
Loosely inspired from Gauguin’s life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Bluebeard (1944) Edgar G. Ulmer, John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther

A killer of young women, dubbed Bluebeard, is loose in Paris. Read More »
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) Thornton Freeland, Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley

Arthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation Read More »
Chatterbox (1943) Joseph Santley, Joe E. Brown, Judy Canova, Rosemary Lane

While shooting a western on location, a Hollywood “cowboy” star–whose offscreen image Read More »
Pride of the Marines (1945) Delmer Daves, John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark

Married couple Jim & Ella Merchant set up their single friend Al Schmid on a blind date with Ruth Hartley. Read More »
Volpone (1941) Maurice Tourneur, Jacques de Baroncelli, Harry Baur, Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin

Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends Read More »
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) Raoul Walsh, Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran

Falling asleep during the Paradise Coffee (“The Coffee that Makes You Sleep”) Program Read More »
The Three Weird Sisters (1948) Daniel Birt, Nancy Price, Mary Clare, Mary Merrall

A secretary suspects that her employer’s three elderly sisters are plotting to kill him Read More »
Scarred / Assunta Spina (1948) Mario Mattoli, Anna Magnani, Antonio Centa, Maria Donini

Carnal passion, tender feelings, devotion, murder, blood, broken hearts, vicious gambling Read More »
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941) Walter Forde, Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Calvert

The plot pits Hornleigh and Bingham against a clever gang of Nazi espionage agents. Read More »