Harry Davenport

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Admin — Thu, 24 Jul 1947 00:00:00 +0000

Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.

The Farmer’s Daughter

Admin — Wed, 01 Jan 1947 00:00:00 +0000

After leaving her family’s farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

The Thin Man Goes Home

Admin — Thu, 25 Jan 1945 00:00:00 +0000

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Meet Me in St. Louis

Admin — Thu, 23 Nov 1944 00:00:00 +0000

In the year before the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.

Kismet

Admin — Sun, 01 Oct 1944 00:00:00 +0000

Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.

Jack London

Admin — Fri, 24 Dec 1943 00:00:00 +0000

The true story of the adventurous and remarkable life of the American novelist Jack London(1876-1916).

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Admin — Fri, 19 Feb 1943 00:00:00 +0000

Deanna Durbin stars as a missionary who goes to great lengths, even posing as “Mrs. Holliday”, in order to get some Chinese war orphans into the United States.

December 7th

Admin — Fri, 01 Jan 1943 00:00:00 +0000

“Docudrama” about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements. This film exists in two versions. This longer, unreleased cut (which is rarely screened) brackets this material fictional sequences. The introductory sequence shows Uncle Sam on vacation in Hawaii on December 6th. A character embodying the Voice of Responsibility warns him that ignoring Japanese immigrant Fifth Column activity will lead to disaster. The concluding sequence the ghost of a serviceman killed in the attack discussing how the US will beat the Japanese with the ghost of a Revolutionary War soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

Admin — Sat, 12 Jul 1941 00:00:00 +0000

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

That Uncertain Feeling

Admin — Sun, 20 Apr 1941 00:00:00 +0000

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.