According to a legend, even if three strangers collect before an idol of Kwan Yin (the Chinese goddess of luck and fate ) at the night of this Chinese New Year and produce a frequent desire, Kwan Yin will open her eyes and her soul and also give the wish. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Strange Affair (1944) Alfred E. Green, Allyn Joslyn, Evelyn Keyes, Marguerite Chapman, Mystery
Eminent psychologist Dr. Brenner (Erwin Kalser) invites cartoonist Bill Harrison (Allyn Joslyn) along with his spouse, Jack (Evelyn Keyes), into a feast honoring war refugees. Read More »
Johnny Angel (1945) Edwin L. Marin, George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Johnny Angel sets out to find out who chased a gold shipment out of his dad’s boat and murdered his father, the captain. Read More »
Albuquerque (1948) Ray Enright, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Western
Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who works an ore-hauling cargo line Read More »
Backlash (1947) Eugene Forde, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Larry J. Blake, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A body, considered to be of a criminal attorney, sends the authorities searching for the killer. Read More »
The Bad Lord Byron (1949) David MacDonald, Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Joan Greenwood, Drama
Seriously ill to a military campaign in Greece, Lord Byron fantasies of being judged, upon his passing, as a soldier and poet as a seducer and libertine. Read More »
The Overlanders (1946) Harry Watt, Chips Rafferty, John Nugent Hayward, Daphne Campbell, Adventure, Western
It Is the Beginning of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are becoming close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a “scorched earth” policy. Read More »
The Conspirators (1944) Jean Negulesco, Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Vincent Van Der Lyn, a Dutch freedom fighter in WWII, is made to neutral Lisbon to escape the Nazis. Read More »
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 »