Tag Archives: 1940s

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. Read More »

A con man sets out to swindle a widow out of the money she’s received to build a memorial to her war-hero husband, but winds up falling in love with her instead. Read More »

Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Read More »

Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. Read More »

At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys, the orphan Pasquale and his younger friend Giuseppe, are riding. Read More »

Two professional killers invade a small town and kill a gas station attendant, “the Swede,” who’s expecting them. Read More »

Pip, a good-natured, gullible young orphan, lives with kind blacksmith Joe Gargery and his bossy, abusive wife ‘Mrs. Joe’. Read More »

Noriko is 27 years old and is still living with her father Somiya, a widower. Read More »

This Nazi propaganda film attempts to justify the invasion of Poland–and thus the start of World War II Read More »

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas Read More »