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Subgenre Sampler

 
Man on the Eiffel Tower, TheMan on the Eiffel Tower, The (1949)
Dir. Burgess Meredith
Feat. Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith
Solid early outing for Inspector Maigret has Laughton in the iconic role pursuing a murderer against some splendid Parisian locales.
Mighty Joe YoungMighty Joe Young (1949) Recommended
Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack
Feat. Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong
Worthy successor to KING KONG, reunites many of the cast and crew, with a compellingly different slant on the 'Giant Ape' premise. Here, Armstrong…
My Friend IrmaMy 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.
QuartetQuartet (1949) Recommended
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 JimaSands 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 FrankensteinAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Recommended
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 FuryBlanche 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 ApacheFort 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.
MacbethMacbeth (1948) Recommended
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…

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