Vincent Van Der Lyn, a Dutch freedom fighter in WWII, is made to neutral Lisbon to escape the Nazis. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Whiplash (1948) Lewis Seiler, Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
A struggling artist becomes a nyc prizefighter in an effort to win the attachment of this ring promoter’s night bar husband. Read More »
The Woman Who Dared (1944) Jean Grémillon, Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel, Jean Debucourt, Drama
Within this uplifting romantic play, the spouse of a mechanic and former fighter pilot falls in love with the notion of flying herself. Read More »
The True Glory (1945) Garson Kanin, Carol Reed, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Fallon, Robert Harris, Documentary, War
British filmmaker Carol Reed and American playwright Garson Kanin team up to direct the war documentary The True Glory. Read More »
The Major and the Minor (1942) Billy Wilder, Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Comedy, Romance
New York working woman Susan Applegate is desperate to go home to Iowa but doesn’t have the railroad fare so that she disguises herself as a kid to ride half an hour. Read More »
Susan and God (1940) George Cukor, Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey, Drama, Comedy
Susan Trexel is a rich socialite, who while vacationing in Europe experiences a spiritual transformation. Read More »
Whispering Footsteps (1943) Howard Bretherton, John Hubbard, Rita Quigley, Joan Blair, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A bank clerk in a small town returns home from a vacation in Indianapolis, and hears a story on the radio about a girl found murdered there. Read More »
The Gay Falcon (1941) Irving Reis, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Society grand dame Maxine Wood who hosts charity celebrations in her residence is mixed up in a stone theft racket that defrauds insurance businesses. Read More »
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) Edward Dmytryk, Tom Conway, Harriet Nelson, Jane Randolph, Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Falcon is framed for the murder of a banker and also the convicted of war bonds. He gets his escape to the hills where he hides out at a rustic lodge. Read More »
The Big Sleep (1946) Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
The Big Sleep is the story of a private investigator, named Philip Marlowe, hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his youngest daughter Read More »