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Bowery at Midnight (1942) starring Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Wanda McKay

Bowery at Midnight

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in Bowery at Midnight, Bela Lugosi is a kindly professor of psychology by day, operating a charitable mission by night, and a criminal who runs his gang from that mission as a cover. And keeps a collection of zombies in the basement?

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To Be Or Not To Be (1942) starring Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Carole Lombard, Sig Ruman, Stanley Ridges, directed by Ernst Lubitsch

To Be Or Not to Be (1942)

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To Be Or Not To Be (1942) starring Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Carole Lombard, Sig Ruman, Stanley Ridges, directed by Ernst Lubitsch

To Be Or Not To Be. Set during World War II, the Nazis put a Polish theater group out business. Until they become involved in espionage. And then their skills face the ultimate test. Can they fool the Nazis?

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Song lyrics to Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (1942) by Lew Brown and Charles Tobias

Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree

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Song lyrics to “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree“. It’s a popular song, made famous by Glenn Miller and by the Andrews Sisters during World War II. The lyrics are the words of two young lovers who pledge their fidelity while one of them is away in the war.

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The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) starring Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre

The Boogie Man Will Get You

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In The Boogie Man Will Get You, mad scientist Boris Karloff sells his colonial house to Winnie, frustrating banker Peter Lorre. But he’s been experimenting on traveling salesmen — whose corpses are in the basement! Then Winnie’s ex-husband shows up …

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Black Dragons (1942) starring Bela Lugosi, Clayton Moore, Joan Barclay

Black Dragons

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In Black Dragons, a group of businesssmen are sabotaging the war effort, for unknown reasons. Then Bela Lugosi’s character starts killing them, one by one! And FBI agent starts investigating …

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Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) starring Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Victor Moore

Star Spangled Rhythm

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Star Spangled Rhythm is a patriotic WWII musical comedy featuring all the biggest Paramount Studio stars of the era. Musical mayhem ensues when an attendant at Paramount (Victor Moore) tries to impress his navy son (Eddie Bracken) … by claiming that he is a studio mogul!

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Keeper of the Flame (1942) starring Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn

Keeper of the Flame

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In Keeper of the Flame, a war correspondent stumbles on a little known fact: An honored American war patriot had in fact worked for the Fascists. His wife urges the writer to expose the facts for history. But others are willing to kill to prevent that.

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Valley of the Sun (1942) starring James Craig, Lucille Ball, Dean Jagger

Valley of the Sun

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Valley of the Sun (1942) starring James Craig, Lucille Ball, Dean Jagger

In Valley of the Sun, a man escapes from prison, and heads to Washington, D.C. But he faces a crooked Indian agent as he as he tries to prevent a war between the cavalry and the Indians. And fights with him for the love of a beautiful woman!

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