
The film starts with the narrator stating that “this is a true story.” Ciro, a young man living in Rome during WWII Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Bowery to Broadway (1944) Charles Lamont, Maria Montez, Jack Oakie, Susanna Foster

Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway Read More »
The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942) Harold S. Bucquet, Edward Arnold, Fay Bainter, Richard Ney

Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley (Fay Bainter) refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until Read More »
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Alexander Hall, Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes…because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job Read More »
Whisky Galore! (1949) Alexander Mackendrick, Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Catherine Lacey

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 – during WWII – was S/S Politician. Read More »
The House on 92nd Street (1945) Henry Hathaway, William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso

Preface: a stentorian narrator tells us that the USA was flooded with Nazi spies in 1939-41. Read More »
The Black Parachute (1944) Lew Landers, John Carradine, Osa Massen, Larry Parks

A paratrooper drops behind enemy lines to rescue the deposed king of a mythical Balkan nation. Read More »
The Wolf of the Malveneurs (1943) Guillaume Radot, Madeleine Sologne, Pierre Renoir, Gabrielle Dorziat

There’s a curse on the Malveneur family. There’s a black legend which tells that one of their ancestors sold his soul to the devil Read More »
Bataan (1943) Tay Garnett, Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Lloyd Nolan

Japan has just invaded the Phillipines and the US Army attempts a desperate defence. Read More »
My Little Chickadee (1940) Edward F. Cline, Mae West, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia

Rightly suspected of illicit relations with the Masked Bandit, Flower Belle Lee is run out of Little Bend. Read More »