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The Garden Spider
The Garden Spider (1952) on 1 january 1952


Grubstake
Grubstake (1952) on 1 january 1952

Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jack Klugman, Neile Adams
Rating47% 2.3764352.3764352.3764352.3764352.376435
Modèle:Empty section
Hotel Sahara
Hotel Sahara (1951) on 31 december 1951
, 1h36
Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Ustinov, David Tomlinson, Roland Culver, Albert Lieven, Bill Owen
Rating61% 3.0964253.0964253.0964253.0964253.096425
A luxury hotel in the Sahara Desert faces occupation and destruction from a number of armies during the North African Campaign. The hotel is saved through the quick thinking and chameleon actions of the four headed staff in particular the owner Yasmin, who dresses, sings, and dances in a manner to make all the conquerors appreciate her charms.
Indian Uprising
Indian Uprising (1952) on 2 january 1952
, 1h15
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors George Montgomery, Audrey Long, Carl Benton Reid, Joe Sawyer, Douglas Kennedy, Eddy Waller
Rating58% 2.9082452.9082452.9082452.9082452.908245
Le Capitaine Mac Cloud ayant signé un traité avec le chef apache, Géronimo, entreprend de défendre les Indiens contre les entreprises des chercheurs d'or. Ceci l'amène à faire tirer sur les Blancs.
The Lady Says No
The Lady Says No (1952) on 6 january 1952
, 1h20
Directed by Frank Ross
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Joan Caulfield, David Niven, James Robertson Justice, Lenore Lonergan, Frances Bavier, Peggy Maley
Rating52% 2.610092.610092.610092.610092.61009
David Niven plays a globe-trotting author and photographer on assignment from LIFE magazine to do a photo story on best-selling author of the title book, "The Lady Says 'No'," Joan Caulfield. Rather than finding a dour spinster, as he expects, she is a young, attractive blonde, who finds her published theories against love and men set on their head.
The Life of Oharu
The Life of Oharu (1952) on 1 january 1952
, 2h28
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Martial arts films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Kinuyo Tanaka, Ichirō Sugai (菅井一郎), Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Higashiyama, Jūkichi Uno
Rating80% 4.044324.044324.044324.044324.04432
The story opens on Oharu as an old woman in a temple flashing back through the events of her life. It begins with her love affair with a page, Katsunosuke (Toshirō Mifune), the result of which (due to their class difference) is his execution and her family's banishment. Oharu attempts suicide but fails and is sold to be the mistress of Lord Matsudaira with the hope she will bear him a son. She does, but then is sent home with minimal compensation to the dismay of her father, who has worked up quite a debt in the meantime. He sends her to be a courtesan, but there, too, she fails and is again sent home. She goes to serve the family of a woman who must hide the fact that she is bald from her husband. The woman becomes jealous of Oharu and makes her chop off her hair, but Oharu retaliates, revealing the woman's secret. She again must leave—this time she marries a fan maker who is killed shortly after during a robbery. She attempts to become a nun, but Oharu is thrown out after being caught naked with a man seeking reimbursement for an unauthorized gift (it is made clear this is rape by Oharu's claims and distraught demeanor). She is thrown out of the temple, becomes a prostitute, but fails even at that. In the end, she is recalled to the Lord's house in order to keep secret her activities and to be exiled within the compounds to keep her secrets locked away. While being scolded for the life she chose, she attempts to find her son, and in the process, ends up running away as she chooses the life of a beggar over the life in exile.
Another Man's Poison
Another Man's Poison (1951) on 6 january 1952
, 1h30
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel, Barbara Murray, Reginald Beckwith
Rating67% 3.397153.397153.397153.397153.39715
Successful mystery novelist Janet Frobisher, who has been separated for years from her husband, a man with a criminal past, lives in an isolated home in England. Her nearest neighbour is nosy veterinarian Dr. Henderson. Janet falls in love and occasionally dabbles with her secretary Chris' fiancé, Larry, who is years younger than she. When her estranged husband unexpectedly appears, Janet poisons him by administering horse medication given to her by her neighbour. One of the deceased man's criminal cohorts arrives as she's preparing to dispose of the body in the local lake. When Frobisher's secretary and Larry arrive at the secluded house, the mysterious man, who has assisted her with her scheme, impersonates the long-absent spouse of Janet, who plots to get rid of her unplanned accomplice, as well.
The Magic Sword
The Magic Sword (1950) on 1 january 1952
, 1h41
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Milivoje Živanović, Pavle Vuisić
Rating78% 3.905113.905113.905113.905113.90511
Mexican Bus Ride
Mexican Bus Ride (1952) on 1 january 1952
, 1h25
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Lilia Prado, Carmelita González, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Rating68% 3.4413853.4413853.4413853.4413853.441385
Oliverio (Esteban Márquez) et Albina (Carmelita González) sont en voyage de noces. Le jeune marié apprend que sa mère est mourante, et qu'elle lui a demandé d'aller faire enregistrer son testament à la ville. Tandis que les frères d'Oliverio attendent le décès de leur mère pour percevoir l'héritage, le jeune homme se rend en ville en autocar. Pendant son voyage, il va rencontrer une jeune fille.
Neighbours
Neighbours (1952) on 1 january 1952
, 8minutes
Directed by Norman McLaren
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Grant Munro
Rating78% 3.9396953.9396953.9396953.9396953.939695
Two men, Jean-Paul Ladouceur and Grant Munro, live peacefully in adjacent cardboard houses. When a flower blooms between their houses, they fight each other to the death over the ownership of the single small flower.
A Missed Fortune
A Missed Fortune (1952) on 3 january 1952

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Vernon Dent, Stanley Blystone, Nanette Bordeaux
Rating71% 3.578283.578283.578283.578283.57828
Shemp wins $50,000 for accidentally guessing the correct make of a car for a radio contest. The boys check in at the Hotel Costa Plente, and quickly spend their winnings. Their suite is furnished with many expensive items, which they systematically destroy. The hotel manager (Vernon Dent) discovers the destruction when he delivers a telegram to the stooges' suite; the telegram reveals that taxes withheld from Shemp's winnings reduce the $50,000 windfall to a minuscule $4.85.
A Woman Without Love
A Woman Without Love (1952) on 1 january 1952
, 1h30
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rosario Granados, Joaquín Cordero, Julio Villarreal, Elda Peralta
Rating64% 3.2369953.2369953.2369953.2369953.236995
The film opens in Mexico, in the home of an upper-class antiques salesman named Don Carlos Montero and his wife Rosario, whose son, Carlos or Carlitos, is accused of stealing by the principal of his school. Carlitos is scolded harshly by his father when he comes home, and is locked in his room. Carlitos runs away, but is found by an engineer named Julio Mistral who works in the forest. Julio returns the boy to his parents, and Don Carlos is very grateful. Julio becomes great friends with the Montero family, but in private asks Rosario why she really married such a harsh mannered and older man.
Dancing with Crime
Dancing with Crime (1947) on 1 january 1952
, 1h23
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Barry Jones, Garry Marsh, Bill Owen, Judy Kelly
Rating64% 3.2377253.2377253.2377253.2377253.237725
Boyhood friends and comrades in the Army, Ted Peters (Richard Attenborough) and Dave Robinson (Bill Rowbotham) are back in civvies. Ted becomes a taxi driver and hopes to marry Joy Goodall (Sheila Sim), a pretty chorus girl. Dave, seeking easy money, joins a gang which has its headquarters in a suburban palais-de-danse. The gang is headed by a man called Gregory (Barry Jones), and includes Paul Baker (Barry K. Barnes), and petty crooks Sniffy and Pogson. Ted refuses to join them.
Chained for Life
Chained for Life (1952) on 1 january 1952
, 1h21
Directed by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Daisy and Violet Hilton, Allen Jenkins, Patricia Wright, Jack Mulhall
Rating42% 2.1282052.1282052.1282052.1282052.128205
The movie opens with a judge (Norval Mitchell) begging the audience for help in resolving a terrible dilemma. The action moves to a courtroom, where Vivian Hamilton is on trial for the shooting death of her sister's lover. The story unfolds in flashback as various characters are called to testify.
Father's Lion
Father's Lion (1952) on 4 january 1952
, 6minutes
Directed by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Children's films
Actors Pinto Colvig, Bobby Driscoll
Rating66% 3.337363.337363.337363.337363.33736
Dingo, ici sous le nom de George Geef, veut montrer à son fils comment attraper un lion des montagnes !
Westward the Women
Westward the Women (1951) on 31 december 1951
, 1h58
Directed by William A. Wellman, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, John McIntire, Hope Emerson, Julie Bishop, Mary Murphy
Rating75% 3.791183.791183.791183.791183.79118
In 1851, Roy Whitman (John McIntire) decides to bring marriageable women west to California to join the lonely men of Whitman's Valley, hoping the couples will put down roots and settle there. Roy hires a skeptical, experienced wagon master, Buck Wyatt (Robert Taylor), to lead the wagon train along the California Trail. In Chicago, Roy recruits 138 "good women", after they have been warned of the journey's hardships and dangers by Buck, who flatly states up to a third of them might not survive the journey. The women range from Patience (Hope Emerson), an older widow from New Bedford seeking a new start after losing her sea captain husband and sons when their clipper went down while attempting to round Cape Horn, to Rose Meyers (Beverly Dennis), a pregnant, unmarried woman running from her shame. Telling the women about his valley, Roy encourages them to pick their prospective mates from daguerreotype pictures he has tacked to a display board. Two showgirls, Fifi Danon (Denise Darcel) and Laurie Smith (Julie Bishop), hastily change their flashy clothes when others like them are rejected and return to try and sign on again. Whitman is not fooled by their disguise, but convinced their wish to reform is sincere he adds them to the group, bringing the number of women on the wagon train up to 140.