Great Film Taglines

1950s


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Great Film Taglines
1950s
Film Title
Great Film Tagline
All About Eve (1950)

"It's all about women...and their men!"

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

"The City Under the City"

Father of the Bride (1950)

"The Bride gets the THRILLS! Father gets the BILLS!"

Gun Crazy (1950)

"THRILL CRAZY... KILL CRAZY..."

In a Lonely Place (1950)

"The Bogart suspense picture with the surprise finish - "

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

"A Hollywood Story."

The African Queen (1951)

"The greatest adventure a man ever lived...with a woman!"

An American In Paris (1951)

"What A Joy To See M·G·M's Technicolor Musical!"

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

"From Out of Space... A Warning and An Ultimatum."

A Place in the Sun (1951)

"I'm in trouble, George... bad trouble."

Strangers on a Train (1951)

"It begins with the shriek of a train whistle and ends with shrieking excitement! Young America's idol - a good looking stranger in search of sensation - and a girl in love. These are the people around whom Alfred Hitchcock spins his wonderful new web of suspense and surprise. WARNER BROS. bring a pounding new tempo to motion picture entertainment."

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

"The story of a blonde who wanted to go places, and a brute who got her there - the hard way!"

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

"The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer against a background of circus spectacle."

High Noon (1952)

"The story of a man who was too proud to run."

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

"What a Glorious Feeling" -- "MGM's Technicolor Musical Treasure!"

The Big Heat (1953)

"A hard cop and a soft dame!"

From Here to Eternity (1953)

"The boldest book of our time... Honestly, fearlessly on the screen!"

Glen or Glenda? (1953)

"I changed my sex!"

House of Wax (1953)

"You've never been scared until you've been scared in 3-D."

I Confess (1953)

"Crushed lips don't talk..."

Niagara (1953)

"a raging torrent of emotion that even nature can't control"

Roman Holiday (1953)

"Audrey Hepburn at her Oscar-winning best in an immortal comedy-romance!"

Rear Window (1954)

"The most UNUSUAL and INTIMATE journey into human emotions ever filmed!!!"

Sabrina (1954)

"...the chauffeur's daughter who learned her stuff in Paris!"

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

"Blood red kisses! White hot thrills! Mickey Spillane's latest H-bomb!"

Marty (1955)

"It's the love story of an unsung hero!"

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

"The wedding night, the anticipation, the kiss, the knife, BUT ABOVE ALL...THE SUSPENSE!"

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

"Jim Stark - a kid from a 'good' family - what makes him tick...like a bomb?"

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

"Incredible! Invisible! Insatiable!"

The Searchers (1956)

"he had to find her...he had to find her."

The Ten Commandments (1956)

"The Greatest Event in Motion Picture History"

Written on the Wind (1956)

"The story of a family's ugly secret and the stark moment that thrust their private lives into public view!"

12 Angry Men (1957)

"Life Is In Their Hands -- Death Is On Their Minds!"

The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)

"It spans a whole new world of entertainment!"

I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)

"The most amazing motion picture of our time!"

Paths of Glory (1957)

"BOMBSHELL! the roll of the drums... the click of the rifle-bolts... the last cigarette... and then... the shattering impact of this story... perhaps the most explosive motion picture in 25 years!"

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

"This is the story of J.J. - But not the way he wants it told!"

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

"Once in 50 years suspense like this!"

A Night to Remember (1958)

"The night the unsinkable sank."

Touch of Evil (1958)

"THE STRANGEST VENGEANCE EVER PLANNED!"

Vertigo (1958)

"Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!"

Ben-Hur (1959)

"The Entertainment Experience of a Lifetime!"

North by Northwest (1959)

"It's a deadly game of 'tag' and Cary Grant is 'it'!"
AND
"It's love and murder at first sight!"

Planet 9 From Outer Space (1959)

"Unspeakable Horrors From Outer Space Paralyze the Living and Resurrect The Dead!"

Some Like It Hot (1959)

"The movie too HOT for words!"




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