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Tag Archives: 1940s
Gambling Hell (1942) Jean Delannoy, Sessue Hayakawa, Mireille Balin, Henri Guisol

A captain, who has rescued a woman from danger, sails with her to Macao to do an arms deal with the Asian proprietor of a gambling den. Read More »
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) Mark Sandrich, Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer Read More »
Our Town (1940) Sam Wood, William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. Read More »
Dancing on a Dime (1940) Joseph Santley, Grace McDonald, Robert Paige, Virginia Dale

Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing Read More »
H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) King Vidor, Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey

A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society Read More »
Chip Off the Old Block (1944) Charles Lamont, Donald O’Connor, Peggy Ryan, Ann Blyth

The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star. Read More »
Address Unknown (1944) William Cameron Menzies, Paul Lukas, Mady Christians, Morris Carnovsky

Martin Schulz (Paul Lukas), a German/American art dealer, returns to Germany at the outbreak of World War Two Read More »
Destination Tokyo (1943) Delmer Daves, Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale

Made during World War II, this chronicles a voyage of a U.S. submarine on a secret mission to the very shores of Japan. Read More »
The Curse of the Swastika (1940) Roy de Groot, Bob Danvers Walker

The Curse of the Swastika, a classic British Pathé documentary from 1940 Read More »