Tag Archives: 1940s

The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American entertainer who gets stranded in Rangoon. Read More »

This totally forgotten film is adapted from a story by Franz Nabl who also provided the basis for Der verzauberte Tag. Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

War veteran Frank Enley seems to be a happily married small-town citizen until he realises Joe Parkson is in town. Read More »

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 »

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 »

Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. Read More »

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 »