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Tag Archives: 1940s
Keep an Eye on Amelia / Occupe-toi d’Amélie..! (1949) Claude Autant-Lara, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Desailly, Victor Guyau

Young Amélie is currently enjoying life as the kept woman of her reasonably well off boyfriend Étienne. Read More »
Sylvie and the Phantom / Sylvie et le fantôme (1946) Claude Autant-Lara, Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey

On the eve of her 16th birthday, Sylvie’s father needs cash to stay in his castle so he sells Sylvie’s favorite thing Read More »
Captains of the Clouds (1942) Michael Curtiz, James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall

Brian McLean is a ruthless bush-pilot in Canada. He offers some other pilots Read More »
Detective Kitty O’Day (1944) William Beaudine, Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan

Convinced that she has what it takes to be a detective, inquisitive secretary Kitty O’Day gets her chance to put her sleuthing skills Read More »
Stage Door Canteen (1943) Frank Borzage, Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Judith Anderson

“Dakota,” a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars Read More »
They Made Me a Killer (1946) William C. Thomas, Robert Lowery, Barbara Britton, Lola Lane

Tom Durling is falsely accused of a bank robbery and murder. In order to clear his name Read More »
Mr. Emmanuel (1944) Harold French, Felix Aylmer, Greta Gynt, Walter Rilla

An elderly Jew travels from Britain to pre-war Nazi Germany to find out what’s really going on. Read More »
Out California Way (1946) Lesley Selander

An interesting oddity in Republic’s B-western series but certainly not the first Read More »
This Woman Is Mine (1941) Frank Lloyd, Franchot Tone, John Carroll, Walter Brennan

The story of a two-year fur-trapping expedition from New York to the Oregon territory Read More »