A tragic love story between the daughter of a rich miner and a humble cockfight owner/trainer (gallero) puts filial love, defense of honour, and loyalty to the test. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Enamorada (1946) Emilio Fernández, María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general (Armendáriz) and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. Read More »
Ringside Maisie (1941) Edwin L. Marin, Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Robert Sterling
Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who’s been lying to his invalid mother about his career Read More »
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946) Kenji Mizoguchi, Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô
Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. Read More »
The Verdict (1946) Don Siegel, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring
Mr. Grodman was a respected superintendent at Scotland Yard until a mistake in an investigation caused the execution of an innocent man. Read More »
The Deserter (1943) Franz Schnyder, Robert Trösch, Adolf Manz, Sylva Denzler
A young soldier in an army camp near a small Swiss village gets into an argument with his sergeant, which winds up in a fight. Read More »
Morning for the Osone Family (1946) Keisuke Kinoshita, Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji
Kinoshita’s first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superbly wrought tale about a liberal-minded Japanese family torn apart by war and imperialist politics. Read More »
Tower of Terror (1941) Lawrence Huntington, Wilfrid Lawson, Movita, Michael Rennie
A British secret agent in Germany takes a job as the assistant to an elderly lighthouse keeper Read More »
Lost Boundaries (1949) Alfred L. Werker, Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas Rubes
This story is a true account of the lives of Scott and Marsha Carter. Read More »
The 47 Ronin (1941) Kenji Mizoguchi, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. Read More »