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Tag Archives: 1940s
Jigsaw (1949) Fletcher Markle, Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Myron McCormick

When the owner of a printing shop is found dead, the District Attorney assumes that it was a suicide. Read More »
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog (1946) Herbert I. Leeds, Carole Landis, Allyn Joslyn, Margo Woode

Reporter Henry Barton, just out of the Army, is chagrined to be made Science Editor Read More »
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947) Sidney Salkow

“Bulldog” Drummond is vacationing in his country home in England, and his house if rifled by two thieves. Read More »
At Land (1944) Maya Deren, John Cage, Alexander Hammid

Silently, a woman wakes on a beach as the tides go in reverse. Read More »
One-Eyed Dragon / Doku-ganryû Masamune (1942) Hiroshi Inagaki, Chiezô Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Haruyo Ichikawa

Long thought to be one of the lost treasures of Japanese cinema that had been Read More »
Imagination / Kalpana (1948) Uday Shankar, Lakshmi Kanta, Usha Kiran, Lalitha

Kalpana is a dramatic dance fantasy, about the story of a young dancer Read More »
Mom and Dad (1945) William Beaudine, June Carlson, Hardie Albright, Lois Austin

Because a high school girl’s parents refuse to discuss sex education (called “personal hygiene” in the film) with her Read More »
Under Capricorn (1949) Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding

In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life Read More »
Journey for Margaret (1942) W.S. Van Dyke, Robert Young, Laraine Day, Fay Bainter

An American newspaperman and his wife, caught in the London blitz, lose their unborn child in an air raid. Read More »