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HumoresqueHumoresque (1946) Recommended
Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Joan Crawford, John Garfield
Elegant drama features Joan Crawford in a towering performance as wealthy patron who falls in love with a gifted musician. A masterpiece of the…
PaisaPaisa (1946) Recommended
Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Benjamin Emmanuel
Six short films focusing on the minor victories and losses of ordinary folk during WW2. Pioneering the now–familiar use of documentary footage,…
Woman in Green, TheWoman in Green, The (1946)
Dir. Roy Neill
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce play the definitive Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, in this updated (to the 40s) version of the original Conan Doyle…
Body Snatcher, TheBody Snatcher, The (1945)
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
Quietly creepy Val Lewton production with Boris Karloff as a sinister grave robber who provides bodies for medical research and then blackmails the…
Diary of a ChambermaidDiary of a Chambermaid (1945)
Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Paulette Goddard
Chambermaid Paulette Goddard upsets an aristocratic household brimming with secrets and intrigues. One of Renoir's early Hollywood pictures.
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Dir. Irving Rapper
Feat. Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith
George Gershwin's life and work is given a good glossing over from Hollywood, but the magical music keeps things sprightly for over two hours.
Seventh Veil, TheSeventh Veil, The (1945) Recommended
Dir. Compton Bennett
Feat. James Mason, Ann Todd
Renowned film serves up psychiatry in bite sized chunks as a concert pianist is cured of her complexes by a shrink intent on fixing her up with the…
Three Caballeros, TheThree Caballeros, The (1945)
Dir. Norman Ferguson
Donald Duck and compadres Carioca and Panchito mardi–gras their way around Mexico, Brazil and the world in this early Disney feature.…
Tonight and Every Night (1945)
Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth starring musical about a London nightclub during the war which despite bombings and blitzes, never skips a beat.
Wonder ManWonder Man (1945)
Dir. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen
A typically zany fairy–tale for Danny Kaye, as a mild–mannered student persuaded by the ghost of his dead twin to seek out his murderer.…

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