#1940smovie — Public Fediverse posts

Whistle Stop is a 1946 film noir starring George Raft and Ava Gardner. It doesn't go where you think it's going. Ava had gone to Chicago to find glamour, excitement, money. Now she's come back to the loser she loves. Excellent underrated movie.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/10/whistle-stop-1946.html

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William Castle's Undertow (1949). Tony has a flirtation in Reno with a pretty schoolteacher but he's on his way to Mary his sweetheart whose uncle is a gangster, Tony's a nice guy with a shady past and now he's framed for murder. Enjoyable.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/09/undertow-1949.html

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Chicago Deadline is a good 1949 hardboiled crime thriller with just the faintest hint of film noir, with Alan Ladd in top form as a reporter investigating a murder. There's an ambiguous femme fatale figure and a touch of cynicism.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/09/chicago-deadline-1949.html

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Lady on a Train (1945) is based on a Leslie Charteris story. Deanna Durbin witnesses a murder from a train window. A lighthearted comic murder mystery with a decided screwball comedy flavour. It’s rather delightful and Durbin is adorable.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/08/lady-on-train-1945.html

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Tangier (1946) starring Maria Montez involves a stolen diamond and a murder. It does not take place in Tangier, but in the Tangier created by the Hollywood dream factory - a fantasy world of danger, intrigue, adventure and romance. Enjoyable.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/08/tangier-1946.html

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Three On a Ticket (1947), the fourth of PRC's Mike Shayne PI B-movies. A guy walks into Shayne's office and drops dead. He was a PI as well, but an unsavoury one. Then a blonde wants to hire Shayne to kill her husband. A good solid B-picture.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/08/three-on-ticket-1947.html

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Shadow of a Doubt (1943) is not, as some claim, film noir but it is one of Hitchcock's best movies. With one of his most interesting and ambiguous protagonists. Joseph Cotten is superb as the man who may or may not be a murderer.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/08/shadow-of-doubt-1943-hitchcock-friday-12.html

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In Raoul Walsh's Pursued (1947) Robert Mitchum is on the run, haunted by the past. Reminded me a little of Spellbound. Sometimes touted as a noir western but it isn't very noir. A psychological thriller but a bit tame and a bit disappointing.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/07/pursued-1947.html

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Ramrod, a 1947 range war western directed by André De Toth stars Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake. A complex grown-up western with morally grey characters so you can’t make assumptions about how the story will end. A great western.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/07/ramrod-1947.html

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George Raft (one of my favourite actors), Raymond Burr and Virginia Mayo star in Red Light (1949), a neglected film noir gem. Raft gets to be a tough guy, Burr gets to be evil. A must-see noir.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2014/07/red-light-1949.html

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The Flame of New Orleans (1941) is a stylish romantic comedy set in early 19th century New Orleans with Marlene Dietrich as an adventuress torn between money and love. Visually lush, frothy, very amusing and totally captivating. Dietrich in top form.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-flame-of-new-orleans-1941.html

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Dressed to Kill (1946), the last Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes movie. Vital evidence to a robbery is concealed in three music boxes. A lesser entry in the series but reasonably entertaining and it has a fine femme fatale.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/03/dressed-to-kill-1946.html

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Nocturne (1946) is a great noir-tinged hardboiled crime thriller with George Raft (one of my favourite actors) giving one of his best performances. Raft is a tough cop with an attitude. Lynn Bari makes a fine femme fatale.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2016/05/nocturne-1946.html

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Phantom of Chinatown (1940), last of the Mr Wong crime B-movies with Keye Luke taking over from Boris Karloff as Mr Wong. It starts with some horror and adventure as an expedition searches for fabulous lost treasures in Mongolia. Enjoyable.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/02/phantom-of-chinatown-1940.html

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The October Man (1947) is a British crime film starring John Mills. The main drawcard is that it was produced and written by Eric Ambler. It's a fine psychological suspense thriller with some hints of noir.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-october-man-1947.html

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George Raft in top form in the entertaining film noir-inflected crime film Johnny Allegro (1949). Raft is an excellent flawed noir protagonist with two weaknesses - dames and taking risks. Nina Foch is a fine femme fatale.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2019/09/johnny-allegro-1949.html

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Henri-Georges Clouzot's Quai des Orfèvres (1947) is a police procedural, a murder mystery, a showbiz movie (with plenty of seediness and sleaze) and has a slight film noir vibe. A singer will do whatever it takes to reach the top. Good stuff.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/01/quai-des-orfevres-1947.html

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The other great Carol Reed-Graham Greene collaboration, a year before The Third Man, was The Fallen Idol (1948). A story of growing up, of trust, of lies and of secrets. Lies and secrets can be well-intentioned but have bad results. Great film.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-fallen-idol-1948.html

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The Spider and the Fly is a 1949 British crime thriller directed by Robert Hamer. Cop Maubert obsessively hunts master criminal Philippe and hopes to use Philippe's mistress to trap him. Quite good but with an out-of-left-field ending.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-spider-and-fly-1949.html

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#Noirvember #filmnoir Act of Violence (1948) belongs to the crazy WW2 vet noir sub-genre. Lots of angst, moral ambiguity and self-pity. An emotional roller-coaster ride and it’s a full-blooded excursion into the noir depths.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2018/04/act-of-violence-1948.html

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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947), last of the Dick Tracy B-movies. Lots of horror and sci-fi elements in this one, plus Boris Karloff as the chief villain. Fast-moving and slightly offbeat. And Ralph Byrd is a fine Dick Tracy. Hugely enjoyable.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/11/dick-tracy-meets-gruesome-1947.html

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The Pirates of Capri (1949) is an Edgar G. Ulmer swashbuckling pirate romantic adventure shot in Italy, with Louis Hayward playing a variation on Zorro. Not what you expect from Ulmer but it's energetic and fun. And he had a decent budget.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-pirates-of-capri-1949.html

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The Damned Don’t Cry (1950), a delightfully overheated noir-tinged Joan Crawford melodrama. She becomes a fashion model and naturally winds up as a gangster's moll. A fine movie although Crawford was fifteen years too old for the part.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-damned-dont-cry-1950.html

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Island of Doomed Men (1940) is a reasonably enjoyable B-movie about a sadistic diabolical criminal mastermind (Peter Lorre) running a slave island. It's not too bad Lorre's sinister crazed performance is the reason to watch it.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/05/island-of-doomed-men-1940.html

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Film noir doesn't get any better than Edgar G. Ulmer’s bleak masterpiece of cinematic deception Detour (1945). Everything is against this poor schmuck. That's his story and he's sticking to it. Watch out for dames with claws.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/05/detour-1945.html

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#AnthonyMann #JohnAlton #filmnoir Film noir doesn't get much better than Anthony Mann’s Raw Deal (1948). A jailbreak goes wrong. Complex characters, noir fatalism and a real atmosphere of impending doom. Superb cinematography by John Alton.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/05/raw-deal-1948.html

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The Great Flamarion is an early (1945) Anthony Mann film noir. Erich von Stroheim, Dan Duryea and Mary Beth Hughes do a trick-shooting theatrical show but sexual jealousy and guns can be a nasty combination. Fine performances, good movie.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-great-flamarion-1945.html

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Madonna of the Seven Moons is a 1945 British Gainsborough melodrama but melodrama is hardly an adequate word to describe this truly bizarre film. It's beyond mere melodrama. Over-the-top, outrageously excessive, a delight from start to finish.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2017/08/madonna-of-seven-moons-1945.html

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David Lean’s celebrated screen love story Brief Encounter (1945). Two people meet at a railway station and fall in love but they're both already married to other people. In the 1940s an insurmountable obstacle. Still packs an emotional punch.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/04/brief-encounter-1945.html

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The main problem with Carol Reed's NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (1940) starring Margaret Lockwood is that you're going to compare it to THE LADY VANISHES with which it has a lot in common. Not as good as Hitchcock's film but a decent train thriller.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2014/12/night-train-to-munich-1940.html

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The 1948 Orson Welles version of MACBETH. One of the two great screen adaptations of the play, the other of course being Polanski's 1971 version.

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