
Second World War. Field 119 in California (USA). War is long over, but the Italian prisoners are still waiting to return home Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
We’ve Never Been Licked (1943) John Rawlins, Richard Quine, Anne Gwynne, Martha O’Driscoll

WWII morale film for Texas A&M graduates fighting overseas. Read More »
Judo Saga AKA Sugata Sanshirô (1943) Akira Kurosawa, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki

Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, comes to the city to apprentice at a jujitsu school. Read More »
Laura (1944) Otto Preminger, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb

Detective Lieutenant Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigates the killing of Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) Read More »
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) Joseph H. Lewis, Nina Foch, May Whitty, George Macready

Julia Ross secures employment, through a rather nosy employment agency Read More »
Cottage to Let (1941) Anthony Asquith, Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, Jeanne De Casalis

A wartime cottage on a Scottish estate becomes a focus of attention Read More »
Irene (1940) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young

Sent by her employers on an errand to the home of the wealthy Mrs. Vincent, Irene O’Dare meets Don, a friend of Bob, Mrs. Vincent’s son. Read More »
Buck Privates (1941) Arthur Lubin, Bud Abbott

Bud and Lou enlist in the army in order to escape being hauled off to jail, and soon find themselves in basic training. Read More »
Chad Hanna (1940) Henry King, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Linda Darnell

Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with Albany the star equestrian rider. Read More »
Theirs Is the Glory (1946) Brian Desmond Hurst, Stanley Maxted, Thomas Scullion, Allan Wood

In 1944, British General Montgomery and his command were way north of the Allied line Read More »