Tag Archives: 1940s

Henry Pecket keeps a land-bound, home-made sloop in the backyard of his boarding house ran by widow Sara March, who is tolerant of the fancied trips around the world taken by her “ancient mariner” boarder. Read More »

This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Read More »

In this adventure the young lively daughter of wealthy Virginia parents bridles under the stern tutelage of her new English nanny Read More »

Although she is known as a patron of the arts, a graceful duchess nevertheless refuses her nephew to marry an enterprising actress in this German melodrama starring Kathe Dorsch and silent screen legend Henny Porten. Read More »

In occupied Poland during WWII, a troupe of ham stage actors (led by Joseph Tura and his wife Maria) match wits with the Nazis. Read More »

Two young office workers working at the same large firm secretly marry and defy their employer’s policy against coworker fraternization. Read More »

Captain Phillip Kent, a soldier of fortune, and his friend Sergeant Pio, journey from Mexico City to Monterey on a secret mission. Read More »

Cornell-educated Taro Seki returns to Japan just as the war party gains control. Read More »

Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. Read More »

Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII. Read More »