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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Sullivans (1944) Lloyd Bacon, Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II Read More »
Homecoming (1948) Mervyn LeRoy, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter
Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it’s “the thing to do” rather than deep-seated patriotism. Read More »
So Well Remembered (1947) Edward Dmytryk, John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc
On the day that World War II ends in Europe, Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. Read More »
Just Off Broadway (1942) Herbert I. Leeds, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Phil Silvers
Private detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. Read More »
Fun on a WeekEnd (1947) Andrew L. Stone, Eddie Bracken, Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway
Peterson Price Porterhouse III (Eddie Bracken)) and Nancy Crane (Priscilla Lane), both flat broke Read More »
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Busby Berkeley, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they’ve been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected “fathead” who intends to take an active interest in running the team. Read More »
Down to Earth (1947) Alexander Hall, Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt
Upset about a new Broadway musical’s mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. Read More »
The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) Joseph H. Lewis, Lionel Atwill, Una Merkel, Claire Dodd
A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. Read More »
Young and Willing (1943) Edward H. Griffith, William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley
For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists’ films during the war years Read More »
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) John Farrow, Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund
When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship to John Triton. Read More »
Tear Gas Squad (1940) Terry O. Morse, Dennis Morgan, John Payne, Gloria Dickson
Druggist Joe McCabe foils a robbery, and his brother Tommy decides to join the state police in order to impress Joe Read More »
My Dream Is Yours (1949) Michael Curtiz, Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bowman
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. Read More »
Its a Great Feeling (1949) David Butler, Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson
A waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary is anxious to break into pictures. Read More »
Ruthless (1948) Edgar G. Ulmer, Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn
Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact, the history of his rise from his unhappy broken home shows this to be far from the case. Read More »