1950 Movies
Browse 961 titles in our 1950 Movies Database
- Sunset Boulevard
- Rashomon
- Cinderella
- All About Eve
- Harvey
- In a Lonely Place
- The Asphalt Jungle
- The Young and the Damned
- Winchester '73
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
- Rio Grande
- Stage Fright
- Twelve O'Clock High
- Night and the City
- Gun Crazy
- D.O.A.
- Father of the Bride
- The Gunfighter
- Sands of Iwo Jima
- Where the Sidewalk Ends
- Broken Arrow
- Treasure Island
- Samson and Delilah
- Panic in the Streets
- Stromboli
- Battleground
- King Solomon's Mines
- No Way Out
- La Ronde
- Cheaper by the Dozen
- Rabbit of Seville
- Wagon Master
- Show Boat
- Annie Get Your Gun
- The Men
- Whirlpool
- Caged
- Destination Moon
- Scandal
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- The Breaking Point
- The Terrible Children
- The Flame and the Arrow
- House by the River
- The Flowers of St. Francis
- The Furies
- Young Man with a Horn
- The Damned Don't Cry
- Mystery Street
- Where Danger Lives
- To Joy
- Side Street
- The File on Thelma Jordon
- Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
- Love Happy
- Armored Car Robbery
- Madame Bovary
- No Man of Her Own
- The Man Who Cheated Himself
- Kon-Tiki
- Born to Be Bad
- Union Station
- Dark City
- Intruder in the Dust
- Quicksand
- The Blue Lamp
- The Baron of Arizona
- East Side, West Side
- Stars in My Crown
- Rocketship X-M
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
- The Black Rose
- So Long at the Fair
- Kim
- The Scarlet Pumpernickel
- Utopia
- Tea for Two
- Seven Days to Noon
- Last Holiday
- Fixed Bayonets!
- Gerald McBoing-Boing
- Three Little Words
- 711 Ocean Drive
- Madeleine
- Mister 880
- Crisis
- The Happiest Days of Your Life
- Devil's Doorway
- Outrage
- The Killer That Stalked New York
- Backfire
- The Big Lift
- What's Up Doc?
- Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl
- Chain Lightning
- Borderline
- The Wooden Horse
- Roadblock
- Dial 1119
- The Great Rupert
- Woman in Hiding
- Dallas
- Convicted
- Fancy Pants
- Gone to Earth
- The West Point Story
- 8 Ball Bunny
- Francis
- Big House Bunny
- Malaya
- The Jackie Robinson Story
- Bright Leaf
- Bunker Hill Bunny
- Shadow on the Wall
- Montana
- Kansas Raiders
- A Life of Her Own
- American Guerrilla in the Philippines
- The Underworld Story
- Rocky Mountain
- The Secret Fury
- Walk Softly, Stranger
- Texas Tom
- My Foolish Heart
- Cue Ball Cat
- Hillbilly Hare
- The Jackpot
- Between Midnight and Dawn
- Canary Row
- The Woman on Pier 13
- Little Quacker
- The Ducksters
- Champagne for Caesar
- The Nevadan
- Boobs in the Woods
- Task Force
- The Munekata Sisters
- The Hoodlum
- Golden Yeggs
- The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
- To Please a Lady
- Colt .45
- Saturday Evening Puss
- Jerry and the Lion
- Highway 301
- The Tattooed Stranger
- Girl with Hyacinths
- Sierra
- Guilty Bystander
- The Fuller Brush Girl
- Hunt the Man Down
- Odette
- Guernica
- Two Weeks with Love
- The Man on the Eiffel Tower
- Safety Second
- Destination Murder
- Branded
- The White Tower
- September Affair
- The Clouded Yellow
- Black Hand
- The Mudlark
- Homeless Hare
- The Next Voice You Hear...
- Edge of Doom
- Canadian Pacific
- Radar Secret Service
- The Framed Cat
- The Miniver Story
- A Lady Without Passport
- Trio
- Key to the City
- Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
- Ambush
- Trailer Horn
- Motor Mania
- The Sleeping City
- Food for Feudin'
- Operation Disaster
- When Willie Comes Marching Home
- Atom Man vs. Superman
- The Great Manhunt
- Comanche Territory
- Copper Canyon
- The Kid from Texas
- One Way Street
- The Toast of New Orleans
- A Ticket to Tomahawk
- The Outriders
- The Happy Years
- The Lawless
- My Friend Irma Goes West
- Shakedown
- All a Bir-r-r-d
- Hurdy-Gurdy Hare
- Golden Salamander
- Saddle Tramp
- Buccaneer's Girl
- The Path of Hope
- A Date with Your Family
- Heart of Stone
- Out on a Limb
- Three Secrets
- The Capture
- Our Very Own
- The Conquest of Constantinople
- The History of Mr. Polly
- Please Believe Me
- Captain Carey, U.S.A.
- That Midnight Kiss
- The Adventuress
- Duchess of Idaho
- The Interrupted Journey
- Prehistoric Women
- Kill the Umpire
- Sunday in August
- Tarzan and the Slave Girl
- Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
- Ventriloquist Cat
- The Flying Saucer
- Two Tickets to Broadway
- The Magnet
- Crazy Over Daisy
- Nancy Goes to Rio
- Let's Dance
- Riding High
- The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
- Pluto and the Gopher
- Pagan Love Song
- So Young, So Bad
- The Big Hangover
- Bee at the Beach
- Portrait of Madame Yuki
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- My Blue Heaven
- The Sundowners
- The Chump Champ
- Perfect Strangers
- The Fall of Berlin
- Cage of Gold
- Louisa
- The Yellow Cab Man
- A Woman of Distinction
- This Can't Happen Here
- The King of the Neighborhood
- Mutiny on the Bunny
- Right Cross
- Father Is a Bachelor
- Hold That Pose
- Totò cerca casa
- No Sad Songs for Me
- Tripoli
- The Good Humor Man
- An Egg Scramble
- Dancing with Crime
- The Brave Engineer
- Julius Caesar
- Singing Guns
- La Marie du Port
- Blues Busters
- The Lady Takes a Sailor
- I Was a Shoplifter
- The Astonished Heart
- Bagdad
- Man on the Run
- Justice Is Done
- Bushy Hare
- Cossacks of the Kuban
- Pretty Baby
- Double Confession
- Test Tube Babies
- Without Honor
- The Reformer and the Redhead
- Outside the Wall
- Blonde Dynamite
- Rogues of Sherwood Forest
- The Admiral Was a Lady
- This Side of the Law
- The Drunkard
- Under My Skin
- Give Us This Day
- A Fractured Leghorn
- Captive Girl
- Mark of the Gorilla
- Fortunes of Captain Blood
- Beaver Valley
- The Fireball
- Eye Witness
- The Eagle and the Hawk
- Miquette
- Lucky Losers
- In the Palm of Your Hand
- It's Hummer Time
- Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
- Wabash Avenue
- Experiment Alcatraz
- Deported
- They Were Not Divided
- Pygmy Island
- Vulcano
- High Lonesome
- 'C'-Man
- Les horizons morts
- Totò sceicco
- Bunco Squad
- Goose Boy
- The Desert Hawk
- The Tale About the Dead Princess and Seven Strong Men
- The Night Before Christmas
- Trail of Robin Hood
- Triple Trouble
- Tototarzan
- Paid in Full
- Flying Disc Man from Mars
- The Petty Girl
- El portero
- Under the Olive Tree
- The Red Horses
- His Bitter Half
- Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
- Blackout
- The Sun Sets at Dawn
- Wyoming Mail
- Stage to Tucson
- Murder Without Crime
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- The Glass Castle
- Cairo Road
- Tormento
- The Invisible Monster
- Double Deal
- Mr. Music
- Killer Shark
- The Showdown
- Spy Hunt
- The Milkman
- Dance Hall
- El último caballo
- The Lost Volcano
- The Crime Doctor's Diary
- Southside 1-1000
- No desearás la mujer de tu hijo
- O Grande Elias
- Trigger, Jr.
- Maytime in Mayfair
- Guilty of Treason
- Beware of Blondie
- Father Amine
- The Skipper Surprised His Wife
- The Hidden City
- Rock Island Trail
- First Communion
- Bells of Coronado
- The Torch
- Dancing in the Dark
- Anni difficili
- Western Pacific Agent
- Stooge for a Mouse
- Once a Thief
- The Second Face
- The Flying Missile
- Blondie's Hero
- Cafe Paradise
- The Third Visitor
- Three Sinners
- I'll Get By
- Wedding Ring
- When Christmas Trees Light Up
- Till We Meet Again
- Undercover Girl
- Life of a Beijing Policeman
- Bitter Springs
- No Trace
- El hombre sin rostro
- Return of the Frontiersman
- The Iroquois Trail
- The Great Jewel Robber
- Mystery Submarine
- Riders in the Sky
- The Axe of Wandsbek
- Chinatown at Midnight
- Love That Brute
- Riders of the Range
- Tomorrow Is Too Late
- Storm Over Wyoming
- The Luxurious Life
- The Dead Don't Dream
- Lost Souvenirs
- North of the Great Divide
- One Hour in Wonderland
- It's a Small World
- The White Cat
- La marca del zorrillo
- Xi lu xiang
- Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
- Lucky Nick Cain
- Woman Trouble
- Last of the Buccaneers
- Dynamite Pass
- Mosekongen
- The Angel with the Trumpet
- One Day of Life
- Dick Barton at Bay
- Kill or Be Killed
- Hot Rod
- The Savage Horde
- Border Treasure
- Kaunis Veera eli ballaadi Saimaalta
- Trouble Indemnity
- Sunset in the West
- Le sei mogli di Barbablù
- Johnny One-Eye
- Sensualidad
- Guilt Is My Shadow
- What the Butler Saw
- He's a Cockeyed Wonder
- Mother Didn't Tell Me
- Over the Waves
- Der Rat der Götter
- Motor Patrol
- To mistenkelige personer
- Twilight in the Sierras
- Rio Grande Patrol
- Come to Daddy...
- Baby Wants Spinach
- The Millionaire
- Cargo to Capetown
- Professor, My Son
- Prelude to Fame
- Stella
- Doña Diabla
- Lady Paname
- Hi-Jacked
- Alina
- Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
- Captain China
- California Passage
- South Sea Sinner
- Poet's Pub
- Oh, You Beautiful Doll
- The Return of Jesse James
- Three Feet in a Bed
- Beyond the Purple Hills
- Åsa-Nisse på jaktstigen
- Paul Temple's Triumph
- Sins of Pompeii
- Streets of Ghost Town
- White Beast
- Elizabeth of Ladymead
- The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
- Mary Ryan, Detective
- The Black Forest Girl
- The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
- Es schlägt 13
- Popeye Makes a Movie
- No Place for Jennifer
- Forbidden Jungle
- David Harding, Counterspy
- Salt Lake Raiders
- Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
- The Blazing Sun
- Once a Sinner
- Family Portrait
- Les anciens de Saint-Loup
- Mule Train
- While the City Sleeps
- También de dolor se canta
- Bandit Queen
- A Man Walks in the City
- Unmasked
- Figaro qua, Figaro là
- Emergency Wedding
- Train to Tombstone
- Rider from Tucson
- Cow Town
- Battle of Roses
- Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius
- Rosauro Castro
- Pippi Longstocking
- Jogan
- Peggy
- The Palomino
- Simbad el Mareado
- Indian Territory
- The Taming of Dorothy
- Short Grass
- La calle sin sol
- Johnny the Giant Killer
- The Farmer and the Belle
- Trail of the Rustlers
- The Angry Street
- Surrender
- Traveller's Joy
- The Horsemen
- Chain Gang
- It's Forever Springtime
- Aviso aos Navegantes
- Jitterbug Jive
- Härmästä poikia kymmenen
- Johnny Holiday
- Shadow of the Eagle
- The Treasure of Cantenac
- Frei Luís de Sousa
- The Inheritance
- Floodtide
- God Needs Men
- Don't Ever Leave Me
- Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen
- Desperadoes of the West
- King of the Bullwhip
- I Shot Billy the Kid
- The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
- Something in the City
- Rustlers on Horseback
- Room to Let
- Anderssonskans Kalle
- Father's House
- The Accusation
- We Will All Go to Paris
- Trifles
- Sierra Passage
- Operation Haylift
- Ha'penny Breeze
- Zagovor obrechyonnykh
- Gunmen of Abilene
- Land of the Lost Jewels
- Marshal of Heldorado
- The Prize
- Twelve Hours to Live
- Dancing on Graves
- Miss Yasmine
- The Daltons' Women
- Cuori sul mare
- Miss Italia
- Vigilante Hideout
- Crooked River
- You Can Change the World
- Federal Man
- Frisco Tornado
- State Penitentiary
- Lightning Guns
- Her Panelled Door
- Harbor of Missing Men
- Tarnished
- With These Hands
- The Dancing Years
- Hostile Country
- Dastan
- Mussorgsky
- Ratavartijan kaunis Inkeri
- House of Ghosts
- Four Days Leave
- The Shores of Love
- Esposa último modelo
- Il voto
- The Arizona Cowboy
- The White Line
- Apaches of Athens
- Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
- Hjärter knekt
- Forest Travellers
- Lawless Street
- Outlaw Girl
- Sekretnaya missiya
- Women Without Names
- Die Buntkarierten
- Tony Draws a Horse
- West of the Brazos
- The Tale of the Siberian Taiga
- Frökens första barn
- The Fighting Stallion
- Battling Marshal
- Azahares para tu boda
- Colorado Ranger
- Dalolva szép az élet
- Tateshi Danpei
- Big Timber
- Aquatic House Party
- Operation X
- Federal Agent at Large
- The Kangaroo Kid
- Mother Goose's Birthday Party
- La honradez de la cerradura
- Le roi Pandore
- El crimen de Oribe
- Arzoo
- The White Hell of Pitz Palu
- Fiancée for Hire
- Under Mexicali Stars
- The Traveling Saleswoman
- Séraphin
- Just Me
- My Sister and I
- Memorias de un mexicano
- Helter Swelter
- Hoedown
- Tapahtui kaukana
- Fast on the Draw
- Hippopotamus Hunt
- On the Isle of Samoa
- Nezabyvaemyy 1919 god
- Lonely Heart Bandits
- Hills of Oklahoma
- È arrivato il cavaliere!
- Isäpappa ja keltanokka
- Arizona Territory
- Vidyasagar
- Mi adorado Juan
- One Too Many
- Call of the Klondike
- Our Daily Bread
- Gunfire
- I'm in the Revue
- Desertion at Dawn
- Gunslingers
- The Seventh Wife
- Ups an' Downs Derby
- Midnight Episode
- The Gamblers
- Kastrullresan
- Second Chance
- Pirates of the High Seas
- Over the Garden Wall
- Marika
- Las aguas bajan negras
- Paris Waltz
- Once Upon a Time...
- Zhukovsky
- Rasuna valea
- The Marihuana Story
- Le furet
- Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
- Warning to Wantons
- I Am the Past
- Code of the Silver Sage
- Genghis Khan
- The Golden Twenties
- Showkar
- Minne
- Women from Headquarters
- Customs Agent
- Covered Wagon Raid
- Katarina kaunis leski
- Someone at the Door
- Song of the Street
- Stjärnsmäll i Frukostklubben
- Le traqué
- Mrs. Fitzherbert
- The Boy from Indiana
- The Wedding Night
- La revoltosa
- Pleased to Eat You
- Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
- Chéri
- Young Daniel Boone
- Savage Splendor
- Maija löytää sävelen
- Ogni Baku
- Nirala
- Alitet ukhodit v gory
- The Girl from San Lorenzo
- Farewell Mister Grock
- Amor hoi!
- Robinson warszawski
- The Fight: Science Against Cancer
- Méfiez-vous des blondes
- Keepers of the Night
- Ich mach dich glücklich
- City in the Fog
- The King's Guerrillas
- La barra de la esquina
- The Love Nest
- Jingle, Jangle, Jungle
- Why Korea?
- Köyhä laulaja
- Dilruba
- Il cielo è rosso
- A Merry Chase
- Primero soy mexicano
- Sangram
- Buying Food
- The Thief of Venice
- The Lady Craved Excitement
- Welcome Reverend
- Hallin Janne
- Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin
- Lluvia roja
- Everybody's Dancin'
- The Naked Heart
- King Tut's Tomb
- Gabriela
- La dama del alba
- Understanding Your Ideals
- Kiss on the Cruise
- Teatro Apolo
- Historien om Hjortholm
- The Lawton Story
- Perdida
- El último payador
- Pimpernel Svensson
- Lo sparviero del Nilo
- La forza del destino
- La negra Angustias
- Au p'tit zouave
- Tuesday's Guest
- Perhaps a Gentleman
- Kike wadatsumi no koe: Nippon senbotsu gakusei shuki
- Paper Gallows
- När kärleken kom till byn
- Die Freunde meiner Frau
- Schicksal aus zweiter Hand
- Cabellera blanca
- Tú, solo tú
- Arrabalera
- Far from Moscow
- Tramp
- Den opvakte jomfru
- Taxi di notte
- Royal Children
- 0 Uhr 15, Zimmer 9
- When You're Smiling
- Al son del mambo
- Gobs of Fun
- Czarci zleb
- Påhittiga Johansson
- Op og ned langs kysten
- Hafenmelodie
- Erzherzog Johanns große Liebe
- Susanne
- Four Against the World
- I cadetti di Guascogna
- Mi querido capitán
- U nikh est Rodina
- Everybody's Girl
- Sunny Italy
- Paolo e Francesca
- Anti-Cats
- La posesión
- El amor no es ciego
- County Fair
- Kvartetten som sprängdes
- Motorkavaljerer
- Law and Order
- Smedestræde 4
- Soho Conspiracy
- The Case of the Missing Scene
- Auf der Alm, da gibt's ka Sünd'
- The Body Said No!
- Quel fantasma di mio marito
- The Temptress
- La liga de las muchachas
- Mountain Smugglers
- The Dam
- Negro es mi color
- Dahej
- The Trap
- Schatten der Nacht
- Win, Place and Showboat
- The Undefeated
- The Magic Treasure
- Frech und verliebt
- När Bengt och Anders bytte hustrur
- Here Is the Beauty
- Mouse and Garden
- Agnès de rien
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Akatsuki no tsuiseki
- L'homme de la Jamaïque
- Sheesh Mahal
- Yo quiero ser mala
- Kankal
- Cat Happy
- 1848
- If Cats Could Sing
- Life Begins Tomorrow
- Las dos huerfanitas
- North Sea Boys
- The Fox Hunt
- Familie Benthin
- Three Is a Crowd
- Barrio bajo
- By the False Door
- I gabestokken
- Friends - Comrades
- Doch moryaka
- Die gestörte Hochzeitsnacht
- River of Steel
- Tokyo Kid
- Drei Mädchen spinnen
- Der Seelenbräu
- Prämien auf den Tod
- Matrimonio y mortaja
- La portatrice di pane
- Friendship Triumphs
- Yo también soy de Jalisco
- Gentleman Jekyll and Driver Hyde
- Amor vendido
- La gota de sangre
- Dream Walking
- Le trésor des Pieds-Nickelés
- Le 84 prend des vacances
- Inmaculada
- Rågens rike
- Regementets ros
- Sussex Fortnight
- Die Reise nach Marrakesch
- Otra primavera
- Dos gallos de pelea
- The Two Girls
- Mujeres en mi vida
- Romanzo d'amore
- Liebe auf Eis
- Mädchen mit Beziehungen
- Duelo en las montañas
- One Only Loves Once
- Der Geigenmacher von Mittenwald
- Stick 'Em Up
- Kätchen für alles
- Der keusche Adam
- Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute
- Sentencia
- The Kilties Are Coming
- Unguarded Moment
- Der Bagnosträfling
- Sour Grapes
- Cuando acaba la noche
- Restaurant Intim
- Ung och kär
- La culpa la tuvo el otro
- The Bogus Green
- Der Wallnerbub
- Gruß und Kuß aus der Wachau
- This Man Belongs to Me
- Intimitäten
- Min kone er uskyldig
- Donde nacen los pobres
- The Seductor
- Spotlight at the Fair
- Nur eine Nacht
- De padre desconocido
- May Events
- Pecado
- El desalmado
- Una mujer sin destino
- Amor salvaje
- Två trappor över gården
- Loffe blir polis
- The Great Opportunity
- Mi preferida
- Siete mujeres
- Pecado de ser pobre
- Victorious Wings
- Dream Ballerina
- Shadow of the Past
- Nuestras vidas
- Streets of Sorrow
- The Debate Continues
- Export in Blond
- El amor no es negocio
- Cuide a su marido
- Into the Straight
- West of England
- La vida en broma
- The Magician
- The Festival in London
- Großstadtnacht
- Swapna Sundari
- Anacleto se divorcia
- Marutha Nattu Ilavarasi
- In the Circus Arena
- Local 100
- Comedy Cocktail
- Family Tree
- Wings Over the World
- Bridge of Time
- Absender unbekannt
- Das vierte Gebot
- Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
- Incognito in Paradise
- Fortune Lane
- Men of the World
- A Passenger to Bali
- Södrans revy
- Aventuras de un nuevo rico
- Sthree
- Amour et compagnie
- Forbidden Journey
- Hier's Ons Weer!
- The Lion of Amalfi
- The Blue Sky Angel
- The Girl Is Mine
- The Big Meeting
- El sol sale para todos
- Pesnya molodosti
- Gorotsuki-bune
- Come Dance with Me
- Akogare no Hawaii kôro
- Homecoming
- Il principe ribelle
- Farewell to Yesterday
- Silks and Sulkies
- Good Cycles Deserve Good Riders
- Face to the Wind
- Les aventuriers de l'air
- La danseuse de Marrakech
- Una mujer de Oriente
- 1867 and After
- The Man Who Had Influence
- La virgen desnuda
- Traicionera
- Para que la cuna apriete
- Ritmos del Caribe
- Thigambara Samiar
- Zonk!
- Little Women: Jo's Story
- Little Women: Meg's Story
- Ainsi naît une ville
- Les Misérables: Gods and Demons
- Les Misérables: Flag of Love and Liberty
- As Old as the Hills
- Lyn-fotografen
- Challenge: Science Against Cancer
- Campionato mondiale di calcio
- Look to the Forest
- Trees Are a Crop
- Groan and Grunt
- Tak for sidst
- The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
- Wrong Son
- Thérèse Raquin
- The Gentle Gunman
- North to the Sun
- Tukkijoella tapahtuu
- Home of Your Own
- The City of London
- Eye Witness No. 33
- A világ ifjúsága
- Balance 1950
- Flowers from a Stranger
- Tryck och sprutt
- Hiker's Haunt
- L' Île de la Raison ou Les Petits Hommes
- Little Richard - Legends in Concert
- Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Shichinin no hanayome
- Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden
- Vapputempaus
- Pyrenees
- Casa De Farinha
- A Dinner Date with Death
- Fury
- Animals
- Snow Fiesta
- Honey Country
- Morris Dancing at Berkhamstead
- The Yorkshire Moors
- Wordsworth Country
- The Launch of the Punta Medanos at Wallsend
- Gema
- I Went Back
- Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5
Top 4 Movies of 1950
King Solomon's Mines
"King Solomon's Mines," directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton, is an adventure film that takes viewers into the heart of Africa. Starring Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, and Richard Carlson, the film follows a safari led by Allan Quatermain in search of a client's missing husband and the fabled mines.
Annie Get Your Gun
Directed by George Sidney, "Annie Get Your Gun" is a musical based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Portrayed by Betty Hutton, with Howard Keel as Frank E. Butler, the film showcases Oakley's rise in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and her romantic entanglements. Known for its catchy songs and performances, the film remains a beloved classic in the musical genre.
Cheaper by the Dozen
Walter Lang's "Cheaper by the Dozen" is based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family. Starring Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, and Jeanne Crain, the film humorously depicts the life of a family with twelve children, whose parents are both efficiency experts. This heartwarming comedy provides insights into family life and the challenges of managing a large household.
Cinderella
Disney's "Cinderella," directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske, is an animated adaptation of the classic fairy tale. The film tells the story of Cinderella, a young woman who, with the help of her Fairy Godmother, attends the royal ball and finds love with the prince. Voiced by Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, and Eleanor Audley, this enchanting film has become a timeless piece in Disney's repertoire.
Industry Highlights and Notable Moments from 1950
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Competition from Television: The rapid rise of television broadcasting posed a major challenge to the film industry, as it became a dominant medium for entertainment in the United States. This shift prompted movie makers to explore new strategies to attract audiences back to cinemas.
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Paramount Decree Impact: The Paramount anti-trust consent decree, which required separate ownership for production companies and theaters, reshaped the industry. It broke the vertical integration of the studios, leading to a more open and competitive market.
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Opportunities for Columbia and United Artists: The changes in the industry allowed companies like Columbia and United Artists to seize opportunities to compete for space in first-run theaters. This period led to the production of some of the most prestigious and successful films of the decade.
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Influence of the Korean War: The onset of the Korean War in 1950 had a profound impact globally, including on the film industry. The war's events and its toll on human life influenced the themes and narratives explored in cinema during this period.
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Rise of Iconic Stars: The 1950s saw the emergence of some of the most remarkable stars in Hollywood, including Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, and Grace Kelly. Their iconic status and performances contributed significantly to the allure and evolution of cinema during this era.
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Audience Preferences and Complex Characters: The 1950s marked a shift in audience preferences towards more complex antihero characters. This change reflected a desire for more subtle and realistic portrayals in cinema, influenced partly by the competition from television.