At the dance hall, Billy is instantly attracted to the club’s alluring singer Jeannie Hollis. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Young Tom Edison (1940) Norman Taurog, Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft
Inventor Thomas Edison’s boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. Read More »
Jungle Woman (1944) Reginald Le Borg, Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish, Samuel S. Hinds
Paula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher (J. Carrol Naish) Read More »
Devils Daughter (1946) Henri Decoin, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Ledoux, Thérèse Dorny
A gangster, Saget, who has stolen a lot of money, takes refuge in his hometown. Read More »
John and Irene (1949) Asbjørn Andersen, Anker Sørensen, Bodil Kjer, Ebbe Rode, Ib Schønberg
This sombre drama qualifies to be a true film noir. The atmosphere is sinister and depressing, and the performances are resigned and tragic. Read More »
Under the Bridges (1945) Helmut Käutner, Hannelore Schroth, Carl Raddatz, Gustav Knuth
“Under the Bridges”, made in the last year of the Third Reich, proves that artistic genius can flourish even under the most difficult circumstances. Read More »
The Magic Bow (1946) Bernard Knowles, Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent
The dazzlingly handsome Stewart Granger is at least physically well cast as the charismatic 18th century violinist Paganini. Read More »
The Winter of Three Hairs (1949) Gong Yan, Ming Zhao, Longji Wang
San mao was an orphan in old Shanghai. He ate poster paste, slept in garbage truck, kept warm in ragged sacks in winter. Read More »
Poets Pub (1949) Frederick Wilson, Derek Bond, Rona Anderson, James Robertson Justice
A struggling young poet in love manages a country inn, and thwarts a kidnapping attempt. Read More »
Gallant Sons (1940) George B. Seitz, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Gene Reynolds
Two childhood friends have a falling out because of their fathers’ occupations, which lands one father in jail. Read More »
Youre in the Army Now (1941) Lewis Seiler, Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Jane Wyman
Vacuum-cleaner salesmen Homer “Jeeter” Smith and “Breezy” Jones are accidentally inducted into the army, and “Jeeter” Read More »
Orchestra Wives (1942) Archie Mayo, George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Glenn Miller
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison’s band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. Read More »
That Other Woman (1942) Ray McCarey, Virginia Gilmore, James Ellison, Dan Duryea
Secretary Emily Borden is in love with her boss, Henry Summers, but he is too involved with Constance Powell to notice. Read More »
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) Henry Hathaway, George Montgomery, Maureen O’Hara, John Sutton
Among those who are fighting to have Congress re-establish the military academy at West Point in the beginning of the nineteenth century is a young Washington socialite, Carolyn Bainbridge. Read More »
April Showers (1948) James V. Kern, Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere Read More »