Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper’s children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Dark Waters (1944) André De Toth, Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone, Thomas Mitchell
Leslie Calvin, traumatized from being the only survivor of a torpedo attack on the ship she was traveling by Read More »
Shooting High (1940) Alfred E. Green, Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver
Jane Pritchard sides with the Carsons in a generations-old feud which her family wages Read More »
The Imperfect Lady (1946) Lewis Allen, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Cedric Hardwicke
Millicent Hopkins, while touring with a dancing troupe in 1892, meets Clive Loring who is campaigning in the English Midlands for Parliament. Read More »
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) Irving Reis, Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple
Teenaged Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him Read More »
The Black Swan (1942) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, Laird Cregar
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners Read More »
Mother Never Dies / Haha wa Shinazu (1942) Mikio Naruse, Takako Irie, Yukiko Todoroki, Ichirô Sugai
The story begins in 1929 with Sugai (Sugai Ichiro) losing his job in the stock- market crash. Read More »
The Case of the Baby Sitter (1947) Lambert Hillyer, Tom Neal, Pamela Blake, Allen Jenkins
Jewel thieves, operating under the guises of a Duke and a Duchess, hire the Ace Detective Agency Read More »
Knute Rockne All American (1940) Lloyd Bacon, William K. Howard, Pat O’Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan
Lars Rockne and his family, including his four year old son Knute, emigrate to Chicago in 1892 from their native Norway. Read More »
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) George S. Kaufman, William Powell, Ella Raines, Peter Lind Hayes
Dim-witted blowhard, Melvin G. Ashton, is a US Senator who wants to be President. Read More »