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Tag Archives: 1940s
There’s Something About a Soldier (1943) Alfred E. Green, Tom Neal, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett
War-time films set in stateside training camps abounded in the early Forties. Read More »
Golden Hoofs (1941) Lynn Shores, Jane Withers, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Kay Aldridge
Jane’s grandfather must sell his trotting horse farm. Read More »
Green for Danger (1946) Sidney Gilliat, Alastair Sim, Sally Gray, Trevor Howard
In a rural English hospital during WWII, a postman dies on the operating table. Read More »
Let’s Face It (1943) Sidney Lanfield, Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, Zasu Pitts
A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women’s “fat farm” nearby Read More »
Meet the Wildcat (1940) Arthur Lubin, Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Joseph Schildkraut
Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico’s National Museum Read More »
The Trap (1946) Howard Bretherton, Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation Read More »
Gambling on the High Seas (1940) George Amy, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland
Gambling boss Greg Morella runs a crooked ship– all the gaming tables on his floating casino are rigged. Read More »
Junior Prom (1946) Arthur Dreifuss, Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Judy Clark
A rich man’s son is running for student body president in the local high school Read More »
Song of Russia (1944) Gregory Ratoff, Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, John Hodiak
In June 1941, famed American symphony conductor John Meredith (Robert Taylor) Read More »