Based on a Broadway musical, the story has Damon Dillingham, newly-discharged from the Army following WW II Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Caught (1949) Max Ophüls, James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan
It was Leonora Eames’ childhood dream come true. She had married Smith Ohlrig, a man worth millions. Read More »
Return to Yesterday (1940) Robert Stevenson, Clive Brook, Anna Lee, Dame May Whitty
Wartime dilema: Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England. Read More »
Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) Robert B. Sinclair, Gracie Allen, William Post Jr., Paul Kelly
Jerry North (William Post Jr.) and his wife, Pam (Gracie Allen)return home after a night away in a holiday spirit. Read More »
Stormy Waters (1941) Jean Grémillon, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan
Andre Laurent, the captain of a tugboat, married Yvonne ten years ago. She has a heart disease but does not want to tell him. Read More »
The well-diggers daughter (1940) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Fernandel, Josette Day
Rural well-digger Pascal has a pretty 18-year-old daughter Patricia who grew up in Paris; he dreams of her marrying his middle-aged partner Felipe. Read More »
Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) Edward Buzzell, Lana Turner, Laraine Day, Susan Peters
A disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in the Women’s Army Corps. Read More »
The Lucky Stiff (1949) Lewis R. Foster
Semi-successful lawyer John Malone is intrigued by local night club singer Anna Marie St. Clair. Read More »
Wake Up and Dream (1946) Lloyd Bacon, John Payne, June Haver, Charlotte Greenwood
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 »
San Pietro (1945) Mark W. Clark, John Huston
This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Read More »