Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines Read More »
Tag Archives: Laird Cregar
The Black Swan (1942) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, Laird Cregar
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners Read More »
The Lodger (1944) John Brahm, Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders
In late Victorian London, Jack the Ripper has been killing and maiming actresses in the night. Read More »
Hangover Square (1945) John Brahm, Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
George Harvey Bone is a composer in early 20th century London, who is under stress because he is writing a piano concerto. Read More »
Rings on Her Fingers (1942) Rouben Mamoulian, Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Comedy, Romance
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to separate millionaires from their money. They convince Susan she has an opportunity to fulfill all her dreams, and the trio heads for Palm Beach. Susan meets John Wheeler who says he is shopping for a sailboat. Believing that he is a millionaire, Warren and May sell him a boat that doesn’t belong to them, and make off with his $15,000 life savings. Looking for greener pastures, they work themselves into the family of wealthy Tod Fenwick, who falls for Sue, posing as “Linda Worthington”. But John shows up as a guest of Fenwick and he tells “Linda”, not knowing she was part of the scam, that he has a detective after the fake captain that sold him the boat. John admits that he is not a millionaire but only a $65-a-week clerk.
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Holy Matrimony (1943) John M. Stahl
Famed English painter Priam Farll has spent the last 25 years living in various remote locations with only his trusted manservant, Henry Leek, for company. While Farll is summoned to London to receive a knighthood, Leek falls ill and dies. Wishing to avoid the ostentation knighthood ceremony, the reclusive painter assumes his valet’s identity. Farll, posing as Leek, soon receives a letter from Alice Chalice, a widow who has been corresponding with Leek through a marriage bureau and is expecting to finally meet her beloved in person…
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