Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
They Live by Night (1948) Nicholas Ray, Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva
Chickamaw, T-Dub and Bowie have just escaped from prison. While Chickamaw and T-Dub are hardened criminals Read More »
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) Robert Siodmak, George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Raines, Sara Allgood
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother Read More »
The Return of the Whistler (1948) D. Ross Lederman, Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane, Film-Noir, Mystery
On the eve of his marriage, a young man’s fiance disappears. He hires a private detective to help him track Read More »
The Power of the Whistler (1945) Lew Landers, Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell, Film-Noir, Thriller
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar Read More »
La Main du Diable / Carnival of Sinners (1943) Maurice Tourneur, Pierre Fresnay, Josseline Gaël, Noël Roquevert, Fantasy, Horror
A man arrives at an isolated mountain inn clutching a small box. The man is panic-struck when Read More »
Maclovia (1948) Emilio Fernández, María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Carlos López Moctezuma
On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. Read More »
The Ghost Breakers (1940) George Marshall, Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson
A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba. Read More »
Last of the Redmen (1947) George Sherman, Jon Hall, Michael O’Shea, Evelyn Ankers
A retelling of The Last of the Mohicans with just enough changes to qualify for a different title. Read More »
Blanche Fury (1948) Marc Allégret, Stewart Granger, Valerie Hobson, Walter Fitzgerald
The childless widow of Allan Fury bequeaths the Fury estate to her Fuller relatives Read More »