
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) Sidney Salkow

A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman’s son and accused of a murder she didn’t commit. Read More »
Someone to Remember (1943) Robert Siodmak, Mabel Paige, Harry Shannon, John Craven

An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students Read More »
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943) James P. Hogan, Ludwig Donath, Gale Sondergaard, George Dolenz

A clerk in 1942 Vienna who has a gift for mimicry, is arrested for doing a Hitler impression. Read More »
At That Time (1943) Rolf Hansen, Zarah Leander, Hans Stüwe, Rossano Brazzi

Vera Meiners once was a doctor in a Swiss clinic. She was married to Jan and had a little girl, Brigitte. Read More »
Zazà (1944) Renato Castellani, Isa Miranda, Antonio Centa, Aldo Silvani

A glamorous female singer Zazà (Isa Miranda) has an affair with a passerby engineer Dufresne (Antonio Centa). Read More »
Nazi Agent (1942) Jules Dassin, Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reicher

A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Veidt), one a loyal American and the other, a Nazi official. Read More »
The Feminine Touch (1941) W.S. Van Dyke, Rosalind Russell, Don Ameche, Kay Francis

John Hathaway is a professor of psychology at Digby College. His students are bored as he is with the students. Read More »
The Great Man’s Lady (1942) William A. Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt Read More »
You Belong to Me (1941) Wesley Ruggles, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan

On a ski trip, rich, idle Peter Kirk pursues and falls (literally) for Helen Hunt, M.D. After a courtship of hypochondria Read More »