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Tag Archives: 1940s
Ski Patrol (1940) Lew Landers, Philip Dorn, Luli Deste, Stanley Fields
Two rival skiers competing in the 1936 Olympics, one Russian and one Finn Read More »
Fiesta (1947) Richard Thorpe, Esther Williams, Akim Tamiroff, Ricardo Montalban
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music Read More »
Silver Bullet (1942) Joseph H. Lewis, Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, William Farnum
Wild Bill Jones is saved from three toughs by “Silver Jim” Donovan, a newcomer to Winchester. Read More »
Frontier Feud (1945) Lambert Hillyer, Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Dennis Moore
Traveling incognito to a once-peaceful valley now torn by a murderous conflict Read More »
The Shadow Returns (1946) Phil Rosen, William Beaudine, Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Tom Dugan
Super-sleuth Lamont Cranston, (aka “The Shadow”) investigates the theft of jewels from a grave. Read More »
San Demetrio London (1943) Charles Frend
The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Read More »
Pirates of the Prairie (1942) Howard Bretherton, Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Nell O’Day
This film opens with two small Arizona towns, Spencerville and East Spencerville Read More »
The Mad Martindales (1942) Alfred L. Werker, Jane Withers, Marjorie Weaver, Alan Mowbray
In 1900, the Martindale family is in dire straits, due to eccentric Hugo’s spendthrift ways. Read More »
Last of the Wild Horses (1948) Robert L. Lippert, Paul Landres, James Ellison, Mary Beth Hughes, Jane Frazee
A cowboy must clear himself of a murder he did not commit. Read More »