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Tag Archives: 1940s
Eight Chords (1944) Johan Jacobsen, Erling Schroeder, Asbjørn Andersen, Buster Larsen

Eight separate family dramas (uncovering many aspects of deceit) are woven together to the sound of a certain Chopin waltz. Read More »
Sweetheart of the Campus (1941) Edward Dmytryk, Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson

Ozzie Norton and his band, featuring Betty Blake of Brooklyn, prepare for the opening of the College Club Read More »
Men of Boys Town (1941) Norman Taurog, Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson

Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy return in this sequel to the original Boys Town. Read More »
Ohara Shôsuke-san / Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949) Hiroshi Shimizu, Koume Akasaka, Akiko Kazami, Denjirô Ôkôchi

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can’t refuse the many villagers Read More »
Yanks Ahoy (1943) Kurt Neumann, William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Marjorie Woodworth

Sgt. Doubleday and Sgt. Ames are deployed overseas, but a saboteur is thought to be aboard their transport ship. Read More »
Aloma of the South Seas (1941) Alfred Santell, Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Lynne Overman

A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education Read More »
Gran Casino (1947) Luis Buñuel, Libertad Lamarque, Jorge Negrete, Meche Barba

After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo (Jorge Negrete) assumes the business management. Read More »
Women of the Night / Yoru no onnatachi (1948) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda

Fusako Owada, a young woman in postwar Japan, is the mistress of a notorious drug dealer. Read More »
Devotion (1946) Curtis Bernhardt, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid

In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Bronte vie for the affection of the Reverend Arthur Nichols. Read More »