Cinderella (1950)
[3] I'm a fan of many Disney animated features, but I find Cinderella to be one of the company's stinkers. My problems are largely conceptual. I'm simply not a fan of a heroine who's not strong or clever enough to…
Stage Fright (1950)
[6] Jane Wyman stars in this Alfred Hitchcock noir mystery as an aspiring actress who goes undercover to prove her best friend (Richard Todd) is innocent of murdering a theatre starlet's husband. The starlet is played with icy villainy by…
The Furies (1950)
[7] Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston square off in this western about a father and daughter fighting over who will control the future of the family's sprawling cattle ranch. The relationship begins as a loving, mentoring one, but transforms into…
Father of the Bride (1950)
[7] Spencer Tracy fronts this lighthearted Vincente Minnelli film about a father experiencing the emotional and financial turmoil of marrying off his only daughter. Elizabeth Taylor plays the daughter and Joan Bennett plays the mother, but this is all Tracy's…
The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)
[5] Joan Crawford plays an impoverished woman who leaves her husband after a tragedy claims the life of their young son. Determined never to be poor again, she sleeps her way through a string of men to reach a higher…
In a Lonely Place (1950)
[6] Humphrey Bogart plays a Hollywood screenwriter suspected of murder until his next door neighbor, played by Gloria Grahame, vouches for him. Grahame starts a romance with Bogey as the investigation continues. It's not long before Bogey reveals a hidden…
To Please a Lady (1950)
[4] Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck star in this story of a midget car racer (Gable) whose treacherous tactics get exposed by a prying news reporter (Stanwyck). After he's blamed for causing the death of another driver, Gable's racing career…
The Happy Years (1950)
[7] Thirteen-year-old Dean Stockwell (Kim, The Dunwich Horror) stars in this turn-of-the-century coming-of-age flick about a mischievous boy who mellows after years of preparatory school. Stockwell plays "Dink" Stover, who in the first act of the film is responsible for…
The Miniver Story (1950)
[5] Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reprise their roles from the Oscar-winning Mrs. Miniver in a sequel that really isn't necessary at all. The Miniver Story picks up after World War II has ended. The Miniver family is scattered around…
Panic in the Streets (1950)
[6] Elia Kazan makes a concerted effort to be less 'theatrical' and more 'cinematic' with Panic in the Streets, a New Orleans thriller about a policeman and a doctor searching the streets for a killer infected with pneumonic plague. Richard…