1940s

  • Allan Dwan – Young People (1940)

    1931-1940Allan DwanDramaUSA

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    Brief Synopsis:
    Shirley’s last film on her 20th Century Fox contract (aged 12). Her parents (Oakie, Greenwood) decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff. Clips from earlier films fill in Shirley’s background.Read More »

  • Gene Tierney – Old Time Radio Collection (1942 – 1950)

    1941-1950Gene TierneyUSA

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    assorted OTR featuring Gene Tierney.

    contents:
    Blue Ribbon Town 44-02-05 Milwaukee One Hundred Years Ago
    Blue Ribbon Town 44-02-12 One Hundred Years in the Future
    Charlie McCarthy & Edgar Bergen 45-02-25 Gene Tierney
    Command Performance 42-04-12 Gene Tierney, Betty Hutton, Gary Cooper
    Command Performance 44-04-22 Gene Tierney, Roy Acuff
    Duffy’s Tavern 44-09-22 Insurance Policy for Finnegan (with Gene Tierney)
    Family Theater 50-03-22 The Broken Pitcher
    Hallmark Reader’s Digest 47-03-20 The Gifts of the Magi
    Hallmark Reader’s Digest 47-06-05 The Red-Haired Doll
    Lux Radio Theater 45-02-05 Laura – Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Vincent Price
    Lux Radio Theater 46-10-07 Dragonwyck – Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Gale Gordon
    Lux Radio Theater 47-03-17 Leave Her To Heaven – Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde
    Lux Radio Theater 50-04-24 Mrs Mike – William Johnstone, Dick Powell
    Screen Guild Players 45-08-20 Laura
    Theater Guild Of The Air 47-03-23 The First Year
    Theater Guild Of The Air 47-04-20 Age of Innocence
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  • Harald Braun – Zwischen gestern und morgen AKA Between yesterday and tomorrow (1947)

    Drama1941-1950GermanyHarald Braun

    A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before; each trying to cope with the tragic consequences of the war and their own actionsRead More »

  • Jacques de Baroncelli – La Duchesse de Langeais AKA Wicked Duchess (1942)

    1941-1950DramaFranceJacques de BaroncelliRomance

    The Duchess of Langeais, as beautiful as she is brilliant, is a woman who likes to seduce but who does not give in. Until the day when she falls in love with General de Montriveau, a cabal goes up against her.Read More »

  • W.S. Van Dyke – The Feminine Touch (1941)

    1941-1950ClassicsComedyUSAW.S. Van Dyke

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    Disgusted by having to pass “pinhead” football heroes in order for his college to soar to football victory, Professor John Hathaway (Don Ameche) takes his leave of Digby College. With his wife Julie (Rosalind Russell) in tow, Hathaway sets out to conquer Manhattan’s literary circles, his scholarly manuscript on the subject of “jealousy” tucked under his arm in the romantic comedy The Feminine Touch (1941).Read More »

  • W.S. Van Dyke – Rage in Heaven (1941)

    1941-1950DramaThrillerUSAW.S. Van Dyke


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    Old friends Ward and Phillip both become smitten with Phillip’s mother’s attractive young secretary Stella. But Stella marries Phillip and stands by him as his behavior becomes more and more erratic and his jealousy of Ward increases.Read More »

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