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Tag Archives: 1944
Days of Glory (1944) Jacques Tourneur, Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed
In late 1941, with the Nazi invasion of Russia still advancing, the Red Army Read More »
Wilson (1944) Henry King, Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton Read More »
Leave It to the Irish (1944) William Beaudine, James Dunn, Wanda McKay, Jack La Rue
Private Investigator Terry Moran (James Dunn), who is in love with Nora O’Brien Read More »
It’s in the Bag (1944) Herbert Mason, Elsie Waters, Doris Waters, Ernest Butcher
The popular British music hall and radio team of Gert and Daisy (Elsie and Doris Waters) heads the cast of It’s in the Bag. Read More »
The Last Ride (1944) D. Ross Lederman, Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker
A police lieutenant sets out to break up a ring of tire bootleggers–criminals Read More »
Fanny By Gaslight (1944) Anthony Asquith, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Ann Stephens
Returning to 1870’s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny witnesses Read More »
Twilight AKA Félicie Nanteuil (1944) Marc Allégret, Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan
La Belle Epoque: Cavalier, a second-rate actor, discovers a gorgeous talented Read More »
Carolina Blues (1944) Leigh Jason, Kay Kyser, Ann Miller, Victor Moore
Band Leader Kay Kyser wants to take a holiday, but his publicist Charlotte Read More »
This Happy Breed (1944) David Lean, Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Amy Veness
David Lean brings to vivid emotional life Noël Coward’s epic chronicle of a working-class family Read More »
Shadows in the Night (1944) Eugene Forde, Warner Baxter, Nina Foch, George Zucco
A young woman wants The Crime Doctor to help her decipher her strange nightmares. Read More »
Il diavolo va in collegio (1944) Jean Boyer, Guglielmo Barnabò, Anna Capodaglio, Leonardo Cortese
Follow the Boys (1944) A. Edward Sutherland, John Rawlins, George Raft, Vera Zorina, Grace McDonald
During World War II, all the studios put out “all-star” vehicles which featured virtually Read More »
Crime by Night (1944) William Clemens, Jane Wyman, Jerome Cowan, Faye Emerson
Detective Sam Campbell and his perky sidekick Robby Vance are called in on a routine child support dispute. Read More »
Maisie Goes to Reno (1944) Harry Beaumont, Ann Sothern, John Hodiak, Tom Drake
Maisie is overworked at her defense job and is ordered to take a two week vacation. Read More »