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Tag Archives: 1940s
Twelve O’Clock High (1949) Henry King, Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Action, Drama, War

In this story of the early days of daylight bombing raids over Nazi Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a “hard luck” bomber group. Read More »
Juninatten / June Night (1940) Per Lindberg, Ingrid Bergman, Gunnar Sjöberg, Olof Widgren, Drama

Young Kerstin Norbäck lives in a small town. She has a relationship with a sailor, but when she tries to leave him, he shoots her. Read More »
Hollywood Canteen (1944) Delmer Daves

Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before going back to active duty. Read More »
The Passionate Friends (1949) David Lean, Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains, Drama

The Passionate Friends were in love when young, but separated, and she married an older man. Read More »
The Bamboo Blonde (1946) Anthony Mann, Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards, Russell Wade, Musical, War, Romance

A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the Pacific. Read More »
Strange Impersonation (1946) Anthony Mann, Brenda Marshall, William Gargan, Hillary Brooke, Drama, Film-Noir

A research scientist conducting experiments on a new anaesthetic finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car Read More »
Pinky (1949) Elia Kazan, John Ford, Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Drama

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother’s house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Read More »
I Dood It (1943) Vincente Minnelli, Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, Richard Ainley, Romance, Comedy, Musical, Thriller

Constance Shaw is a dance star on Broadway, Joseph Rivington Renolds is a keen fan of her. Read More »
Race Street (1948) Edwin L. Marin, George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Nice-guy bookie Dan Gannin plans to quit the racket; he’s opening a new night club with his torch-singing sister as main attraction. Read More »