
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 »
Tag Archives: 1940s
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 »
Manhandled (1949) Lewis R. Foster, Dan Duryea, Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Read More »
Mr. Soft Touch (1949) Gordon Douglas, Henry Levin, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland, Drama, Romance, Crime, Film-Noir

Just before Christmas, Joe Miracle, a returning WWII war hero, comes home to learn that gangster Read More »
Oliver Twist (1948) David Lean, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Adventure, Crime, Drama

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan), for a second serving of gruel, he’s hired out as an apprentice. Read More »
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942) William Nigh, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Horror, Mystery

After five men previously acquitted of various criminal charges are murdered by a mysterious avenger known as Dr. Rx Read More »
Rope of Sand (1949) William Dieterle, Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Adventure, Film-Noir

Two years ago, hunting guide Mike Davis was with a client who trespassed on diamond company land and found a rich lode Read More »