Quiz Call: The Woman in the Window
First up The Woman in the Window (“Films with ‘Man’ in the title“) a film which is certainly obscure enough to be a Quiz Call answer, even if it doesn’t […]
Tag Archives: 1940s
My Favorite Wife
In a courtroom, Nick Arden (Cary Grant) is having his first wife declared dead after she went missing in a boating accident so he can marry Bianca (Gail Patrick). But […]
This Happy Breed
Set in London between 1919 and 1939, This Happy Breed follows the Gibbons family enjoying two decades of peace between the world wars, against a backdrop of growing social unrest […]
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) is born in a workhouse under the cruel management of Mr Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan), a sort of Victorian Mike Ashley. When Oliver runs away […]
The Passionate Friends
Mary (Ann Todd) is in a loveless marriage to wealthy banker Howard (Claude Rains), but on holiday in Switzerland she finds herself in the next room to her former love, […]
Great Expectations
Pip’s life gets pepped after he pops into a graveyard in David Lean’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ penultimate novel. Watching it now, Pip’s story is less than revelatory and perhaps […]
Brief Encounter
A bored housewife (Celia Johnson) encounters a handsome doctor (Trevor Howard) at the train station in the appropriately named Milford. But these acquaintances on a train have a profound effect […]
A Matter of Life and Death
Squadron Leader Peter David Carter (David Niven) is a pilot in World War Two. When his plane is downed over the English Channel he shares his final moments with a […]
Sorry, Wrong Number
Thrillers have always exploited the latest methods of communication, whether people are witnessing murders over Skype (Unfriended), telephones (Phone Booth), pigeon (Bird Box) or cave paintings (Ice Age). 1948’s Sorry, […]
The Lady from Shanghai
Rita Hayworth is Elsa, a young woman married to a crusty old lawyer. When Michael (Orson Welles) becomes infatuated with her, he gets a job aboard their yacht, but when […]
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