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Subgenre Sampler
Letter, The (1940)- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson - Although not quite of the first rank, this sultry melodrama counts as one of Bette Davis' most interesting 1940s works. Set among the frustrated…
Little Men (1940)- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft… - Based on the inferior follow–up to Louisa May Alcott's hugely successful Little Women, we find Jo March and her husband operating the Plumfield…
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Judy Garland, George Murphy - Filmed version of the hit Broadway musical comedy from 1922 about Irish–American immigrants starring Judy Garland, who was fresh to…
Long Voyage Home, The (1940)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter… - John Wayne is a Swedish sailor aboard a doom–ridden tramp steamer circa. WWII, in this portmanteau of four stories by Eugene O'Neill. An…
Mark of Zorro, The (1940)- Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Tyrone Power - Zestful remake of the Fairbanks swashbuckler, this time with Tyrone Power as the masked hero who carves zeds over every available surface.
My Favourite Wife (1940)- Dir. Garson Kanin
Feat. Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott - Witty marital mixup comedy with the seven–years–shipwrecked Irene Dunne returning home to discover husband Cary Grant about to embark on…
My Little Chickadee (1940)- Dir. Edward Cline
Feat. Mae West, W.C. Fields - Mae West and W.C. Fields profitably co–exist in this formula story of marital shenanigans in the Wild West, garlanded with lunatic gags, dirty…
North West Mounted Police (1940)- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Lon Jr. Chaney… - Technicolour western set in 1885, with Gary Cooper playing a Texas Ranger who travels to Canada to arrest a fugitive who is inciting rebellion…
Northwest Passage (1940)- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan… - Rousing adventure yarn set during the French–Indian war with Tracy and team opening up trade routes and leading raids. Splendid Technicolour…
Our Town (1940)- Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Frank Craven, William Holden, Martha Scott - Affectionate study of small–town American life, set in New Hampshire over a twelve year period. Frank Craven narrates our tour of the community…
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