Phantom Ship (1935) [Horror] [Mystery]

“Phantom Ship”, also known as “The Mystery of the Marie Celeste” is one of the early films from Hammer Film Productions and was directed by Denison Clift. The leading actor is Béla Lugosi. The story is based on the history of the ship Mary Celeste. The ship was found floating near Portugal in 1872 without …

Penny Serenade (1941) [Drama] [Romance]

“Penny Serenade” is a 1941 film melodrama starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, and Edgar Buchanan. It was directed by George Stevens and written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind. It depicts the story of a loving couple who must overcome adversity to keep their marriage and raise a child. Grant was nominated for …

Kansas City Confidential (1952) [Film Noir]

“Kansas City Confidential” is a 1952 film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne. The film was marketed with the tagline “Exploding like a gun in your face!” and released in the United Kingdom as “The Secret Four”. Four robbers hold up an armored truck, getting away with over a million …

Of Human Bondage (1935) [Drama] [Romance]

“Of Human Bondage” is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and is widely regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen is based on the 1915 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. Sensitive, club-footed artist Philip Carey is an Englishman …

Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939) [Comedy] [Crime]

Nancy Drew… Reporter is a 1939 American film directed by William Clemens and starring Bonita Granville, as Nancy Drew. Nancy Drew, competing in the local newspaper’s amateur reporter contest, clears a girl named Eula Denning of murder charges. — Directed by William Clemens, produced by Bryan Foy, Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, written …

Blood on the Sun (1945) [Drama] [War]

“Blood on the Sun” (1945) is a film starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. The film is based on a fictional history behind the Tanaka Memorial document. The film won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for a Black & White (Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields) film in 1945. Nick Condon (James Cagney) is …

Dishonored Lady (1947) [Drama] [Crime]

“Dishonored Lady” (1947) is a film starring Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O’Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan, and Natalie Schafer, directed by Robert Stevenson, and released by United Artists. The film is based on the play Dishonored Lady (1930) by Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes. Madeleine Damien is the fashion editor of a slick Manhattan magazine …

The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959) [Film Noir] [Crime]

“The St. Louis Bank Robbery” (also called “The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery”, the film title in the opening credits) is a 1959 heist film shot in black and white. The noir film stars Steve McQueen as a college dropout hired to be the getaway driver in a bank robbery. The film is based on …

Dick Barton Special Agent (1948)

Dick Barton’s (Don Stannard) plans for a relaxing seaside holiday with his friends are thwarted when they stumble upon a sinister Nazi plot to unleash a deadly chemical virus and bring the nation to its knees. Will Dick, Snowey and friends be able to save the day? Directed by Alfred J. Goulding with cinematography by …