The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

House of Strangers (1949)

Summary: After years in prison, Max promises revenge on his brothers for their betrayal. His lover Irene and memories of his past yield him a broader perspective.

Release Date: July 01, 1949

Genres: Drama, Crime, Film-Noir

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writers: Philip Yordan

, Jerome Weidman

, Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: CBS/Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Dragnet (1951)

Summary: Follows Sergeant Joe Friday of the Los Angels Police Department (LAPD) and his various partners as they methodically investigate a different verity of crimes in Los Angeles, California.

Release Date: December 16, 1951

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Mark VII Ltd.

Country: United States

Language: English

Our Miss Brooks (1952)

Summary: Miss Brooks is an English teacher who has a low paying job, lousy boss, has a crush on a teacher and whose student drives her to school. She lives in a boarding house.

Release Date: October 03, 1952

Genres: Comedy, Family

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: TV-G

Production: CBS Television Network

Country: United States

Language: English

Heller in Pink Tights (1960)

Summary: Story of theatrical troupe that travels through the Old West.

Release Date: March 01, 1960

Genre: Western

Director: George Cukor

Writers: Dudley Nichols

, Walter Bernstein

, Louis L'Amour

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,500,000

Flamingo Road (1949)

Summary: A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.

Genres: Drama, Romance, Film-Noir

Director: Michael Curtiz

Writers: Robert Wilder

, Edmund H. North

, Sally Wilder

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Michael Curtiz Productions, Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,528,000

Advise & Consent (1962)

Summary: The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.

Release Date: June 06, 1962

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Otto Preminger

Writers: Allen Drury

, Wendell Mayes

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Otto Preminger Films, Alpha Alpina

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, CBS, Hal Roach Studios Film Classics, Warner Home Video, Hal Roach Studios

Country: United States

Language: English

Call Northside 777 (1948)

Summary: Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.

Genres: Drama, Film-Noir

Director: Henry Hathaway

Writers: Jerome Cady

, Jay Dratler

, Leonard Hoffman

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

A Star Is Born (1954)

Summary: In George Cukor's remake, fading matinee idol Norman Maine helps young singer and actress Esther Blodgett find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

Release Date: October 16, 1954

Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance

Director: George Cukor

Writers: Moss Hart

, Dorothy Parker

, Alan Campbell

Runtime: 2 h 34 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Transcona Enterprises

Distributor: Warner Home Video, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,019,770

Domestic: $ 4,335,968

International: $ 13,384

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Summary: Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.

Release Date: October 03, 1960

Genres: Comedy, Family

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: TV-G

Production: CBS, Danny Thomas Enterprises, Mayberry Enterprises

Country: United States

Language: English

Summer and Smoke (1961)

Summary: A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student who prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.

Release Date: April 11, 1962

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Peter Glenville

Writers: Tennessee Williams

, James Poe

, Meade Roberts

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Hal Wallis Productions

Distributor: CBS, Olive Films

Country: United States

Language: English

The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Summary: The comic misadventures of the "skinflint" comedian and his friends.

Release Date: October 28, 1950

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: CBS, J&M Productions, McCadden Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

The Red Skelton Show (1951)

Summary: Comedian Red Skelton hosts a variety show of comedic sketches, and a range of stars, to speak to an entire generation.

Release Date: September 30, 1951

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-G

Production: CBS Television Network, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sursum Corporation

Countries: Canada, United States

Language: English

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)

Summary: Ozzie and Harriet Nelson raise their two sons Ricky and David. As the sons age, they experience teenage dating problems, marriage and careers.

Release Date: October 03, 1952

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: TV-G

Production: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Stage Five Productions, Volcano Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

The Danny Thomas Show (1953)

Summary: Danny is a New York entertainer. Between his co-stars at the nightclub where he performs and his wife and kids, he has dilemmas galore, which he somehow manages to resolve and still laugh.

Release Date: September 29, 1953

Genres: Comedy, Family

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: TV-Y7

Production: Marterto Productions, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), CBS

Country: United States

Language: English

Climax! (1954)

Summary: This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame, which led to two theatrical movies of the same ...

Release Date: October 07, 1954

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: CBS Television Network

Country: United States

Language: English

The Millionaire (1955)

Summary: In this hit 1950s TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away $1 million apiece to persons he has never met.

Release Date: January 19, 1955

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

Production: CBS Television Network, Don Fedderson Productions, Revue Studios

Country: United States

Language: English

Perry Mason (1957)

Summary: The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.

Release Date: September 21, 1957

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: CBS Television Network, Paisano Productions, TCF Television Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

The Real McCoys (1957)

Summary: From the hills of West Virginia, Amos McCoy moves his family to an inherited farm in California. Grandpa Amos is quick to give advice to his three grandchildren and wonders how his neighbors ever managed without him around.

Release Date: October 03, 1957

Genres: Comedy, Family

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Brennan-Westgate, Marterto Productions

Country: United States

Language: English