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Tag Archives: 1940s
Railroaded! (1947) Anthony Mann, John Ireland, Sheila Ryan
Sexy beautician Clara Calhoun, who has a bookie operation in her back room, connives with her boyfriend Read More »
Edge of Darkness (1943) Lewis Milestone, Errol Flynn
It’s two years after the Nazi’s invasion of Norway and in a small fishing village that is headquarters to 150 German soldiers Read More »
Holiday in Mexico (1946) George Sidney, Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey, José Iturbi
The U.S. Ambassador’s (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather. Read More »
Alias Nick Beal (1949) John Farrow, Ray Milland
Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster’s main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. Read More »
Days of Hope / L’espoir (1940) André Malraux, Boris Peskine, Andrés Mejuto, Nicolás Rodríguez, José Santpere
1937, during the spanish civil war, at Teruel. The fight of the Republicans (with very poor means but high commitment) Read More »
Possessed (1947) Curtis Bernhardt, Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there. Read More »
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) Sidney Salkow
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman’s son and accused of a murder she didn’t commit. Read More »
Someone to Remember (1943) Robert Siodmak, Mabel Paige, Harry Shannon, John Craven
An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students Read More »
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943) James P. Hogan, Ludwig Donath, Gale Sondergaard, George Dolenz
A clerk in 1942 Vienna who has a gift for mimicry, is arrested for doing a Hitler impression. Read More »