Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie / 1950-11-16 / United States / Releases: 0 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.
All About Eve
Movie / 1950-11-09 / United States / Releases: 4 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Alfred Newman
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
The Miniver Story
Movie / 1950-10-26 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family.
Right Cross
Movie / 1950-10-06 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by David Raksin
A sportswriter forms a ring triangle with a fight manager's daughter and her Mexican-American boxer.
Union Station
Movie / 1950-10-04 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Heinz Roemheld
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
Sunset Boulevard
Movie / 1950-08-10 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 2
Composed by Franz Waxman
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
A Lady Without Passport
Movie / 1950-08-03 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by David Raksin
An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.
Crisis
Movie / 1950-07-07 / United States / Releases: 5 / Recordings: 2
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South American dictator.
The Next Voice You Hear...
Movie / 1950-06-29 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Johnny Green
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world. It stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis as Joe and Mary Smith, a typical American couple. It was based on a short story of the same name by George Sumner Albee.
The Asphalt Jungle
Movie / 1950-05-12 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
The Reformer and the Redhead
Movie / 1950-05-05 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by David Raksin
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
The Outriders
Movie / 1950-03-01 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by André Previn
Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....
No Man of Her Own
Movie / 1950-02-21 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Hugo Friedhofer
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Movie / 1950-02-21 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Hugo Friedhofer
Near the end of World War II, a secret American raid on an enemy transportation hub goes very wrong when a turncoat warns the enemy. Led by Capt. Webster Carey, the mission causes the deaths of many bystanders -- among them, Carey believes, his Italian girlfriend, Giulia de Graffi. Back home, Carey stumbles across evidence that might uncover the identity of the informant. But, when he returns to Italy to get even, Carey is stunned by what he finds.
D.O.A.
Movie / 1949-12-23 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Dimitri Tiomkin
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.
Adam's Rib
Movie / 1949-11-18 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.
Challenge to Lassie
Movie / 1949-10-31 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by André Previn
When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
The Red Danube
Movie / 1949-10-14 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.
Madame Bovary
Movie / 1949-08-25 / United States / Releases: 3 / Recordings: 3
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.
Come to the Stable
Movie / 1949-07-27 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Cyril J. Mockridge
Two nuns arrive unannounced in the small New England town of Bethlehem, where they recruit various townspeople to help them build a children's hospital.
The Sun Comes Up
Movie / 1949-05-12 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and his dog.
Bride of Vengeance
Movie / 1949-04-07 / United States / Releases: 2 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Hugo Friedhofer
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.
The Bribe
Movie / 1949-02-03 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.
Command Decision
Movie / 1948-12-23 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 1
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
Hills of Home
Movie / 1948-11-25 / United States / Releases: 1 / Recordings: 0
Composer tba
William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to swim. At the same time he has the bigger problem that he is getting older and must ensure the glen will have a new local doctor ready.