Plot: Homer Macauley remains in a small town looking after his widowed mother and younger brother. Homer’s older brother is fighting the war in Europe. Written by Anonymous

Recently-deceased Matthew Macauley looks down upon his family in small-town Ithaca, where eldest son Marcus has departed to await deployment for combat in the Second World War. This leaves middle son Homer to support the family, working at a telegraph station. Now the man of the family, Homer comes of age amidst the clarion call of war, even as youngest son Ulysses discovers the wonders of life, and Marcus inspires his platoon mate, foundling Toby George, with stories of idyllic Ithaca. Written by Shannon Patrick Sullivan

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https://nitro.download/view/D8E4FA7F3FAD492/The_Human_Comedy_(1943)_DVDRip_BBM.avi

Language(s):English, Spanish
Subtitles:None

The post Clarence Brown – The Human Comedy (1943) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Joe Norson, an expectant father and a New York City postman of modest means is chased by both cops and crooks when he steals a shipment of dirty money.

New Crime Story
The respectable but somewhat tedious formula of M-G-M’: “Crime Does Not Pay” shorts has been used by that studio for “Side Street,” a feature-length drama of crime and its profitless consequences, which came to the Palace yesterday. The story is semi-documentary, being a detailed account of the fearful adventures of a young mail carrier who recklessly steals a wad of money that is “hot,” and it is played for considerable realism against the actuality background of New York. In the principal role, Farley Granger makes a vividly terrorized lad, and James Craig, Paul Kelly and Edmon Ryan stand out as assorted thugs and cops.

In short, it’s a fair enough crime picture, ending with a screaming downtown chase and the moral very tenderly delivered by the usual narrator’s voice. But, cut down to its essentials, that’s just about all it is: in short. It can only be fully recommended to those who have a deep and morbid interest in crime.
Bosley Crowther, NY Times, March 24, 1950

Side.Street.1949.576p.BluRay.DD1.0.x264-KG.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 22 min
Size: 	1.83 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	790x576 
Aspect ratio:  	1.372
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	2 839 kb/s
BPP: 	0.260
Audio
#1:  	English 1.0ch AC-3 @ 224 kb/s (Warner Archive Collection NTSC DVD (2007))
#2:  	English 1.0ch AAC LC @ 81.3 kb/s (Commentary by film historian Richard Schickel / Warner Archive Collection NTSC DVD (2007))

https://nitro.download/view/130F3F4CED07530/Side.Street.1949.576p.BluRay.DD1.0.x264-KG.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, French

The post Anthony Mann – Side Street (1950) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
There is a problem with foreign nationals using Cuba as a convenient jumping off point for illegal entry into the United States. So U.S. Immigration Service Agent Peter Karczag (John Hodiak) is sent to Havana posing as a Hungarian frustrated with the legal immigration process and open to an alternative. By this means he uncovers the human smuggling ring run by Palinov (George Macready). He also meets concentration-camp refugee Marianne Lorress (Hedy Lamarr), a Viennese working in a nightclub and one who has paid to be smuggled into the United States. When Karczag falls in love with her, he becomes conflicted, not wanting her to be among those he plans to have captured in his operation. So he tries to persuade her to stay in Cuba instead of being secretly flown to the United States. Will he succeed? What if his cover is blown?

https://nitro.download/view/16B4AA43E804258/A_Lady_Without_Passport_(1950)_–_Joseph_H._Lewis.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English. Spanish (muxed)

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