George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Without Love (1945) Harold S. Bucquet, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Comedy, Romance
In WWII Pat Jamieson is a scientist working, with Government support, on a high-altitude oxygen mask for fighter pilots. Read More »
The Suspect (1944) Robert Siodmak, Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Dean Harens, Drama, Thriller
In 1902 London, unhappily married Philip Marshall meets young Mary Gray, who is unemployed and depressed. Read More »
Up in Mabel’s Room (1944) Allan Dwan, Marjorie Reynolds, Dennis O’Keefe, Gail Patrick, Comedy
Newly-married Gary Ainsworth once gave his former sweetheart Mabel a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. Read More »
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) Jean Negulesco, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott
A mystery writer named Leyden is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. Read More »
The Monster Maker (1944) Sam Newfield, J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Tala Birell, Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist injects his enemies with an acromegaly virus, causing them to become hideously deformed. Read More »
The Accused (1949) William Dieterle, Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Wilma Tuttle, psychology professor, lets aggressively brash student Bill Perry drive her home. Read More »
Colorado Territory (1949) Raoul Walsh, Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Western
Outlaw Wes McQueen is sprung from jail to help pull one last railroad job. Read More »
The Way Ahead (1944) Carol Reed, David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald, War, Drama
A group of conscripts are called up into the infantry during WWII. Read More »
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) Alberto Cavalcanti, Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke, Mary Merrall, Drama
Nineteenth century England. When Nicholas Nickleby’s father dies and leaves his family destitute, his uncle, the greedy moneylender Read More »