Go Down, Death! (1944) – Spencer Williams Film

The owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photograph, but his scheme backfires when his own adoptive mother interferes. Cast (IMDB): Myra D. Hemmings ; Samuel H. James as Jasper – The Preacher; Eddye L. Houston ; Spencer Williams as Big Jim Bottoms; Amos Droughan ; Walter McMillion …

Shield for Murder – Film Noir/Crime Drama – 1954

Shield for Murder - Film Noir/Crime Drama - 1954

Corrupt cop Barney Nolan (Edmond O’Brien) is hard up for cash, so he shoots a bookie, relieves him of $25,000 and makes it look like an accident. Unbeknownst to Nolan, however, the entire episode is witnessed by a deaf-mute from across the street. While Nolan struggles to keep the crime a secret from his girlfriend, …

Double Exposure (1944) CHESTER MORRIS

Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Jane Farrar Director: William Berke Chester Morris plays Larry Burke, editor for a weekly photo magazine. Impressed by the work of photojournalist Pat Marvin, Burke hires Marvin sight unseen, only to discover that “he” is a “she” (Nancy Kelly). Having evidently never heard of Margaret Bourke-White, Burke insists that the …

The 47 Ronin (1941)

The 47 Ronin (1941)

The 47 Ronin (元禄 忠臣蔵 Genroku Chūshingura, “The Treasury of Loyal Retainers of the Genroku era”) is a 1941/1942 black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from a play by Seika Mayama. The film chronicles the end of the lives of the forty-seven Ronin. source