Tag Archives: 50s film
Love is My Profession (1958)
“You can’t explain happiness.” Based on a Simenon novel, Love is My Profession (1958) aka En Cas de Malheur examines the power of sexuality and the issue of control through the obsessive relationship between a bourgeois French lawyer with a young girl. … Continue reading
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My Cousin Rachel (1952)
It’s been years since I first saw the 1952 film, My Cousin Rachel, and a rereading on the book written by Daphne du Maurier sent me on a hunt for a copy. Du Maurier is probably best remembered for Rebecca, and while I … Continue reading
Filed under Drama, Period Piece
A Life of Her Own (1950)
“Listen you small-time chiseler, I don’t want any small favours or any big favours from you. Or anything else you use to buy with. I’m not in the business you think I am, and I’m never going to be, but … Continue reading
Filed under American
The Admirable Crichton aka Paradise Lagoon (1957)
The Admirable Crichton aka Paradise Lagoon from director Lewis Gilbert is a wonderful film which skewers the British class system, and if you’re a fan of classic British film, The Admirable Crichton most definitely deserves a look. The film is set at the … Continue reading
Filed under British
Invitation (1952)
“Remember I said the first round goes to you or your father’s money.” One type of film that really seemed to thrive in the 1950s was the soap-opera styled plot laced with drama, tragedy and a good old family … Continue reading
The Shack Out on 101 (1955)
“Whatever you two guys can get, they don’t let out at night.” The Shack on 101 may very well be one of the strangest entries in the film noir Atomic Noir/Red-Scare sub-genre, and while it’s certainly more than a little odd, … Continue reading
Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)
“This is a shower room. It’s to clean you up on the outside even if it doesn’t get to the dirt on the inside.” Yes, juvenile delinquents are back at it, and this time the film is set in the crime-ridden … Continue reading
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The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
“A woman’s bookshelf is an infallible guide to her character.” The title of the film The Happiest days of Your Life refers, of course, to the nonsense that is told to children who are unhappy about attending school for a … Continue reading
Problem Girls (1953)
“One step before the state asylum.” Problem Girls (1953) from director Ewald Andre Dupont is a B film. Make no mistake about that. Why bother watching it you ask? Easy: its HCF (High Camp Factor) joined with its theme of Delinquent Dames. … Continue reading
Filed under Cult Classics
Dark City (1950)
“Guys like you ought to be put away.” WWII still echoes in the 1950 noir film Dark City starring Lizabeth Scott and Charlton Heston. Dark City was Heston’s first major role and here he is cast against his later mould, … Continue reading
Filed under Film Noir, Lizabeth Scott
