Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband’s return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Waterloo Bridge (1940) Mervyn LeRoy, Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I Read More »
Key Witness (1947) D. Ross Lederman, John Beal, Trudy Marshall, Jimmy Lloyd
Milton Higby, an inventor of gadgets that don’t sell finds himself accused of a crime he didn’t commit—the killing of a girl he had just met Read More »
Against the Wind (1948) Charles Crichton, Robert Beatty, Simone Signoret, Jack Warner
Philip Elliot, refugee Belgian priest, reports to a secret school in London for spies and saboteurs behind German lines. Read More »
Dr. Gillespies Criminal Case (1943) Willis Goldbeck, Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Keye Luke
When Roy, a homicidal maniac was put away for murder, Gillespie tried to get him committed to an insane asylum instead. Read More »
Murder Melody (1944) Bodil Ipsen, Gull-Maj Norin, Poul Reichhardt, Angelo Bruun
One rainy night between five and six happens a crime, which terrifies the inhabitants of the city. Read More »
Music in Darkness (1948) Ingmar Bergman, Mai Zetterling, Birger Malmsten, Olof Winnerstrand
Because of an accident at a military drill the recruit Bengt loses his eyesight and becomes blind. Read More »
The Crime Doctors Warning (1945) William Castle, Warner Baxter, John Litel, Dusty Anderson
The Crime Doctor must prove the innocence of an artist accused of murdering his model during one of his blackout spells. Read More »
Pueblerina (1949) Emilio Fernández, Columba Domínguez, Roberto Cañedo, Arturo Soto Rangel
The hero, played by Roberto Canedo, is framed for murder and sentenced to a dozen years in jail. Read More »
Enamorada (1946) Emilio Fernández, María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general (Armendáriz) and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. Read More »
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946) Kenji Mizoguchi, Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô
Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. Read More »
The Verdict (1946) Don Siegel, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring
Mr. Grodman was a respected superintendent at Scotland Yard until a mistake in an investigation caused the execution of an innocent man. Read More »
Tower of Terror (1941) Lawrence Huntington, Wilfrid Lawson, Movita, Michael Rennie
A British secret agent in Germany takes a job as the assistant to an elderly lighthouse keeper Read More »
The 47 Ronin (1941) Kenji Mizoguchi, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. Read More »
Ossessione (1943) Luchino Visconti, Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani
Gino, a young and handsome tramp, stops in a small roadside inn run by Giovanna. Read More »