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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Torment (Hets) (1944)- Dir. Alf Sjoberg
Feat. Stig Jarrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling… - Impressionistic study of authoritarian education and adolescent love was scripted by a young Ingmar Bergman, and its universe of cruel twists and…
Way Ahead, The (1944)- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. David Niven, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard… - A depleted battalion must scrub up and train a ragtag bunch of conscripts to re–fill the positions left by deceased soldiers in this morale…
White Cliffs of Dover, The (1944)- Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Roddy McDowall, Irene Dunne… - Patriotic sentiment up full–bore, this extended saga of English–American fraternising over both World Wars, has Irene Dunne and family…
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)- Dir. Lloyd Bacon
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale… - Dramatic battle scenes highlight this Oscar–nominated WW2 drama, in which Bogie portrays the first mate of a freighter travelling the…
Crash Dive (1943)- Dir. Archie Mayo
Feat. Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews - A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl in this thrilling propaganda piece that won the 1943 Oscar for best special…
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