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The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

March 25, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A sex worker’s self-acceptance

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1956, class divide, hawaii, jane russell, movie review, raoul walsh, richard egan, romance, sex worker, sydney boehm, the revolt of mamie stover, ww2

Macao (1952)

March 8, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Sizzling then straightforward

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1952, bernard c. schoenfeld, jane russell, josef von sternberg, macao, movie review, nicholas ray, robert mitchum, stanley rubin

The House On Telegraph Hill (1951)

February 4, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Come for the house, stay for the house

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1951, elick moll, fay baker, frank partos, gothic noir, hollywood, movie review, post-war, review, richard baseheart, robert wise, stolen identity, the house on telegraph hill, valentina cortese

Fear (1954)

December 6, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

The monster that is a guilty conscience

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1954, adultery, fear, franz von treuberg, guilty conscience, ingrid bergman, italy, review, roberto rossellini, sergio amidei

Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)

September 21, 2023 Mikkel Frederiksen1 Comment

The gray smear of justice

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1959, anatomy of a murder, ben gazzara, courtroom drama, george c. scott, james stewart, lee remick, murder trial, otto preminger, review, wendell mayes

The Naked Spur (1953)

July 3, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

What kind of man?

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1953, anthony mann, bounty hunting, economic anxiety, harold jack bloom, james stewart, review, robert ryan, sam rolfe, the naked spur, western

Bend Of The River (1952)

June 26, 2023 Mikkel Frederiksen1 Comment

James Stewart is not a bad man

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1952, anthony mann, arthur kennedy, bend of the river, borden chase, james stewart, pacific northwest, rancho notorious, redemption, review, western

The Tall Men (1955)

April 30, 2023 Mikkel Frederiksen1 Comment

An impressive backdrop for misplaced romance

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1955, american civil war, cattle, clark gable, frank s nugent, heck allen, montana, raoul walsh, review, sydney boehm, texas, the tall men, western

Thunder On The Hill (1951)

March 1, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

High castle intrigue

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1951, ann blyth, claudette colbert, douglas sirk, melodrama, murder, mystery, philip friend, review, thunder on the hill

Summertime (1955)

December 16, 2022December 30, 2022 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Romance, brought to you by the Venice Tourism Board

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1955, david lean, h.e. bates, italy, katharine hepburn, location movies, loneliness, review, romance, rossano brazzi, the comfort of strangers, tourism, venice

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