Plot (A little bumpy because google translator):
The young Martina gets towards the end of the war of World War II to a pimp and so she goes first to the juvenile court and then in the care. Here she meets her older sister Irene, who stretches out his friend Volker. First, they want to avoid the conflict and flees, then she comes back to reconciliation in the care. Her resolutions does not keep a long time and she goes back to prostitution. She becomes witness of a murder and gets to escape in an accident. Finally, Martina believes she has carried out the murder …Read More »
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Arthur Maria Rabenalt – Martina (1949)
1941-1950Arthur Maria RabenaltClassicsDramaGermany -
René Clair – And Then There Were None (1945)
1941-1950ClassicsRené ClairThrillerUSASynopsis:
Seven guests, a newly hired personal secretary and two staff are gathered for a weekend on an isolated island by the hosts the Owens who are delayed. At dinner a record is played and the host’s message alleges that all the people present are guilty of murder and suddenly the first of them is dead, then the next – It seems that one of them is the murderer but the leading person is always the person who is murdered next and at last only two people are left.Read More » -
Mark Robson – Bedlam (1946)
1941-1950ClassicsHorrorMark RobsonUSANell Bowen, the spirited protege of rich Lord Mortimer, becomes interested in the conditions of notorious St. Mary’s of Bethlehem Asylum (Bedlam). Encouraged by the Quaker Hannay, she tries to bring support to reforming Bedlam, but the cruel Master Sims who runs it has her committed there. The inmates, however, have the last say.Read More »
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Albert S. Rogell – Air Hostess (1933)
1931-1940AdventureAlbert S. RogellClassicsUSAQuote:
Air Hostess is a 1933 American Pre-Code aviation-themed melodrama based on a serial published in a 1919 True Story Magazine article called Air Hostess by Grace Perkins, also known as Dora Macy. Director Albert Rogell who had moved from shorts to B-films, had been interested in aviation having already helmed a similar feature, The Flying Marine (1929). In Air Hostess, the studio had attempted to merge flying and romance. Advertising stressed, “A date in the skies … a rendezvous in the heavens…where love zooms with thrill after thrill … but finds a happy landing!”Read More » -
Sam Wood – A Day at the Races (1937)
1931-1940ClassicsComedySam WoodUSAQuote:
Hugo Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) is a veterinarian who masquerades as a lead doctor at Standish Sanitarium to aid the wealthy patient Emily Upjohn (Margaret Dumont). In order to save the financially failing sanitarium and its beautiful owner, Judy Standish (Maureen O’Sullivan), Hackenbush, employee Tony (Chico Marx) and jockey Stuffy (Harpo Marx) must find ingenious ways to help Gil Stewart (Allan Jones) and his inept racehorse, win the big race.Read More » -
Jean Georgescu – Directorul nostru AKA Our Director (1955) (HD)
1951-1960ClassicsComedyFranceJean GeorgescuIMDb wrote:
Over at the fictional DRGBP institution, events take a settling turn after a mutinied prize festivity.Read More » -
Ub Iwerks & Walt Disney – Steamboat Willie (1928)
1921-1930AnimationClassicsUb IwerksUSAWalt DisneyQuote:
Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.Quote:
The cartoon is considered the debut of Mickey Mouse and his girlfriend Minnie. Steamboat Willie is especially notable for being the first Disney cartoon with synchronized sound, as well as the first cartoon to feature a fully post-produced soundtrack which distinguished it from earlier sound cartoonsRead More » -
Marcel Carné – Les portes de la nuit AKA Gates of the Night (1946)
1941-1950ClassicsDramaFranceMarcel Carné
Synopsis:
‘In February 1945, Jean Diego is tasked with breaking the news to the wife of a friend of his, Pierre, that her husband has been executed by the Nazis. It turns out that he is mistaken – his friend is still very much alive. After a happy reunion, Jean goes on his way and has a bizarre encounter with a weird old tramp on the Paris metro.The bedraggled stranger claims he can foresee the future and prophecies that Diego is about to encounter the most beautiful girl in the world.Read More » -
Edwin L. Marin – A Christmas Carol (1938)
1931-1940ClassicsEdwin L. MarinFantasyUSAOn Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife.Read More »








