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Tag Archives: 1940s
Paisan / Paisà (1946) Roberto Rossellini, Carmela Sazio, Gar Moore, William Tubbs

Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice. Read More »
City Across the River (1949) Maxwell Shane, Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter, Luis Van Rooten

Brooklyn youth Frank Cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. Read More »
Perfect Strangers (1945) Alexander Korda, Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns

Robert and Catherine have a quiet little marriage until WWII separates them for three years. Read More »
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) John Farrow, Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish

Erik Toresen, widower and fishery observer, leads a quiet life in a small Norwegian town Read More »
Merton of the Movies (1947) Robert Alton, Red Skelton, Virginia O’Brien, Gloria Grahame

In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. Read More »
Slightly Dangerous (1943) Wesley Ruggles, Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan

Peggy is 21 and bored. She has just been awarded a certificate Read More »
The Mysterious Desperado (1949) Lesley Selander, Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Edward Norris

Learning Chito’s wealthy uncle died without a will, Tim and Chito head for California. Read More »
That Dangerous Age / If This Be Sin (1949) Gregory Ratoff, Myrna Loy, Roger Livesey, Peggy Cummins

A lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets Read More »
A Night of Adventure (1944) Gordon Douglas, Tom Conway, Audrey Long, Edward Brophy

A wealthy lawyer begins to suspect that his inattention to his wife Read More »