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Tag Archives: 1940s
Hired Wife (1940) William A. Seiter, Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Virginia Bruce, Comedy, Romance

Cement company CEO Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a wife in name only, an arrangement made to protect his finances from an attempt at a hostile business takeover. Read More »
Penny Serenade (1941) George Stevens, Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Drama, Romance

As Julie prepares to leave her husband Roger, she begins to play through a stack of recordings, each of which reminds her of events in their lives together. Read More »
Deputy Marshal (1949) William Berke, Jon Hall, Frances Langford, Dick Foran, Western

A few minutes before he is killed by an unseen gunman using a split-butt rifle, in a saloon in Tumult, Wyoming, railway employee Harley Masters gives a secret map to Deputy Marshal Ed Garry. Read More »
Death in High Heels (1947) Lionel Tomlinson, Don Stannard, Elsa Tee, Veronica Rose, Crime, Mystery

This is not a movie that will be on everyone’s lips, there is just no full frontal, or otherwise, nudity to be had. Read More »
The Earl of Chicago (1940) Richard Thorpe, Victor Saville, Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen, Drama

Silky has always moved booze. In prohibition, he smuggled it from Canada, but now that it is legal, he produces his own brand. Read More »
Free and Easy (1941) George Sidney, Edward Buzzell, Robert Cummings, Ruth Hussey, Judith Anderson, Comedy, Romance

Max and his father are both looking to marry wealthy women. The task would be far easier if either one of them had any money of their own. Read More »
Candlelight in Algeria (1944) George King, James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Raymond Lovell, Drama, War

An American sculptress in wartime Britain gets mixed up with a British agent Read More »
Son of the Navy (1940) William Nigh, Jean Parker, James Dunn, Martin Spellman, Drama, Comedy

Actually, the sailor wants nothing to do with the boy, who we eventually find out is an orphan who ran away from the orphanage, trying to find a new Mom and Dad. Read More »
Road to Happiness (1941) Phil Rosen, John Boles, Mona Barrie, Billy Lee, Drama, Musical, Romance

Jeff Carter, a singer down on his luck, turns to radio acting as a means of supporting his young son Danny. Read More »