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Tag Archives: 1940s
Dishonored Lady (1947) Robert Stevenson, Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O’Keefe, John Loder, Crime, Drama
Madeleine Damien is the fashion editor of a slick Manhattan magazine by day and a lively party girl by night. Read More »
The Silent Village (1943) Humphrey Jennings, Villagers of Cwmgiedd, Documentary, Drama, Short
The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales. Read More »
13 Rue Madeleine (1947) Henry Hathaway, James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte, Action, Adventure, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller, War
Documentary-style prologue follows training of O.S.S. agents for WWII work behind enemy lines. Read More »
Secret Beyond the Door (1947) Fritz Lang, Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In this Freudian version of the Bluebeard tale, a young, trust-funded New Yorker goes to Mexico on vacation before marrying an old friend whom she considers a safe choice for a husband. Read More »
Ride the Pink Horse (1947) Robert Montgomery, Thomas Gomez, Wanda Hendrix, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
In the bordertown of San Pablo, preparing for an annual ‘Mexican Fiesta,’ arrives Gagin: tough, mysterious and laconic. Read More »
They Won’t Believe Me (1947) Irving Pichel, Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
On trial for murder, Larry Ballantyne regurgitates an unbelievable story. He recounts how he philanders to other women while his rich loving wife Gretta tries to keep him in line. Read More »
The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945) Phil Rosen, Edmund Lowe, Jean Rogers, Donald Douglas, Mystery, Drama
Famed magician Mr. Gregory is visited back stage one night by an amateur magician and his wife. Read More »
Lady in the Dark (1944) Mitchell Leisen, Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Drama, Musical, Romance
Ginger Rogers, “Allure” magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuos daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why. Read More »
A Bell for Adano (1945) Henry King, Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix, Drama, War
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. Read More »
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) Richard Whorf, Robert Walker, Van Heflin, Lucille Bremer, Biography, Musical
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists Read More »
The Blue Dahlia (1946) George Marshall, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When Johnny comes home from the navy he finds his wife Helen kissing her substitute boyfriend Eddie, the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. Read More »