Written by Israel Becker, this is the first feature film to represent Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
American Matchmaker (1940) Edgar G. Ulmer, Leo Fuchs, Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky
Nat Silver has been engaged 7 times already. This time, his 8th, he’s really going to get married. Read More »
Minstrel Man (1944) Joseph H. Lewis, Edgar G. Ulmer, Benny Fields, Gladys George, Alan Dinehart
The story of a singer in a minstrel show, from his career highs to the tragedies in his personal life. Read More »
The Leopard Man (1943) Jacques Tourneur, Dennis O’Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks
At the encouragement of her manager, a nightclub performer in New Mexico (Kiki Walker) Read More »
The Battle of the Rails / La bataille du rail (1946) René Clément, Marcel Barnault, Jean Clarieux, Jean Daurand
This movie is a story about French railroad workers who were Read More »
The Stone Flower / Kamennyy tsvetok (1946) Aleksandr Ptushko, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Yekaterina Derevshchikova, Tamara Makarova
Aging master gemcutter Prokopych is forced to take up a young apprentice against his will. Read More »
Tomorrow We Live (1942) Edgar G. Ulmer, Ricardo Cortez, Jean Parker, Emmett Lynn
Julie Bronson (Jean Parker), whose father, “Pop” Bronson (Emmett Lynn) operates Read More »
The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) Frank Tuttle, Veronica Lake, Franchot Tone, John Sutton
A beautiful Austrian refugee in England–who is also a Nazi agent–marries Read More »
The Well Groomed Bride (1946) Sidney Lanfield, Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts
A man and a woman fight over the last bottle of champagne left in San Francisco Read More »
A Game of Death (1945) Robert Wise, John Loder, Audrey Long, Edgar Barrier
A remake of Richard Connell’s famous short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” about a madman Read More »