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Tag Archives: 1940s
Music in Darkness (1948) Ingmar Bergman, Mai Zetterling, Birger Malmsten, Olof Winnerstrand

Because of an accident at a military drill the recruit Bengt loses his eyesight and becomes blind. Read More »
Pueblerina (1949) Emilio Fernández, Columba Domínguez, Roberto Cañedo, Arturo Soto Rangel

The hero, played by Roberto Canedo, is framed for murder and sentenced to a dozen years in jail. Read More »
Enamorada (1946) Emilio Fernández, María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández

In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general (Armendáriz) and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. Read More »
Utamaro and His Five Women (1946) Kenji Mizoguchi, Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. Read More »
Tower of Terror (1941) Lawrence Huntington, Wilfrid Lawson, Movita, Michael Rennie

A British secret agent in Germany takes a job as the assistant to an elderly lighthouse keeper Read More »
The 47 Ronin (1941) Kenji Mizoguchi, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. Read More »
Ossessione (1943) Luchino Visconti, Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani

Gino, a young and handsome tramp, stops in a small roadside inn run by Giovanna. Read More »
The Ghost Ship (1943) Mark Robson, Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett

Tom Merriam signs on the ship Altair as third officer under Captain Stone. Read More »
Arch of Triumph (1948) Lewis Milestone, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton

In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. Read More »