In 1941, before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Ben Fallon (John Beal), radio reporter and commentator Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Plainsman and the Lady (1946) Joseph Kane, Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston, Gail Patrick, Western
St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1859, is divided by a railroad track that separates the richer and poorer classes of people. Read More »
The Batman (1943) Lambert Hillyer, Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In his first screen appearance, the Caped Crusader of Gotham City (belying the lethargic facade of his alter ego Bruce Wayne) battles Dr. Daka Read More »
A Night to Remember (1942) Richard Wallace, Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, Comedy, Mystery, Romance
A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village, thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. Read More »
Strange Illusion (1945) Edgar G. Ulmer, Jimmy Lydon, Sally Eilers, Warren William, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Paul, a young man whose father was once lieutenant Governor of California before his untimely death Read More »
Wife Wanted (1946) Phil Karlson, Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Shayne, Crime, Drama
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). Read More »
Honeymoon for Three (1941) Lloyd Bacon, Ann Sheridan, George Brent, Charles Ruggles, Comedy
Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, nevertheless agrees to a tete-a-tete with a former college fling Read More »
On the Sunny Side (1942) Harold D. Schuster, Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Stanley Clements, Drama, War
Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Read More »
L’armoire volante / The Cupboard Was Bare (1948) Carlo Rim, Fernandel, Berthe Bovy, Germaine Kerjean, Comedy, Crime
Alfred Pic is a conscientious tax inspector who lives with his authoritarian aged aunt. Read More »
Il pirata sono io! / The Pirate’s Dream (1940) Mario Mattoli, Erminio Macario, Juan de Landa, Enzo Biliotti, Comedy
The governor of Santa Genoveffa eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Viceroy and his wife and decides to stage a pirate attack…. and from then on a bad idea gets worse. Read More »