Tag Archives: 1940s

This rural melodrama, based on the play “Hälsingar” by Swedish playwright Henning Ohlson, tells a story of two brothers, one a honest, hard-working man and the other a womanizing gambler who threatens to ruin their house. Read More »

A young woman is forced into an arranged marriage by her family in hopes of securing their future, but her husband turns out to be an alcoholic, brute of a man and she longs for the man she truly loves. Read More »

In 1940 Sally Maitland is forced to leave England, ostracised as a Nazi sympathiser by everyone including her well-to-do family. Read More »

Morna Dabney is engaged to soldier Clay MacIvor in the days before the War Between the States. Read More »

In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. Read More »

Two brothers, one frivolous but fun, the other industrious but dull, both rivals to one woman worker on their farm they both fancy, told in black and white classic melodrama way. Read More »

An investigative reporter tells his assistant about a book called The Argyle Album, which contains a list of people who were traitors and war profiteers during World War II. Read More »

A sinister fortress on an island where the sun never seems to shine. An officer whose values have long gone a thing of the past. Read More »

A medical student–broke, hungry and desperate for money–is hired to murder a loan shark. After the killing he is tormented by guilt over what he’s done. Read More »

During the Hundred Years’ War, peasant girl Joan of Arc (Ingrid Bergman) hears voices instructing her to save France from the English. Read More »