1940s Movies

Classic 1940s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1940 to 1949, the Golden Age of Hollywood.

The Thin Man: How I Learned to Love Nick & Nora Charles

11.12.09 | Jerry Frebowitz | Tags: 1930s Movies, 1940s Movies, Classic Movies, Myrna Loy, The Thin Man, William Powell | 30 comments

Long before McMillan and Wife and Hart to Hart graced the TV airwaves, William Powell and Myrna Loy ruled the roost at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios with a series of movies based on the Dashiell Hammett detective novel, The Thin Man.

Saturday Matinee at the Logan: Confessions of a Movie Addict

09.23.09 | Jerry Frebowitz | Tags: 1940s Movies, 1950s Movies | 38 comments

There was no better experience in the 1940s than the Saturday matinee. When I was a young boy, movie theaters only cost ten cents for children under twelve. I’m not positive, but I’m pretty sure that adults were twenty-six cents, but to…