The Mayor of 44th Street 1942
Joe Jonathan (George Murphy), a reformed ex-con is the new owner of a dance-band booking agency, is under police scrutiny owing to the racketeering tactics of its former owner ,…
The Avengers 1942
Horse-race tipster and journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Norway his boat is attacked by…
Why We Fight 1942
This famous propaganda piece, used as a U.S. Army training film in WWII before theatrical release, asks ‘why we fight.’ The answer compares the ‘free’ and ‘slave’ worlds. Included: development…
A Yank on the Burma Road 1942
A hero New York cabbie accepts a job to lead a convoy of trucks up the Burma Road from Rangoon to Chungking. Along the way he crosses paths with a…
Dr. Renault’s Secret 1942
A young man visits his fiancée in a remote French villa where her scientist father resides. There he meets Noel, Dr. Renault’s mysterious assistant, who has a strange attraction to…
Caprices 1942
The Big Street 1942
Little Pinks is in love with a nightclub singer named Gloria. But it is a unrequited love as she does not know that he exists. Pinks is a shy busboy…
The Big Blockade 1942
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
The Moon and Sixpence 1942
Loosely inspired by Gauguin’s life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has always…
Stand by for Action 1942
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman (Robert Taylor), of THE Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly…
The Young Mr. Pitt 1942
William Pitt the Younger, son of a famous politician father, becomes the youngest Prime Minister England has ever known, wins an election on the promise of peace and prosperity, yet…
The Boogie Man Will Get You 1942
Winnie Slade, a young divorcee, buys an old historic house from nutty Professor Billings, who lives there with his daffy housekeeper and bizarre neighbors, in order to convert it into…
How to Fish 1942
Goofy’s demonstration of fishing is fouled up by his clumsy casting and fly fishing, and problems with his boat.
How to Swim 1942
Goofy shows us how to swim, first using a piano stool to demonstrate the strokes, right into the middle of traffic and back again. Next, Goofy tries to change in…
The Olympic Champ 1942
A narrator explains the history of the Olympic Games while Goofy demonstrates events.
Yokel Boy 1942
A “Perfect Movie Fan”,Joe Ruddy, is brought to Hollywood as a publicity stunt, and is put in charge of a production company as a gag, but everybody isn’t in on…
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die 1942
Wyatt Earp cleans up Tombstone and faces the Clanton gang at the O.K. Corral.
The Next of Kin 1942
A woman’s idle remark about her son has devastating consequences when she is overheard by a nazi spy. Thorold Dickinson’s eerily credible account of Fifth Column activity started life as…
The Falcon Takes Over 1942
One night in New York, beefy escaped convict Moose Malloy goes hunting for his ex-girlfriend Velma, leaving a trail of mayhem behind him. Velma seems to be well-hidden, and adventurer…
The Murderer Lives at Number 21 1942
Dapper Inspector Vorobechik (‘Wens’ for short) is assigned the case of a serial killer who leaves a calling card on his victims; Monsieur Durand. Wens’ mistress, struggling actress Mila Malou,…
Nazi Agent 1942
A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Veidt), one a loyal American and the other, a Nazi official. The American is forced to help a group of German…
Somewhere in France 1942
Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.
Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant 1942
A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship…
Panama Hattie 1942
Hattie Maloney runs a saloon in Panama where assorted characters congregate where they frequently sing and dance Cole Porter numbers. An upper class gentleman arrives and sparks fly between him…
The Vanishing Virginian 1942
Biography of Robert Yancey, long-term district attorney in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Journey for Margaret 1942
1940. For the better part of the war thus far, New York news correspondent John Davis and his wife Nora Davis have been in the hot spots of western Europe,…
Cairo 1942
After the Cavity Rock, California Times Leader newspaper is chosen as America’s typical small town newspaper, reporter Homer Smith gets to abroad and report on the war in a series…
Suspected Person 1942
An innocent man discovers the money stolen from an American bank and is then chased by the robbers and by the Police.
Springtime in the Rockies 1942
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy’s womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan’s career…
Les Visiteurs du Soir 1942
At the end of the 15th century, two minstrels, Gilles and Dominique, come from nowhere to the castle of Baron Hugues. Gilles charms Hughes’ daughter Anne, while Dominique charms both…
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen 1942
Detective Ellery Queen tries to find a missing man, and gets embroiled in a case of murder and embezzlement.
The Old Chisholm Trail 1942
Dusty Gardner, bringing a herd up the Chisholm Trail, is looking for water. Belle Turner has water but wants an exorbitant price for it. When Dusty and his men start…
Tortilla Flat 1942
Danny inherits two houses so Pilon and his lazy, impoverished friends move in. One of them, Pirate, is saving money which Pilon hopes to steal till he learns it is…
Nothing But Nerves 1942
After some investigation, Robert Benchley finds his nerves are in a bad state. He has the jitters so bad he can’t hold his cup still enough to drink his coffee,…
Emberek a havason 1942
Le mariage de Chiffon 1942
In This Our Life 1942
A young woman, Stanley Timberlake, dumps her fiance, Craig Fleming, and runs off with her sister Roy’s husband, Peter Kingsmill. They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter…