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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) Sam Wood, Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn
Department store owner J.P. Merrick finds that several of his employees are unionizing to get more money and better working conditions. Read More »
Dangerous Partners (1945) Edward L. Cahn, James Craig, Signe Hasso, Edmund Gwenn, Adventure, Mystery
After surviving a plane crash, a couple tries to find out why one of the passengers was carrying four wills for a million dollars, with each one naming him as the beneficiary. Read More »
The Glass Alibi (1946) W. Lee Wilder, Paul Kelly, Douglas Fowley, Anne Gwynne, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Joe Eykner (Douglas Fowley), an opportunistic newspaper reporter, persuades wealthy, Santa Monica widow Linda Vale (Maris Wrixon), to marry him. Read More »
Teticka / Auntie’s Fantasies (1941) Martin Fric, Rùzena Nasková, Ferenc Futurista, Frantisek Smolík, Comedy
Rich spinster Berta celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Her faithful admirer Dr. Jelinek proposes. But Berta can not forget Edward, the great love of her life, and refuses the offer…
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The Cross of Lorraine (1943) Tay Garnett, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, War, Drama
With the onset of World War II, Frenchmen from all walks of life enlist in the army. Read More »
Suspicion (1941) Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Mystery, Thriller
Johnny Aysgarth is a handsome gambler who seems to live by borrowing money from friends. Read More »
Duke of the Navy (1942) William Beaudine, Ralph Byrd, Veda Ann Borg, Stubby Kruger, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
While on furlough, U. S. Navy sailors “Breezy” Duke and his pal, “Cookie” are offered the use of the Duke suite Read More »
Jane Eyre (1943) Robert Stevenson, Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O’Brien, Drama, Romance
Small, plain and poor, Jane Eyre comes to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Read More »
Fall Guy (1947) Reginald Le Borg, Robert Armstrong, Leo Penn, Teala Loring, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Tom Cochrane (Leo Penn’), full of dope (cocaine) and covered with blood, is picked up by the police and then questioned by detectives Shannon (Douglas Fowley) and Taylor (Harry Strang), but manages to escape. Read More »
The Macomber Affair (1947) Zoltan Korda, Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, Robert Preston, Adventure
Robert Wilson leads safaris on the Kenyan savanna. On this occasion, he takes Mr. and Mrs. Macomber out to hunt buffalo. Read More »
Eureka Stockade / Massacre Hill (1949) Harry Watt, Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Drama, History
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government. Read More »
Spook Busters (1946) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Douglass Dumbrille, Comedy, Mystery
The Bowery Boys–Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck–start their own exterminating service, and get a job which takes them to a spooky old abandoned mansion in the middle of the night. Read More »
I’ll Wait for You (1941) Robert B. Sinclair, Robert Sterling, Marsha Hunt, Virginia Weidler, Drama, Romance
A remake of Robert Montgomery’s 1934 hit Hide-Out, this superb film directed by Robert B. Sinclair (known for his classic Broadway productions of The Philadelphia Story, Dodsworth and Pride and Prejudice) creates a mesmerizing dance between innocence and a life gone wrong. Read More »
Lured (1947) Douglas Sirk, George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
A serial killer in London is murdering young women he meets through the personal columns of newspapers. Read More »