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Subgenre Sampler

 
Little MenLittle 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…
Long Voyage Home, TheLong 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…
Mortal Storm, TheMortal Storm, The (1940)
Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young
Drama set in Germany in 1933, following a group of people as they contend with the rise of the Nazi Party and the effect it has on their lives. James…
Northwest PassageNorthwest 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…
RebeccaRebecca (1940) Recommended
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
A masterful gothic romance about a nobleman's second wife who becomes haunted by the image of his beloved first. Hitchcock's first American film was…
Remember the NightRemember the Night (1940) Recommended
Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
Preston Sturges scripted this forgotten yuletide gem, about an assistant D.A. (MacMurray) who, feeling sorry for a glamorous jewel thief (Stanwyck),…
Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Freddie Bartholomew, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Jimmy Lydon
Thomas Hughes' classic novel of life at the Victorian Boys public school of Rugby is given a generous, populist treatment. New boy Lydon finds…
Twenty One DaysTwenty One Days (21 Days Together) (1940)
Dir. Basil Dean
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks
Laurence Olivier plays a playboy embroiled in the death of an attractive model's blackmailer in this curious pre–war melodrama, from the…
Dark VictoryDark Victory (1939)
Dir. Edmund Goulding
Feat. Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart
Sleekly upholstered melodrama, with Davis as a willful, party–going Long Island millionairess who discovers she is dying. Great performances…

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