
On Christmas Eve, Jean Martens, a Swiss minister, takes in a blind half-crippled orphan and brings her up with his four children. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Time Out of Mind (1947) Robert Siodmak, Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Drama

The son of a wealthy Maine shipping magnate causes a crisis in the family when he announces that he wants a career in music rather than in the family business. Read More »
Reaching for the Sun (1941) William A. Wellman, Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie Bracken, Comedy

This was a quirky but interesting film about a free footloose sort of fellow played by Joel McCrea who lives in the north Michigan woods and who has an ambition to get an outboard motor for his rowboat. Read More »
Act of Violence (1949) Fred Zinnemann, Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

War veteran Frank Enley seems to be a happily married small-town citizen until he realises Joe Parkson is in town. Read More »
Random Harvest (1942) Mervyn LeRoy, Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Drama, Romance

A veteran of World War I marries and settles happily into a tidy, humble life until an accident brings back memories of a former life of wealth Read More »
The Climax (1944) George Waggner, Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Horror, Musical, Thriller

Dr. Hohner (Karloff), theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Read More »
Yolanda and the Thief (1945) Vincente Minnelli, Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan, Fantasy, Musical, Romance

Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. Read More »
Monsieur Vincent (1947) Maurice Cloche, Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Biography, Drama, History

St. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among the peasant and the nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles. Read More »
Till We Meet Again (1944) Frank Borzage, Ray Milland, Barbara Britton, Walter Slezak, Drama, War

John, an American pilot crashes in France and must get to the underground before the Nazis can capture him. Read More »
Wildcat Bus (1940) Frank Woodruff, Fay Wray, Charles Lang, Paul Guilfoyle, Action, Crime, Drama

A small bus company run by a father/daughter team comes under attack by a group of “wildcatters” who want to put the company out of business Read More »