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Tag Archives: 1940s
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

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 »