Subgenre Sampler
Mr. Skeffington (1944)- Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel - Unrepentant weepie of epic length with Bette Davis as a NYC 'society girl' who snags a devoted and rich Jewish husband (Rains). But after a tangle…
Murder, My Sweet (Farewell, My Lovely) (1944)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley… - An iconic 'noir' whose unsavoury storyline is taken from Raymond Chandler's classic novel. Powell plays a detective dragged into a murky case of…
National Velvet (1944)- Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney - Ever–exciting family classic, with 12 year–old budding equestrian Elizabeth Taylor, taking her horse Velvet all the way to the Grand…
Phantom Lady (1944)- Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Alan Curtis, Ella Raines, Virginia Brissac… - Dark little treat of a thriller focused on a married man who spends a night with a mysterious lady and subsequently finds his wife murdered. The…
Pin Up Girl (1944)- Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye… - Betty Grable, America's #1 pin–up during WWII, strikes a pose as a canteen girl who pretends to be broadway star in order to stay close to her…
Purple Heart, The (1944)- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger… - Watchable flag–waver from WW2 depicts the show trial of a crew of American airmen (led by Andrews) who are shot down over Tokyo in 1944. Has…
Rats of Tobruk, The (The Fighting Rats of Tobruk) (1944)- Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Peter Finch - Aussie battler Chips Rafferty fight hard in the Battle of Rommel in this chest–thumping follow–up to FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN.
Since You Went Away (1944)- Dir. John Cromwell, Andre De Toth
Feat. Joseph Cotton, Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones… - While husband Joseph Cotton is away at WWII, Claudette Colbert must hold home and family together. A lengthy dose of home–front stoicism, that…
Tall in the Saddle (1944)- Dir. Edwin L. Marin
Feat. John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond - An action–packed John Wayne Oater in which he plays a tough, quiet cowboy who arrives at an Arizona town to find his boss has been murdered and…
This Happy Breed (1944)- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills - Another David Lean–Noel Coward collaboration, the pair who later made the fine BRIEF ENCOUNTER. Here they turn their sensibilities to the…
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