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Tag Archives: 1940s
Between Two Worlds (1944) Edward A. Blatt, John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet
Several people are killed in a London air raid. They each awake aboard a strange ship Read More »
When the Daltons Rode (1940) George Marshall, Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons Read More »
Three Girls About Town (1941) Leigh Jason, Joan Blondell, John Howard, Binnie Barnes
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are “convention hostesses” in a hotel. Read More »
Cairo (1942) W.S. Van Dyke, Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Ethel Waters
After the Cavity Rock, California Times Leader newspaper is chosen as America’s typical small town newspaper Read More »
The Contender (1944) Sam Newfield, Buster Crabbe, Arline Judge, Julie Gibson
Widower Gary Farrell can’t afford, on his $45-weekly salary as a truck driver, to send his young son, Mickey Read More »
The Jade Mask (1945) Phil Rosen, Sidney Toler
Eccentric scientist Harper lives in a spooky mansion with all the trimmings: hidden lab Read More »
The Youngest Profession (1943) Edward Buzzell, Virginia Weidler, Edward Arnold, John Carroll
Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day Read More »
The Spoilers (1942) Ray Enright, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne
In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon Read More »
Betrayal from the East (1945) William Berke, Lee Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Loo
Just before World War II, Japan plants a network of spies and saboteurs in California. Read More »