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Tag Archives: 1940s
Catacombs / Katakomby (1940) Martin Fric

An older clerk Mr. Borman works in basement offices of the Land Registry Read More »
The Peddler and the Lady / Campo de’ fiori (1943) Mario Bonnard, Caterina Boratto, Cristiano Cristiani, Peppino De Filippo

Peppino, a fishmonger on Campo de’ Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide Read More »
Wilson (1944) Henry King, Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton Read More »
High School (1940) George Nichols Jr., Jane Withers, Joe Brown Jr., Paul Harvey

Texas ranch teenager (Withers) is sent to school in San Antonio where she learns to get along with others. Read More »
Warn That Man (1943) Lawrence Huntington, Gordon Harker, Raymond Lovell, Finlay Currie

During the war, Nazi agents devise a plan to kidnap British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Read More »
Mr. Dynamite (1941) John Rawlins, Lloyd Nolan, Irene Hervey, J. Carrol Naish

A ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs. Read More »
The Wicked Lady (1945) Leslie Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Patricia Roc

17th-century beauty Barbara Worth starts her career of crime by stealing her best friend’s bridegroom. Read More »
Sunday Punch (1942) David Miller, William Lundigan, Jean Rogers, Dan Dailey

The regular of a set of fledgling boxers living in Ma Galestrum’s boarding home is interrupted Read More »
Leave It to the Irish (1944) William Beaudine, James Dunn, Wanda McKay, Jack La Rue

Private Investigator Terry Moran (James Dunn), who is in love with Nora O’Brien Read More »