The Best Picture of 1950 is....."All About Eve." This captivating drama is about a young actress using theater people to promote her own career. Anne Baxter is deviously charming as Eve Harrington, who ingratiates herself with veteran actress Margo Channing and her circle of friends. [..]
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
After the smashing success of 1947's "The Egg and I," which starred Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, Universal-International launched the film's co-stars Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride into their own movie series. "Ma and Pa Kettle" was the first in this film franchise that lasted ten years and [..]
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
"A Letter to Three Wives" is a glossy melodrama about a woman who writes letters to three women saying that she had run away with the husband of one of them. Joseph L. Mankiewicz ("The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" 1947) tightly directed this engrossing film, with [..]
On the Town (1949)
"On the Town" is one of the best musical films of all time which features Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin as three sailors on leave in New York City. Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton won the pictures sole Academy Award for Best Musical Score. [..]
The Hasty Heart (1949)
"The Hasty Heart" is a drama film set in a British mobile surgery unit towards the end of World War II in a jungle in Burma. A group of Allied soldiers, and one nurse, must deal with a disagreeable Scotsman who is dying from kidney problems. [..]
Home Alone 4 (2002)
Kevin McAllister is upset that his parents are divorced, and he must choose where to spend Christmas. He decides to go to his father and girl friend's mansion, where an unnamed foreign royal family is scheduled to arrive, with hijinks proceeding from there in "Home Alone 4: Taking [..]
The Third Man (1949)
"The Third Man" is a film noir melodrama about an American writer traveling to post-World War II Vienna to seek out a friend who has offered him a job. However, upon arrival in Austria, he discovers that his friend is dead, and the drama proceeds from [..]
The Red Pony (1949)
John Steinbeck's "The Red Pony" is a memorable tale of an eight-year-old boy and a pony given to him as a gift, set in the Salinas Valley of central California. The film is based on Steinbeck's short story, published in the 1930's. He also wrote [..]
Adam’s Rib (1949)
Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn play married lawyers who come to oppose each other in court in "Adam's Rib." Director George Cukor ("My Fair Lady" 1964) was at the helm of this classic "battle of the sexes" film which has outstanding production values, riveting performances, and [..]
Neptune’s Daughter (1949)
"Neptune's Daughter" is a big MGM movie production featuring the water ballet of Esther Williams as well as comedy, drama, romance, and music supplied by Xavier Cugat and is orchestra. The song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" by Frank Loesser won the film's sole Academy Award for Best [..]