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Films with the genre "Romance", sorted by production date
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The Marrying Kind (1952)
, 1h32Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Mickey Shaughnessy, Ruth Gordon, Sheila Bond
The ups and downs of marriage and commitment are realized as a disgruntled and grieving couple recount their marriage to the divorce judge. As the judge attempts to decipher whether or not their love for one another is gone, key moments of their lives together are remembered in this witty comedy/drama.
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
, 1h38Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis, Torin Thatcher, Karel Štěpánek
The film is set in Trinidad while it was still a British colony. Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) works as a nightclub singer and dancer. One night after her performance she receives news from Inspector Smythe (Torin Thatcher) and Anderson (Howard Wendell), a member of the American consulate, that her husband Neil was found dead. She is comforted by Neil's friend Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby).
The Quiet Man (1952)
, 2h9Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick
In the 1920s, Sean Thornton (John Wayne), an Irish-born American from Pittsburgh, travels to Ireland to reclaim his family's farm and his birthplace in Inisfree. He meets and falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O'Hara), the sister of the bullying, loud-mouthed landowner Squire "Red" Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen). Danaher, who had wanted the farm himself, is angry that the Widow Tillane (herself angered by Danaher's admission that he had discussed her in the local pub) accepts Sean's bid, and retaliates by refusing consent for his sister to marry. Several town locals, including the Catholic priest, Father Lonergan (Ward Bond), conspire to trick him into believing that the wealthy Widow Tillane (Mildred Natwick) wants to marry him, but only if Mary Kate is no longer living in his house. After learning the truth on Sean and Mary Kate's wedding day, an enraged Will refuses to give his sister her dowry which is made up of a large sum of money and her family possessions passed down from her mother.
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
, 1h38Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Burton, Olivia de Havilland, Audrey Dalton, George Dolenz, Ronald Squire, J. M. Kerrigan
When Philip Ashley's (Richard Burton) much-loved (and rich) cousin Ambrose (John Sutton) dies, he is convinced that Ambrose was murdered by his new wife Rachel (Olivia de Havilland) to inherit his wealth. But when he meets Rachel and falls in love with her, he knows that his suspicions must have been unfounded. But were they, or is Rachel just trying to use Philip to get at the estate Ambrose left to him instead of her? And will she murder him next?
Under the Red Robe (1952)
Directed by Victor Sjöström
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Conrad Veidt, Annabella, Raymond Massey, Romney Brent, Wyndham Goldie, Lawrence Grant
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My Outlaw Brother (1952)
, 1h22Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston, Robert Stack, José Torvay, Don "Red" Barry
Danny O'Moore, an Irish lad from New York, has not seen big brother Patrick for eight years. Patrick is said to now own a silver mine in Mexico and sends welcome money to his family in America.
The African Queen (1952)
, 1h45Directed by John Huston, Guy Hamilton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Theodore Bikel, Peter C. Bull, Walter Gotell
Samuel Sayer (Robert Morley) and his sister Rose (Katharine Hepburn) are British Methodist missionaries in the village of Kungdu in German East Africa at the beginning of World War I in August/September 1914. Their mail and supplies are delivered by a small tramp steamer named the African Queen, helmed by the rough-and-ready Canadian boat captain Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), whose coarse behavior they tolerate in a rather stiff manner.
Lily of the Harbor (1952)
, 1h26Origin Grece
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Alekos Alexandrakis, Níkos Rízos, Mános Hadjidákis, Eleni Zafeiriou, Ánna Kyriakoú
Le capitaine au long cours Giakoumis prend sa retraite à terre aux côtés de sa femme et de son fils adoptif Andrea qui s'apprête lui aussi à devenir officier de marine. Cependant, il a eu une fille Agnès (Agni en grec), avec une prostituée, Maria. Lorsque celle-ci meurt, sa dernière volonté est que le père reconnaisse sa fille. Il s'y refuse car Agnès est elle aussi devenue prostituée. Pour se venger, elle séduit son demi-frère afin de détruire sa réputation. Mais, elle finit par tomber amoureuse de lui et est sauvée par l'amour.
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
, 1h37Directed by Henry Hathaway, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Stephen McNally, Karl Malden, Helene Stanley, Hildegard Knef
Mike Kells is assigned by the State Department to fly to Salzburg and meet his old friend Sam Carew, who will pass a top-secret document to him. A passenger on the plane, Joan Ross, takes a liking to Mike and expresses a desire to see him again.
Clash by Night (1952)
, 1h45Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe, Keith Andes, J. Carrol Naish
Mae Doyle (Barbara Stanwyck) returns to her home town, the fishing village of Monterey, California after ten years "back East." Her fisherman brother Joe (Keith Andes) is not particularly pleased to see her, but accepts her back into the family home. His girlfriend Peggy (Marilyn Monroe) is more welcoming. When Joe asks Mae about the rich man she was seeing, she explains he was a married politician. He died and left her some money, but his wife and relatives took her to court and won.
Saturday Island (1952)
, 1h42Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, Donald Gray, John Laurie, Hilda Fenemore, Peter Butterworth
When a hospital ship strikes a mine during the Second World War, the only survivors are Lieutenant Elizabeth Smythe and Corporal Michael Dugan, who become marooned on an island in the South Pacific, where they slowly bond. Their relationship is complicated by the arrival of a third person, a survivor of plane crash.
Interim (1952)
, 26minutesDirected by Stan Brakhage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
The film contains no dialogue, starring only a man and a woman, who meet as if by chance and walk into the countryside together where they stop and kiss. They then return to town before parting again.
Ivanhoe (1952)
, 1h46Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams, Felix Aylmer
Richard the Lionheart (Norman Wooland), King of England, vanishes while returning from the Crusades. One of his knights, the Saxon Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Robert Taylor), searches tirelessly for him, finally finding him being held for ransom by Leopold of Austria for the enormous sum of 150,000 marks of silver. Richard’s treacherous brother, Prince John (Guy Rolfe), knows about it, but enjoys ruling in his absence.
Hurricane Smith (1952)
, 1h30Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, Murray Matheson, James Craig, Forrest Tucker, Lyle Bettger
Hurricane Smith steals a boat owned by Capt. Raikes, a slave trader, and heads to Australia with his men. There, he and other men pretending to be researching botany are actually searching for a cache of gold, while Smith also competes for the love of the lovely Luana.
The Iron Mistress (1952)
, 1h50Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Romance, Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia, Phyllis Kirk, Alf Kjellin, Anthony Caruso
In the early 19th Century, Jim Bowie leaves his home in the Bayou to sell lumber in New Orleans. He inadvertently offends Narcisse de Bornay by defending the artist James Audubon and is challenged to his duel, but charms his way out of it and Narcisse becomes his friend.