Jim Fleg (George Sanders), a ruthless, egotistical criminal, steals a priceless Shakespeare folio from the public library, killing a guard during the crime. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Madness of the Heart (1949) Charles Bennett, Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis, Kathleen Byron, Drama, Romance
Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia’s complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Read More »
The Undying Monster (1942) John Brahm, James Ellison, Heather Angel, John Howard, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. Read More »
Happy Go Lucky (1943) Curtis Bernhardt, Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Betty Hutton, Comedy, Musical
To land a rich husband, golddigger Marjory Stuart goes to Trinidad posing as a debutante. Read More »
The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) Jack Hively, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fernack tries to get Simon arrested as he returns home from a Transatlantic European vacation in order to help old friend Read More »
The Saints Double Trouble (1940) Jack Hively, George Sanders, Helene Reynolds, Jonathan Hale, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Simon has arranged to send a rare mummy of a pharaoh from Cairo to Phildelphia to his good friend, Keystone University archeology professor Horatio Bitts Read More »
My Favorite Spy (1942) Tay Garnett, Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman, Comedy, Musical
Kay Kyser is late to his wedding. He is taking a short cut through Central Park when he finds out that he is in the army and is due to check in that afternoon. Read More »
Temptation (1946) Irving Pichel, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
In a flashback, late-Victorian beauty Ruby, a divorcee with a shady past, calculatingly marries rich Egyptologist Nigel, who installs her at his Cairo estate while he digs for mummies. Read More »
Tennessee Johnson (1942) William Dieterle, Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Biography, Drama
The tumultuous presidency of 17th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. Read More »
This Was Paris (1942) John Harlow, Ann Dvorak, Ben Lyon, Griffith Jones, War, Drama
On the eve of the Nazi occupation, spies in Paris try to outguess each other. Read More »