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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Adventures of a Rookie (1943) Leslie Goodwins, Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Richard Martin
Two bumbling GIs manage to get themselves invited to a dinner party at a boarding house “for women only”. Read More »
Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948) Alfred J. Goulding, Don Stannard, George Ford, Jack Shaw
Government agent Dick Barton battles a ring of Nazi spies who are planning to poison the entire London water supply. Read More »
The Spiral Staircase (1946) Robert Siodmak, Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore
In 1916, beautiful young mute Helen is a domestic worker for elderly, ailing Mrs. Warren. Read More »
Gallant Sons (1940) George B. Seitz, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Gene Reynolds
Two childhood friends have a falling out because of their fathers’ occupations, which lands one father in jail. Read More »
Beauty and the Beast / La belle et la bête (1946) Jean Cocteau, René Clément, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély
Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur Read More »
Bandit Ranger (1942) Lesley Selander, Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Joan Barclay
Rancher Clay Travers finds and brings in the body of ranger Frank Mattison, murdered on the road to Trail City Read More »
Twilight / Félicie Nanteuil (1944) Marc Allégret, Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan
La Belle Epoque: Cavalier, a second-rate actor, discovers a gorgeous talented Read More »
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925 Read More »
The Eagle with Two Heads / L’aigle à deux têtes (1948) Jean Cocteau, Edwige Feuillère, Silvia Monfort, Jean Marais
Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. Read More »