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Sapphire (1959)

October 1, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Tweed, soot, racism: England in the 50s

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1959, basil dearden, bernard miles, film review, janet green, london, michael craig, movie review, murder investigation, nigel patrick, paul massie, police investigation, race relations, racism, united kingdom, yvonne buckingham, yvonne mitchell

Tea And Sympathy (1956)

July 26, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Someone save this sensitive boy

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1956, boarding school, deborah kerr, drama, john kerr, lgbtq+, loneliness, melodrama, movie review, robert anderson, tea and sympathy, teenage anxiety, vincente minnelli

The Bad And The Beautiful (1952)

April 28, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

The misunderstood, actually benevolent, very good, very cool Hollywood producer

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1952, barry sullivan, betrayal, charles schnee, dick powell, drama, hollywood, kirk douglas, lana turner, movie review, moviemaking, rise and fall, the bad and the beautiful, vincente minnelli

Angel Face (1952)

March 18, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Deceptive in nature

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1952, angel face, car crash, femme fatale, film noir, frank s. nugent, jean simmons, los angeles, movie review, murder, murder trial, oscar millard, otto preminger, robert mitchum

Cairo Station (1958)

September 3, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A lot of movie in not a lot of time

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1958, abdel hai adib, cairo station, egypt, farid shawqi, hind rustum, labor unrest, movie review, serial killer, thriller, world cinema, youssef chahine

Senso (1954)

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Opulence and ruin

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1954, alida valli, bad romance, drama, europe, farley granger, italy, luchino visconti, massimo girotti, movie review, opera, opulence, senso, suso cecchi d'amico, venice

Bonjour Tristesse (1958)

June 4, 2024 Mikkel Frederiksen1 Comment

Summertime sadness

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1958, arthur laurents, bonjour tristesse, david niven, deborah kerr, ennui, jean seberg, literary adaptation, movie review, Mylène Demongeot, otto preminger, summertime

The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)

June 1, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Grit turns to pulp

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950, 1950s, david brian, film noir, herold medford, jerome weidman, joan crawford, kent smith, movie review, rags to riches, richard egan, steve cochran, the damned don't cry, vincent sherman, women in male spaces

Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950)

April 17, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Crime & Punishment

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950, 1950s, ben hecht, crooked cops, dana andrews, film noir, gene tierney, karl malden, movie review, murder, new york city, otto preminger, police corruption, where the sidewalk ends

Born To Be Bad (1950)

April 14, 2024 Mikkel Frederiksen1 Comment

Wicked evil, wicked fun

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950, 1950s, born to be bad, edith sommer, femme fatale, film noir, friedrich hollaender, joan fontaine, joan leslie, movie review, nicholas ray, robert ryan, san francisco, zachary scott

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