Subgenre Sampler
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My Friend Irma (1949)
- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
- Clown–prince Jerry Lewis first teamed with Dean Martin in this airheaded comedy based on a hit CBS radio–show.
Quartet (1949)
- Dir. Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford, Honor Blackman
- Four W Somerset Maugham stories are given exemplary treatment by the best of British, incl. Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford and Honor Blackman. Unlike…
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
- Dir. Allan Dwan
Feat. John Wayne
- Popular WWII saga with John Wayne as a tough Sarg, spurring his troops on in the Pacific.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Dir. Charles Barton
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi…
- One of the best of the 35 features A&C made between 1940 and 1956 sends up those golden–age monster mashes with winning gags and detailed…
Blanche Fury (1948)
- Dir. Marc Allegret
Feat. Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger, Michael Gough…
- Gothic melodrama set around a sombre English country estate, soon to be home to upwardly–ambitious Valerie Hobson. When her secret lover…
Fort Apache (1948)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Shirley Temple
- The first film of Ford's cavalry trilogy tells of a maverick martinet (Henry Fonda) at odds with his peers and the Injuns. Followed by SHE WORE A…
Jungle Jim (1948)
- Dir. William Berke
Feat. Johnny Weissmuller
- Johhny Weissmuller's follow–up role to Tarzan, as similiarly styled jungle adventurer, with companion chimpanzee.
Macbeth (1948)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Roddy McDowall
- An expressionistic version of Shakespeare’s Scottish play, with Welles in the title role.
Shot quickly and on the cheap, this is notoriously…
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
- Dir. William Dieterle
Feat. Joseph Cotton, Jennifer Jones, Ethel Barrymore…
- An exquisite flight of fantasy, in which starving–artist Joseph Cotton is visited upon by an otherworldly Jennifer Jones. Dazzling photography…
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. William Holden, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum
- Western 'rom–com' with husband William Holden and 'stranger' Robert Mitchum competing for the affections of Loretta Young ('Rachel') towards…