Two ex-soldiers return from overseas–one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Gaiety George / Showtime (1946) George King, Leontine Sagan, Richard Greene, Ann Todd, Peter Graves
The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Read More »
Latin Quarter (1945) Vernon Sewell, Derrick De Marney, Frederick Valk, Beresford Egan
A seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor’s wife. Read More »
A Man About the House (1947) Leslie Arliss, Margaret Johnston, Dulcie Gray, Kieron Moore
Agnes and Ellen Isit, two poor English sisters, unexpectedly inherit from their uncle Read More »
Captain Caution (1940) Richard Wallace, Victor Mature, Louise Platt, Leo Carrillo
Set during the war of 1812, Hal Roach’s Captain Caution is an unusual swashbuckler Read More »
Cavalcade of Variety (1940) Thomas Bentley, Billy Cotton, Eve Becke
Presented by Peter Brough – Includes music from the bands of Billy Cotton Read More »
One Crowded Night (1940) Irving Reis, Billie Seward, William Haade, Anne Revere
At a small, struggling motor court in the Mojave Desert, events in the lives of many people climax on the same night. Read More »
The Devil Commands (1941) Edward Dmytryk, Boris Karloff, Anne Revere, Amanda Duff
Dr. Julian Blair is engaged in unconventional research on human brain waves Read More »
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct / Maddalena… zero in condotta (1940) Vittorio De Sica, Vera Bergman, Carla Del Poggio
A young man studying in an academy secretarial practice makes writing letters addressed Read More »
Crime, Inc. (1945) Lew Landers, Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal, Martha Tilton
A crusading reporter uses his friendship with a mobster to expose the machinations of organized crime in his city. Read More »