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1960s Movies

Blue Hawaii (1961)

September 25, 2020January 8, 2023 - by greatmovies

Blue Hawaii movie storyline. Chadwick Gates (Elvis Presley) has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surfboard, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend Maile Duval (Joan Blackman). His mother, Sarah Lee (Angela Lansbury), wants him to follow in his father’s footsteps and take over management at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, the family business, but Chad is reluctant, so he goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend’s agency. His slightly scatter-brained boss is Mr. Chapman (Howard McNear).

1950s Movies

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

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Anatomy of a Murder movie storyline. Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband’s story, the local paper has reported that the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped.

1950s Movies

Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

August 20, 2020January 15, 2023 - by greatmovies

Bell, Book and Candle movie storyline. Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is a modern-day witch living in Greenwich Village. A publisher named Shep Henderson (James Stewart) moves into the apartment above hers and she becomes interested in him. When she learns he is going to marry her college nemesis, Merle Kittridge (Janice Rule), the next day, Gillian uses her cat, Pyewacket, to cast a love spell on Shep.

1960s Movies

Irma la Douce (1963)

June 5, 2020July 5, 2023 - by greatmovies

Irma la Douce movie storyline. In Paris, after six months working with children, the policeman Nestor Patou is assigned to work in the red light district on the Casanova Street.