Soldier Joe Allen is on a two-day leave in New York, and there he meets Alice. She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the day together. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) Richard Thorpe, Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson, Comedy, Romance
A bellboy at a swanky New York hotel starts to ignore his girlfriend after meeting a beautiful European princess.
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The Man from Down Under (1943) Robert Z. Leonard, Charles Laughton, Binnie Barnes, Richard Carlson, Drama, War
A crusty old Sargent of the Queen’s Australian army in World War I befriends a small orphaned boy and his tiny sister on the night he is to go back to Australia. Read More »
The Exile (1947) Max Ophüls, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maria Montez, Rita Corday, Adventure, Romance
Maria Montez was accorded top billing in this film by contractual agreement, although she is in the picture only long enough to take a bath in a tricky 17th century Read More »
The Big Bonanza (1944) George Archainbaud, Richard Arlen, Robert Livingston, Jane Frazee, Western
Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes and heads to Nevada Springs to see his kid brother. Read More »
Landfall (1949) Ken Annakin, Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett, Edith Sharpe, Drama, War
Rick (Michael Denison) is a costal command pilot patrolling the English Channel for U-Boats. Read More »
Danny Boy (1945) Terry O. Morse, Robert ‘Buzz’ Henry, Ralph Lewis, Sybil Merritt, Adventure, Drama, War
Danny, a K-9 Corps hero from World War II returns from service and his young owner sets out to rehabilitate him. Read More »
Lady at Midnight (1948) Sam Newfield, Richard Denning, Frances Rafferty, Lora Lee Michel, Mystery, Drama
A young couple struggles to raise their adopted daughter, but a mysterious murder reveals the child’s unknown fortune and a greedy lawyer who is out to steal it. Read More »
Hold That Woman! (1940) Sam Newfield, James Dunn, Frances Gifford, George Douglas, Comedy, Crime, Romance
A skip tracer–someone who collects late payments from people who’ve purchased appliances, etc., or takes them back them when they don’t pay–repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who’s skipped payments. Read More »
The Miracle Kid (1941) William Beaudine, Tom Neal, Carol Hughes, Vickie Lester
A third-rate boxer who loses most of his fights suddenly finds himself knocking out almost every one of his opponents. Read More »