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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Cat Creeps (1946) Erle C. Kenton, Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, Paul Kelly
A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman. Read More »
That Hagen Girl (1947) Peter Godfrey, Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. Read More »
Murder at the Windmill (1949) Val Guest, Garry Marsh, Jon Pertwee, Jack Livesey
A man watching a musical show at the Windmill theatre is shot apparently from the stage. Read More »
The Lodger (1944) John Brahm, Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders
In late Victorian London, Jack the Ripper has been killing and maiming actresses in the night. Read More »
Pride and Prejudice (1940) Robert Z. Leonard, Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Edward Ashley
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. Read More »
The Woman from Tangier (1948) Harold Daniels, Adele Jergens, Stephen Dunne, Ian MacDonald
This one has Nylon, an American dancer fleeing Morocco after her employer gets into trouble with the police, and she stops off at Tangiers on her way to Gibraltar. Read More »
Ten Cents a Dance (1945) Will Jason, Jane Frazee, Jimmy Lloyd, Mark Roberts
At the dance hall, Billy is instantly attracted to the club’s alluring singer Jeannie Hollis. Read More »
Young Tom Edison (1940) Norman Taurog, Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft
Inventor Thomas Edison’s boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. Read More »
Jungle Woman (1944) Reginald Le Borg, Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish, Samuel S. Hinds
Paula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher (J. Carrol Naish) Read More »
The Magic Bow (1946) Bernard Knowles, Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent
The dazzlingly handsome Stewart Granger is at least physically well cast as the charismatic 18th century violinist Paganini. Read More »
Poets Pub (1949) Frederick Wilson, Derek Bond, Rona Anderson, James Robertson Justice
A struggling young poet in love manages a country inn, and thwarts a kidnapping attempt. Read More »
Youre in the Army Now (1941) Lewis Seiler, Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Jane Wyman
Vacuum-cleaner salesmen Homer “Jeeter” Smith and “Breezy” Jones are accidentally inducted into the army, and “Jeeter” Read More »
Orchestra Wives (1942) Archie Mayo, George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Glenn Miller
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison’s band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. Read More »
That Other Woman (1942) Ray McCarey, Virginia Gilmore, James Ellison, Dan Duryea
Secretary Emily Borden is in love with her boss, Henry Summers, but he is too involved with Constance Powell to notice. Read More »