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Tag Archives: 1940s
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 »
Detour (1945) Edgar G. Ulmer, Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake
In flashback, New York nightclub pianist Al Roberts hitchhikes to Hollywood to join his girl Sue. Read More »
The Happy Ghost / L’allegro fantasma (1941) Amleto Palermi, Totò, Luigi Pavese, Franco Coop
A rich man, dying, decides that the will must be opened before the children Read More »
In the Meantime, Darling (1944) Otto Preminger
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life Read More »
Murder in Times Square (1943) Lew Landers, Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Chapman, John Litel
Actor-playwright Cory Williams is sitting in a nightclub when Longacre Lil, a Broadway vagrant, and asks him for some money. Read More »
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940) Kurt Neumann, Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin
Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving Read More »
Appointment in Berlin (1943) Alfred E. Green, George Sanders, Marguerite Chapman, Onslow Stevens
A former RAF officer is enlisted in the British secret service. Read More »
The Sea of Grass (1947) Elia Kazan, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker
This western begins with St. Louis resident Lutie Cameron (Katharine Hepburn) marrying New Mexico Read More »