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Tag Archives: 1940s
That Midnight Kiss (1949) Norman Taurog
In Philadelphia, the soprano Prudence Budell returns from Europe after a period of five years Read More »
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949) Cy Endfield
Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Read More »
Fuga a due voci (1943) Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
A famous baritone tells about the adventure he had taken the day before Read More »
Illegal Entry (1949) Frederick De Cordova
Howard Duff stars as Bert Powers, an undercover agent for the U.S. Department of Immigration. Read More »
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) Cecil B. DeMille, Ray Milland
Florida ship salvager Loxi falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. Read More »
Who Killed ‘Doc’ Robbin? (1948) Bernard Carr, Larry Olsen
A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla. Read More »
La figlia del capitano (1947) Mario Camerini, Irasema Dilián
Literary adaptation: A peasant leader under the enlightened despotism of Empress Catherine the Great, and a love story. Read More »
Snowbound (1948) David MacDonald
A frequent visitor to the Late Late Show, the Anglo-American Snowbound is set in the frozen Alps. Read More »
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) John Ford, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine
The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck’s iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. Read More »