The Bowery Boys–Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck–start their own exterminating service, and get a job which takes them to a spooky old abandoned mansion in the middle of the night. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
I’ll Wait for You (1941) Robert B. Sinclair, Robert Sterling, Marsha Hunt, Virginia Weidler, Drama, Romance
A remake of Robert Montgomery’s 1934 hit Hide-Out, this superb film directed by Robert B. Sinclair (known for his classic Broadway productions of The Philadelphia Story, Dodsworth and Pride and Prejudice) creates a mesmerizing dance between innocence and a life gone wrong. Read More »
Lured (1947) Douglas Sirk, George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
A serial killer in London is murdering young women he meets through the personal columns of newspapers. Read More »
Hired Wife (1940) William A. Seiter, Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Virginia Bruce, Comedy, Romance
Cement company CEO Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a wife in name only, an arrangement made to protect his finances from an attempt at a hostile business takeover. Read More »
Penny Serenade (1941) George Stevens, Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Drama, Romance
As Julie prepares to leave her husband Roger, she begins to play through a stack of recordings, each of which reminds her of events in their lives together. Read More »
Deputy Marshal (1949) William Berke, Jon Hall, Frances Langford, Dick Foran, Western
A few minutes before he is killed by an unseen gunman using a split-butt rifle, in a saloon in Tumult, Wyoming, railway employee Harley Masters gives a secret map to Deputy Marshal Ed Garry. Read More »
Death in High Heels (1947) Lionel Tomlinson, Don Stannard, Elsa Tee, Veronica Rose, Crime, Mystery
This is not a movie that will be on everyone’s lips, there is just no full frontal, or otherwise, nudity to be had. Read More »
The Earl of Chicago (1940) Richard Thorpe, Victor Saville, Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen, Drama
Silky has always moved booze. In prohibition, he smuggled it from Canada, but now that it is legal, he produces his own brand. Read More »
Free and Easy (1941) George Sidney, Edward Buzzell, Robert Cummings, Ruth Hussey, Judith Anderson, Comedy, Romance
Max and his father are both looking to marry wealthy women. The task would be far easier if either one of them had any money of their own. Read More »
Candlelight in Algeria (1944) George King, James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Raymond Lovell, Drama, War
An American sculptress in wartime Britain gets mixed up with a British agent Read More »