Audie Murphy’s life & career are explored from war hero to successful Hollywood actor starring in the action classic To Hell and Back, based on his own WWII experiences. Did you know that James Cagney gave him his first show business break?
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Classic 1940s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1940 to 1949, the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Irene Dunne and The White Cliffs of Dover
By 1944, Irene Dunne was one of the top female stars in Hollywood. A four-time Academy Award nominee for Best Actress, she was in demand by all the major Hollywood studios. In 1943, Dunne signed on to star in a…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite ’40s Western Film?
Cover Girl (1944): Classic Movie Review
The 1944 classic Cover Girl is reviewed by Guest blogger Angela Petteys: While working as a dancer in a nightclub, Rusty Parker (Rita Hayworth) hears about a contest being run by Vanity magazine to find a new face for their big…
Read more →And Baby Makes Three: A Classic Movie Review
And Baby Makes Three: USA 1949, 84 minutes, black & white, Columbia Pictures. Director: Henry Levin, Written by Lou Breslow and Joseph Hoffman. Cast: Robert Young, Barbara Hale, Robert Hutton, Janis Carter, Billie Burke, Nicholas Joy, Lloyd Corrigan, Howland Chamberlain,…
Read more →Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald Flying Solo in Classic DVDs
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, who made eight classic movies together for MGM–from their first appearance as a duo in 1935’s Naughty Marietta to their final pairing seven years later in I Married an Angel–sometimes starred in gems for the studio on…
Read more →Call Northside 777
You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! “The cops are on to me, you say? Now that you mention it, it has…
Read more →Sorry, Wrong Number (1948): Classic Movie Review
Sorry, Wrong Number. USA 1948, 89 minutes, black & white, Paramount Pictures. Director: Anatole Litvak. Written by Lucille Fletcher. Based on the radio play “Sorry, Wrong Number” by Fletcher. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Harold Vermilyea, Ed…
Read more →Republic Treasures, Classics Coming to Blu-ray
Olive Digs Republic: Well, we’re happy to report that it didn’t take long for Olive to get to their newly acquired library of titles from Republic Pictures. The new releases include Cyrano De Bergerac (1950) with Jose Ferrer in an…
Read more →Blind Spot: Double Indemnity (1944)
Guest blogger Courtney Small writes about a movie he has a blind spot for, 1944’s Double Indemnity: Despite being heralded by many as one of the greatest directors of all time, the majority of the works by director Billy Wilder…
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