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Springtime in the Rockies

Springtime in the Rockies (1942) starring Betty Grable, John Payne, Carmen Miranda and Cesar Romero
Springtime in the Rockies (1942) starring Betty Grable, John Payne, Carmen Miranda and Cesar Romero Springtime in the Rockies – Two Broadway dance partners rekindle their romance in a series of comic misunderstandings set around the backdrop of the Canadian Rockies.
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The Corpse Vanishes

The Corpse Vanishes  (1942) starring Bela Lugosi, Angelo Rossitto
The Corpse Vanishes  (1942) starring Bela Lugosi, Angelo Rossitto Synopsis of The Corpse Vanishes. The Corpse Vanishes is one of Bela Lugosi’s better Monogram efforts. He plays a mad scientist who uses a sadistic dwarf (Rossitto of Freaks) to help him kill virgin brides …. And then extract...
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Blondie Goes to College

Blondie Goes to College (1942) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Janet Blair, Larry Parks
Blondie Goes to College (1942) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Janet Blair, Larry Parks In Blondie Goes to College, Blondie and Dagwood go back to college. But Dagwood wants to hide the fact that they’re married. The school’s star athlete falls for Blondie. Dagwood has his own troubles...
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Blondie’s Blessed Event

Blondie's Blessed Event (1942) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Hans Conried
Blondie’s Blessed Event (1942) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Hans Conried In Blondie’s Blessed Event, playwright George Wickley helps Dagwood out with a speech in Chicago …. And later follows him home, where the Bumsteads have just had their baby daughter, Cookie. And Blondie doesn’t want any company!
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The Forest Rangers

The Forest Rangers (1942) starring Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard, Susan Hayward
The Forest Rangers (1942) starring Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard, Susan Hayward In The Forest Rangers, Fred MacMurray fights arson, forest fires, and a romantic triangle with Paulette Goddard and Susan Hayward!
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Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon (1942) starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill
Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon (1942) starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill In Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon, Sherlock Holmes battles his nemesis Professor Moriarty. This time, to keep him away from a newly developed bomb sight the English hope to use on Hitler.
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My Gal Sal [Rita Hayworth]

My Gal Sal (1942) starring Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature
My Gal Sal (1942) starring Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature A gorgeous movie musical, My Gal Sal is a musical biography of Gay Nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser. The ever-lovely Rita Hayworth is the eponymous Sal, a stage star who helps Dresser to become the toast of Tin Pan Alley.
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Plenty to Be Thankful For [song lyrics]

Song lyrics to (I've Got) Plenty to Be Thankful For (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung by Bing Crosby on Thanksgiving Day in Holiday Inn
Song lyrics to (I’ve Got) Plenty to Be Thankful For (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung by Bing Crosby on Thanksgiving Day in Holiday Inn I’ve got plenty to be thankful forI haven’t got great big yachtTo sail from shore to shoreStill I’ve got plenty to...
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Let’s Say It with Firecrackers [song lyrics]

Song lyrics to Let's Say It with Firecrackers (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung at the Holiday Inn by the chorus and danced by Fred Astaire on the 4th of July
Song lyrics to Let’s Say It with Firecrackers (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung at the Holiday Inn by the chorus and danced by Fred Astaire on the 4th of July Let’s say it with firecrackersAnd banners held highLet’s have a real old-fashioned noisy Fourth of...
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