on the microfilm, but Lily's superior, Karl Brubaker (Francis L. Sullivan), also wants it. Good slapstick comedy ensues. |
1951 Oh! Susanna Western / Action / Romance N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Joseph Kane More Info
Starring: Rod Cameron, Lorna Gray, Forrest Tucker, Chill Wills, William Ching, Jim Davis, Wally Cassell, Jimmy Lydon, Douglas Kennedy, William Haade Cavalry officer Captain Calhoun's (Rod Cameron) charter to protect the Sioux Indians and their land from prospectors is made even more difficult due to his boss, cavalry unit leader Lieutenant Colonel Unger (Forrest Tucker), who is an Indian hater. When war breaks out, the Indians attack Unger's fort, and only Calhoun survives. |
1951 On Moonlight Bay Musical / Comedy / Romance N/R, 95 Minutes
Director: Roy Del Ruth More Info
Starring: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Billy Gray, Mary Wickes, Ellen Corby, Jack Smith, Esther Dale, Eddie Marr Based on Booth Tarkington's "Penrod" series, this film is set in Indiana just prior to World War I. It is the love story of Marjorie Winfield (Doris Day) and about-to-be soldier William Sherman (Gordon MacRae). Great songs by Doris include the title song. Followed by "By the Light of the Silvery Moon." |
1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance N/R, 122 Minutes
Director: Albert Lewin More Info
Starring: James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim, Harold Warrender, John Laurie, Marius Goring, Abraham Sofaer, Pamela Mason, Mario Cabre Spanish singer Pandora Reynolds (Ava Gardner) falls in love with Hendrik van der Zee who is a Dutch sea captain (James Mason). She then learns that he is the legendary Flying Dutchman, a ghost who has been condemned by God to sail the seas until he finds a woman willing to die for him. |
1951 A Place in the Sun Drama / Romance N/R, 122 Minutes
Director: George Stevens More Info
Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Raymond Burr, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark, Herbert Heyes, Shepperd Strudwick, Frieda Inescort A tragic love triangle occurs when George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) falls in love with wealthy Angela Vickers (Elizabeth Taylor); however, his girlfriend Alice (Shelley Winters) becomes pregnant, presenting a rather large obstacle! This is a remake of 1931's "An American Tragedy," which is the title of Theodore Dreiser's story. The film won six Academy Awards, including one for Best Director (George Stevens), and nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Montgomery Clift), and Actress (Shelley Winters). |
1951 Quo Vadis Drama / Romance N/R, 171 Minutes
Director: Mervyn LeRoy More Info
Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie, Abraham Sofaer, Buddy Baer, Felix Aylmer, Marina Berti One of MGM's biggest productions at the time, "Quo Vadis," stars Peter Ustinov as the Roman Emperor Nero. Robert Taylor plays the Roman warrior, Marcus Vinicius, who loves the beautiful Christian, Lygia (Deborah Kerr), but, at first, she wants nothing to do with a soldier. As time passes, Marcus converts to Christianity, and Lygia falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Nero's actions against the Christians becomes more violent as he burns Rome and then throws the Christians to the lions. Nero's former aide Petronius (Leo Genn) posthumously delivers the final insult to Nero. The film received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and two for Best Supporting Actor (Leo Genn and Peter Ustinov). |
1951 Rawhide Western / Drama / Romance N/R, 87 Minutes
Director: Henry Hathaway More Info
Starring: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, George Tobias, Jeff Corey, Kenneth Tobey, James Millican A stagecoach, carrying Vinnie Holt (Susan Hayward) and her baby niece, arrives at the stagecoach stop, Rawhide. The station assistant manager Tom Owens (Tyrone Power) tells Vinnie about an outlaw gang nearby and advises her to stay until the following day. While Vinnie waits, Zimmerman (Hugh Marlowe) and his outlaw gang arrive at the station with plans to rob the incoming stagecoach. The gang kills stationmaster Sam Todd (Edgar Buchanan). Zimmerman assumes that Tom, Vinnie, and the baby are a family and holds them captive. Struggles ensue, and Tom tries to find the means for their escape. This is the Western remake of 1935's "Show Them No Mercy!" |
1951 Royal Wedding Musical / Comedy / Romance N/R, 92 Minutes
Director: Stanley Donen More Info
Starring: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill, Keenan Wynn, Albert Sharpe, James Finlayson, Mae Clarke, Henri Letondal, Alex Frazer Fred Astaire performs his famous dance on the ceiling in this film about brother/sister stars–Tom (Astaire) and Ellen Bowen (Jane Powell)–who set out to perform in London during the exciting time of Queen Elizabeth's wedding. While sailing to England, Ellen meets Lord John Brindale (Peter Lawford), and, after missing a rehearsal, the act is broken up. Once in England, Tom holds auditions and meets Anne Ashmond (Sara Churchill), and love takes over as they become romantically involved. |
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