
Romantic, obsessive Steve Thompson is drawn back to L.A. to make another try for Anna, his former wife. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
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 »
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Busby Berkeley, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly

The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they’ve been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected “fathead” who intends to take an active interest in running the team. Read More »
Down to Earth (1947) Alexander Hall, Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt

Upset about a new Broadway musical’s mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. Read More »
The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) Joseph H. Lewis, Lionel Atwill, Una Merkel, Claire Dodd

A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. Read More »
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) John Farrow, Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund

When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship to John Triton. Read More »