Tag Archives: 1940s

The film takes an expressionist look at the gulf between the rich and poor in society. Read More »

Storyteller Aesop tries to help loony King Croesus and manages to fall in love on the way. Read More »

Dedee is a prostitute, working in Monsieur Rene’s nightclub on Antwerp’s harbour. Read More »

An actress is in desperate need of work. She is looking up a director. Read More »

On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion Read More »

Princess Mei Ling pays a visit to the Chan residence, where upon being admitted by man-of-all-work Read More »

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Read More »

Jewel smugglers in Cairo try to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron. Read More »

Shortly before she is to be married, a young woman gets a visit from her fiance’s wife Read More »

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. Read More »