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Tag Archives: 1940s
Lucky Ghost (1942) William Beaudine, Mantan Moreland, F.E. Miller, Maceo Bruce Sheffield

Two down-on-their luck friends suddenly hit the “jackpot” when they win the clothes Read More »
Portrait of Jennie (1948) William Dieterle

Eben Adams is a talented but struggling artist in Depression era New York who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. Read More »
The Blue Bird (1940) Walter Lang, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce

Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper’s children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past Read More »
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 »