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Tag Archives: 1940s
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940) Alexander Hall, Loretta Young, Melvyn Douglas, Alan Marshal, Comedy

Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment. Read More »
North West Mounted Police (1940) Cecil B. DeMille, Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Western

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers (“Isn’t that a contradiction in terms?”, another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. Read More »
On the Spot (1940) Howard Bretherton, Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland, Comedy, Mystery

Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Read More »
Don’t Gamble with Strangers (1946) William Beaudine, Kane Richmond, Bernadene Hayes, Peter Cookson, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

When Mike Sarno (Kane Richmond) out-cheats Fay Benton (Bernadene Hayes) in a crooked poker game, the two gamblers bury the hatchet and agree to become partners in crime. Read More »
Varúj…! / Beware! (1947) Palo Bielik, Jirina Stepnicková, Július Pántik, Drama

A drama about Slovaks who emigrated before WW I. It is focused on the life of Ondrej Muranica. Read More »
The Black Cat (1941) Albert S. Rogell, Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Greedy heirs gather to wait for the death of Henrietta Winslow. Murder, thunder claps, howling cats, gun shots, screams in the night, hidden passages — all the proper ingredients. Read More »
Thieves Fall Out (1941) Ray Enright, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Jane Darwell, Comedy

Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother’s legacy and use the money to buy a business. Read More »
The Web (1947) Michael Gordon, Ella Raines, Edmond O’Brien, William Bendix, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Read More »
Wild Horse Stampede (1943) Alan James, Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Betty Miles, Western

“Trail blazers” Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson help out inexperienced sheriff Bob Tyler as smarmy town boss Carson Read More »