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Tag Archives: 1940s
Belle of the Yukon (1944) William A. Seiter, Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore
Set in the days of the great Canadian Gold Rush, this rousing musical stars Randolph Scott as a “reformed” Read More »
A Medal for Benny (1945) Irving Pichel, Dorothy Lamour, Arturo de Córdova, J. Carrol Naish
Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. Read More »
For the Love of Mary (1948) Frederick De Cordova, Deanna Durbin, Edmond O’Brien, Don Taylor
Mary Peppertree, a switchboard operator in the White House, is being courted by three men; Philip Manning, an attorney Read More »
Road to Utopia (1946) Hal Walker, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
At the turn of the century, Duke and Chester, two vaudeville performers, go to Alaska to make their fortune. Read More »
The Charterhouse of Parma AKA La chartreuse de Parme (1948) Christian-Jaque, Renée Faure, Lucien Coëdel, Louis Salou
Fabrice del Dongo, a young archbishop, gives his all to romance rather than to the Church, creating complications for everyone around. Read More »
The Singing Hill (1941) Lew Landers, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Dale
If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land. Read More »
All This, and Heaven Too (1940) Anatole Litvak, Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin Read More »
Headlights in the Fog AKA Fari nella nebbia (1942) Gianni Franciolini, Fosco Giachetti, Luisa Ferida, Antonio Centa
A lorry driver, deserted by his wife, falls for another woman who also betrays him. Read More »
Strange Holiday (1945) Arch Oboler, Claude Rains, Bob Stebbins, Barbara Bate
Businessman John Stevenson returns from a camping holiday in the mountains to discover the whole of America has been taken over by foreign invaders. Read More »
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942) Irving Pichel, Monty Woolley, Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde
Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas Read More »
Flight Into France AKA Fuga in Francia (1948) Mario Soldati, Folco Lulli, Enrico Olivieri, Rosi Mirafiore
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France Read More »
Singapore (1947) John Brahm, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Read More »
Fog Island (1945) Terry O. Morse, George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, Jerome Cowan
Leo, a former convict, is living in seclusion on an island with his step-daughter, the daughter of his late wife. Read More »
The Naked City (1948) Jules Dassin, Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart
Amid a semi-documentary portrait of New York and its people, Jean Dexter Read More »