Burt Lancaster and Phyllis Thaxter in Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951)

This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1950–1959, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is the main motion picture production and distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast.

Year titles: 1950 (35) 1951 (37) 1952 (36) 1953 (41) 1954 (32) 1955 (34) 1956 (32) 1957 (38) 1958 (34) 1959 (14)

<AND MORE INFORMATION> Universal Pictures (1940s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls595497841/ Lifetime/LMN: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls521070548/ Warner Bros. (1950s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls590386098/ Twentieth-Century Fox (1950s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls595481968/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Universal_Pictures_films_(1950%E2%80%931959)

List of Universal Pictures films (1950–1959)

Jack Palance, Tomas Milian, and Franco Nero in Compañeros (1970)

First of all, most movies on this list are not really bad. But they are not good either. In order not to bore you with every average movie I have seen I will restrain myself only to those of interest. That means you will find movies here that were successful at the box office but did not deserve that undue success or movies that did not stand the test of time. Other entries concern movies that are acclaimed by critics but to me are nothing short of being pretentious. Other titles could include films that were much talked about for whatever reason upon their initial release and therefore hold some kind of reputation that, however, do not qualify them for quality movies. You may also find movies here to which famous actors or directors contributed to but which are a let-down in the end nevertheless. 

So, have fun browsing through my selection of the odds and sods of the movie world and let me know what you think. 

PS: This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.

Joanne Dru and Ben Johnson in Wagon Master (1950)

CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used, from 1953 to 1967, for shooting widescreen movies. Its creation in 1953 by Spyros P. Skouras, the president of 20th Century Fox, marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal photography and movie projection.  ~ Wikipedia

List source: widescreenmuseum.com

yet unfinished list

Richard Burton, Victor Mature, and Jean Simmons in The Robe (1953)

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Joanne Dru and Edmond O'Brien in 711 Ocean Drive (1950)

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