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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Lodger (1944) John Brahm, Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders

In late Victorian London, Jack the Ripper has been killing and maiming actresses in the night. Read More »
Pride and Prejudice (1940) Robert Z. Leonard, Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Edward Ashley

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. Read More »
The Woman from Tangier (1948) Harold Daniels, Adele Jergens, Stephen Dunne, Ian MacDonald

This one has Nylon, an American dancer fleeing Morocco after her employer gets into trouble with the police, and she stops off at Tangiers on her way to Gibraltar. Read More »
Ten Cents a Dance (1945) Will Jason, Jane Frazee, Jimmy Lloyd, Mark Roberts

At the dance hall, Billy is instantly attracted to the club’s alluring singer Jeannie Hollis. Read More »
Young Tom Edison (1940) Norman Taurog, Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft

Inventor Thomas Edison’s boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. Read More »
Jungle Woman (1944) Reginald Le Borg, Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish, Samuel S. Hinds

Paula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher (J. Carrol Naish) Read More »
The Magic Bow (1946) Bernard Knowles, Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent

The dazzlingly handsome Stewart Granger is at least physically well cast as the charismatic 18th century violinist Paganini. Read More »
Poets Pub (1949) Frederick Wilson, Derek Bond, Rona Anderson, James Robertson Justice

A struggling young poet in love manages a country inn, and thwarts a kidnapping attempt. Read More »
Youre in the Army Now (1941) Lewis Seiler, Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Jane Wyman

Vacuum-cleaner salesmen Homer “Jeeter” Smith and “Breezy” Jones are accidentally inducted into the army, and “Jeeter” Read More »