1951-1960

Plot Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this mystery, the wife of the recently kidnapped Dr. Manning enlists the assistance of a Scotland Yard detective and a private eye to find him.Read More »

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Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other.

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At the height of his international acclaim, Ingmar Bergman followed two meditations on death, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries, with an examination of the mystery and pain of birth. This intimate chamber drama, set in a maternity ward, follows the emotional crises of three women as they grapple with motherhood. Another major success for the director that was also recognized for its exquisite performances by Ingrid Thulin, Eva Dahlbeck, and Bibi Andersson, Brink of Life is one of Bergman’s most brilliantly nuanced explorations of the inner lives of women.Read More »

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A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up wth a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.Read More »

In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with an evil ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.Read More »

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A secret formula purported to prevent metal fatigue during supersonic flight is stolen. Now, rival groups search for it. A kidnapping is also involved.Read More »

In this crime drama, the trouble begins when a crook cheats his buddies at a dog track, stuffs his loot into a suitcase, and flees. He then gives the suitcase to his lover who in turn gives it to her sister just before she takes a bus to the coast. Her actions rouse the suspicions of an observant reporter. Later the crook manages to catch up with the sisters. Unfortunately, the sisters catch them at the same time and justice prevails.Read More »

A young woman enters a contest to be the first to swim the English Channel.Read More »

Georges “Jojo” Castagnier is an adolescent who lives in a poor room under the roof of a block of apartments in the Pigalle section of Paris. He ran away from home when he realized that his stepmother hates him. Among Jojo’s many neighbors is the object of his affection, gorgeous nightclub dancer Jenny Dorr. But, to Jojo’s disappointment, Jenny becomes the lover of former boxer Dicky, who spends his time loafing about the Pigalle cafés.Read More »

Very rare. Fedor Hanzekovic’s comedy drama “Master of His Own Body” (1957) is certainly one of the audience’s most loved Croatian films made in the fifties. Based on a short story written by Slavko Kolar.

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Due to negligence that caused the death of a family cow, an extremely poor but handsome young man Iva must obey his father’s demands to marry an unattractive and limping daughter of wealthy villagers.Read More »