This particular feature, the first director credit of Philip Ford (nephew of John), casts the witty Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Red Menace (1949) R.G. Springsteen, Robert Rockwell, Hanna Axmann-Rezzori, Betty Lou Gerson
An ex-GI becomes involved with the American Communist party, and falls in love with his instructor. Read More »
Remember Pearl Harbor (1942) Joseph Santley, Don ‘Red’ Barry, Alan Curtis, Fay McKenzie
On 16 November, 1941 at the La Dessa U. S. army post in the Philippines Read More »
We the Living AKA Noi vivi (1942) Goffredo Alessandrini, Fosco Giachetti, Alida Valli, Rossano Brazzi
The time is the Russian Revolution. The place is a country burdened with fear Read More »
Broadway Limited (1941) Gordon Douglas, Victor McLaglen, Marjorie Woodworth, Dennis O’Keefe
As a ploy to gain publicity, a motion picture director wants his star actress to take a baby with her on a train trip. Read More »
You’re Not So Tough (1940) Joe May, The Dead End Kids, Nan Grey, Rosina Galli
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York’s East Side and running around the sunny Read More »
Silver Skates (1943) Leslie Goodwins, Kenny Baker, Belita, Patricia Morison
Claire (Patricia Morison), owner of an ice-show, faces bankruptcy because Belita (Belita), star of the show Read More »
Cattle Stampede (1943) Sam Newfield, Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Frances Gladwin
Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) are on their way out of Arizona Read More »
The Mountain Woman AKA La donna della montagna (1944) Renato Castellani, Marina Berti, Amedeo Nazzari, Maurizio D’Ancora
A widowed engineer finds solace in the love of a young woman, with whom he marries. Read More »
Meet Me on Broadway (1946) Leigh Jason, Marjorie Reynolds, Frederick Brady, Jinx Falkenburg
Believing that he can produce better Broadway shows without the hindrance of his producer, Eddie Dolan quits the musical he is directing Read More »
Mississippi Gambler (1942) John Rawlins, Kent Taylor, Frances Langford, John Litel
A journalist finds out, a farm proprietor he meets would be a gangster that the authorities is searching for, who’s shifted his face with plastic surgery. Read More »
Murder on the Waterfront (1943) B. Reeves Eason, Warren Douglas, Joan Winfield, John Loder
Joey Davis has just been married to Gloria, but before they can have their wedding night, he’s called into service in the Navy. Read More »
The Hasty Heart (1949) Vincent Sherman, Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd
It’s 1945, Burma, the day the war is over! For many this means they’ve survived and will be going home. But not for everyone. Read More »
Spring in Park Lane (1948) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Tom Walls
The diamond merchant’s niece falls for his new footman who is really an impoverished aristocrat. Read More »
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Gladys Young
On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet’s son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate Read More »