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Subgenre Sampler

 
Petty Girl, The (1950)
Dir. Nat Perrin
Feat. Constance Cummings
Robert Cummings stars in this comedy–musical as an artist who causes a scandal through his choice of model.
Rio GrandeRio Grande (1950)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson
Concluding instalment of John Ford's cavalry trilogy has John Wayne in more trouble with Indians on the Mexican border. Even minor Ford stands tall.
Rocketship X-MRocketship X-M (1950)
Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges leads a bunch of wisecracking astronauts to the moon, only they get diverted to Mars! Prototype sci–fi cheapie rolls out the…
ScandalScandal (Shubun) (1950)
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Takashi Shimura
This excellent early Kurosawa, has Mifune playing a painter who becomes acquainted with a pop–singer, and thus the target of a tabloid…
So Long at the FairSo Long at the Fair (1950)
Dir. Antony Damborough, Terence Fisher
Feat. Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson
Spooky urban legend gets the cinematic treatment in this accomplished chiller. At the 1896 World Fair in Paris two siblings check into a hotel, in…
Stage FrightStage Fright (1950)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding
Aspiring actress Jane Wyman investigates her friend's claims of innocence after he's imprisoned for murder. A polished job from Hitch, notable for a…
Story of a Love AffairStory of a Love Affair (Cronaca di un amore) (1950)
Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Lucia Bose, Massimo Girotti, Ferdinando Sarmi
Although more stylistically conventional than his 'mature' films, dir. Antonioni's debut feature is a strongly delivered, almost film noir,…
StromboliStromboli (1950) Recommended
Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Ingrid Bergman
After his neo–realist masterpieces, this is one of the dir.'s best films, concerning a WW2 refugee who hastily marries an Italian fisherman and…
Summer InterludeSummer Interlude (1950)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin
Perhaps Bergman's first significant work, about an aging ballerina who reflects on a youthful romance with her now–deceased lover in moody…
Summer StockSummer Stock (1950)
Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken
This technicolor musical was Judy Garland's final film for MGM as she struggled with many personal problems during filming. Garland plays a farm…

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