New York newspaperman Bat Masterson thinks back on his time as a lawman in Dodge City Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Blum Affair AKA Affaire Blum (1948) Erich Engel, Hans Christian Blech, Ernst Waldow, Paul Bildt
This early postwar suspense story, based on a well-known 1926 murder trial Read More »
Something Is in the Water AKA Valamit visz a víz (1944) Gusztáv Oláh, Lajos Zilahy, Pál Jávor, Klára Pápai, Gyula Koltai
John, his wife and son live happily next to the river in a small but cozy house. Read More »
Broadway (1942) William A. Seiter, George Raft, Pat O’Brien, Janet Blair
George Raft, hoofer at the Paradise Club, shares his ambitions with his dancing partner, Billie Moore. Read More »
Inside Job (1946) Jean Yarbrough, Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Alan Curtis
A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. Read More »
Big Town Scandal (1948) William C. Thomas, Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Stanley Clements
Steve Wilson, crusading editor of the Big Town’s Illustrated Press Read More »
Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons (1946) Georges Rouquier
Farrebique, the first feature-length effort of French documentary filmmaker Read More »
The Impatient Years (1944) Irving Cummings, Jean Arthur, Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn
Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Read More »
Alimony (1949) Alfred Zeisler, Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke
Small town girl Kitty Traves comes to New York with the idea of getting rich fast. Read More »
Holiday in Mexico (1946) George Sidney, Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey, José Iturbi
The U.S. Ambassador’s (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather. Read More »
The Spider (1945) Robert D. Webb, Richard Conte, Faye Marlowe, Kurt Kreuger
An ex-cop who’s currently a private detective is hired by a woman to function Read More »
Out of This World (1945) Hal Walker, Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Diana Lynn
After struggling to become a success, Betty Miller Read More »
Dick Tracy (1945) William Berke, Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki
Dick is confronted with a string of brutal murders where the sufferers Read More »
Boston Blackie’s Chinese Venture (1949) Seymour Friedman, Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered Read More »
13 Lead Soldiers (1948) Frank McDonald, Tom Conway, Maria Palmer, Helen Westcott
Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom two lead soldiers were stolen. Read More »