The once-notorious theatrical chestnut White Cargo was toned down for public consumption Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Tokyo Joe (1949) Stuart Heisler, Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly
Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe’s, and deserted his wife Trina. Read More »
Slattery’s Hurricane (1949) André De Toth, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. Read More »
Springtime in the Rockies (1942) Irving Cummings, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, John Payne
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy’s womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner Read More »
John Loves Mary (1949) David Butler, Ronald Reagan, Jack Carson, Wayne Morris
A GI marries the English girlfriend of his best friend to get her into the U.S. for his friend who lost track Read More »
Fighter Squadron (1948) Raoul Walsh, Edmond O’Brien, Robert Stack, John Rodney
At an American air base in England, 1943, is conniving Sergeant Dolan Read More »
Fort Apache (1948) John Ford, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
In John Ford’s sombre exploration mythologising of American heroes, he slowly reveals the character of Owen Thursday Read More »
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) Clarence Brown, Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall
London based American nurse, Susan, Lady Ashwood, is at the hospital awaiting the imminent arrival of injured soldiers. Read More »
Mr. Skeffington (1944) Vincent Sherman, Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel
It’s 1914 in New York City. Adult brother and sister Trippy Trellis and Fanny Trellis, whose parents are now deceased, were once wealthy Read More »
Sorrowful Jones (1949) Sidney Lanfield, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. Read More »