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Subgenre Sampler

 
Three Musketeers, TheThree Musketeers, The (1948)
Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Gene Kelly, Lana Turner
An inventive and high–spirited version with duels presented like musical numbers.
Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, TheBachelor and the Bobby Soxer, The (1947)
Dir. Irving Reis
Feat. Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple
Playboy bachelor Cary Grant is ordered by Judge Myrna Loy to escort her teenage sister (Shirley Temple), so that the ‘bobby–soxer’ might…
Body and SoulBody and Soul (1947)
Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad
Vital companion–piece to FORCE OF EVIL with John Garfield again lined up for the fall, as a naive, get–ahead young boxer whose propensity…
Brighton RockBrighton Rock (1947) Recommended
Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell
One of the coolest British crime flicks sees Richard Attenborough give an attention–grabbing portrayal of a delinquent gang leader who wants…
Dark PassageDark Passage (1947)
Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
Smokey Bogie and Bacall noir thriller in which his convicted murderer flees prison and changes his face to prove his innocence. The first third is…
Farmer's Daughter, TheFarmer's Daughter, The (1947)
Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore
Congressman Joseph Cotton's maid, Loretta Young, decides to run against him in the next election. A perceptive comedy that won an Oscar for Young.
Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)
Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell plays an anguished WW2 widow who comes to terms with her husband's death by confronting the five men he saved in a heroic but fatal…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 1Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 1 (1947-1953)
Dir. Kenneth Anger
The first of a four–part compendium of shorts from the American iconoclast: 'Fireworks' (1947), made at the tender age of 15, 'Rabbit's Moon'…
Last of the Redmen (1947)
Dir. George Sherman
Feat. Jon Hall, Michael O'Shea
Economy–sized take on the Last Of The Mohicans story.
Red House, TheRed House, The (1947)
Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Dame Judith Anderson
A man dares to unlock the mystery of the red house in the thick of the woods. Music, photography and Edward G. Robinson in a spooky key role combine…

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