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Subgenre Sampler
Canterbury Tale, A (1944)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Eric Porter, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price - A typically uncategorisable Powell/Pressburger movie, that draws on British eccentricities to flesh out its simple story about three wartime…
Fighting Sullivans, The (1944)- Dir. Lloyd Bacon
Feat. Anne Baxter, Edward Ryan - Early telling of the true story that inspired SAVING PRIVATE RYAN about five brothers who served in WWII (in reality, at Guadacanal).
Great Moment, The (1944)- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Joel McCrea, Betty Field, William Demarest… - An oddly serious drama for dir. Sturges, this biopic of WTG Morgan (who discovered the anaesthetic properties of ether in the 19th century), played…
Keys of the Kingdom, The (1944)- Dir. John M. Stahl
Feat. Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price… - Quietly powerful drama about a devout Catholic priest (played by a young Gregory Peck) who travels to China to establish a parish. Through…
Love Story (A Lady Surrenders) (1944)- Dir. Leslie Arliss
Feat. Margaret Lockwood, Stewart Granger, Patricia Roc… - Classy tearjerker with dying pianist Lockwood falling in love with blind pilot Granger. Treacly but satisfying with the two leads performances…
Mr. Skeffington (1944)- Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel - Unrepentant weepie of epic length with Bette Davis as a NYC 'society girl' who snags a devoted and rich Jewish husband (Rains). But after a tangle…
- Passage to Marseille (1944)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre - Distinguished by the use of flashbacks within flashbacks, this WW2 propaganda piece re–unites the director with CASABLANCA alumnae.
Since You Went Away (1944)- Dir. John Cromwell, Andre De Toth
Feat. Joseph Cotton, Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones… - While husband Joseph Cotton is away at WWII, Claudette Colbert must hold home and family together. A lengthy dose of home–front stoicism, that…
This Happy Breed (1944)- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills - Another David Lean–Noel Coward collaboration, the pair who later made the fine BRIEF ENCOUNTER. Here they turn their sensibilities to the…
To Have and Have Not (1944)- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart - In the upper–bracket of Bogart films, this first time match–up with Lauren Bacall still sets the screen alight. Adapted from the…
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