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Carnival of Sinners (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 9, 2014
Carnival of Sinners (La main du diable) Directed by Maurice Tourneur Written by Jean-Paul de Chanois from a novel by Gérard de Neval 1943/France Continental Films First viewing/Hulu Plus The highlight of this supernatural tale is Pierre Fresnay’s performance. A group of travelers is trapped read more
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 9, 2014
Action in the North Atlantic Directed by Lloyd Bacon Written by John Howard Lawson; story by Guy Gilpatric 1943/USA Warner Bros First viewing/Amazon Instant Video The great action sequences make this film. Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey don’t hurt either. The story is more or le read more
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 8, 2014
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Directed by Sam Wood
Written by Dudley Nichols based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway
1943/USA
Paramount Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This epic adaptation of the Hemingway novel has a lot to recommend it. Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper), an American volunteer read more
Madame Curie (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 7, 2014
Madame Curie Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Written by Paul Osborn and Hans Rameau from the book Madame Curie by Éve Curie 1943/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Warner Archives DVD It is refreshing to see a movie about people who are passionate about their work – even more so to see one abou read more
Jane Eyre (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 6, 2014
Jane Eyre Directed by Robert Stevenson Written by Aldous Huxley, Robert Stevenson, and John Houseman from the novel by Charlotte Brontë 1943/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix Instant Edward Rochester: Humbug! Most free-born people would submit to anything for a sala read more
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 5, 2014
Guadalcanal Diary
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Written by Lamar Trotti and Jerome Cady from a book by Richard Tregakis
1943/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Gunnery Sgt. Hook Malone: [after an even louder explosion] That’s the stove now! If you are read more
The Ghost Ship (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 4, 2014
The Ghost Ship Directed by Mark Robson Written by Donald Henderson Clark from a story by Leo Mittler 1943/USA RKO Radio Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental In this Val Lewton production, instead of ghosts, we get the Boss from Hell. Being trapped with him turns out to be scarier than an read more
The Leopard Man (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 4, 2014
The Leopard Man
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Written by Ardel Wray and Edward Dein from the novel Black Alibi by Cornell Woolrich
1943/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
First viewing/Netflix rental Val Lewton had to use the titles the studio gave him but he used them to make atmospheric gems about our primal f read more
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 3, 2014
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Münchhausen) Directed by Josef von Báky Written by Erich Kästner 1943/Germany Universum Film (UFA) First viewing/Netflix rental Despite it’s provenance, this Agfacolor fantasy extravaganza is truly entertaining. The story is framed by scenes set in the read more
The Hard Way (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 2, 2014
The Hard Way Directed by Vincent Sherman Written by Daniel Fuchs and Peter Viertel 1943/USA Warner Bros First viewing/Warner Archive DVD Paul Collins: [Sarcastically] Every other Thursday, Baby. This cliche-ridden picture about a woman who claws her sister’s way to the top features a steely read more
Tampopo (1985)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 2, 2014
Tampopo Directed by Jûzô Itami Written by Jûzô Itami 1985/Japan Itami Productions/New Century Productions Repeat viewing/My DVD collection #783 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die In this very funny film, good food is connected to birth, death, sex, work, and pleasure in a mouth-watering read more
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Oct 1, 2014
Sanshiro Sugata (Sugata Sanshirô) Directed by Akira Kurasawa Written by Akira Kurasawa from a novel by Tsuneo Tomita 1943/Japan Tojo Company First viewing/Hulu Plus Although 17 minutes of Sanshiro Sugata was cut by Japan’s wartime government and subsequently lost, Kurosawa’s read more
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 30, 2014
Watch on the Rhine
Directed by Herman Shumlin
Written by Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman from the play by Hellman
1943/USA
Warner Bros
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Oscar-winner Paul Lukas is well worth seeing in this tale of German resistance to facism in the years before America entered th read more
The Seventh Victim (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 29, 2014
The Seventh Victim
Directed by Mark Robson
Written by Charles O’Neill and DeWitt Bodeen
1943/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
First viewing/Netflix rental
#171 of !001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This beautifully shot film is really more about death than it is about Satan worshippers. Mary Gi read more
Stormy Weather (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 28, 2014
Stormy Weather
Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Written by Frederick J. Jackson, Ted Koehler et al
1943/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
First viewing/Netflix rental Bill Robinson … Lena Horne … Fats Waller … Cab Calloway … the Nicholas Brothers … Dooley Wilson. read more
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 27, 2014
Cabin in the Sky Directed by Vincente Minnelli Written by Joseph Schrank based on the book of the musical play by Lynn Root 1943/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Repeat viewing/Netflix rental If one can look past the racial attitudes of the era, Vincent Minnelli’s debut film is a cornucopia of riche read more
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 26, 2014
Destination Tokyo
Directed by Delmer Daves
Written by Delmer Daves and Albert Maltz from an original story by Steve Fisher
1943/USA
Warner Bros
First viewing/Netflix rental Wolf: I don’t know. Strong arm, strong back, weak mind! This goes way overboard in the propaganda department at times. read more
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 25, 2014
Meshes of the Afternoon Directed by Maya Derrin and Alexander Hamid Written by Maya Derrin 1943/USA First viewing/YouTube #170 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die A young woman comes home to her apartment in Hollywood. She falls asleep in an armchair and has a dream in which the objects read more
This Land Is Mine (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 24, 2014
This Land Is Mine
Directed by Jean Renoir
Written by Dudley Nichols
1943/USA
Jean Renoir-Dudley Nichols Productions/RKO Radio Pictures
First viewing/Warner Archive DVD Louise Martin: Every factory and railroad in Europe is Germany, Mrs. Lory, until the Germans are driven out. In Jean Renoi read more
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Sep 23, 2014
Heaven Can Wait
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Written by Samson Raphaelson from a play by Leslie Bush-Fekete
1943/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Henry Van Cleve: Crime? Crime? I’m afraid I can’t think of any, but I can safely say my whole life wa read more