Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1950
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Sunset Blvd.
(1950) A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. Dir: Billy Wilder With: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim Drama | Film-Noir |
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Cinderella
(1950) When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother. Dir: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson With: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance |
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Rashomon
(1950) A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view. Dir: Akira Kurosawa With: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori Crime | Drama | Mystery |
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All About Eve
(1950) An ingenue insinuates herself in to the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz With: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders Drama |
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Gun Crazy
(1950) A well meaning crack shot husband is pressured by his beautiful marksman wife to go on an interstate robbery spree, where he finds out just how depraved and deadly she really is. Dir: Joseph H. Lewis With: John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Romance | Thriller United States-PASSED 86 mins. |
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Harvey
(1950) Elwood P. Dowd is a mild-mannered, pleasant man, who just happens (he says) to have an invisible friend resembling a 6-foot rabbit. Dir: Henry Koster With: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow Comedy | Drama | Fantasy |
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My Blue Heaven
(1950) Betty Grable and Dan Dailey are a married song and dance team who cannot have children. The movie follows the travails as they try and adopt and keep the kids they adopt while performing on their TV show. Dir: Henry Koster With: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne Drama | Musical 96 mins. |
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Treasure Island
(1950) Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint... Dir: Byron Haskin With: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney Adventure | Family |
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Stars in My Crown
(1950) Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time he has a family and many friends... Dir: Jacques Tourneur With: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell Drama | Family | Western |
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Broken Arrow
(1950) Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches. Dir: Delmer Daves With: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget Drama | Romance | Western |










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