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Tag Archives: 1940s
Sweet and Low-Down (1944) Archie Mayo, Benny Goodman, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie
After their annual free concert at Chicago’s Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman Read More »
Christmas Holiday (1944) Robert Siodmak, Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the wealthy man she married is an incorrigible wastrel. Read More »
Sons of Matthew (1949) Charles Chauvel, Michael Pate, Ken Wayne, Tommy Burns
The story of five brothers who homestead, with other settlers Read More »
Any Number Can Play (1949) Mervyn LeRoy, Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey
Although Charley Kying has owned a casino for fifteen years, on one rainy night events Read More »
Forbidden (1949) George King, Douglass Montgomery, Hazel Court, Patricia Burke
After the war, Jim Harding (Douglass Montgomery) is desperate to put his knowledge Read More »
China’s Little Devils (1945) Monta Bell, Harry Carey, Paul Kelly, ‘Ducky’ Louie
This is the story of Little Butch, a true patriot loyal to China and loyal to his adopted brethren – The American Flying Tigers. Read More »
She Gets Her Man (1945) Erle C. Kenton, Joan Davis, William Gargan, Leon Errol
Two people have been murdered in Clayton by a mysterious killer using a blow-gun. Read More »
The Golden Fleecing (1940) Leslie Fenton, Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan
A $50,000 life-insurance sale puts mild-mannered Henry Twinkle on the fast track at Ajax Insurance Company. Read More »
High Tide (1947) John Reinhardt, Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop
A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. Read More »
The Homestretch (1947) H. Bruce Humberstone, Cornel Wilde, Maureen O’Hara, Glenn Langan
A film that qualifies as a Travelogue Documentary in that it contains footage Read More »
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942) Charles Barton, Jackie Gleason, Jack Durant, Florence Rice
A pair of barbers are driven out of business because most of the men in their small town are drafted into the army. Read More »
Fiamme sul mare (1948) Vittorio Cottafavi, Michal Waszynski, Carlo Ninchi, Evi Maltagliati, Silvana Jachino
A former war captain buys a wrecked ship Read More »
Hideout (1949) Philip Ford, Lloyd Bridges, Lorna Gray, Ray Collins
Hannah Kelly and Edie Hanson vie for the attentions of the naive attorney George Browning. Read More »
The Smiling Ghost (1941) Lewis Seiler, Wayne Morris, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith
Elinor Bentley Fairchild’s previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Read More »