Doris Day experienced a rare box office failure back in 1959 with "It Happened to Jane." The film tells the story of her lobster business in Maine undermined by a railroad. Many come to her aid when her dilemma was reported on television, including celebrities and [..]

The talents of Peter Sellers are on full display in "The Mouse That Roared." He played three roles in this satirical comedy about a small European country whose only export, a special wine, begins to be produced in California, and their economy collapses. They declare war [..]

A serial killer called "The Bat" has claimed many lives in the small town where a successful novelist lives. The Bat murders one of her house guests, so she seeks help from the police and from her doctor. The thrills, chills, and spills proceeds from there in this [..]

Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz ("All About Eve" 1950) created a cinematic masterpiece called "Suddenly, Last Summer." Elizabeth Taylor portrays a woman under evaluation by a psychiatrist (Montgomery Clift) after witnessing the death of her cousin the previous summer. The individual requesting the exam is her [..]

"Imitation of Life" is a drama film dealing with issues of class and race, centered around the story of a black woman whose light-skinned daughter has trouble coming to terms with her African-American heritage. Director Douglas Sirk ("Magnificent Obsession" 1954) and screenwriters Eleanore Griffin and Allan Scott [..]

Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue star in the romantic drama "A Summer Place," a box office sensation back in 1959. It is the story of a wealthy businessman who brings his wife and daughter to the Maine coast where he worked as a youth. He runs into his [..]

"Gidget" introduced the Hawaiian sport of surfing into American pop culture, creating a wave of beach movies and music that would wash over the 1960's. (An interesting side note is that 1959 was also the year Hawaii was admitted to the Union as the 50th state.) [..]

"Journey to the Center of the Earth" is a science fiction adventure movie telling the story of two scientists set off on an expedition to the center of the earth. They travel to Iceland to start their journey in a volcano, and are joined by another scientist and [..]

"Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" continues the story of Professor Sherman Klump, who has created a new youth-renewing drug and is engaged to be married. Problems start when his alter ego, Buddy Love, makes appearances and attempts to take over his life. This sequel to "The [..]

"The Giant Gila Monster" is a horror B-movie that tells the story of two teenagers who disappear in small town in Texas. It is assumed that they ran off to the big city, but when their bodies are found, the sheriff knows something is up. He soon finds [..]