A mystery writer named Leyden is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Monster Maker (1944) Sam Newfield, J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Tala Birell, Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist injects his enemies with an acromegaly virus, causing them to become hideously deformed. Read More »
The Accused (1949) William Dieterle, Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Wilma Tuttle, psychology professor, lets aggressively brash student Bill Perry drive her home. Read More »
Colorado Territory (1949) Raoul Walsh, Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Western
Outlaw Wes McQueen is sprung from jail to help pull one last railroad job. Read More »
The Way Ahead (1944) Carol Reed, David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald, War, Drama
A group of conscripts are called up into the infantry during WWII. Read More »
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) Alberto Cavalcanti, Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke, Mary Merrall, Drama
Nineteenth century England. When Nicholas Nickleby’s father dies and leaves his family destitute, his uncle, the greedy moneylender Read More »
The Great Moment (1944) Preston Sturges, Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Biography, Comedy, Drama
In the winter of 1868, Eben Frost goes to a Boston pawnshop and redeems a silver medal, inscribed to “Dr. W.T.G. Morton, the Benefactor of Mankind, with the Gratitude of Humanity.” Read More »
Lucky Partners (1940) Lewis Milestone, Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Comedy, Drama, Romance
As David Grant passes neighbor Jean Newton on the street in Greenwich Village, he impulsively wishes her good luck. Read More »
My Life with Caroline (1941) Lewis Milestone, Ronald Colman, Anna Lee, Charles Winninger, Comedy
Caroline Mason, on vacation with her father Mr. Bliss in Idaho, has fallen in love with gaucho Paco Del Valle, the two who plan to get married. Read More »
George Washington Slept Here (1942) William Keighley, Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn
Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill’s knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsylvania Read More »
The Master Race (1944) Herbert J. Biberman, George Coulouris, Stanley Ridges, Osa Massen, Drama, War
When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British commanders do all they can to help the war-weary people back on their feet. Read More »
Intruder in the Dust (1949) Clarence Brown, David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., Juano Hernandez, Drama
Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man Read More »
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946) Philip Ford, William Henry, Linda Stirling, Virginia Christine, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Janet Spencer (Linda Stirling) has a blow-out and walks into the Armstrong Chemical Company to ask John Armstrong (Tristram Coffin for help Read More »
End of the Road (1944) George Blair, Edward Norris, John Abbott, June Storey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A crime writer believes that a man imprisoned for committing the notorious “Flower Shop Murder” is innocent of the crime. Read More »
Wonder Man (1945) H. Bruce Humberstone, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Comedy, Musical, Fantasy
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. Read More »