Subgenre Sampler
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.
Pin Up Girl (1944)- Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye… - Betty Grable, America's #1 pin–up during WWII, strikes a pose as a canteen girl who pretends to be broadway star in order to stay close to her…
Purple Heart, The (1944)- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger… - Watchable flag–waver from WW2 depicts the show trial of a crew of American airmen (led by Andrews) who are shot down over Tokyo in 1944. Has…
Rats of Tobruk, The (The Fighting Rats of Tobruk) (1944)- Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Peter Finch - Aussie battler Chips Rafferty fight hard in the Battle of Rommel in this chest–thumping follow–up to FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN.
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…
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Robert Mitchum, Robert Walker - True life WW2 story about the first American air raids on Japan with Spencer Tracy and Robert Mitchum in his leading debut.
Uncertain Glory (1944)- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Lucile Watson - Wartime romance with Flynn playing French criminal Jean Picard who vows to make the ultimate sacrifice, only to fall in love.
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…
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