
A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play professional football. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Rocking Horse Winner (1949) Anthony Pelissier, Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, Drama, Fantasy

In London, the young Paul Grahame lives with his upper class but financially broken family. Read More »
The Devil’s Mask (1946) Henry Levin, Anita Louise, Jim Bannon, Michael Duane, Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Based on the “I Love a Mystery” radio program (where most of the stories were told in serial fashion over several episodes): Searching through the wreckage of a crashed airline Read More »
Romanze in Moll / Romance in a Minor Key (1943) Helmut Käutner, Marianne Hoppe, Paul Dahlke, Ferdinand Marian, Drama, Romance

A grieving husband tries to uncover the truth behind his wife’s suicide, leading him to discover a tragic tale of infidelity and redemption. Read More »
Repent at Leisure (1941) Frank Woodruff, Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, George Barbier, Drama, Romance

A New York department store employee falls in love with a co-worker, but what he doesn’t know is that she’s the store owner’s daughter. Read More »
The Snake Pit (1948) Anatole Litvak, Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Drama, Mystery

Virginia Cunningham finds herself in a state insane asylum…and can’t remember how she got there. Read More »
Helter Skelter (1949) Ralph Thomas, Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson, Mervyn Johns, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

This is the ultimate screwball comedy, its weird, but endearing. An heiress who is being courted by two gentlemen develops incurable hiccups after watching a comedic dinner-theater performance. Read More »
Mr. District Attorney (1941) William Morgan, Dennis O’Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre, Comedy, Crime, Drama

An assistant prosecutor (Dennis O’Keefe) and his spunky friend (Florence Rice) investigate a suddenly hot case. Read More »
The Great Gatsby (1949) Elliott Nugent, Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Drama

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 »
Larceny (1948) George Sherman, John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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 »