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The Spell of Amy Nugent (AKA “Spellbound” and “Passing Clouds”) Directed by John Harlow Written by Miles Malleson and Hugh Benson based on the play “Necromancer” by Robert Benson 1941/UK Pyramid Amalgamated Pictures First viewing/Amazon Instant Video   Accord read more

Penny Serenade Directed by George Stevens Written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind 1941/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental With every picture I see directed by George Stevens, I admire his work more. The story is told in flashback as Julie Adams (Irene Dunne) listens read more

I Wake Up Screaming Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone Written by Dwight Taylor from a novel by Steve Fisher 1941/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental   Larry Evans: No, but the rest of it isn’t on the menu. Vicky Lynn: You couldn’t afford it if it read more

Blues in the Night Directed by Anatole Litvak Written by Robert Rossen from the play Hot Nocturne by Edwin Gilbert 1941/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental   A musical film noir?  And in 1941 already?  A white band playing blues? Well, partly. “Jigger” Pine (Richard Whorf) read more

Bombsight Stolen (AKA “Cottage to Let) Directed by Anthony Asquith Written by Anatole de Grunwald and J.O.C. Orton adapted from the play by Geoffrey Kerr 1941/UK Gainsborough Pictures/Gaumont British Picture Corporation First viewing/Internet Archive   I really enjoyed seeing the gatherin read more

The Ghost Train Directed by Walter Forde Written by Marriott Edgar, Val Guest, et al 1941/UK Gainsborough Pictures First viewing/Amazon Prime Instant Video   I certainly didn’t do justice to this comic British thriller by watching it in pieces over a few nights on the old iPad but I proba read more

The Shanghai Gesture Directed by Josef von Sternberg Written by Josef von Sternberg, Jules Furthman, and Geza Herczeg based on a play by John Colton 1941/USA Arnold Pressburger Films First viewing/Amazon Prime Instant Video   I thought I had seen Josef von Sternberg’s weirdest film when I read more

Major Barbara Directed by Gabriel Pascal Written by George Bernard Shaw 1941/UK Gabriel Pascal Productions First viewing/Netflix rental   Rex Harrison and Wendy Hiller were born to play Shaw. Agnostic socialist Adolphus Cusins (Rex Harrison), a Greek scholar, is a flop at public speaking.  He read more

All Through the Night Directed by Vincent Sherman Written by Leonard Spigelglass, Edwin Gilbert, and Leo Rosten 1941/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Amazon Instant Video Alfred “Gloves” Donahue: Excuse me, Baby. What she means it’s about time someone knocked those heels back on thei read more

A Woman’s Face Directed by George Cukor Written by Donald Ogden Stewart and Elliot Paul from a play by Francis de Croisset 1941/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental This film was much different than I expected and I truly enjoyed it. The story is a remake of the 1938 film A Wom read more

Sun Valley Serenade Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone Written by Art Arthur, Robert Harari, Robert Ellis, and Helen Logan 1941/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/YouTube The story line of this one drove me crazy but I’d still have to recommend it if it were only for the &# read more

They Died with Their Boots On Directed by Raul Walsh Written by Wally Kline and Aeneas MacKenzie 1941/USA Warner Bros First viewing/Netflix rental   Ned Sharp: Yeah? What’s that? George Armstrong Custer: You can take glory with you when it’s your time to go.  Errol Flynn makes a con read more

Out of the Fog Directed by Anatole Litvak Written by Robert Rosson, Jerry Wald, and Richard Macauley from the play “Gentle People” by Irwin Shaw 1941/USA Warner Bros First viewing/Warner Archive DVD This proto-noir is a little stage-bound and heavy handed but I enjoyed it for the perform read more

The Great Lie Directed by Edmund Goulding Written by Lenore J. Coffee based on a novel by Polan Banks 1941/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental This is a competently made “woman’s picture” raised above the ordinary by the lively performance of Mary Astor. After a night of read more

El gendarme desconocido (“The Unknown Policeman”) Directed by Miguel M. Delgado Written by Miguel M. Delgado, José F. Elizondo, and Jaime Salvador 1941/Mexico Posa Films First viewing/Mill Creek Entertainment DVD This was my introduction to the famous Mexican comic.  I don’t think read more

Happy Birthday, Basil Rathbone!  (June 13, 1892) ~ The Mad Doctor (1941) 6/13/2014 2 Comments   Well,  it's both Basil Rathbone's b-day AND Friday the 13th,  so I thought I'd pick a spooky-type pict read more

That Hamilton Woman (AKA “Lady Hamilton”) Directed by Alexander Korda Written by Walter Reisch and R.C. Sherriff 1941/UK Alexander Korda Films/London Films Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental The Streetgirl: And then?  What happened after? Emma: There is no “then”. Ther read more

Happy Birthday, Basil Rathbone!  (June 13, 1892) ~ The Mad Doctor (1941) 6/13/2014 2 Comments   Well,  it's both Basil Rathbone's b-day AND Friday the 13th,  so I thought I'd pick a spooky-type picture for this special occa read more

Friday Fail: How Green Was My Valley (1941) It took me three days to watch John Ford's epic drama HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941). Three days! I had heard so much about this film from all of the classic movie bloggers that attended the TCM Film Fest this past April and I was really looking fo read more

The 49th Parallel (AKA “The Invaders”) Directed by Michael Powell Written by Emeric Pressburger and Rodney Ackland 1941/UK Ortus Films Repeat viewing/Streaming on Amazon Instant Video   The stars took a cut in pay to appear in this exciting, if a bit heavy handed, anti-isolationist read more