Dissertation Movies
by hogue-john | created - 24 Feb 2012 | updated - 24 Feb 2012 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Calypso (1958)
95 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Directors: Golfiero Colonna, Franco Rossi | Stars: Cy Grant, Sally Neal, Louise Bennett, Carlton Gumbs
Votes: 13
2. Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Nightclub singer and her brother-in-law try to find her husband's killer.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis
Votes: 3,083
3. Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957)
Approved | 80 min | Musical
To prove his theory that rock and roll is on its way out, a sociologist tries to convince a "bop" singer to switch to calypso, much to the ire of her Hollywood nightclub manager.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Judy Tyler, Bobby Troup, Margo Woode, Mary Kaye
Votes: 123
4. Calypso Heat Wave (1957)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Musical
Everything's going well at Disco Records, where singer Johnny Conroy is popular and publicity chief Marty Collins is good at her job, as well as in love with company boss Mack Adams. Everything changes when Barney Pearl shows up.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Meg Myles, Paul Langton
Votes: 98
5. Calypso Joe (1957)
Approved | 76 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Juile, an airline hostess, has her mind made up to marry South American millionaire Rico Vargas, in spite of the efforts made by her former boyfriend, Lee Darling, a television star, to win... See full summary »
Director: Edward Dein | Stars: Herb Jeffries, Angie Dickinson, Ed Kemmer, Stephen Bekassy
Votes: 33
6. Island Women (1958)
72 min | Drama
The semi-steamy story (more in promise than actual deliverance) is set in Nassau and finds Mike, an American charter boat captain, involved in a romance with tourist Jan but Jan's aunt, ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Marie Windsor, Vince Edwards, Marilee Earle, Leslie Scott
Votes: 25
7.
Father Knows Best (1954–1960)
Episode:
Calypso Bud
(1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Bud gets a set of bongo drums. He envisions himself as a musician that all the girls will love. However, his practice drives the family crazy.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray
Votes: 33
8.
Miami Undercover (1961)
Episode:
Calypso Lady
(1961)
30 min | Drama
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Ron Corsi, Suzanne Lloyd, Wilson T. Griffith, Lee Bowman
9.
The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode:
Calypso Clem
(1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
Stars: Red Skelton, Jan Arvan, Leo Carrillo, David Rose and His Orchestra
10. Thunderball (1965)
PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 127,041 | Gross: $63.60M
11. Dr. No (1962)
PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 179,330 | Gross: $16.07M
12.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
A Drum Is a Woman
(1957)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Norman Felton | Star: Duke Ellington
13. Love in Jamaica (1957)
96 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: André Berthomieu | Stars: Luis Mariano, Jane Sourza, Paquita Rico, Darry Cowl
Votes: 21
14. Caribbean (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s and sold into slavery by Andrew MacAllister, and forced into piracy, enlists the aid of Dick ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Cedric Hardwicke, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 231
15. Our Man in Jamaica (1965)
88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The FBI sends agents to Jamaica to investigate arms smuggling to revolutionaries in Santo Domingo.
Directors: Ernst Ritter von Theumer, Peter Jacob | Stars: Larry Pennell, Margitta Scherr, Roberto Camardiel, Barbara Valentin
Votes: 104
16. Jamaica Run (1953)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Jamaica, amid murder and deceit, a schooner skipper and a land developer search for the sunken ship containing proof regarding the identity of the true heirs of a legendary Jamaican estate.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Patric Knowles
Votes: 162
17. Storm Over Jamaica (1958)
103 min | Romance
The erotic goings-on among the staff at Mr. Pawley's school in Jamaica are of great interest to young Sylvia, but her curiosity results in tragedy.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Yvonne Mitchell, Alexander Knox
Votes: 83
20. Products of the Palm: The Banana and Cocoanut Industries, Jamaica, West Indies (1913)
Documentary, Short
The scenes among the banana palms of the beautiful island of Jamaica are singularly picturesque. A powerful negro armed with a long knife or "machete" passes quickly through the grove ... See full summary »
21. Tom Cringle in Jamaica (1913)
Short, Adventure
Soldiers save shipwrecked sailors from Spaniards.
Director: Charles Raymond | Stars: Harry Lorraine, George D. Melville, Percy Moran, Elsie Barone
22.
Ready, Steady, Go! (1963–1966)
Episode:
Millie in Jamaica
(1965)
45 min | Music
Follow Millicent Small on her triumphal return to her home in Jamaica.
Director: Rollo Gamble | Stars: Louise Bennett, Cilla Black, Prince Buster, Jimmy Cliff
23. Flame of the Islands (1955)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story of a café singer who buys a gambling casino, and the men who fall in love with her.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Zachary Scott, Kurt Kasznar
Votes: 260
24. A Visit to Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies (1911)
Documentary, Short
This scenic picture shows many of the most interesting places in this beautiful part of that little paradise, Bahama. It shows the people, who are decidedly black, and who live in an easy ... See full summary »
25. The Sisal Industry in the Bahamas (1910)
Documentary, Short
Sisal fiber as a substitute for manila is a comparative recent industry, but it meant the commercial establishment of the British West Indies and is a most important industry in the Bahama ... See full summary »
26. Bahama Passage (1941)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A girl, Carol Delbridge (Madeleine Carroll), whom the audience is quickly informed has been around, and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the Bahamas ... See full summary »
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Sterling Hayden, Flora Robson, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 143
28. Island in the Sun (1957)
Approved | 119 min | Drama, Romance
This drama set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins
Votes: 1,412 | Gross: $8.00M
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