McKinley B. “Mac” Thompson, American reporter in Moscow, smuggles out uncensored news under the alias “Comrade X,” but hotel valet Vanya discovers his secret. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
In Old California (1942) William C. McGann, John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Romance, Western
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Read More »
Diamond Horseshoe (1945) George Seaton, Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers, Musical, Romance
Joe Davis Sr., headliner at a big nightclub, is visited by medical student son Joe Jr., who to Dad’s chagrin wants to be a crooner, and soon comes between Dad and his girlfriend Claire. Read More »
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) William A. Wellman, Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Drama, Western
Two drifters are passing through a Western town, when news comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen. Read More »
Sensations of 1945 (1944) Andrew L. Stone, Eleanor Powell, Dennis O’Keefe, C. Aubrey Smith, Musical
As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at her. Read More »
Kipps (1941) Carol Reed, Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert, Philip Frost, Comedy, Drama
Kipps the draper’s apprentice falls in love with a girl above his station. When he unexpectedly inherits a fortune, he thinks his dream has come true. Read More »
Chicago Deadline (1949) Lewis Allen, Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
On Chicago’s South Side reporter Ed Adams finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Read More »
The Corsican Brothers (1941) Gregory Ratoff, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff, Adventure, Romance
Douglas Fairbanks jr plays Siamese twins, separated by a good doctor [scalpel hemostat sutures quickly!!] after their parents are killed by Vendetta Read More »
The Huggetts Abroad (1949) Ken Annakin, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Dinah Sheridan, Comedy
Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. Read More »
On the Town (1949) Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three sailors -Gabey, Chip, and Ozzie- are very excited about getting a 24-hour leave and spending it in New York, New York – a wonderful town! Read More »