Poor Princess Maria is visiting New York, but she’s not having any fun. So her uncle suggests she spend a few days in San Francisco. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Days of Glory AKA Giorni di gloria (1945) Giuseppe De Santis, Umberto Barbaro, Umberto Calosso, Donato Carretta
The film shows the life of the antifascist partisans, the events that led to the liberation of Rome Read More »
Northwest Rangers (1942) Joseph M. Newman, James Craig, William Lundigan, Patricia Dane
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions, one a dedicated Royal Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious if well liked gambler. Read More »
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) Benjamin Stoloff, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Alan Hale
Perpetual-optimist “Dreamy” Smith aspires to quit his job as newspaper publicity drudge and sail the world. Read More »
The Creeper (1948) Jean Yarbrough, Eduardo Ciannelli, Onslow Stevens, June Vincent
Two scientists on an expedition to the West Indies discover a serum which changes humans into cats, or at least, to catlike killers. Read More »
White Cargo (1942) Richard Thorpe, Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Frank Morgan
The once-notorious theatrical chestnut White Cargo was toned down for public consumption Read More »
Tokyo Joe (1949) Stuart Heisler, Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly
Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe’s, and deserted his wife Trina. Read More »
Slattery’s Hurricane (1949) André De Toth, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. Read More »
Springtime in the Rockies (1942) Irving Cummings, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, John Payne
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy’s womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner Read More »
John Loves Mary (1949) David Butler, Ronald Reagan, Jack Carson, Wayne Morris
A GI marries the English girlfriend of his best friend to get her into the U.S. for his friend who lost track Read More »
Fighter Squadron (1948) Raoul Walsh, Edmond O’Brien, Robert Stack, John Rodney
At an American air base in England, 1943, is conniving Sergeant Dolan Read More »
Fort Apache (1948) John Ford, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
In John Ford’s sombre exploration mythologising of American heroes, he slowly reveals the character of Owen Thursday Read More »
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) Clarence Brown, Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall
London based American nurse, Susan, Lady Ashwood, is at the hospital awaiting the imminent arrival of injured soldiers. Read More »
Mr. Skeffington (1944) Vincent Sherman, Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel
It’s 1914 in New York City. Adult brother and sister Trippy Trellis and Fanny Trellis, whose parents are now deceased, were once wealthy Read More »
The Spring River Flows East AKA Yi jiang chun shui xiang dong liu (1947) Chusheng Cai, Junli Zheng, Yang Bai, Tao Jin, Yang Nai
1930’s China. The village of a poor family is taken over by the occupying Japanese army. Read More »