1950s

Favorite Music of the 1950s

Guitar Man by Elvis Presley


Living Doll by Cliff Richard & The Drifters


Love Is Strange by Mickey & Sylvia


Love Potion No 9 by The Searchers


Money (That's What I Want) by Barrett Strong


Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & The Comets


Singing In The Rain by Gene Kelly



Favorite Films of the 1950s

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Director: Richard Brooks, Actors: Paul Newman & Elizabeth Taylor, Genre: Drama)


On The Waterfront (Director: Elia Kazan, Actors: Marlon Brando & Karl Malden, Genre: Drama)


North By Northwest (Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Actors: Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint, Genre: Thriller/Romance)


Mister Roberts (Director: John Ford, & Mervyn LeRoy, Actors: Henry Fonda & James Cagney, Wartime Drama)


Stalag 17 (Director: Billy Wilder, Actor: William Holden, Genre: War Drama)


How To Marry A Millionaire (Director: Jean Negulesco, Actors: Marilyn Monroe & Betty Grable, Genre: Romantic Comedy)


Rear Window (Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Actors: James Cagney & Grace Kelly, Genre: Thriller)


12 Angry Men (Director: Sidney Lumet, Actor: Henry Fonda, Genre: Drama)


Les Diaboliques (Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Actors: Simone Signoret & Vera Clouzot, Genre: Mystery)


I Confess (Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Actor: Montgomery Clift, Genre: Crime/Drama


Witness For The Prosecution (Director: Billy Wilder, Actors: Tyrone Power & Marlene Dietrich, Genre: Courtroom Drama)


From Here To Eternity (Director: Fred Zinnemann,  Actors: Burt Lancaster & Montgomery Clift, Genre: War/Drama)


Vertigo (Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Actors: James Stewart & Kim Novak, Genre: Thriller/Mystery)


Ben Hur (Director: William Wyler, Actor: Charlton Heston, Genre: Historical Epic)


Riffifi (Director: Jules Dassin, Actor: Jean Servais, Genre: Crime/Heist)


All I Desire (Director: Douglas Sirk, Actor: Barbara Stanwyck, Genre: Drama)


Has Anybody Seen My Gal (Director: Douglas Sirk, Actors: Piper Laurie & Rock Hudson, Genre: Drama


A Time To Love & A Time To Die (Director: Douglas Sirk, Actor: John Gavin, Genre: War)


Teachers Pet (Director: George Seaton, Actors: Clark Gable & Doris Day, Genre: Romantic Comedy)


No Way Out (Director: Joseph L Mankievicz, Actors: Sidney Poitier & Richard Widmark, Genre: Drama



Share by: