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Tag Archives: 1940s
Going My Way (1944) Leo McCarey, Bing Crosby
Youthful Father Chuck O’Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining Read More »
Sis Hopkins (1941) Joseph Santley, Judy Canova, Bob Crosby, Charles Butterworth
A young girl from the “sticks” comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. Read More »
Christmas Holiday (1944) Robert Siodmak, Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the wealthy man she married is an incorrigible wastrel. Read More »
Berlin Express (1948) Jacques Tourneur
In divided Germany just after WWII, people from many different countries are passengers on a train. Read More »
L’arlésienne (1942) Marc Allégret, Raimu, Gaby Morlay, Louis Jourdan
In the Camargue a local young playboy named Frédéri falls in love with a young woman from Arles. Read More »
The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk (1940) David Burton, Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, Richard Clarke
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. Read More »
Fighting Back (1948) Malcolm St. Clair, Paul Langton, Jean Rogers, Gary Gray
Nick Sanders is honorably discharged from the army, with a full pardon Read More »
Air Force (1943) Howard Hawks, John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young
On December 6, 1941 nine B-17 bomber set off on a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. Read More »
Smoky (1946) Louis King, Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Bruce Cabot
Clint Barkley (MacMurray) first sees Smoky as a runaway, and drives him back to the ranch where he meets the owner, Julie Richards (Anne Baxter). Read More »