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Sweet Rosie O’Grady

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Sweet Rosie O’Grady (1943) starring Betty Grable, Robert Young, Adolphe Menjou, Reginald Gardiner

Synopsis of Sweet Rosie O’Grady

In Sweet Rosie O’Grady, a snobby star feuds with a reporter who exposed her burlesque past.

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Swing Fever

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Swing Fever (1943), starring Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell, Nat Pendleton

Synopsis

In Swing Fever, a country boy (Kay Kyser) comes to the big city and gets entangled with a crooked fight manager.

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The Leopard Man

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Synopsis of The Leopard Man

Terror filled story of an escaped leopard that terrorizes a small town. Then the leopard is found dead…  But the killings continue in The Leopard Man.

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Best Foot Forward

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Best Foot Forward (1943), starring Lucille Ball, Harry James

A fun musical, that frequently had me asking, “When is Lucy coming back on screen?” Please understand, that even without Lucy on screen, it’s a fun musical farce.  There are several nice musical numbers and some Wonderful music by the Harry James band.  I was absolutely transfixed by their rendition of Flight of the Bumblebees.  But there’s a definite decrease in the comedy, and in the pace of the film, when Lucille Ball is off-screen. With a few notable examples.

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Calling Dr. Death

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Calling Dr. Death (1943), starring Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish, Patricia Morison

Synopsis of Calling Dr. Death

Losing his memories for the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told his wife has been brutally murdered. Aware of his wife’s infidelity he believes he may have been the killer and enlists the aid of his pretty nurse to hypnotize him.

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Hangmen Also Die

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Hangmen Also Die! (1943), by Fritz Lang, starring Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Gene Lockhart, Anna Lee

Synopsis of Hangmen Also Die

Hangmen Also Die is set in occupied Czechoslovakia.  It revolves around the successful plot by the Czech resistance to assassinate Deputy Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia Hangman Reinhard Heydrich.  And the hunt by the Gestapo to track down the killers that follow.

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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

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Synopsis of  Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Larry Talbot, the unwilling Wolf Man, is returned to life with the unwitting help of grave robbers.  He wishes only to die, in order to avoid hurting anyone else as the Wolf Man.   So, he gets the help of the old gypsy from the original Wolf Man film. He is striving to get the assistance of the reviled Dr. Frankenstein … A man who supposedly discovered the secrets of life and death.   The doctor isn’t available, but Talbot uncovers his monster (played by Bela Lugosi).  With a confrontation between the two monsters being inevitable.

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