Having pulled off a robbery with his friend Maurice, Olivier leaves his mistress Lola and hides out in a small village in the country. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Waltz Time (1945) Paul L. Stein, Carol Raye, Peter Graves, Patricia Medina, Drama, Musical
Old Vienna, at a time when the waltz was considered an immoral dance. Read More »
You Can’t Fool Your Wife (1940) Ray McCarey, Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Robert Coote, Comedy, Romance
Andrew and Clara are school sweethearts whose marriage goes stale after five years. Andrew is a hard worker at the firm, but it seems that all he does is work. Read More »
The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948) Maclean Rogers, Derek Farr, Dinah Sheridan, Margaretta Scott, Crime, Drama
Nurse Shirley Yorke must assist her boss Dr Napier, the only person able of effecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a British Lord. Read More »
Rollin’ Home to Texas (1940) Albert Herman, Tex Ritter, White Flash, Cal Shrum, Action, Adventure, Music, Western
This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey’s oft-used plot of “employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad guys.” Read More »
The Unsuspected (1947) Michael Curtiz, Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
A girl has been murdered. A woman cannot remember a man who claims to be her husband. Read More »
Roxie Hart (1942) William A. Wellman, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Comedy, Crime, Romance
To try and kick-start her show-business career, our heroine admits to a Chicago murder. But although Cook County don’t seem to let dames swing Read More »
Stand By All Networks (1942) Lew Landers, Florence Rice, John Beal, Margaret Hayes, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1941, before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Ben Fallon (John Beal), radio reporter and commentator Read More »
Plainsman and the Lady (1946) Joseph Kane, Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston, Gail Patrick, Western
St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1859, is divided by a railroad track that separates the richer and poorer classes of people. Read More »
The Batman (1943) Lambert Hillyer, Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In his first screen appearance, the Caped Crusader of Gotham City (belying the lethargic facade of his alter ego Bruce Wayne) battles Dr. Daka Read More »
A Night to Remember (1942) Richard Wallace, Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, Comedy, Mystery, Romance
A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village, thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. Read More »
Triple Justice (1940) David Howard, George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Peggy Shannon, Drama, Music, Romance, Western
Rancher Brad Henderson (George O’Brien) rides to Star City to be the best man at the wedding of his boyhood friend Read More »
Strange Illusion (1945) Edgar G. Ulmer, Jimmy Lydon, Sally Eilers, Warren William, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Paul, a young man whose father was once lieutenant Governor of California before his untimely death Read More »
Wife Wanted (1946) Phil Karlson, Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Shayne, Crime, Drama
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). Read More »
Honeymoon for Three (1941) Lloyd Bacon, Ann Sheridan, George Brent, Charles Ruggles, Comedy
Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, nevertheless agrees to a tete-a-tete with a former college fling Read More »