Super-sleuth Lamont Cranston, (aka “The Shadow”) investigates the theft of jewels from a grave. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
San Demetrio London (1943) Charles Frend, Robert Hamer, Arthur Young, Walter Fitzgerald, Ralph Michael
The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Read More »
Pirates of the Prairie (1942) Howard Bretherton, Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Nell O’Day
This film opens with two small Arizona towns, Spencerville and East Spencerville Read More »
The Mad Martindales (1942) Alfred L. Werker, Jane Withers, Marjorie Weaver, Alan Mowbray
In 1900, the Martindale family is in dire straits, due to eccentric Hugo’s spendthrift ways. Read More »
Last of the Wild Horses (1948) Robert L. Lippert, Paul Landres, James Ellison, Mary Beth Hughes, Jane Frazee
A cowboy must clear himself of a murder he did not commit. Read More »
The Captain Is a Lady (1940) Robert B. Sinclair, Charles Coburn, Beulah Bondi, Virginia Grey
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Read More »
Mystery Sea Raider (1940) Edward Dmytryk, Carole Landis, Henry Wilcoxon, Onslow Stevens
At the outset of World War II, June McCarthy meets Carl Cutler aboard the S.S.Aleria Read More »
Rome: Free City AKA Roma città libera (1946) Marcello Pagliero, Valentina Cortese, Andrea Checchi, Nando Bruno
Against the background of Rome freed from Nazi-fascism in 1945 Read More »
Jealousy (1945) Gustav Machatý, John Loder, Jane Randolph, Karen Morley
The wife of an alcoholic writer must take a job as a taxi driver to make ends meet. Read More »
Six-Gun Gold (1941) David Howard, Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Jan Clayton
Don, Smokey and Whopper are are their way to Placer City where Don’s brother Brad is U.S. Marshal. Read More »
A Stolen Life (1946) Curtis Bernhardt, Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark
Kate Bosworth and her twin sister Patricia fall in love with Nantucket lighthouse inspector Bill Emerson. Read More »
Millions Like Us (1943) Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford
Categorised as a British World War II propaganda film this less known example is a superb work Read More »
Molly and Me (1945) Lewis Seiler, Gracie Fields, Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper Read More »
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940) Arthur Lubin, John Hubbard, Wendy Barrie, Edgar Kennedy
Radio mystery script writer Sally Ambler is about to be married Read More »
Stop Press Girl (1949) Michael Barry, Sally Ann Howes, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford
An attractive young girl has the power to stop all kinds of machinery. Read More »