Classic 1940s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1940 to 1949, the Golden Age of Hollywood.
The dark underbelly of life is explored in the film noir genre, and we’ve got five hard-boiled tales of suspense and grittiness that you may not have seen. So join us for this journey into the seedy and uncertain world…
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Universal Studios’ 1940 favorite The Wolf Man introduced audiences to Lon Chaney Jr.‘s tragic (and hirsute) monster. For this week’s Create-A-Caption, we’ve taken an image from the film and added our own funny caption. What can you come up with?…
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Based on a novel by Jay Dratler, 1948’s Pitfall is a captivating — if somewhat underrated — film noir gem that stars Dick Powell as a bored husband and insurance adjuster who becomes involved with beautiful model Lizabeth Scott, the…
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The Philadelphia Story is George Cukor’s sophisticated screwball gem, adapted from Philip Barry’s play set in Philadelphia’s tony Main Line suburbs, Katharine Hepburn re-creates her stage role as society girl Tracy Lord, whose upcoming second marriage is imperiled by the…
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Orson Welles has taken up permanent residence in the hearts and minds of movie lovers due to the hugely influential works he leaves behind and the sort of larger-than-life persona of which Hollywood legends are made. Of course, Citizen Kane…
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From Citizen Kane and How Green Was My Valley to Dumbo and The Maltese Falcon, the movie roster of 75 years ago was truly “the stuff that dreams are made of.” Vote in our poll for your favorite “diamond anniversary” film from 1941.
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Wild plots, crazy characters and rapid-fire dialogue marked the screwball comedies of the 1930s and ’40s. For his MovieFanFare debut, writer Nathaniel Cerf examines the genre where such stars as Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck and others showed off their funny bones.
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Virginia Mayo is the “girl with the heart of ice” who lets her mob lawyer boyfriend (Zachary Scott) take the fall for a killing she committed in Flaxy Martin. Guest blogger Kristen Lopez shines a light in the 1949 noir drama, which co-starred Dorothy Malone.
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Edward G. Robinson starred as the 19th-century German researcher who fought stigma and skeptics as he sought a cure for syphilis in Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet. For the Movie Scientist Blogathon, we review the 1940 Warner Bros. biodrama.
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A private eye hired to track down a shady businessman’s fugitive mistress makes the potentially fatal mistake of falling for her. Guest writer Barry P. takes a look at Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 film noir gem Out of the Past, with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas.
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