Movies of 1952

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.

A determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.

An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.

A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.

Nightclub singer and her brother-in-law try to find her husband's killer.

A doctor in southern France takes a mistress but lives to regret it.

When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.

In separate stories, five couples learn that they are not legally married.

This rather unusual 50s western is set in a town where men may not enter. The town is controlled by a woman gambler who eventually succumbs to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.

Although allergic to kissing girls, Seaman Melvin Jones, through a fluke TV appearance, gets the undeserved reputation of a great kisser dubbed "Mr. Temptation" and is pursued by amorous young females.

Brian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar.

After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realizes that she is dangerous.

The success of the journey focuses on keeping the Indian girl alive as well as themselves to complete trade with the Blackfeet.

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

Mario (Fernandel), a bumptious sheep-shearer, discovers he has a inimtable touch that makes women, as well as sheep, swoon at his professional caress. He is soon the most sought-after hairdresser in France and is awarded the Legion of Honor. Among the women whose lives are changed by a hairdo(and his "touch") are Renee Devillers, his understanding wife; Arlette Poirier, a busy demimondaine, and Blanchette Brunoy, his most appreciative customer who sets up his ritzy establishment.

A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.

Three men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.

A Quaker colony tries to save the giant sequoias from a timber baron.

Follenfant, a designated lawyer, fails to justify Leguignon, who is scheduled to appear for insulting a policeman, but helps him to move when he is expropriated.

An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.

When Jerry befriends a canary, Tom finds it necessary to construct a makeshift pair of wings.

Tom is duck hunting, and he wings a little duckling that can't quite keep up with the flock. Jerry gets to the fallen duck before Tom, bandages his wing, and shelters him from Tom as he keeps running out to join his flock.