Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3626 Films to Buy & Rent
Way Ahead, The (1944)
- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. David Niven, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard…
- A depleted battalion must scrub up and train a ragtag bunch of conscripts to re–fill the positions left by deceased soldiers in this morale…
White Cliffs of Dover, The (1944)
- Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Roddy McDowall, Irene Dunne…
- Patriotic sentiment up full–bore, this extended saga of English–American fraternising over both World Wars, has Irene Dunne and family…
Woman in the Window, The (1944)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey
- Fritz Lang applies his quietly gripping style to this highly–ranked film–noir in which Criminology Professor Edward G Robinson is led…
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
- Dir. Lloyd Bacon
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale…
- Dramatic battle scenes highlight this Oscar–nominated WW2 drama, in which Bogie portrays the first mate of a freighter travelling the…
Air Force (1943)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Garfield
- Persuasive propaganda piece focusing on the crew of a B–17 bomber, quite thrilling in the hands of director Hawks.
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, " Eddie ""Rochester""" Anderson…
- Landmark musical presents a 'faux–negro' folk story accompanied by the sophisticated musicianship of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and…
Crash Dive (1943)
- Dir. Archie Mayo
Feat. Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews
- A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl in this thrilling propaganda piece that won the 1943 Oscar for best special…
Day of Wrath (1943)
- Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam
- Witchcraft drama set in 17th century rural Denmark, where an innocent young woman is denounced following the death of her much older, harshly…
Destination Tokyo (1943)
- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Cary Grant
- Suspenseful Cary Grant war melodrama set aboard a U.S sub encroaching Japanese waters.
Edge of Darkness (1943)
- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston…
- Taut account of Resistance activities in Norway during WWII, has extra–good camerawork of Erroll Flynn, Ann Sheridan and Walter Huston in some…