In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Devil Commands (1941) Edward Dmytryk, Boris Karloff, Anne Revere, Amanda Duff
Dr. Julian Blair is engaged in unconventional research on human brain waves Read More »
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct AKA Maddalena… zero in condotta (1940) Vittorio De Sica, Vera Bergman, Carla Del Poggio
A young man studying in an academy secretarial practice makes writing letters addressed Read More »
Crime, Inc. (1945) Lew Landers, Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal, Martha Tilton
A crusading reporter uses his friendship with a mobster to expose the machinations of organized crime in his city. Read More »
Detour (1945) Edgar G. Ulmer, Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake
In flashback, New York nightclub pianist Al Roberts hitchhikes to Hollywood to join his girl Sue. Read More »
The Happy Ghost AKA L’allegro fantasma (1941) Amleto Palermi, Totò, Luigi Pavese, Franco Coop
A rich man, dying, decides that the will must be opened before the children Read More »
In the Meantime, Darling (1944) Otto Preminger, Jeanne Crain, Frank Latimore, Eugene Pallette
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life Read More »
Murder in Times Square (1943) Lew Landers, Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Chapman, John Litel
Actor-playwright Cory Williams is sitting in a nightclub when Longacre Lil, a Broadway vagrant, and asks him for some money. Read More »
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940) Kurt Neumann, Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin
Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving Read More »
Appointment in Berlin (1943) Alfred E. Green, George Sanders, Marguerite Chapman, Onslow Stevens
A former RAF officer is enlisted in the British secret service. Read More »
The Sea of Grass (1947) Elia Kazan, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker
This western begins with St. Louis resident Lutie Cameron (Katharine Hepburn) marrying New Mexico Read More »
The Perfect Woman (1949) Bernard Knowles, Patricia Roc, Stanley Holloway, Nigel Patrick
In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. Read More »
Cafe Hostess (1940) Sidney Salkow, Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, Douglas Fowley
Jo (Ann Dvorak), a “percentage girl” at the notorious Club 46, is in despair. She can see no way out of the dreary Read More »
The Mysterious Doctor (1943) Benjamin Stoloff, John Loder, Eleanor Parker, Bruce Lester
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine. Read More »
Ghosts on the Loose (1943) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan
Glimpy’s surprisingly beautiful sister is getting married to Jack, a young engineer Read More »