Governess Elizabeth Howard fears that David, both her widowed employer and the man she loves Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Spider and the Fly (1949) Robert Hamer, Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe, Nadia Gray
A clever and dedicated French police official, a cleverer master-thief whom he secretly admires Read More »
Contraband (1940) Michael Powell, Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie
When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control Read More »
Flight Command (1940) Frank Borzage, Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. Read More »
West Point Widow (1941) Robert Siodmak, Anne Shirley, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning
In this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. Read More »
The Bank Dick (1940) Edward F. Cline, W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel
Egbert Sousé leads an ordinary life but is about to have an extraordinary day. Read More »
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946) Willis Goldbeck, Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Sara Haden
Poor Andy, all he wants to do is get to town and continue to woo his girl and ask her hand in marriage. Read More »
The Phantom Thief (1946) D. Ross Lederman, Chester Morris, Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. Read More »
For Them That Trespass (1949) Alberto Cavalcanti, Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. Read More »
We Dive at Dawn (1943) Anthony Asquith, John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar
The crew of submarine H.M.S. Sea Tiger have their leave (and assorted family problems) Read More »