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Tag Archives: 1940s
Gold Rush Maisie (1940) Edwin L. Marin, J. Walter Ruben, Ann Sothern, Lee Bowman, Slim Summerville
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family Read More »
Apology for Murder (1945) Sam Newfield, Ann Savage, Hugh Beaumont, Russell Hicks
Reporter Kenny Blake (Hugh Beaumont) falls in love with scheming Toni Kirkland (‘Ann Savage’) Read More »
The Word AKA Ordet (1943) Gustaf Molander, Victor Sjöström, Holger Löwenadler, Rune Lindström
A drama about mental disease, faith, and doubt. Read More »
‘Til We Meet Again (1940) Edmund Goulding, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O’Brien
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported Read More »
Western Union (1941) Fritz Lang, Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger
Vance Shaw gives up outlawing and goes to work for the telegraph company Read More »
Two O’Clock Courage (1945) Anthony Mann, Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane
After nearly running over him with her cab, Patty Mitchell picks up a fare who claims to have amnesia. Read More »
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) Louis King, Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur
“Thunderhead,” a roving, big white stallion, causes problems for the Wyoming ranchers Read More »
Behind the Eight Ball (1942) Edward F. Cline, Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz
The shooting and murder of two guest stars at the Shady Ridge Summer Theatre Read More »
Arson, Inc. (1949) William Berke, Robert Lowery, Anne Gwynne, Edward Brophy
Fireman Joe Martin comes to suspect that fires occurring in the warehouse Read More »
The Village Teacher AKA Selskaya uchitelnitsa (1947) Mark Donskoy, Vera Maretskaya, Pavel Olenev, Daniil Sagal
Eve of the First World War. After graduating from high school in St. Petersburg Read More »
Murder in Reverse? (1945) Montgomery Tully, William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley, Chili Bouchier
Dock worker Tom Masterick is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. Read More »
The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne AKA Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945) Robert Bresson, Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette
Hélène knows that Jean does not love her anymore. She’s filled with despair and anger, and she begins brooding on revenge. Read More »
That Lady in Ermine (1948) Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger, Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cesar Romero
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Read More »
Another Part of the Forest (1948) Michael Gordon, Fredric March, Dan Duryea, Edmond O’Brien
Fifteen years after the Civil War the people of Bowden, Alabama still hate Marcus Hubbard for wartime profiteering. Read More »