Film Index
American cinema: 1940s
The Great McGinty (1940)
Preston Sturges
Weary of his exile in a seedy banana republic, a crooked banker is about to kill himself when a friendly barman intervenes and begins to recount his own sad story...
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Preston Sturges
The Great Moment (1944)
Preston Sturges
This is the story of William T. G. Morton, one of the most important figures in the history of medical science. Whilst practicing as a dentist in Boston in the 1840s, he investigated various ways to relieve pain during tooth extraction...
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Preston Sturges
The Great Sinner (1949)
Robert Siodmak
In 1860, during a long train journey to Paris, a Russian writer named Fedja gets to know an attractive young woman, Pauline...
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Robert Siodmak
Hangover Square (1945)
John Brahm
In the early 1900s, the well-known English composer George Harvey Bone is working hard to complete his magnum opus, a piano concerto dedicated to his fiancée...
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John Brahm
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Ernst Lubitsch
After a life of dissolute pleasure-seeking, Henry Van Cleve considers he has earned his place in Hell. But when he arrives in the entrance hall to Satan's fiery domain, he encounters an imposing figure who is less certain of his credentials...
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Ernst Lubitsch
The Heiress (1949)
William Wyler
In the 1840s, Dr Austin Sloper, a successful medical practitioner, lives with his daughter Catherine in New York's affluent Washington Square... [More...]
William Wyler
In the 1840s, Dr Austin Sloper, a successful medical practitioner, lives with his daughter Catherine in New York's affluent Washington Square... [More...]
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Alexander Hall
Prize fighter Joe Pendleton is fooling about in his private aeroplane when he loses control and crashes into the ground. Just before impact, his soul is snatched from his body by an overly enthusiastic angel, Messenger 7013, and taken to the transit point to the next world... [More...]
Alexander Hall
Prize fighter Joe Pendleton is fooling about in his private aeroplane when he loses control and crashes into the ground. Just before impact, his soul is snatched from his body by an overly enthusiastic angel, Messenger 7013, and taken to the transit point to the next world... [More...]
His Girl Friday (1940)
Howard Hawks
Newspaper editor Walter Burns is known for his ruthlessness and cunning but when he learns that he is about to lose his ex-wife and star reporter Hildy Johnson he surpasses himself... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Newspaper editor Walter Burns is known for his ruthlessness and cunning but when he learns that he is about to lose his ex-wife and star reporter Hildy Johnson he surpasses himself... [More...]
Holiday Inn (1942)
Mark Sandrich
Jim Hardy and Ted Hanover are a star New York song and dance act, but their partnership is about to end when Jim makes up his mind to drop out of the entertainment business so that he can run a farm in Connecticut... [More...]
Mark Sandrich
Jim Hardy and Ted Hanover are a star New York song and dance act, but their partnership is about to end when Jim makes up his mind to drop out of the entertainment business so that he can run a farm in Connecticut... [More...]
House of Dracula (1945)
Erle C. Kenton
One evening, the eminent surgeon Dr Edelmann receives an unexpected visit from Count Dracula who is desperately seeking a cure for his vampirism... [More...]
Erle C. Kenton
One evening, the eminent surgeon Dr Edelmann receives an unexpected visit from Count Dracula who is desperately seeking a cure for his vampirism... [More...]
The House of Fear (1945)
Roy William Neill
Drearcliffe House, a remote Scottish castle, is home to seven retired bachelors who refer to themselves as the Good Comrades... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Drearcliffe House, a remote Scottish castle, is home to seven retired bachelors who refer to themselves as the Good Comrades... [More...]
House of Frankenstein (1944)
Erle C. Kenton
Not everyone approves of Dr Gustav Niemann's hobby of transplanting human brains into the bodies of domestic animals, which is why he is currently safely locked away in a prison for the criminally insane... [More...]
Erle C. Kenton
Not everyone approves of Dr Gustav Niemann's hobby of transplanting human brains into the bodies of domestic animals, which is why he is currently safely locked away in a prison for the criminally insane... [More...]
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
Henry Hathaway
During WWII, brilliant university graduate Bill Dietrich is recruited by the FBI to help uncover Nazi agents working in the United States... [More...]
Henry Hathaway
During WWII, brilliant university graduate Bill Dietrich is recruited by the FBI to help uncover Nazi agents working in the United States... [More...]
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
John Ford
As he prepares to leave the house he has lived in for fifty years, Huw Morgan looks back on the eventful years of his childhood... [More...]
John Ford
As he prepares to leave the house he has lived in for fifty years, Huw Morgan looks back on the eventful years of his childhood... [More...]
Humoresque (1946)
Jean Negulesco
A moment of personal tragedy prompts concert violinist Paul Boray to re-evaluate his life. He recalls happier times when, as a small boy, his mother gave him a violin for his birthday... [More...]
Jean Negulesco
A moment of personal tragedy prompts concert violinist Paul Boray to re-evaluate his life. He recalls happier times when, as a small boy, his mother gave him a violin for his birthday... [More...]
I Married a Witch (1942)
René Clair
During the Salem witch trials of the early 1690s, Massachusetts landowner Jonathan Wooley has an alleged witch, Jennifer, and her father Daniel burned at the stake for witchcraft... [More...]
René Clair
During the Salem witch trials of the early 1690s, Massachusetts landowner Jonathan Wooley has an alleged witch, Jennifer, and her father Daniel burned at the stake for witchcraft... [More...]
I Remember Mama (1948)
George Stevens
Katrin Hanson is an aspiring writer has just completed her first novel, a nostalgic account of her family life in San Francisco, in around 1910... [More...]
George Stevens
Katrin Hanson is an aspiring writer has just completed her first novel, a nostalgic account of her family life in San Francisco, in around 1910... [More...]
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Jacques Tourneur
Betsy Connell, a young Canadian nurse, is hired to go to the Caribbean island of Saint Sebastian and care for Jessica Holland, wife of the owner of a local sugar plantation... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
Betsy Connell, a young Canadian nurse, is hired to go to the Caribbean island of Saint Sebastian and care for Jessica Holland, wife of the owner of a local sugar plantation... [More...]
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Howard Hawks
In the immediate aftermath of WWII, Henri Rochard, an officer in the French secret service, is sent to the German town of Bad Nauheim to track down a lens polisher named Schindler and persuade him to work for the Allies... [More...]
Howard Hawks
In the immediate aftermath of WWII, Henri Rochard, an officer in the French secret service, is sent to the German town of Bad Nauheim to track down a lens polisher named Schindler and persuade him to work for the Allies... [More...]
Impact (1949)
Arthur Lubin
One of America's top industrialists, Walter Williams is blissfully unaware that his wife Irene has been carrying on an affair with a younger man, Jim Torrence... [More...]
Arthur Lubin
One of America's top industrialists, Walter Williams is blissfully unaware that his wife Irene has been carrying on an affair with a younger man, Jim Torrence... [More...]
The Impostor (1944)
Julien Duvivier
In June 1940, Clément, a condemned prisoner, is about to be guillotined in Paris when German bombs rain down and allow him to escape... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
In June 1940, Clément, a condemned prisoner, is about to be guillotined in Paris when German bombs rain down and allow him to escape... [More...]
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Robert Z. Leonard
Andrew Larkin is a diligent employee at Oberkugen's music shop in circa 1900 Chicago. He hopes that soon he will be able to earn enough so that he can marry the female pen-friend he writes to almost every day... [More...]
Robert Z. Leonard
Andrew Larkin is a diligent employee at Oberkugen's music shop in circa 1900 Chicago. He hopes that soon he will be able to earn enough so that he can marry the female pen-friend he writes to almost every day... [More...]
In This Our Life (1942)
John Huston
Stanley and Roy are two sisters, the grown-up daughters of unsuccessful entrepreneur Asa Timberlake. In temperament and behaviour the two women could not be more dissimilar... [More...]
John Huston
Stanley and Roy are two sisters, the grown-up daughters of unsuccessful entrepreneur Asa Timberlake. In temperament and behaviour the two women could not be more dissimilar... [More...]
Invisible Ghost (1941)
Joseph H. Lewis
Since his wife was taken from him in tragic circumstances, Charles Kessler has kept the memory of her alive in his mind and even continues to celebrate their wedding anniversary... [More...]
Joseph H. Lewis
Since his wife was taken from him in tragic circumstances, Charles Kessler has kept the memory of her alive in his mind and even continues to celebrate their wedding anniversary... [More...]
Irene (1940)
Herbert Wilcox
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare is measuring chairs for the socialite Mrs Vincent when she meets Don Marshall, a wealthy playboy... [More...]
Herbert Wilcox
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare is measuring chairs for the socialite Mrs Vincent when she meets Don Marshall, a wealthy playboy... [More...]
Island of Doomed Men (1940)
Charles Barton
Special undercover agent Mark Sheldon is assigned to expose an illicit slave operation on a remote island in the Pacific run by a man named Stephen Danel... [More...]
Charles Barton
Special undercover agent Mark Sheldon is assigned to expose an illicit slave operation on a remote island in the Pacific run by a man named Stephen Danel... [More...]
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
René Clair
In America in the 1940s, Larry and Sylvia Stevens are preparing to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary when Larry insists on letting the world know of the bizarre turn of events that led to their happy union... [More...]
René Clair
In America in the 1940s, Larry and Sylvia Stevens are preparing to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary when Larry insists on letting the world know of the bizarre turn of events that led to their happy union... [More...]
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Frank Capra
On the death of his father, George Bailey has no choice but to take over the management of the family's loan and savings business... [More...]
Frank Capra
On the death of his father, George Bailey has no choice but to take over the management of the family's loan and savings business... [More...]
Jane Eyre (1944)
Robert Stevenson
Weary of the ill-treatment she has received at the hands of her bullying Aunt Sarah, 10-year-old Jane Eyre is grateful when she learns she is to be sent to Lowood Institution, a charity school for poor orphaned girls such as she... [More...]
Robert Stevenson
Weary of the ill-treatment she has received at the hands of her bullying Aunt Sarah, 10-year-old Jane Eyre is grateful when she learns she is to be sent to Lowood Institution, a charity school for poor orphaned girls such as she... [More...]
Jitterbugs (1943)
Malcolm St. Clair
Stan and Ollie are an itinerant two-man jazz band. On the way to their next venue, their car runs out of petrol in the middle of nowhere... [More...]
Malcolm St. Clair
Stan and Ollie are an itinerant two-man jazz band. On the way to their next venue, their car runs out of petrol in the middle of nowhere... [More...]