Because a high school girl’s parents refuse to discuss sex education (called “personal hygiene” in the film) with her Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Holiday Camp (1947) Ken Annakin, Flora Robson, Dennis Price, Jack Warner
Mr. and Mrs. Average British Family…if the average British family consists of a husband Read More »
Rookies in Burma (1943) Leslie Goodwins, Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Erford Gage
Even in the jungles of Burma, U.S. Army Privates Jerry Miles (Wally Brown), and Mike Strager Read More »
The Big Wheel (1949) Edward Ludwig, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Michael O’Shea
Billy Coy comes to Carrell. His late father’s mechanic Red hires Billy as a mechanic. Soon, Billy gets a job as a driver. Read More »
The Woman on the Beach (1947) Jean Renoir, Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, Charles Bickford
Scott, a troubled Coast Guardsman assigned to a fog-bound station on a remote stretch of beach Read More »
Strangler of the Swamp (1946) Frank Wisbar, Rosemary La Planche, Robert Barrat, Blake Edwards
A number of swamp land men have died by strangulation Read More »
The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948) Peter Godfrey, Alexis Smith, Robert Douglas, Cecil Kellaway
Evelyn and Ken Blake are about to break up their marriage and get a divorce. Read More »
Two Thousand Women (1944) Frank Launder, Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson, Patricia Roc
Women in a French concentration camp conceal downed British airmen from Nazi soldiers, and try to help them escape. Read More »
In Which We Serve (1942) Noël Coward, David Lean, John Mills, Bernard Miles
In the midst of World War II, the renowned playwright Noël Coward engaged a young film editor named David Read More »
Secret Service Investigator (1948) R.G. Springsteen, Lynne Roberts, Lloyd Bridges, George Zucco
Lloyd Bridges plays a flying ace war hero who gets sucked into a counterfeiting scheme by opposing gangs of crooks. Read More »
Hans le marin AKA Wicked City (1949) François Villiers, Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lilli Palmer
When his freighter pulls into Marseille, Canadian seaman Eric Martin falls in love with Dolores Read More »
A Royal Scandal (1945) Otto Preminger, Ernst Lubitsch, Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter
In 18th century Russia,a naive and idealistic lieutenant,Alexei Chernoff, deserts his unit Read More »
Entre onze heures et minuit AKA Between Eleven and Midnight (1949) Henri Decoin, Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Robinson, Léo Lapara
Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot dead whilst walking in a subway in Paris. Read More »
The Voice of the Turtle (1947) Irving Rapper, Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Parker, Eve Arden
Budding actress Sally Middleton agrees to a date with Bill Page, a soldier on a weekend pass, after he’s stood up by her worldly friend, Olive. Read More »
Au royaume des cieux AKA The Sinners (1949) Julien Duvivier, Serge Reggiani, Jean Davy, Monique Mélinand
Story takes place in a dreadful girls’ reformatory. Read More »