On a lecture/vacation visit to Paris, Dr. Ordway drops in on his friend, the Prefecture of Police. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Un giorno nella vita (1946) Alessandro Blasetti, Elisa Cegani, Massimo Girotti, Mariella Lotti
Some Italian partisans want to take refuge in a convent to escape German raids. Read More »
The Woman in White (1948) Peter Godfrey
A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate Read More »
Crime by Night (1944) William Clemens, Jane Wyman, Jerome Cowan, Faye Emerson
Detective Sam Campbell and his perky sidekick Robby Vance are called in on a routine child support dispute. Read More »
Strange Bargain (1949) Will Price, Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan
Sam Wilson is having a hard time making ends meet. When he asks his boss for a raise Read More »
Escape to Glory (1940) John Brahm, Pat O’Brien, Constance Bennett, John Halliday
A British ship is attacked by a German U-boat at the onset of World War II. Read More »
The Emperor of Capri / L’imperatore di Capri (1949) Luigi Comencini, Totò, Gianni Appelius, Galeazzo Benti
Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel Read More »
Morning for the Osone Family / Ôsone-ke no ashita (1946) Keisuke Kinoshita, Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji
Kinoshita’s first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superbly wrought Read More »
Headin’ for God’s Country (1943) William Morgan, William Lundigan, Virginia Dale, Harry Davenport
Alaskan villagers make preparations after they are warned about an impending war between the United States and Japan. Read More »
29 Acacia Avenue (1945) Henry Cass, Gordon Harker, Betty Balfour, Jimmy Hanley
A middle-aged British couple are scheduled to go off on a holiday cruise in the Mediterranean. Read More »