Romance Movies
The Bigamist (1953)
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham…
Forever Female (1953)
An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal…
Easy to Love (1953)
Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star.
Flight Nurse (1953)
In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines.
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced…
Thérèse Raquin (1953)
Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they’ve gotten away with murder after Thérèse’s weakling husband “falls” from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer’s demands and…
Calamity Jane (1953)
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Torch Song (1953)
Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn’t take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break…
The Captain’s Paradise (1953)
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized – a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in…
Mogambo (1953)
On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley’s cheating wife Linda.
Sins of Jezebel (1953)
The aging king of Israel, Ahab, falls under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming Pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of his advisers and the…
From Here to Eternity (1953)
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit’s team, while his captain’s wife and second in command are falling in love.
Roman Holiday (1953)
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls…
East of Sumatra (1953)
Duke Mullane, manager of a Malayan tin mine, goes to a little-known island to open a new mine in the jungle. Initially, the natives there are friendly, especially dancer Minyora…who…
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis – women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy’s father, even though and maybe because she says she’s in dreamville, does not share her affection…
Always a Bride (1953)
Set against the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, this comedy follows the misadventures of a father and daughter con artist team (Ronald Squire and Peggy Cummins) who pose…
The Band Wagon (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star’s comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
So This Is Love (1953)
Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus’ rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is…
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both…
All I Desire (1953)
In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.
Houdini (1953)
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and… Scotland Yard’s jails.
South Sea Woman (1953)
Marine Sergeant James O’Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify…
Dream Wife (1953)
Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much business and not enough…
Dangerous When Wet (1953)
The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English…
Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
The Desert Song (1953)
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a…
Four Sided Triangle (1953)
A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends,…
The Girl Next Door (1953)
Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie…
Sombrero (1953)
Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter’s sister and lovers from feuding villages.
Titanic (1953)
Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have…
Small Town Girl (1953)
Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge’s daughter Cindy to let…
Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)
While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love…
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen, lives on a South Sea atoll with his three daughters, Gloria,…
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
Attorney’s daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.