Eddie sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Story of Molly X (1949) Crane Wilbur, June Havoc, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Molly’s husband Rick was a gang leader somewhere in the middle west. When he’s shot, the tough woman moves to S.F. with a couple of the gang to start anew. Read More »
Nightmare Alley (1947) Edmund Goulding, Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Drama, Film-Noir
The ambitious Stanton “Stan” Carlisle works in a sideshow as carny and assistant of the mentalist Zeena Krumbein, who is married with the alcoholic Pete. Read More »
Phantom Lady (1944) Robert Siodmak, Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Unhappily married Scott Henderson spends the evening on a no-name basis with a hat-wearing woman he picked up in a bar. Read More »
The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) Henry Levin, George Brent, Joan Blondell, Adele Jergens, Comedy, Mystery
When a dead body turns up in the home of a famous actress, two reporters (who also happen to be in love with one another) compete to get the real scoop. Read More »
Desiderio (1946) Desire – Marcello Pagliero
Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in an attempt to go straight. Read More »
Force of Evil (1948) Abraham Polonsky, John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. Read More »
Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942) Alfred Santell, Dorothy Lamour, Richard Denning, Jack Haley, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young girl’s parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the jungle animals. Read More »
It Started with Eve (1941) Henry Koster, Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Robert Cummings, Comedy, Musical, Romance
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father’s last moments happy. Read More »
Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) H. Bruce Humberstone, Victor Mature, Coleen Gray, Glenn Langan, Western
The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory Read More »