There are two twin brothers (actually triplets in the final scene), one of whom has three girls Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Somewhere in Europe AKA Valahol Európában (1948) Géza von Radványi, Artúr Somlay, Miklós Gábor, Zsuzsa Bánki
A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. Read More »
The Iron Major (1943) Ray Enright, Pat O’Brien, Robert Ryan, Ruth Warrick
Coach Frank Cavanaugh returns to college football after World War I, then gradually goes blind. Read More »
The Ape Man (1943) William Beaudine, Bela Lugosi, Louise Currie, Wallace Ford
Conducting weird scientific experiments, crazed Dr. James Brewster Read More »
The Hairy Ape (1944) Alfred Santell, William Bendix, Susan Hayward, John Loder
Hank Smith, a brutish stoker on board a freighter, is appalled when Mildred Douglas Read More »
Love and Learn (1947) Frederick De Cordova, Jack Carson, Robert Hutton, Martha Vickers
Jack Carson and Robert Hutton make a curious but copacetic comedy duo in the Warner Bros. musical Love and Learn. Read More »
A Thousand and One Nights (1945) Alfred E. Green, Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Adele Jergens
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan’s daughter Read More »
I Won’t Play (1944) Crane Wilbur, Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Warren Douglas
In this Warner Bros. short, a Marine in a South Sea island during World War II Read More »
Hollow Triumph (1948) Steve Sekely, Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz
John Muller’s a brilliant crook, who plans a holdup which goes wrong Read More »
The Singing Princess AKA La rosa di Bagdad (1949) Anton Gino Domenighini, Stefano Sibaldi, Germana Calderini, Giulio Panicali
An insane woman brings peace to her village by being the most ultimate singer around. Read More »
Under Your Hat (1940) Maurice Elvey, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Austin Trevor
Inept Secret Agent on a job in the South of France is followed by his suspicious wife. Read More »
Saboteur (1942) Alfred Hitchcock, Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger
Los Angeles aircraft worker Barry Kane evades arrest after he is unjustly accused of sabotage. Read More »
Girls of the Big House (1945) George Archainbaud, Lynne Roberts, Virginia Christine, Marion Martin
A women’s prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town woman Read More »
The Pilgrim Lady (1947) Lesley Selander, Lynne Roberts, Warren Douglas, Alan Mowbray
Dennis Carter (Warren Douglas), the head of a detective agency, and his secretary Read More »
Big Jack (1949) Richard Thorpe, Wallace Beery, Richard Conte, Marjorie Main
Wallace Beery’s final film was the curiously endearing “black comedy” Big Jack. Read More »