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Abbott & Costello: The Naughty Nineties, The Time of Their LivesAbbott & Costello: The Naughty Nineties, The Time of Their Lives (1945-1946)
Dir. Jean Yarbrough, Charles Barton
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis
A double feature of slapstick shenanigans "Naughty Nineties": A captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers and stage show…
Blithe SpiritBlithe Spirit (1945) Recommended
Dir. David Lean
Feat. Rex Harrison
Novelist Rex Harrison jestingly arranges a seance, and inadvertently conjures up the ghost of his first wife, who then wittily haunts his new…
Captain KiddCaptain Kidd (1945)
Dir. Rowland V Lee
Feat. Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton
Charles Laughton has a great time playing the 17th century English pirate, who swindles King William III. Rollicking production is a nicely comic…
Harvey Girls, TheHarvey Girls, The (1945)
Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger
A much–loved, if rather formless musical about the heyday of the railroad in the Old West and the Harvey House restaurants which sprang up…
I Know Where I'm Going!I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Dame Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney
A headstrong Wendy Hiller seeks marriage and wealth on the Scottish Hebrides, but is sidetracked by true romance. The powerful landscapes and lyrical…
Thin Man Goes Home, TheThin Man Goes Home, The (1945)
Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson
Nick and Nora's reputation precedes them as they wrap up another murder mystery while visiting Nick's parents. The penultimate film in the popular…
Wonder ManWonder Man (1945)
Dir. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen
A typically zany fairy–tale for Danny Kaye, as a mild–mannered student persuaded by the ghost of his dead twin to seek out his murderer.…
Can't Help SingingCan't Help Singing (1944)
Dir. Frank Ryan
Feat. Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff
Sugary sweet technicolour western musical based on the book "Girl of the Overland Trail" by Samuel J. and Curtis B. Warshawsky. Set during the…
Hail The Conquering HeroHail The Conquering Hero (1944) Recommended
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest
Crazed comedy from dir. Sturges, with Bracken starring as a WW2 soldier, who never actually saw any action because of his hay fever, but who upon…
Miracle of Morgan's Creek, TheMiracle of Morgan's Creek, The (1944) Recommended
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn
Madcap screwball comedy from genius writer–director Preston Sturges (THE LADY EVE), following a small–town girl from the Midwest (Betty…

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