Jan-Erik Widgren is a high-school senior. His Latin teacher, Caligula, is feared by everybody, both teachers and students. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
The Mask of Diijon (1946) Lew Landers, Erich von Stroheim, Jeanne Bates, William Wright
A magician neglects his career and his wife while he pursues the study of hypnosis. Read More »
The Life of Matsu the Untamed AKA Muhomatsu no issho (1943) Hiroshi Inagaki, Tsumasaburô Bandô, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Keiko Sonoi
Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Read More »
Green Dolphin Street (1947) Victor Saville, Van Heflin, Lana Turner, Donna Reed
Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Read More »
The Story of Tosca AKA Tosca (1941) Carl Koch, Jean Renoir, Imperio Argentina, Michel Simon, Rossano Brazzi
Non-musical account of Puccini’s opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love Read More »
Stand by for Action (1942) Robert Z. Leonard, Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman (Robert Taylor), of THE Harvard Read More »
Desperate Cargo (1941) William Beaudine, Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Jack Mulhall
Several persons are waiting at a Caribbean port for the Caribbean Cruiser, a seaplane that has been delayed by the weather. Read More »
Appointment with Murder (1948) Jack Bernhard, John Calvert, Catherine Craig, Jack Reitzen
The Falcon is hired by an insurance company to recover two stolen paintings, a job that takes him across the country and then across the Atlantic to Italy. Read More »
Angels Over Broadway (1940) Ben Hecht, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell
Charles Engle has been caught embezzling. He writes a suicide note, and goes out wandering on the town. Read More »
Music for Millions (1944) Henry Koster, Margaret O’Brien, José Iturbi, June Allyson
“Mike” goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in Iturbi’s orchestra. Read More »
Show Business (1944) Edwin L. Marin, Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Joan Davis
Four young hopefuls, George, Connie, Joan and Eddie, doing the Burlesque and Amateur Circuits meet by chance, and decide to form a team. Read More »
Spring Parade (1940) Henry Koster, Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, Mischa Auer
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman(Deanna Durbin) attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. Read More »
The Road of War AKA Taistelun tie (1940) Risto Orko, Hilkka Helinä, Kyösti Kallio, Turo Kartto
The film presented the background of the war, the war itself and the reconstruction work begun right after the war. Read More »
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Frank Capra, James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. Read More »
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Ernst Lubitsch, Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
In Budapest, Hungary, the Matuschek and Company store is owned by Mr. Hugo Matuschek Read More »