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Tag Archives: 1940s
It’s in the Bag (1944) Herbert Mason, Elsie Waters, Doris Waters, Ernest Butcher
The popular British music hall and radio team of Gert and Daisy (Elsie and Doris Waters) heads the cast of It’s in the Bag. Read More »
The Great American Broadcast (1941) Archie Mayo, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne
After serving in World War I, two army buddies (John Payne and Jack Oakie) become partners Read More »
Follies Girl (1943) William Rowland, Wendy Barrie, Doris Nolan, Gordon Oliver
An Army private falls for his father’s employee, a dress designer working on a burlesque show. Read More »
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) Dorothy Arzner, Roy Del Ruth, Maureen O’Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball
Judy O’Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles Read More »
Red River (1948) Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru
Fourteen years after starting his cattle ranch in Texas, Tom Dunston is finally ready to drive his 10,000 head of cattle to market. Read More »
The Younger Brothers (1949) Edwin L. Marin, Wayne Morris, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett
Brothers who rode with a notorious outlaw gang led by Frank and Jesse James decide Read More »
The Last Ride (1944) D. Ross Lederman, Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker
A police lieutenant sets out to break up a ring of tire bootleggers–criminals Read More »
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) Elia Kazan, Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty Read More »
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) Don Hartman, Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Franchot Tone
Sales clerk Anabel Sims believes Every Girl Should be Married. And she has the target Read More »
The Golden Madonna (1949) Luigi Carpentieri, Ladislao Vajda, Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, Tullio Carminati
Patricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. Read More »
Fanny By Gaslight (1944) Anthony Asquith, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Ann Stephens
Returning to 1870’s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny witnesses Read More »
Frieda (1947) Basil Dearden, David Farrar, Glynis Johns, Mai Zetterling
An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. Read More »
Moon Over Miami (1941) Walter Lang, Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Robert Cummings
Kay, Barbara, and Susan Latimer come into a small legacy when they expected Read More »
A Garibaldian in the Convent AKA Un garibaldino al convento (1942) Vittorio De Sica, Leonardo Cortese, María Mercader, Carla Del Poggio
An old woman’s poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school Read More »