At the outbreak of World War II, the famous ‘Mona Lisa’ is removed from the Louvre Museum in Paris Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Port of 40 Thieves (1944) John English, Stephanie Bachelor, Tom Keene, Lynne Roberts
Muriel is the scheming widow of the fabulously-wealthy Hartford Chaney III. Read More »
She Wouldn’t Say Yes (1945) Alexander Hall, Rosalind Russell, Lee Bowman, Adele Jergens
Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Read More »
The Fabulous Texan (1947) Edward Ludwig, Bill Elliott, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod
A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed Read More »
Strike the Whore / Vurun kahpeye (1949) Lütfi Akad, Sezer Sezin, Kemal Tanriöver, Settar Körmükçü
An idealist teacher in national struggle of Turkey and local resident Read More »
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) Arthur Crabtree, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Patricia Roc
In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. Read More »
A Kiss for Corliss (1949) Richard Wallace, Shirley Temple, David Niven, Tom Tully
A teenage girl who has a crush on an older, more sophisticated man tells Read More »
That Uncertain Feeling (1941) Ernst Lubitsch, Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith
Against her better judgement, happily married Jill Baker is persuaded to see a popular Read More »
Dancing in the Dark (1949) Irving Reis, William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake
Conceited film star Emery Slade was on top in 1932; in 1949, he’s broke and still insufferable. Read More »
Tonight and Every Night (1945) Victor Saville, Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair
A photographer for Life magazine comes to London to do a story on a local theater Read More »