
Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
June Bride (1948) Bretaigne Windust, Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter

Foreign correspondent Carey Jackson is offered a job on Home Life, a “women’s” magazine; he accepts when he finds the editor is his old flame Linda Gilman. Read More »
Man from Frisco (1944) Robert Florey, Michael O’Shea, Anne Shirley, Gene Lockhart

Matt Braddock is a civil engineer during World War II who has new ideas for shipbuilding. Read More »
Beat the Band (1947) John H. Auer, Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards, Phillip Terry

Based on a Broadway musical, the story has Damon Dillingham, newly-discharged from the Army following WW II Read More »
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 »