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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Quiet Duel (1949) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjô, Drama
In 1944, in WWII, Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki cuts his finger with the scalpel during a surgery in a field hospital and is infected by spirochete from his patient Susumu Nakada. Read More »
Hangover Square (1945) John Brahm, Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
George Harvey Bone is a composer in early 20th century London, who is under stress because he is writing a piano concerto. Read More »
Night Editor (1946) Henry Levin, William Gargan, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
“Night Editor” was based on the already existing radio program in which a newspaper editor would recount the ‘inside story’ of some bit newspaper story Read More »
Miranda (1948) Ken Annakin, Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
A young married physician out on a fishing holiday ends up being saved by a mermaid, who intends to keep him her prisoner. Read More »
Four Mothers (1941) William Keighley, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, Eddie Albert, Drama, Romance
Adam Lemp and his four daughters (Ann, Thea, Kay, and Emma) find themselves in financial and emotional crises. Read More »
Kismet (1944) William Dieterle, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Adventure, Fantasy
Hafiz, the jovial King of Beggars, dons new garments and slips into the royal palace to woo his regal “Lady of the Moonlight.” Read More »
The Avenging Rider (1943) Sam Nelson, Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Ann Summers, Western
On his way to help his ex-partner, miner Sam Trotter, Brit Marshall is tricked into helping Trotter’s murderers get away with Trotter’s gold bullion. Read More »
The Great John L. (1945) Frank Tuttle, Linda Darnell, Barbara Britton, Greg McClure, Biography, Drama, Sport
Greg McClure stars as legendary boxer John L. Sullivan in this screen biography of the famous fighter. Read More »
Heavenly Days (1944) Howard Estabrook, Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Eugene Pallette, Comedy
In this joke-filled spinoff of the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show, the couple leave Wistful Vista for Washington D.C. to visit cousin Alvin Read More »
Swing Fever (1943) Tim Whelan, Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell, William Gargan, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary “evil eye” which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. Read More »
I Was a Male War Bride (1949) Howard Hawks, Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Comedy, Romance, War
Captain Henri Rochard of France is assigned to work with First Lieutenant Catherine Gates of the U. S. Army. Read More »
Battleground (1949) William A. Wellman, Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, Action, War, Drama
We follow a band of American soldiers as they engage the Germans in a snowy, foggy winter near Bastogne in World War II. Read More »
They Got Me Covered (1943) David Butler, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lenore Aubert, Comedy, Musical, War
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. Read More »
The Brothers (1947) David MacDonald, Patricia Roc, Will Fyffe, Maxwell Reed, Drama
The MacFarishes and the Macraes are lifelong enemies living on a remote island in the Western Isles of Scotland. Read More »