Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) Charles Lamont, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long
The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins Read More »
Ringside (1949) Frank McDonald, Don ‘Red’ Barry, Tom Brown, Sheila Ryan
Joe O’Hara, a hard fighter, wants the championship title for the money to finance the concert pianist career of his brother Mike Read More »
Neptune’s Daughter (1949) Edward Buzzell, Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O’Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Read More »
The Strike AKA Siréna (1947) Karel Steklý, Josef Bek, L. Bohác, Josef Dekoj
The first Czechoslovak film to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, The Strike is a cornerstone example of political agitprop. Read More »
Manon (1949) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry
An adaptation of Abbe Prevost’s classic French novel ‘Manon Lescaut’, updated to post-World War II France Read More »
Unknown Island (1948) Jack Bernhard, Virginia Grey, Phillip Reed, Richard Denning
Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition Read More »
The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941) Marcel Varnel, Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Felix Aylmer
A hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. Read More »
Home of the Brave (1949) Mark Robson, Jeff Corey, James Edwards, Lloyd Bridges
A sensitive, educated black man’s World War II-time problems. Read More »
Flight from Destiny (1941) Vincent Sherman, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jeffrey Lynn
After philosophy Professor Todhunter is told he has 6 months left to live, he is barred from teaching by his college Read More »