A newspaper reporter, “Dilly” Smith (Richard Fraser) keeps writing articles attacking Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Three on a Ticket (1947) Sam Newfield, Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Paul Bryar
A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne Read More »
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (1940) William Dieterle, Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger
Dr. Paul Ehrlich was the German physician who developed the first synthetic antimicrobial drug, 606 or Salvarsan. Read More »
Dragnet (1947) Leslie Goodwins, Henry Wilcoxon, Mary Brian, Douglass Dumbrille
Scotland Yard Inspector Geoffrey James (Henry Wilcoxon) comes to the United States looking Read More »
Road to the Big House (1947) Walter Colmes, John Shelton, Ann Doran, Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams
In 1929, middle-class bank clerk Eddie Clark, unhappy with his lot in life and jealous of prosperous George Bates Read More »
A Visage to Remember / Omokage (1948) Heinosuke Gosho, Yuriko Hamada, Chishû Ryû, Ichirô Ryûzaki
During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenties Read More »
Madame Spy (1942) Roy William Neill, Constance Bennett, Don Porter, John Litel
In Russia, Joan, marries globe-trotting reporter David Nabbister. Read More »
Boys of the City (1940) Joseph H. Lewis, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Hal E. Chester
It’s been two weeks of unrelenting New York City summer heat. Read More »
The Great Lover (1949) Alexander Hall, Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans Read More »
A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944) Don Brodie, Jan Wiley, Phil Warren, Eddie Dunn
Exotic-dancer Eve Lorraine(‘Jan Wiley’)), with aspirations of being a screen actress Read More »