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Tag Archives: 1940s
Young and Willing (1943) Edward H. Griffith, William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley

For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists’ films during the war years Read More »
She Knew All the Answers (1941) Richard Wallace, Joan Bennett, Franchot Tone, John Hubbard

A chorus girl, Gloria Winters, is overjoyed that wealthy young Randy Bradford is so eager to marry her, he’s asked her to elope. Read More »
Incident (1948) William Beaudine, Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee, Robert Osterloh

Stockbroker Joe Downey(Warren Douglas), mistaken in the dark for gangster “Slats” Slattery (Robert Osterloh), is brutally beaten by a rival gangster Read More »
Voice in the Wind (1944) Arthur Ripley, Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie, J. Edward Bromberg

A concert pianist has lost his memory, the result of his being arrested and tortured by the Nazis during the war for playing a banned song. Read More »
The Royalists / Les chouans (1947) Henri Calef, Jean Marais, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Dux

The Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were crushed. Read More »
Mexicana (1945) Alfred Santell, Tito Guízar, Constance Moore, Leo Carrillo

In this musical comedy, a popular Mexican singer finds himself tiring of the constant adulation of rabidly adoring females Read More »
My Favorite Wife (1940) Garson Kanin, Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise Read More »
I Take This Woman (1940) W.S. Van Dyke, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Verree Teasdale

Georgi has attempted suicide in reaction to an earlier love affair. Now that Dr. Decker has married her he sets out to get her to love him. Read More »
Main Street After Dark (1945) Edward L. Cahn, Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout

Ma Dibson, her son, daughter and daughter-in-law happily greet son Lefty as he is released from prison. Read More »