
While not exact remakes, two 1945 westerns – Republic’s Wagon Wheels Westward and Monogram’s Springtime in Texas Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Death Valley Manhunt (1943) John English, Bill Elliott, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Anne Jeffreys

Unknown to oil company president Ross, his man Quinn is pulling a swindle on the independent drillers. Read More »
Cheyenne (1947) Raoul Walsh, Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Janis Paige

Wells Fargo stages are being robbed by ‘The Poet’ and no one can find out who he is. Read More »
Back in the Saddle (1941) Lew Landers, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee

Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone’s cattle dying. Read More »
That Nazty Nuisance (1943) Glenn Tryon, Bobby Watson, Joe Devlin, Johnny Arthur

Germany’s Adolf Hitler, with his Axis-stooges, Italy’s Mussolini and Japan’s Suki Yama Read More »
Music in My Heart (1940) Joseph Santley, Tony Martin, Rita Hayworth, Edith Fellows

Rita Hayworth co-stars with famed recording artist Tony Martin in this musical comedy featuring the music of Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Read More »
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) George Marshall, A. Edward Sutherland, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he’s the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies Read More »
Dead Men Tell (1941) Harry Lachman, Sidney Toler, Sheila Ryan, Robert Weldon

Eccentic, elderly matron Patience Nodbury has a treasure map she’s inherited from Black Hook, her pirate ancestor. Read More »
The Bishop’s Wife (1947) Henry Koster, Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate Read More »
Charlie Chan in Rio (1941) Harry Lachman, Sidney Toler, Mary Beth Hughes, Cobina Wright

Charlie and son Jimmy visit an exotic Rio nightclub in the company of local police chief Suoto Read More »