The fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Unfinished Business (1941) Gregory La Cava, Irene Dunne, Robert Montgomery, Preston Foster
Small town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. Read More »
Night in New Orleans (1942) William Clemens, Preston Foster, Patricia Morison, Albert Dekker
The police lieutenant Steve Abbott is engrossed in a baffling murder case. Read More »
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow / Zwischen gestern und morgen (1947) Harald Braun, Hildegard Knef, Winnie Markus, Sybille Schmitz
A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel Read More »
San Francisco Docks (1940) Arthur Lubin, Burgess Meredith, Irene Hervey, Barry Fitzgerald
Longshoreman Johnny Barnes (Burgess Meredith) is in love with Kitty Tracy (Irene Hervey) Read More »
Tough As They Come (1942) William Nigh
This entry in Universal’s “Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys” series is minus “The Little Tough Guys” Read More »
The Big Street (1942) Irving Reis, Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane
Little Pinks is in love with a nightclub singer named Gloria. But it is a unrequited love as she does not know that he exists. Read More »
Corvette K-225 (1943) Richard Rosson, Howard Hawks, Randolph Scott, James Brown, Ella Raines
In 1943, ‘Mac’ MacClain, Canadian Navy, has lost his ship and many men to a German torpedo. Read More »
Torment AKA Hets (1944) Alf Sjöberg, Stig Järrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling
Jan-Erik Widgren is a high-school senior. His Latin teacher, Caligula, is feared by everybody, both teachers and students. Read More »
The Mask of Diijon (1946) Lew Landers, Erich von Stroheim, Jeanne Bates, William Wright
A magician neglects his career and his wife while he pursues the study of hypnosis. Read More »