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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Navy Comes Through (1942) A. Edward Sutherland, Pat O’Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt

A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis. Read More »
Jew Süss / Jud Süß (1940) Veit Harlan, Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George

In this notorious Nazi propaganda historical costume melodrama, a conniving Read More »
My Brother Talks to Horses (1947) Fred Zinnemann, Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins, Peter Lawford, Beverly Tyler

Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims Read More »
Film Without A Name / Film ohne Titel (1948) Rudolf Jugert, Hans Söhnker, Hildegard Knef, Irene von Meyendorff

Jugert’s “film without title” features an elaborate script by Helmut Käutner about a screenwriter Read More »
Iris and the Lieutenant / Iris och löjtnantshjärta (1946) Alf Sjöberg, Mai Zetterling, Alf Kjellin, Åke Claesson

The officer Robert Motander is invited to a dinner with his upper-class relatives. Read More »
Money and the Woman (1940) William K. Howard, Jeffrey Lynn, Brenda Marshall, John Litel

The City Trust and Savings Bank sends Vice President Dave Bennett to a branch office to check on a Charles Patterson. Read More »
Dancing with Crime (1947) John Paddy Carstairs, Richard Attenborough, Barry K. Barnes, Sheila Sim

At the end of World War II, demobilized soldiers Ted Peters (Sir Richard Attenborough) Read More »
One Touch of Venus (1948) William A. Seiter, Gregory La Cava, Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes

In the art department of a large department store, the statue of the famed Anatolian Venus Read More »
Voyage Without Hope / Voyage sans espoir (1943) Christian-Jaque, Simone Renant, Jean Marais, Paul Bernard

All the action takes place in darkness, in a runaway train where two mysterious men meet Read More »