From the 1950s: Born to Be Bad

1950 Drama

From RKO

Directed by Nicholas Ray

Starring

Joan Fontaine

Robert Ryan

Zachary Scott

Joan Leslie

Mel Ferrer

Harold Vermilyea

Virginia Farmer

Working Together Again

When the old studio system was thriving, particularly during the Golden Age, it was common practice to put contract players together in movies over and over again.  After all, if a coupling seemed to work in one film, why not do another and another?  Arguably this happened at Warner Brothers more than any other studio.  We're not talking about teams (Martin and Lewis) or those who played the same characters over and over (Powell and Loy in The Thin Man).  But at Warners it seemed as though the same five people worked together frequently.  Let's see who they are...

Donald O'Connor

Perhaps I am mistaken but I suspect Donald O'Connor's career didn't quite pan out the way he would have wanted.  I thought he was a immensely talented dancer (with singing and comedy to help make him a triple threat).  He commanded our attention in a handful of musicals.  Wouldn't he have wanted more than that?  It was pretty much the same if your last name was Nelson, Dailey, Kidd, Fosse, Van, Brascia, Rall and a few others if you were male movie dancers.  Surely they all wished they'd attained the fame and glory that Kelly and Astaire did.

From the 1950s: The Naked Jungle

1954 Drama
From Paramount Pictures

Directed by Byron Haskin

Starring

Eleanor Parker

Charlton Heston

William Conrad

Abraham Sofaer

Visiting Film Noir: Naked Alibi

1954 Film Noir

From Universal-International

Directed by Jerry Hopper

Starring

Sterling Hayden

Gloria Grahame

Gene Barry

Marcia Henderson

Billy Chapin

Chuck Connors

Casey Adams