
Holmes and Watson are recruited in a serpentine fashion to escort the heir to a European throne back to his native country following his father’s assassination. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Mitchell Leisen, Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard

Told in flashback from a preface in which the main character visits Paramount to sell his story! Read More »
Blossoms in the Dust (1941) Mervyn LeRoy, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. Read More »
Pastor Hall (1940) Roy Boulting, Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Seymour Hicks

This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. Read More »
Criss Cross (1949) Robert Siodmak, Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea

Romantic, obsessive Steve Thompson is drawn back to L.A. to make another try for Anna, his former wife. Read More »
The Queen of Spades (1949) Thorold Dickinson, Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell

An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. Read More »
Rendezvous in July (1949) Jacques Becker, Daniel Gélin, Brigitte Auber, Nicole Courcel

Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians. Read More »
Homecoming (1948) Mervyn LeRoy, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it’s “the thing to do” rather than deep-seated patriotism. Read More »
Just Off Broadway (1942) Herbert I. Leeds, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Phil Silvers

Private detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. Read More »
Fun on a WeekEnd (1947) Andrew L. Stone, Eddie Bracken, Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway

Peterson Price Porterhouse III (Eddie Bracken)) and Nancy Crane (Priscilla Lane), both flat broke Read More »