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The Best of Everything (1959)

May 11, 2019by Eric Binford 16 Comments

Synopsis: This is the story of three ambitious women working at a New York publishing company in the late 1950s. The young women deal with, among other things, love entanglements […]

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1959

Beloved Infidel (1959)

September 30, 2018by Eric Binford 6 Comments

Synopsis: This is the true story of British Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham (Deborah Kerr, The End of the Affair) and her turbulent relationship with American author F. Scott Fitzgerald (Gregory Peck, […]

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1959

The Scapegoat (1959)

August 28, 2018by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: A lonely British scholar, John Barrett (Sir Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai), meets a French nobleman, Jacques De Gué, (also played by Guinness), who is his […]

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1959

John Paul Jones (1959)

July 30, 2018by Eric Binford 5 Comments

Synopsis: The life and times of John Paul Jones, played by actor Robert Stack (Written on the Wind and Airplaine!), the father of the United States Navy: from his humble […]

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1959

The Gazebo (1959)

July 7, 2018by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: Glenn Ford (Blackboard Jungle) plays a TV writer and director who kills a blackmailer and buries him under a gazebo. Reaction & Thoughts: Odd black comedy only works sporadically. […]

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1959

The Bat (1959)

November 15, 2017by Eric Binford 6 Comments

Synopsis: A mystery writer (Agnes Moorehead, The Magnificent Ambersons) rents a mansion in a small town unaware that there is a killer on the loose. When the bodies start piling […]

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1959

Li’l Abner (1959)

May 23, 2017by Eric Binford 6 Comments

Synopsis: The Federal Government of the United States determines that a small rural town, Dogpatch, is the most useless territory of the country. Because of its worthlessness, the town is […]

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1959

Room at the Top (1959)

December 21, 2016by Eric Binford 6 Comments

Synopsis: An ambitious young man, Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey, The Manchurian Candidate), has finally landed a good job far away from his rickety hometown. Joe realizes quickly that a “9 […]

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