Tag Archives: 1940s

In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer’s career just as he has returned Read More »

After the American Civil War, a rebel soldier and his wife become pioneer farmers in Florida. Read More »

This modern tale borrows from an old story in establishing Langan, who works on a ship that docks in San Francisco Read More »

Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. Read More »

The story of Diamond City takes place in the South African diamond fields during the latter half of the 19th Century Read More »

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 »

Tony (Charles Laughton), a successful but illiterate middle-aged grape farmer Read More »

Jeff and Turkey, two wild and crazy guys adrift on a raft in the Mediterranean Read More »

Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman’s polio. Read More »

When powerful publishing tycoon Earl Janoth commits an act of murder at the height of passion Read More »