
“Mark’s Priory”. the family seat of the Lebanons, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, secretary and niece of Lady Lebanon. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Echo Murders (1945) John Harlow, David Farrar, Dennis Price, Pamela Stirling

The police are investigating the suspicious death of a mine owner Read More »
A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942) James P. Hogan, William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin

Two mysterious seamen come from Alan Rogers’ past to blackmail him as he seeks to locate his missing daughters. Read More »
The Moon and Sixpence (1942) Albert Lewin, George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Doris Dudley

Loosely inspired from Gauguin’s life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons Read More »
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 »