‘Bing Edwards (Eddie Albert), up for the baseball coaching job at Virginia Military Institute Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Dangerous Intruder (1945) Vernon Keays, Charles Arnt, Veda Ann Borg, Tom Keene
An actress, Jenny (Veda Ann Borg), is hitchhiking across the country when she is accidently struck by a car. Read More »
Wild Flower AKA Flor silvestre (1943) Emilio Fernández, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz
Completed before his immensely successful Maria Candelaria, Emilio Fernandez’ Flor Sylvestre was released Read More »
Men on Her Mind (1944) Wallace Fox, Mary Beth Hughes, Edward Norris, Ted North
A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan Read More »
Days of Glory (1944) Jacques Tourneur, Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed
In late 1941, with the Nazi invasion of Russia still advancing, the Red Army Read More »
The Last Wagon AKA L’ultima carrozzella (1943) Mario Mattoli, Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Anita Durante
The roman coachman Totò doesn’t want his coach being replaced by cars Read More »
The Navy Comes Through (1942) A. Edward Sutherland, Pat O’Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis. Read More »
Jew Süss AKA Jud Süß (1940) Veit Harlan, Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George
In this notorious Nazi propaganda historical costume melodrama, a conniving Read More »
My Brother Talks to Horses (1947) Fred Zinnemann, Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins, Peter Lawford, Beverly Tyler
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims Read More »
Film Without A Name AKA Film ohne Titel (1948) Rudolf Jugert, Hans Söhnker, Hildegard Knef, Irene von Meyendorff
Jugert’s “film without title” features an elaborate script by Helmut Käutner about a screenwriter Read More »
Iris and the Lieutenant AKA Iris och löjtnantshjärta (1946) Alf Sjöberg, Mai Zetterling, Alf Kjellin, Åke Claesson
The officer Robert Motander is invited to a dinner with his upper-class relatives. Read More »
Money and the Woman (1940) William K. Howard, Jeffrey Lynn, Brenda Marshall, John Litel
The City Trust and Savings Bank sends Vice President Dave Bennett to a branch office to check on a Charles Patterson. Read More »
Dancing with Crime (1947) John Paddy Carstairs, Richard Attenborough, Barry K. Barnes, Sheila Sim
At the end of World War II, demobilized soldiers Ted Peters (Sir Richard Attenborough) Read More »
One Touch of Venus (1948) William A. Seiter, Gregory La Cava, Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes
In the art department of a large department store, the statue of the famed Anatolian Venus Read More »
Voyage Without Hope AKA Voyage sans espoir (1943) Christian-Jaque, Simone Renant, Jean Marais, Paul Bernard
All the action takes place in darkness, in a runaway train where two mysterious men meet Read More »