The Fighting Lady (1944) – USS Yorktown – Robert Taylor | Edward Steichen – FULL MOVIE

American documentary & propaganda film produced by the U.S. Navy during World War II and narrated by Lt. Robert Taylor USNR. The plot of the film revolves around the life of seamen on board an anonymous aircraft carrier. Because of war time restrictions, the name of the aircraft carrier was disguised as “the Fighting Lady”; …

A Canterbury Tale (1944) Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price

Also starring: Sergt John Sweet US Army, Charles Hawtrey A ‘Land Girl’, an American GI, and a British soldier find themselves together in a small Kent town on the road to Canterbury. The town is being plagued by a mysterious “glue-man”, who pours glue on the hair of girls dating soldiers after dark. The three …

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

http://zodiacrevisited.com/ http://zodiacrevisited.com/charlie-chan-at-treasure-island/ This film is the 1939 installment of the Charlie Chan series in which the world-famous detective travels to Treasure Island and, with the help of the San Francisco Police and a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle, does battle with the evil Dr. Zodiac. Many people familiar with the Zodiac Killer believe that …

Elsa Lanchester in ‘Passport to Destiny’ (1944)

Elsa Lanchester made her name as a comedienne and chanteuse in revue and cabaret in 1920s London, as well as an actress in the straight theatre and films. Such was her fame that H. G. Wells wrote three silent film ‘shorts’ especially for her, all made in 1928. It was around that time that she …

Walk a Crooked Mile (Gordon Douglas, 1948)

Walk a Crooked Mile (Gordon Douglas, 1948)

Walk a Crooked Mile is a 1948 film noir crime film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Louis Hayward, Dennis O’Keefe and Louise Allbritton. A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more …