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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Strawberry Roan (1948) John English, Gene Autry, Champion Jr., Gloria Henry

Young Joe is paralyzed as he is bucked by a wild horse, a strawberry roan. Angered, his father, Walt, tries to shoot Read More »
Rome, Open City (1945) Roberto Rossellini, Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape. Read More »
Lady of Burlesque (1943) William A. Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, J. Edward Bromberg

Sassy Dixie Daisy is the hot new attraction at a former opera house that’s been turned into a burlesque theater. Read More »
Practically Yours (1944) Mitchell Leisen, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Gil Lamb

A presumed-dead World War II pilot’s last words are misquoted as a declaration of love for his co-worker Read More »
Nora’s Ark / Arche Nora (1948) Werner Klingler, Willy Maertens, Claus Hofer, Harry Meyen

Best friends Peter and Klaus have made a beached old barge their home. When Klaus saves the life of suicidal Nora Read More »
Jassy (1947) Bernard Knowles, Margaret Lockwood, Patricia Roc, Dennis Price

In 17th. century England, Jassy is believed a witch because she has sometimes visions of approaching disasters. Read More »
Eyes in the Night (1942) Fred Zinnemann, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Crime, Mystery

Blind detective Duncan Maclain is visited by old friend Norma Lawry, looking for help in getting rid of one of her old beaus, who is courting Norma’s 17-year old step-daughter. Read More »
The Westerner (1940) William Wyler, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport

Cole Harden just doesn’t look like a horse thief, Jane-Ellen Matthews tells Judge Roy Bean as she steps up to the bar. Read More »
A Day in the Country / Partie de campagne (1946) Jean Renoir, Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D’Arnoux

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. Read More »