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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Small Voice (1948) Fergus McDonell, Valerie Hobson, James Donald, Howard Keel
The British writer Murray Byrne and his wife Eleanor stop to help two men Read More »
Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941) Richard Thorpe, Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield
A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exits on Tarzan’s escarpment. Read More »
The Ghost Comes Home (1940) Wilhelm Thiele, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford
Mild mannered Vern runs a pet store that seems to gather more pets than he sells. Read More »
Crime Doctor’s Man Hunt (1946) William Castle, Warner Baxter, Ellen Drew, William Frawley
In the 6th entry of Columbia’s “Crime Doctor” series, Dr. Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) is consulted by an ex-serviceman Read More »
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) Anthony Pelissier, John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Betty Ann Davies
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father Read More »
The Crime Doctor’s Gamble (1947) William Castle, Warner Baxter, Micheline Cheirel, Roger Dann
On a lecture/vacation visit to Paris, Dr. Ordway drops in on his friend, the Prefecture of Police. Read More »
Un giorno nella vita (1946) Alessandro Blasetti, Elisa Cegani, Massimo Girotti, Mariella Lotti
Some Italian partisans want to take refuge in a convent to escape German raids. Read More »
The Woman in White (1948) Peter Godfrey, Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate Read More »
Crime by Night (1944) William Clemens, Jane Wyman, Jerome Cowan, Faye Emerson
Detective Sam Campbell and his perky sidekick Robby Vance are called in on a routine child support dispute. Read More »
Strange Bargain (1949) Will Price, Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan
Sam Wilson is having a hard time making ends meet. When he asks his boss for a raise Read More »
Escape to Glory (1940) John Brahm, Pat O’Brien, Constance Bennett, John Halliday
A British ship is attacked by a German U-boat at the onset of World War II. Read More »
The Emperor of Capri AKA L’imperatore di Capri (1949) Luigi Comencini, Totò, Gianni Appelius, Galeazzo Benti
Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel Read More »
Morning for the Osone Family AKA Ôsone-ke no ashita (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 Read More »
Headin’ for God’s Country (1943) William Morgan, William Lundigan, Virginia Dale, Harry Davenport
Alaskan villagers make preparations after they are warned about an impending war between the United States and Japan. Read More »