131. An American in Paris
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actors: Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Georges Guétary
Plot: An unsuccessful American painter in Paris finds a companion in someone who loves his work as much as he does...does she love more than just that?
132. Gigi
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacqueline Audry
Actors: Gaby Morlay, Jean Tissier, Yvonne de Bray, Franck Villard, Paul Demange, Madeleine Rousset
Plot: A teen raised to be a demimondaine isn't ready to step into that role until she becomes involved with a rich playboy and finds the perfect opportunity to perfect that role.
133. Friendly Persuasion
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Robert Middleton, Peter Mark Richman, Richard Eyer
Plot: In 1862 a Quaker family must reconcile their religion's opposition to violence and war with the advance of the Civil War that will force them to act.
134. The Diary of Anne Frank
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Stevens
Actors: Shelley Winters, Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Ed Wynn, Gusti Huber, Lou Jacobi
Plot: As the "Green Police" search for Jews on the streets of Amsterdam, a young girl named Anne, her parents and another family retreat for two years to a small attic of a shop. Despite being confined to a small area and having no contact with the outside world, the families go on with their lives to the best of their ability.
135. Animal Farm
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Actors: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham
Plot: British animation based on the book of the same name by George Orwell, it
tells the story of how farm animals revolt against their human owner. The
animals then try to establish an Utopian society but things go awry.
136. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chuck Jones
Actors: Mel Blanc
Plot: Duck Dodgers, hero of the 24½th century, must claim Planet X before another space
creature can.
137. Detective Story
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, George Macready, Gerald Mohr
Plot: On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
138. Old Yeller
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, Chuck Connors
Plot: An old lop eared yeller dog takes care of a frontier family...c'mon...it's old Yeller!
139. In a Lonely Place
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicholas Ray
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Jeff Donnell
Plot: Bogart stars as a boozy, moody Hollywood screenwriter who may or may not be a twisted murderer.
140. Madame de... ( Earrings of Madame de... )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Max Ophüls
Actors: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt, Jean Galland, Mireille Perrey
Plot: The wife of a general winds selling the earring he gave her as wedding gift in order to cover her debts. The general discovers this and buys back the earrings to give to his mistress - and the voyage continues eventually coming full circle.
