It has been far too long since we have had any James Dean content on this page for you to enjoy, so we are rectifying that right now! For this week’s Create-A-Caption, we are focusing on the 1956 classic Giant….
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1950s Films
Agnes Moorehead: Truly One of The Best
Agnes Moorehead was truly one of the best. She was a marvelous actress who covered every field of entertainment from performing in over one hundred films, doing dozens of radio programs, taking on numerous television work and acting in theater,…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: Funny Face
Astaire. Hepburn. Dolen. They’re all gone now, but their work still lives on in the hearts of classic film lovers. The beloved Funny Face stars Fred Astaire (reprising his role from the 1927 stage musical) as fashion photographer Dick Avery…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Royal Wedding
In the 1951 Stanley Donen-directed musical Royal Wedding, Fred Astaire and Jane Powell are a brother/sister dance team who travel to England to perform during the nuptials of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip and manage to each find love along…
Read more →Phoning It In: Dial M for Murder
Grace Kelly was an up and coming Hollywood starlet who chose the good life of being Monegasque royalty over the glamor of being Hollywood royalty. But in the pre-history of becoming Princess Grace of Monaco, Kelly made several prominent pictures…
Read more →Clothes Make the Man: Richard Burton in “The Robe”
Richard Burton was one of the most iconic actors of his day. He was a Shakespearean actor who performed in plays for many years, mostly in productions of plays written by the Bard. He was also a frequent also-ran in…
Read more →Guest Review: Walt Disney’s 1957 Patriotic Crowdpleaser “Johnny Tremain”
George Stevens and Frank Capra were two directors who really knew how to capture onscreen the essence of what being an American is all about. They made films about the love of one’s hometown, one’s family, about freedom and about…
Read more →The 1956 Circus Drama “Trapeze” Showcases Intrigue Under the Big Top
One of the wonders of motion pictures is how they can cast aside truth to portray a more romantic vision of time and events gone by. It was only until recent years that many people took off their rose-colored lenses…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Rebel Without a Cause
In my opinion, there is no better movie about teen angst than 1955’s Rebel Without a Cause. Director Nicholas Ray and a legend-packed cast that includes James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, and Jim Backus created a motion picture that…
Read more →Flashback Friday: Check Out These Favorites from the 1950s
From the rise to superstardom of James Dean to atomic-era monster movies and beyond, there was no decade quite like the 1950s. We are currently celebrating features from the Eisenhower era with our Favorites from the ’50s Sale, and here’s…
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