A Princess goes missing after an assassination attempt, and turns up in Japan, claiming to be a 5000 year old prophetess from outer space (Venus in the subtitled version, Mars in the dubbed). She predicts that Rodan will rise from a volcano, Godzilla will destroy a ship, and a space monster named King Ghidrah will
Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), on a bet with Colonel Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White), takes in flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) with the intention of teaching her proper English such that she could pass as a high class lady. My Fair Lady is a nice film, a pleasant viewing experience. That sounds like I’m damning
During the final voyage of the liner Claridon, a boiler explosion rips a hole in its hull. While Captain Robert Adams (George Sanders) and Engineer Walsh (Edmond O’Brien) first attempt to keep the ship afloat, and then get the passengers to safety, Cliff Henderson (Robert Stack) struggles to save his trapped wife (Dorothy Malone). All the
The three Mexican Aztec Mummy films were made back-to-back in 1957 and it is best to think of them as an old, ‘40s-style serial rather than three movies. The pacing works better that way, as does some of the cheapness and fanciful elements. Just consider the endings of the first two films as cliff hangers.
Space scientist Dr. Russell A. Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his new wife Carol (Joan Taylor) see a flying saucer on their way to a rocket test facility. They say nothing, lacking proof, but soon another saucer appears, destroying the compound. Unable to convince the military of the danger, Marvin contacts the aliens, and finds he
Edward Maynard (Keith Andes) hopes to prove that Sir Henry Morgan (Torin Thatcher), the governor of Jamaica, is still a pirate. To do that, he joins the crew of the infamous Blackbeard (Robert Newton), who has his own score to settle with Morgan. Blackbeard also kidnaps Edwina Mansfield (Linda Darnell ), an upper class lady whose father
King Solomon’s Mines (1937) King Solomon’s Mines (1950) King Solomon’s Mines (1985) Allan Quartermain, the great white hunter, finds himself, against his better judgment, as the guide for a rescue party into “uncharted” Africa. Their destination is the diamond mines of King Solomon, an old wives’ tale. Along the way they pick up an unusual
A beautiful blonde model is murdered in her New York apartment. Lt. Dan Muldoon (Berry Fitzgerald) and detective Jimmy Halloran (Dan Taylor) are put on the case. It will lead to a string of jewelry robberies and to the nearly pathologically untruthful Frank Niles (Howard Duff) and his snooty fiancée Ruth Morrison (Dorothy Hart). Critics
Upper-class Dona St. Columb (Joan Fontaine) has had enough of her cloddish, uncarring husband (Ralph Forbes) and his cad of a friend (Basil Rathbone), so takes off to Cornwall with her two children. There she is taken care of by William (Cecil Kellaway), a servant who’s cleverer than expected and has a secret. She also
The board members of White Star, led by Bruce Ismay (E.F. Fürbinger), use the fragile financial condition of the company brought about by the expense of building The Titanic, as an opportunity to buy up stock. If the ship’s maiden voyage can break speed records, the stock price will rise and they’ll make a fortune.