The Cinematic Fractionation: The 1940's
As I give my eyes a break after some severe eye strain I continue my series of sandbagged blogs of my personal favorite movies by decade.
One of the best Charlie Chan films: a story of two tales of revenge & one of vindication.
Tyrone Power & Linda Darnell both command the screen in this swashbuckler packed w/ action, mystery & romance.
Irene Dunne returns after being stranded on a desert island to find her husband Cary Grant newly remarried, hilarity ensues.
Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre & Sydney Greenstreet in a hunt for a rare statue. THE definitive classic hard-boiled detective movie.
Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman in a tale of lost love in a time of war… & a sentimental song.
Cary Grant & Raymond Massey in a another screwball comedy about two crazy sisters, two crazy brothers & a crazy uncle who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt.
A Three Stooges classic w/ the boys impersonating opera singers in a high class home.
Orson Wells as a Nazi hiding out in a New England town & Edward G. Robinson as the G-Man hunting him… w/ Loretta Young… & a clock.
Abbot & Costello: a couple of Revolutionary War ghosts are doomed to haunt a home until their names are cleared.
A Hitchcock classic: Jimmy Stewart as a professor who learns a lesson from his students, who took his teachings a little too far...
Honorable Mention:
Two bonehead archaeologists unearth a slow moving mummy who outruns & outwits them. A classic!
1940's
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
One of the best Charlie Chan films: a story of two tales of revenge & one of vindication.
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Tyrone Power & Linda Darnell both command the screen in this swashbuckler packed w/ action, mystery & romance.
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Irene Dunne returns after being stranded on a desert island to find her husband Cary Grant newly remarried, hilarity ensues.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre & Sydney Greenstreet in a hunt for a rare statue. THE definitive classic hard-boiled detective movie.
Casablanca (1942)
Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman in a tale of lost love in a time of war… & a sentimental song.
Arsenic & Old Lace (1944)
Cary Grant & Raymond Massey in a another screwball comedy about two crazy sisters, two crazy brothers & a crazy uncle who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt.
Micro Phonies (1945)
A Three Stooges classic w/ the boys impersonating opera singers in a high class home.
The Stranger (1946)
Orson Wells as a Nazi hiding out in a New England town & Edward G. Robinson as the G-Man hunting him… w/ Loretta Young… & a clock.
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Abbot & Costello: a couple of Revolutionary War ghosts are doomed to haunt a home until their names are cleared.
Rope (1948)
A Hitchcock classic: Jimmy Stewart as a professor who learns a lesson from his students, who took his teachings a little too far...
Honorable Mention:
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
Two bonehead archaeologists unearth a slow moving mummy who outruns & outwits them. A classic!
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