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Meet the People (1944)

Meet the People(1944) starring Lucille Ball, Dick Powell At its’ heart, Meet the People is a musical romantic comedy, where shipyard worker William ‘Swanee’ Swanson (played by Dick Powell) has written a patriotic play about the American worker during World War II. Actress Julie Hampton (played by Lucille Ball) is hired...

October 27, 2018 user Musical No Comment

House of Dracula

House of Dracula (1944), starring John Carradine, Onslow Stevens, Lon Chaney Jr., Glenn Strange Synopsis of House of Dracula In House of Dracula, Wolf Man (Lon Chaney, Jr.) & Dracula (John Carradine) beg Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens) to cure them of their killing instincts. But Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor’s nurse.

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The Adventures of Mark Twain

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944), starring Fredric March, Alexis Smith Review of The Adventures of Mark Twain I’ve often said that Hollywood takes enormous liberties with biographies. That’s true in The Adventures of Mark Twain as well. But that doesn’t mean that it’s not a very enjoyable movie. It...

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Weird Woman

Weird Woman (1944) starring Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers Synopsis of Weird Woman Weird Woman – When a college professor whose life work is the battle against superstition marries a beautiful woman with a voodoo background, the return to the university leads to bitterness, fighting, and murder....

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House of Frankenstein [monster movie]

House of Frankenstein (1944), starring Boris Karloff, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish, Glenn Strange, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Peter Coe Synopsis of House of Frankenstein House of Frankenstein is the first of the Universal Studios monster mashes. In short, mad scientist Niemann and “friend Daniel” his hunchback assistant...

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The Fighting Sullivans

The Fighting Sullivans (1944) starring Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle There are a great many positive things to say about The Fighting Sullivans. It’s set against the backdrop of World War II. But at it’s heart it’s the story of a loving Irish Catholic family. As they...

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Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington (1944), starring Bette Davis, Claude Rains Product Description of Mr. Skeffington Bette Davis stars as a beautiful but vain society woman who, to pay her brother’s gambling debts, marries a financier she does not love — Mr. Skeffington. The marriage does not last, and the former...

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Thirty Seconds over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944) starring Van Johnson, Phyllis Thaxter, Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker, Robert Mitchum The old adage says that you shouldn’t judge a book by its’ cover — and that goes for DVD cases as well. Judging from the DVD case, you would think that Thirty...

February 19, 2016 user Drama No Comment

I’ll Be Seeing You

I’ll Be Seeing You (1944) starring Joseph Cotten, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple In short, I‘ll Be Seeing You is a wonderful film. It’s set towards the end of World War II. A veteran (played very well by Joseph Cotten) is suffering from what we would now call PTSD. ...

February 12, 2016 user Drama No Comment

Cry of the Werewolf [monster movie]

Cry of the Werewolf (1944) starring Stephen Crane, Nina Foch Celeste, a Romany princess visits a paranormal museum where the curator Dr. Morris is writing the history of her werewolf mother, Marie LaTour. Shortly after her visit to the museum Dr. Morris is murdered. The police automatically suspect...

April 16, 2015 user Horror movies No Comment