"Royal Wedding" is a lavish MGM musical production featuring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell in London at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. Director Stanley Donen ("On the Town" 1949) pulled out all the stops with music by Burton Lane and [..]
Strangers on a Train (1951)
"Strangers on a Train" is a psychological thriller film about two men who agree to murder two individuals who are causing the other person trouble. Or did they? Only director Alfred Hitchcock knows for sure, as well as screenwriters Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, and [..]
The Last Outpost (1951)
"The Last Outpost" is a western film set in the Civil War with two brothers on opposite sides. Ronald Reagan and Bruce Bennett star in this B-movie directed by Lewis R. Foster ("Captain China" 1950) from a script by Winston Miller. [..]
The Thing from Another World (1951)
"The Thing from Another World" is an entertaining science fiction movie about Air Force personnel and scientists discovering a UFO and an alien body frozen in Arctic ice. When they return to the base with their find, they are forced to defend themselves when the alien thaws [..]
Rawhide (1951)
"Rawhide" is a western film about a stagecoach stop employee and a stranded woman passenger and her young niece held captive by four outlaws waiting to rob the next day's gold shipment. This film is decent B-movie entertainment, crafted by director Henry Hathaway ("Down to the [..]
Three Husbands (1951)
"Three Husbands" is a comedy film about a recently deceased playboy who, upon arrival in heaven, gets his wish to send letters to each of his poker-playing buddies stating that he had an affair with that man's wife. The "comedy" proceeds from there, but is spotty in [..]
Show Boat (1951)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and director George Sidney ("Bye Bye Birdie" 1963) put together the classic stage play "Show Boat" for the big screen. This third big screen version (after 1929 and 1936) features the enormous talents of Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson vocalizing the songs written by Jerome [..]
Fourteen Hours (1951)
"Fourteen Hours" is a riveting drama about a policeman trying to talk a man out of jumping to his death from the fifteen floor of a hotel. Henry Hathaway ("Down to the Sea in Ships" 1949) tightly directed this melodrama from an excellent screenplay by John [..]
On Dangerous Ground (1951)
"On Dangerous Ground" is the typical film noir crime drama headlined by a talented cast including Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, and Ward Bond. Ryan plays a police detective who joins a manhunt for a murderer of a little girl. Director Nicholas Ray ("Rebel Without [..]
Quo Vadis (1951)
The release of "Quo Vadis" marked the start of the spectacle pictures of the 1950's, the major Hollywood studios' reaction to the popularity of television. And this was the last big production of Louis B. Mayer's MGM, before his replacement by Dore Schary in July, 1951. [..]