
Eddie Dean, under orders as a U.S. Land Office agent, is trying to prevent a range war from being started between homesteaders and ranchers when a caravan of the so-called ‘Nesters’ Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Small Back Room (1949) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, David Farrar, Jack Hawkins, Kathleen Byron, Drama, Romance, Thriller

The best bomb disposal officer during World War II was badly injured and is in frequent pain. Read More »
The Mummy’s Hand (1940) Christy Cabanne, Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

A couple of comical, out-of-work archaeologists (Dick Foran and Wallace Ford) in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. Read More »
A Stranger in Town (1943) Roy Rowland, Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Jean Rogers, Drama, Romance

In the small town of Crown Port local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. Read More »
Douce / Love Story (1943) Claude Autant-Lara, Odette Joyeux, Madeleine Robinson, Marguerite Moreno, Drama

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Read More »
L’assassin a peur la nuit (1942) Jean Delannoy, Mireille Balin, Jean Chevrier, Louise Carletti, Crime, Drama

Having pulled off a robbery with his friend Maurice, Olivier leaves his mistress Lola and hides out in a small village in the country. Read More »
Waltz Time (1945) Paul L. Stein, Carol Raye, Peter Graves, Patricia Medina, Drama, Musical

Old Vienna, at a time when the waltz was considered an immoral dance. Read More »
You Can’t Fool Your Wife (1940) Ray McCarey, Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Robert Coote, Comedy, Romance

Andrew and Clara are school sweethearts whose marriage goes stale after five years. Andrew is a hard worker at the firm, but it seems that all he does is work. Read More »
The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948) Maclean Rogers, Derek Farr, Dinah Sheridan, Margaretta Scott, Crime, Drama

Nurse Shirley Yorke must assist her boss Dr Napier, the only person able of effecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a British Lord. Read More »
Rollin’ Home to Texas (1940) Albert Herman, Tex Ritter, White Flash, Cal Shrum, Action, Adventure, Music, Western

This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey’s oft-used plot of “employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad guys.” Read More »