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

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”; …