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Subgenre Sampler

 
Isle of the DeadIsle of the Dead (1945)
Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew
Boris Karloff stars in this Val Lewton "superstitious chiller" about a group of plague–ridden people quarantined on a tiny Greek…
Les Dames Du Bois De BoulogneLes Dames Du Bois De Boulogne (1945)
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Maria Casares
Dir. Bresson and writer Jean Cocteau are strange bedfellows in this lush, stylish drama, well–removed from the director’s austere later…
Les Enfants Du ParadisLes Enfants Du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945) Aro Favourite
Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur
This resplendent evocation of nineteeth century Paris street theatre follows the love of mime Jean–Louis Barrault for the highly–strung…
Lost Weekend, TheLost Weekend, The (1945) Recommended
Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard da Silva
Would–be novelist Ray Milland's personal frustrations bring on a three day drinking binge of desperate, terrifying proportions. Laced with a…
Mildred PierceMildred Pierce (1945) Recommended
Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford won an Oscar for her career–defining role as a stoical housewife–turned–waitress who finds success in business, but…
My Friend FlickaMy Friend Flicka (1945)
Dir. Harold Schuster
Feat. Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson
Rancher lad Roddy McDowall is finally allowed a horse of his own, but chooses a wild, unmanageable colt, whose trust he only slowly, and painfully,…
Objective, BurmaObjective, Burma (1945)
Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Errol Flynn, James Brown
A swift, gritty WW2 actioner in which Errol Flynn heads a paratroop mission to disable a Japanese radar station against considerable odds.
Place of One's Own, APlace of One's Own, A (1945)
Dir. Bernard Knowles
Feat. James Mason, Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price
Elegant Victorian ghost story has an elderly couple James Mason and Margaret Lockwood buy a house possessed by a spirit who begins to fascinate their…
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.
Rome: Open CityRome: Open City (1945) Recommended
Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi
Neo–realist war drama about resistance fighters in fascist Italy places the action right inside the everyday and humanises the heroic.…

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