A wealthy woman, trying to discourage a former boyfriend from pursuing her, hires a young songwriter who needs money to pay off his gambling debts to pretend to be her boyfriend. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Prince Ahmad is the rightful King of Bagdad but he has been blinded and cast out as a beggar. Read More »
Government Girl (1943) Dudley Nichols, Olivia de Havilland, Anne Shirley, Sonny Tufts, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Washington DC during World War II. The machinery of government is a hive of endless, if not seamless, activity. Read More »
The Arnelo Affair (1947) Arch Oboler, John Hodiak, George Murphy, Frances Gifford, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
Anne Parkson feels neglected by her lawyer-husband Ted, so she falls in love with night-club owner Tony Arnello, a shady character who is a client of her husband’s. Read More »
Oklahoma Blues (1948) Lambert Hillyer, Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Virginia Belmont, Western
State Commissioner Walton is uncertain about making Rainbow’s End the new county seat after the Drago brothers, Matt and Slip, hold up his tage and beat up Sheriff Sam Oldring. Read More »
Shadows of Death (1945) Sam Newfield, Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Dona Dax, Western
With the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent ot help his friend Fuzzy who is the town’s Sheriff, Judge, and barber. Read More »
Maytime in Mayfair (1949) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Peter Graves, Musical, Romance
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. Read More »
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) Robert Hamer, Googie Withers, Jack Warner, John McCallum, Crime, Drama
Slice of life drama following the lives of various people in London’s East End on a wet Sunday. Read More »
Dr. Cyclops (1940) Ernest B. Schoedsack, Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Horror
Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel Read More »
The Search (1948) Fred Zinnemann, Montgomery Clift, Ivan Jandl, Aline MacMahon, Drama, War
A silent nine-year-old Czech boy, a survivor of Auschwitz, flees a refugee center in postwar Germany and is found by an American G.I. Read More »