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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Dark Past (1948) Rudolph Maté, William Holden

When a detective scoffs at his suggestion that an 18 year-old criminal be referred for psychiatric examination Read More »
The Stationmaster (1940) Gustav Ucicky, Heinrich George

A troubled father, working as a postmaster in province, worries about his daughter taken to the capital by a rich officer. Read More »
Fallen Angels (1948) Nikos Tsiforos, Hristos Tsaganeas

Elli’s mother is sick and the family is poor. Elli’s stepfather, a small time crook Read More »
L’assassinat du Père Noël / The Killing of Santa Claus (1941)

High up in the French Alps, the inhabitants of a small mountain village are busy preparing for Christmas. Read More »
House of Strangers (1949) Joseph L. Mankiewicz

In New York, after seven years in prison, the lawyer Max Monetti goes to the bank Read More »
Difficult Years (1948) Luigi Zampa, Massimo Girotti

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. Read More »
The Boys from Syracuse (1940) A. Edward Sutherland

The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the story concerns the efforts of two boys from Syracuse Read More »
Arizona (1940) Wesley Ruggles, Jean Arthur, William Holden

Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine Read More »
The Man from Colorado (1948) Henry Levin, Glenn Ford

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. Read More »