On the death of her mother, the vivacious Clio Dulaine (Ingrid Bergman) returns from Paris Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
I Was a Prisoner on Devils Island (1941) Lew Landers, Sally Eilers, Donald Woods, Eduardo Ciannelli
The first officer on a freighter accidentally kills his captain during a heated wage dispute and ends up sentenced to the dreaded Devil’s Island. Read More »
Puddin’ Head (1941) Joseph Santley, Judy Canova, Francis Lederer, Raymond Walburn
Harold l. Montgomery, the scatterbrain vice-president of the United Broadcasing System Read More »
My Buddy (1944) Steve Sekely, Don ‘Red’ Barry, Ruth Terry, Lynne Roberts
A priest relates the tale of his friend, a WWI veteran, to the Post-War Planning Committee. Read More »
A Scandal in Paris (1946) Douglas Sirk
The autobiography of elegant criminal, François Eugène Vidocq, from his birth in a French jail in 1775 Read More »
He Married His Wife (1940) Roy Del Ruth, Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Roland Young
T.H.”Randy” Randall and Valerie Randall are divorced but friendly Read More »
The Set-Up (1949) Robert Wise, Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
Over-the-hill boxer Bill ‘Stoker’ Thompson insists he can still win, though his wife Julie pleads with him to quit. Read More »
‘Gung Ho!’: The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders (1943) Ray Enright, Randolph Scott, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery Jr.
Seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, volunteers form the new 2nd Marine Raider Battalion whose purpose is to raid Japanese-held islands. Read More »
The Trespasser (1947) George Blair, Dale Evans, Warren Douglas, Janet Martin
“Stevie’ Carson (Janet Martin (I)’), daughter of a famous newspaperman Read More »
Angel in Exile (1948) Allan Dwan, Philip Ford
An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted Read More »