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Tag Archives: 1940s
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) Richard Wallace, George Murphy, Lucille Ball, Edmond O’Brien
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Read More »
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) Sidney Salkow, Warren William, Eric Blore, Jean Muir
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman’s son and accused of a murder she didn’t commit. Read More »
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940) Sidney Salkow, Warren William, Frances Robinson, Bruce Bennett
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana trying to solve the crime and make a profit. Read More »
Badlands of Dakota (1941) Alfred E. Green, Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix
Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of Dakota. Read More »
The Thirteenth Hour (1947) William Clemens, Richard Dix, Karen Morley, John Kellogg
In the 7th of Columbia’s “Whistler” series, truck-firm owner Steve Reynolds gets involved in a feud with a rival firm Read More »
The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Robert Florey, Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where several murders have taken place. Read More »
Power of the Press (1943) Lew Landers, Guy Kibbee, Lee Tracy, Gloria Dickson
During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to change the paper’s policy and support the US war effort. Read More »
Higher and Higher (1943) Tim Whelan, Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra
Formerly rich Mr. Drake is broke…with his household staff’s wages seven months in arrears. Read More »
Cass Timberlane (1947) George Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. Read More »
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Charles Barton, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr.
The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young is turned upside down when the remains of Frankenstein’s monster and Dracula arrive from Europe to be used in a house of horrors. Read More »
Glamour for Sale (1940) D. Ross Lederman, Anita Louise, Roger Pryor, Frances Robinson
An undercover man (Roger Pryor) recruits an escort-service rookie (Anita Louise) to inform him of scams. Read More »
That Brennan Girl (1946) Alfred Santell, James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. Read More »
Mystery in Mexico (1948) Robert Wise, William Lundigan, Jacqueline White, Ricardo Cortez
Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. Read More »
Jackass Mail (1942) Norman Z. McLeod, Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish
Tiny Tucker delivers mail and attracted to her, Just Baggot becomes her new carrier. Read More »