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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Human Comedy (1943) Clarence Brown, Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig
Homer Macauley remains in a small town looking after his widowed mother Read More »
Flying with Music (1942) George Archainbaud, Marjorie Woodworth, George Givot, William Marshall
Ann Andrews (Marjorie Woodworth) and two New York City friends fly clipper-ship Read More »
Macbeth (1948) Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O’Herlihy
In fog-dripping, barren and sometimes macabre settings, 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth Read More »
Where Are Your Children? (1943) William Nigh, Jackie Cooper, Gale Storm, Patricia Morison
Judy Wilson (Gale Storm), feeling neglected because both of her parents are working in defense plants Read More »
The Man Who Dared (1946) John Sturges, Leslie Brooks, George Macready, Forrest Tucker
The screenplay was adapted from a radio script by Maxwell Shane and Alex Gottlieb Read More »
The Devil Pays Off (1941) John H. Auer, J. Edward Bromberg, Osa Massen, William Wright
Chris Waring (William Wright) is a government investigator trying to gather the necessary evidence to convict a shipping magnate Read More »
The Firemen of Viggiu AKA I pompieri di Viggiù (1949) Mario Mattoli, Nino Taranto, Totò, Vanda Osiris
Viggiù is a happy and peaceful town. Firefighters have just work. Read More »
In Our Time (1944) Vincent Sherman, Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Nancy Coleman
It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Read More »
Up with the Lark (1943) Philip Brandon, Ethel Revnell, Gracie West, Lesley Osmond
In Up with the Lark, Ethel and Gracie join the British Land Army, driving their superiors daft. Read More »
Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) Gregory Ratoff, Monty Woolley, June Haver, Dick Haymes
This Technicolor musical biopic stars Argentina-born Dick Haymes as Irish-American composer Ernest R. Ball. Read More »
Foreign Agent (1942) William Beaudine, John Shelton, Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff
Hollywood starlet Mitzi Mayo gets involved in a plot to steal her late father’s searchlight filter plans. Read More »
Wyoming AKA Bad Man of Wyoming (1940) Richard Thorpe, Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Ann Rutherford
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave. Read More »
Johnny Doughboy (1942) John H. Auer, Jane Withers, Henry Wilcoxon, Jack Boyle
An arrogant young actress doesn’t want to play “young” parts anymore, and runs off. Read More »
Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) Andrew L. Stone, Friz Freleng, Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri
When the bride’s mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor Read More »