Dr. Gillespie’s health is failing, and the hospital is urging him to get a new assistant that he doesn’t want. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Shining Victory (1941) Irving Rapper, James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia precox. Read More »
Incendiary Blonde (1945) George Marshall, Betty Hutton, Arturo de Córdova, Charles Ruggles
The life of boisterous entertainer Texas Guinan is recalled from her poor childhood with a down-on-his-luck father Read More »
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) William Keighley, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin
Oil heiress Joan is going to elope with bandleader Allen whom she’s known four days. Read More »
New Orleans (1947) Arthur Lubin, Arturo de Córdova, Dorothy Patrick, Marjorie Lord
A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago Read More »
Rage in Heaven (1941) W.S. Van Dyke, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders
Old friends Ward and Phillip both become smitten with Phillip’s mother’s attractive young secretary Stella. Read More »
‘Til We Meet Again (1940) Edmund Goulding, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O’Brien
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Read More »
The Lost Weekend (1945) Billy Wilder, Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry
Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been “on the wagon” for ten days and seems to be over the worst Read More »
Scott of the Antarctic (1948) Charles Frend, John Mills, Derek Bond, Diana Churchill
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man Read More »
Adventures of Don Juan (1948) Vincent Sherman, Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas
Don Juan de Marana damages Spanish prestige in diplomatic circles with his indiscreet womanizing Read More »
Desperate Journey (1942) Raoul Walsh, Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman
When Flight Lt Forbes and his crew are shot down after bombing their target Read More »
Crimes at the Dark House (1940) George King, Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott, Hilary Eaves
A madman murders Sir Percival Glyde. Taking on his victim’s identity, the man returns to the Glyde ancestral home Read More »
How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (1943) John Ford, Eddie Foster, Martin Garralaga
A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines Read More »
Billy the Kid in Texas (1940) Sam Newfield, Bob Steele, Terry Walker, Al St. John
Arriving in a lawless Texas town, Billy finds his old friend Fuzzy. When Billy stands up to Flash and his gang, he is made Sheriff. Read More »
Hold That Blonde! (1945) George Marshall, Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Albert Dekker
Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. Read More »