John Sands (Rod Cameron), formerly a Texas marshal whose talents with guns caused the law to turn against him, is a fugitive in Mexico Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Bad Men of Tombstone (1949) Kurt Neumann, Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds, Broderick Crawford
During the gold-rush days, Tom Horn is jailed for an assay office holdup at Gold City Read More »
The Hoodlum Saint (1946) Norman Taurog, William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I Read More »
Ministry of Fear (1944) Fritz Lang, Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn’t seem so sane outside either. Read More »
City of Chance (1940) Ricardo Cortez, Lynn Bari, C. Aubrey Smith, Donald Woods
Texas girl (Bari) goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend (Woods) to come home. Read More »
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) John H. Auer, Kenny Baker, Frances Langford, Hugh Herbert
A small radio station is saved of getting bankrupt by a backer, who invests money for a TV equipment Read More »
Devotion (1946) Curtis Bernhardt, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Bronte vie for the affection of the Reverend Arthur Nichols. Read More »
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947) Hans Richter, Jack Bittner, Libby Holman, Josh White
After learning how to look inside himself, a poetic bum sells people vivid dreams. Read More »
The Mortal Storm (1940) Frank Borzage, Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young
Interesting to note that the film was made in 1940, one year before America’s entry into the European war against Hitler. Read More »
Home, Sweet Homicide (1946) Lloyd Bacon, Peggy Ann Garner, Randolph Scott, Lynn Bari
Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Read More »
Maisie Was a Lady (1941) Edwin L. Marin, Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O’Sullivan
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family’s new maid. Read More »
Grand Ole Opry (1940) Frank McDonald, Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Weaver
Abner Weaver, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks, through the music of performers from ‘The Grand Ole Opry,” Read More »
Women Without Names (1940) Robert Florey, Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Judith Barrett
Construction engineer Fred MacNeil meets waitress Joyce King at a hamburger stand and she accepts his invitation to see her home. Read More »
This Man’s Navy (1945) William A. Wellman, Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, James Gleason
Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery), the chief pilot of a Navy blimp, is given to weaving accounts of the fighting prowess of his non-existent son. Read More »
A Guy Named Joe (1943) Victor Fleming, Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson
Maj. Pete Sandidge is a very able pilot who seems to have a streak of luck as far as flying goes. Read More »