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Jane EyreJane Eyre (1943)
Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Peggy Ann Garner
Orphan Jane's (Joan Fontaine) harsh childhood and strange marriage are fuel for splendid gothic melodrama in this version of Charlotte Bronte's…
Le CorbeauLe Corbeau (1943) Recommended
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Feat. Pierre Fresnay
Fascinating as a wartime allegory made under the German Occupation of France, a small town becomes a hot–bed of paranoia following a rash of…
Leopard Man, The (1943)
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Dennis O'Keefe
The final Val Lewton–Tourneur horror collaboration concerns an escaped leopard (apparently) running amok in a small New Mexico town. A slim…
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, TheLife and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
The numerous off–beat adventures of a British soldier are chronicled over a period of three wars, with Deborah Kerr playing all three of the…
Lulu Belle (1943)
Dir. Leslie Fenton
Feat. Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Albert Dekker
Montgomery leaves his fiancee to take up with disreputable night club singer Lulu Belle. Almost forgotten musical is mostly of interest for it's…
Man in Grey, TheMan in Grey, The (1943)
Dir. Leslie Arliss
Feat. James Mason, Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert
Stagy melodrama told largely in flashback centers on the story of two women one rich, one poor and the man with whom a love triangle develops with…
Millions Like UsMillions Like Us (1943)
Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford
Honest dramatization of the British "home front" during the second World War focuses on a factory worker struggling to overcome her grief after the…
More the Merrier, TheMore the Merrier, The (1943)
Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn
Winning romantic comedy with a peerless Jean Arthur allowing two men to share her apartment, one of whom she falls in love with.
My Learned FriendMy Learned Friend (1943)
Dir. Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Feat. Will Hay, Mervyn Johns
British comedy starring Will Hay as a lawyer on the run from a serial killer, whom he had previously defended and been unable to keep out of jail.…
Outlaw, TheOutlaw, The (1943)
Dir. Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks
Feat. Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell
Off–beat retelling of the legend of Billy the Kid with Jane Russell's cleavage outraging the censors of the day. Now a tame curiosity.

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