Ma and Pa Kettle become grandparents in the third installment of their Universal-International franchise. It is called "Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm" and has the plain-speaking couple and their fourteen younger children move out of their ultra-modern, all-electric home back into their old dilapidated farm [..]
Storm Warning (1951)
"Storm Warning" is a gripping drama about the illegal activities of the Kl Klux Klan in a small southern town. Ginger Rogers plays a model visiting her sister (Doris Day), and soon finds out that her brother-in-law (Steve Cochran) is a member of the illegal organization. Ronald Reagan [..]
Royal Wedding (1951)
"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 [..]