| Title |
Min. |
c | S | M | H | P | V | En | Ed |
| Across the Wide Missouri | 78 | c | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Alice In Wonderland | 75 | c | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Callaway Went Thataway | 81 | b | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Close to My Heart | 90 | b | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Cry Danger | 79 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Decision Before Dawn | 110 | b | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Flying Leathernecks | 102 | c | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Force of Arms | 99 | b | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Goodbye, My Fancy | 107 | b | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| He Ran All the Way | 77 | b | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| His Kind of Woman | 120 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Let’s Make It Legal | 77 | b | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Man With a Cloak, The | 81 | b | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| My Favorite Spy | 93 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Night Into Morning | 86 | b | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
| On the Riviera | 89 | c | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
| People Against O’Hara, The | 102 | b | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Racket, The | 88 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Sealed Cargo | 90 | b | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Summer Interlude (Swedish) | 96 | b | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Tall Target, The | 78 | b | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Thing from Another World, The | 81 | b | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Thunder on the Hill | 84 | b | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Too Young to Kiss | 89 | b | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Up Front | 92 | b | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Trapper Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) with translating help from Pierre (Adolphe Menjou) marries Blackfoot princess Kamiah (Maria Elena Marques) and reunites her with her Nez Perce grandfather Looking Glass (J. Carrol Naish), but his son Iron Shirt (Ricardo Montalban) tries to keep white men out of their country.
Set in 1829, this western depicts the mountain men who went farther west to get the lucrative beaver skins that had been depleted in the east. Flint is transformed by his experience and learns Indian ways.
(1951 c 75’) En: 5 Ed: 5
Adapted from Lewis Carroll’s novels, a girl daydreams during her lesson, changing size, meeting peculiar characters, and being tried by a tyrannical playing card.
This animated classic lets imagination run wild into a nonsense world where virtually everyone is mad in some way. These absurdities give us some consolation when we have to relate to a real world that is not always reasonable.
(1951 b 81’) En: 5 Ed: 4
Television producers Mike Frye (Fred MacMurray) and Deborah Patterson (Dorothy McGuire) use the old movies of western star Smoky Callaway (Howard Keel) and want to make more, but their star has become an alcoholic womanizer and has disappeared. So they hire look-alike Stretch Barnes (Howard Keel), who wants to donate most of his high salary to charity.
This spoof of the latest craze that made Hopalong Cassidy a marketable name contrasts the morally degenerate star with a cowboy who has good values.
(1951 90’) En: 4 Ed: 5
James R. Webb adapted his own novel about a couple that tries to adopt a child. After Brad Sheridan (Ray Milland) brings home a dog, his wife Midge Sheridan (Gene Tierney) persuades him to adopt a child; but Mrs. Morrow (Fay Bainter) tells them that the usual wait is two years.
This drama explores the process of adoption and the advisability of accepting a child of a criminal.
(1951 b 79’) En: 5 Ed: 4
Rocky Mulloy (Dick Powell) is out of prison after the alcoholic Delong (Richard Erdman) testified to his alibi. Rocky finds Nancy Morgan (Rhonda Fleming), whose husband is still in prison and tries to find the criminals and the $100,000 they took while he is being tailed by detective Lt. Gus Cobb (Regis Toomey).
This snappy detective story follows the fall guy as he gets revenge by helping the police catch the criminals who framed him. The cynical dialog, betrayals, and violence provide elements of film noir to keep the audience’s interest.
(1951 b 110’) En: 5 Ed: 5
Adapted from George Howe’s novel, Lt. Rennick (Richard Basehart) captures the German soldier Karl Maurer (Oscar Werner). Col. Devlin (Gary Merrill) selects volunteer Karl to be a spy and sends him with Rennick behind the German lines.
This war drama reflects the changing the attitudes toward Germans as they became a new ally in the cold war.
(1951 c 102’) En: 5 Ed: 4
The new squadron commander Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne) is tough on his men and executive officer Captain Griffin (Robert Ryan), who was passed over for being too sentimental in this World War II classic about an officer who clashes with his marine aviators at Guadalcanal.
The violence of war dominates the mood of this portrayal of men struggling to win and survive in harm’s way. War is exciting and dramatic to watch from a safe distance, but it must be hell to suffer the consequences.
(1951 b 99’) En: 5 Ed: 5
Sergeant Joe Peterson (William Holden) leads his men against Germans in battle and is promoted by Major Blackford (Frank Lovejoy). While on leave Joe falls in love with Lt. Eleanor McKay (Nancy Olson).
This romantic drama set in the massive violence of war contrasts the absurdity of human combat with the sensitivity of loving that fears the likelihood of sudden death.
(1951 b 107’) En: 5 Ed: 5
Based on Fay Kanin’s play, Congresswoman Agatha Reed (Joan Crawford) and her secretary Woody (Eve Arden) go back to her college, where Agatha was expelled to protect its current president (Robert Young) who works for the board chairman (Howard St. John). They rekindle their romance and decide to marry, but the showing of her controversial film makes Agatha realize that photo-journalist Matt Cole (Frank Lovejoy) has much to offer her too.
This melodrama explores how McCarthyistic politics is affecting higher education and makes a strong plea for the academic freedom that treats students with respect instead of from fear. Each of the characters realizes that they need to understand themselves better.
Based on a novel by Sam Ross, a desperate man (John Garfield) commits armed robbery and kills a policeman. He escapes but keeps a woman (Shelley Winters) and her parents (Wallace Ford and Selena Royle) hostage in their apartment.
This crime drama portrays a violent man who struggles with conflicting emotions of ruthless selfishness and occasional concern for others.
Gambler Dan Milner (Robert Mitchum) is offered $50,000 to go to Mexico, where he romances a gold-digging singer (Jane Russell) and learns he is a patsy for a gangster (Raymond Burr); but Dan is rescued by a movie star (Vincent Price) glad to be playing a hero in real life.
This far-fetched film-noir with a Shakespearean joker thrown in reflects the film-makers who are so stoned they don’t bother about following an intelligent script.
Barbara (Barbara Bates) does not get along well with her husband Jerry (Robert Wagner), but she wants her divorcing mother Miriam (Claudette Colbert) to get back together with her eccentric and gambling father Hugh (Macdonald Carey), but Miriam’s old flame Victor (Zachary Scott) returns to town as a wealthy bachelor who still wants her.
This comedy reflects the more common divorces as women become independent. After twenty years of marriage they are still drawn to each other despite their differences.
In 1848 New York actress Lorna (Barbara Stanwyck) and the butler Martin (Joe De Santis) are anxious for wealthy Theverner (Louis Calhern) to die so that they can inherit his money; but Madeline Minot (Leslie Caron) arrives from Paris with a letter from Theverner’s grandson and is helped by the alcoholic poet Dupin (Joseph Cotton).
Cynical conversation by the poet keeps this suspenseful mystery lively with wit while a group of selfish vultures wait to swoop on the romantic French during a year of revolutionary spirit.
Burlesque comic Peanuts (Bob Hope) looks like a gangster and is hired by the US Government to purchase microfilm in Tangier while romancing the intriguing Lily (Hedy Lamarr).
This comedy follows Hope’s entertaining formula of being a coward in dangerous situations that he always manages to escape while pursuing a beautiful woman, thus providing escape entertainment for viewers.
English professor Philip Ainley (Ray Milland) loses his wife and son in a fire and turns to liquor while widow Katherine (Nancy Davis) tries to help him without making her fiancé Tom (John Hodiak) jealous.
This drama explores grief aggravated by alcoholism that flirts with suicide; but the experience of one who has been there shares her experience and brings redemption to both men.
Based on the Adler-Lothar play, entertainer Jack Martin (Danny Kaye) impersonates aviator Henri Duran (Danny Kaye) and likes his wife Lili Duran (Gene Tierney) while his girl-friend Colette (Corinne Calvet) becomes jealous.
This farce plays once again on the mistaken identities of look-alikes and reflects the new distraction of television while displaying many beautiful women in revealing costumes.
Based on a novel by Eleazar Lipsky, an aging attorney (Spencer Tracy) defends O’Hara (James Arness) in a murder case against a capable prosecutor (John Hodiak) while his daughter (Diana Lynn) is worried he will start drinking again.
This realistic courtroom drama and murder mystery portrays a declining lawyer whose weakness for alcohol is reflected in corruption, but he tries hard to redeem himself.
Adapted from Bartlett Cormack’s play, an honest police captain (Robert Mitchum) goes after a violent gangster (Robert Ryan), protects a witness (Lizabeth Scott), and catches a corrupt district attorney (Ray Collins).
This remade crime drama reflects the current Kefauver Senate hearings into organized crime and corruption and shows that cooperative police work can catch criminals.
Adapted from Edmund Gilligan’s novel, a fishing-boat captain (Dana Andrews) gets help from a passenger (Carla Balenda) and a Danish sailor (Philip Dorn) when they discover a stranded schooner captain (Claude Rains) who is a Nazi spy helping their submarines off New Foundland.
This war-time adventure story strains credulity but is filled with entertaining intrigues and a heroic plot to fulfill American fantasies of defeating Nazis.
Ballerina Marie (Maj-Britt Nilsson) recalls thirteen years before when she spent a summer at the house of her Uncle Erland (George Funkquist) being happy with young Henrik (Birger Malmsten) that ended tragically.
Ingmar Bergman wrote and directed this study of how a care-free youth and lost love affected the life of a dancer.
Police detective John Kennedy (Dick Powell) tries to protect President-elect Lincoln on a train ride from New York to Baltimore, but Col. Jeffers (Adolphe Menjou), pretending to help him, has him arrested.
Although Lincoln did have to avoid assassination plots in Baltimore, this drama is a fictional mystery thriller played for entertainment within that historical context.
The Air Force and scientists discover a flying saucer with an intelligent plant that lives off blood. Captain Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) and Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite) argue over whether to destroy it or not.
This science fiction thriller reflects the current interest in flying saucers and the dangers of nuclear weapons that have made the world much less secure. The scientist is portrayed as single-minded in his pursuit of knowledge, but he is dominated by the authority of the military approach which opts for destruction of the alien.
Adapted from a play by Charlotte Hastings, the self-confident nun Mary (Claudette Colbert) in an isolated hospital meets Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth), who is soon to be executed for the murder of her invalid brother. Mary believes Valerie is innocent and works energetically to solve the crime.
This melodramatic mystery depicts the spiritual powers of intuition, persistence, courage, and sometimes the need to ignore authorities in pursuit of truth and justice.
Pianist Cynthia Potter (June Allyson) pretends to be a child to get an audition with impresario Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), who will only give her a contract as a child prodigy. Her boyfriend John Tirsen (Gig Young) agrees to go along in order to write the story of the fraud.
This romantic comedy has fine classical music and satirizes the show business world that can sell a child but not an adult with equal talent. Another comic theme is the foolishness of adults who smoke and drink while being horrified when children do the same.
Based on Bill Mauldin’s cartoons, GIs Joe (David Wayne) and Willie (Tom Ewell) are buddies in combat. When Joe is wounded, Willie gets a pass to visit him in Naples, where they have adventures with Emi Rosso (Marina Berti) and her relatives.
This comedy satirizes army life in the European war from the privates’ point of view. With poetic justice the stolen equipment and uniforms end up being used by the MPs in combat.