Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Diamond City (1949) David MacDonald, David Farrar, Honor Blackman, Diana Dors
The story of Diamond City takes place in the South African diamond fields during the latter half of the 19th Century Read More »
My Own True Love (1948) Compton Bennett, Phyllis Calvert, Melvyn Douglas, Wanda Hendrix
An Englishman’s (Melvyn Douglas) fiancee (Phyllis Calvert) comforts his son (Philip Friend) who has lost a leg and a family in World War II. Read More »
They Knew What They Wanted (1940) Garson Kanin, Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, William Gargan
Tony (Charles Laughton), a successful but illiterate middle-aged grape farmer Read More »
Road to Morocco (1942) David Butler, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Jeff and Turkey, two wild and crazy guys adrift on a raft in the Mediterranean Read More »
The Ape (1940) William Nigh, Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O’Donnell
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman’s polio. Read More »
The Big Clock (1948) John Farrow, Ray Milland, Maureen O’Sullivan, Charles Laughton
When powerful publishing tycoon Earl Janoth commits an act of murder at the height of passion Read More »
Eugenia Grandet (1946) Mario Soldati, Alida Valli, Gualtiero Tumiati, Giorgio De Lullo
Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town of Saumur. Read More »
Daughter of the Jungle (1949) George Blair, Lois Hall, James Cardwell, William Wright
An airplane, carrying policeman and gangsters, crash-lands in a jungle, where they discover a white girl and her father Read More »
Masquerade in Mexico (1945) Mitchell Leisen, Dorothy Lamour, Arturo de Córdova, Patric Knowles
An American singer stranded in Mexico is hired by a banker to distract a Mexican matador Read More »