Classic 1940s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1940 to 1949, the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Here’s looking at you, film fans! There are great movie scenes and then there’s what many consider to be the greatest movie scene of all time: Rick (Humphrey Bogart) putting Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) on a plane and saying farewell…
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A plain young woman and a scarred war veteran find love and beauty with each other inside The Enchanted Cottage. Guest writer Constance Metzinger opens the door to the 1945 RKO fantasy/romance starring Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young.
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Today is National Classic Movie Day, and we can think of no better way to celebrate than with this post about what many consider to be the best film ever made! Casablanca. Is there a motion picture that conjures up…
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Funnyman Danny Kaye made his feature film debut as a hypochondriac who winds up a G.I. in Up in Arms. Guest writer Rick29 falls in for a closer look at the 1944 comedy/musical, which also stars Dinah Shore and Dana Andrews
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The Walt Disney crew worked for four years to animate Felix Salten’s 1923 kiddie lit classic, Bambi, A Life in the Woods, resulting in some of the studio’s most memorable characters and unforgettable moments. The beloved (and, at times, downright…
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Two years after it was originally published, Betty MacDonald’s down home memoir The Egg and I was transformed into a motion picture which hit theaters in May of 1947. In the film, Claudette Colbert stars as city-bred Manhattanite MacDonald, who…
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In 1948, Mr. Belvedere — the outrageous comedy character who debuted in the writing of Gwen Davenport — made his first cinematic appearance in the hilarious feature Sitting Pretty. The film chronicles what happens when lawyer Harry (Robert Young) and…
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As we mentioned earlier, today is Easter Sunday. So naturally we wanted to bring you the greatest song ever written about celebrating the holiday, Irving Berlin‘s timeless “Easter Parade.” With its origins dating back to 1917, and previously featured in…
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The spirited romantic comedy The Ghost and Mrs. Muir stars Gene Tierney as widow Lucy Muir, who moves into a haunted seashore house and, despite the warnings of her neighbors, shuns the attempts by sea captain spectre Daniel Gregg (Rex…
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These days, far too often do audiences take for granted the skill and planning that goes into making a fight sequence in a film seem believable. When done right, movie fight choreography can redefine the way that viewers respond to…
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