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Articles tagged ‘1940s’

  • Summaries 13
  • Titles Only 7
  • All 21

Summaries

  • The Red Shoes

    Jul 20, 1948

  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

    Jun 15, 1948

  • Dark Passage

    Sep 27, 1947

  • Kiss of Death

    Aug 27, 1947

  • Hue and Cry

    Jun 9, 1947

  • It's a Wonderful Life

    Dec 20, 1946

  • La Belle et la Bête

    Oct 29, 1946

  • The Palm Beach Story

    Nov 7, 1942

  • The Magnificent Ambersons

    Jul 10, 1942

  • Saboteur

    Apr 22, 1942

  • I Wake Up Screaming

    Oct 31, 1941

  • Fantasia

    Nov 13, 1940

  • His Girl Friday

    Jan 18, 1940

Titles Only

  • Thirst

    Oct 17, 1949

  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Jun 4, 1948

  • It Rains on Our Love

    Nov 9, 1946

  • The Big Sleep

    Aug 31, 1946

  • The Maltese Falcon

    Oct 18, 1941

  • The Great Dictator

    Oct 15, 1940

  • June Night

    Apr 3, 1940

All

  • They Came From Within: B-Movie Title Design of the 1940s & 1950s

    Feb 4, 2014

  • Thirst

    Oct 17, 1949

  • The Red Shoes

    Jul 20, 1948

  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

    Jun 15, 1948

  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Jun 4, 1948

  • Dark Passage

    Sep 27, 1947

  • Kiss of Death

    Aug 27, 1947

  • Hue and Cry

    Jun 9, 1947

  • It's a Wonderful Life

    Dec 20, 1946

  • It Rains on Our Love

    Nov 9, 1946

  • La Belle et la Bête

    Oct 29, 1946

  • The Big Sleep

    Aug 31, 1946

  • The Palm Beach Story

    Nov 7, 1942

  • The Magnificent Ambersons

    Jul 10, 1942

  • Saboteur

    Apr 22, 1942

  • I Wake Up Screaming

    Oct 31, 1941

  • The Maltese Falcon

    Oct 18, 1941

  • Fantasia

    Nov 13, 1940

  • The Great Dictator

    Oct 15, 1940

  • June Night

    Apr 3, 1940

  • His Girl Friday

    Jan 18, 1940

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