1946 movies



It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, James | Reed, Donna | Barrymore, Lionel | Mitchell, Thomas | Travers, Henry | Bondi, Beulah | Faylen, Frank | Bond, Ward | Grahame, Gloria | Warner, H.B. | Albertson, Frank | Karns, Todd | Hinds, Samuel S. | Treen, Mary | Patton, Virginia
Directors: Capra, Frank
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On Christmas eve, all of the citizens of the small town of Bedford Falls pray to the heavens to help George Bailey. It’s then decided that Clarence, an angel who hasn’t earned his wings, is to help George. Before he does, he should know who George Bailey was. George Bailey grew up in Bedford Falls, a small town where he dreams of leaving it and making his mark on the world. His family’s business is the only thing stands between the good citizens and Mr. Potter, a rich miser who takes sick pleasure in taking from everybody, without even caring how it affects them. George was all set to leave when his father died and had to take care of the business. George would forever be hindered by his plans to leave and thinks that he is nothing but a failure, he decides to kill himself. That’s when Clarence comes in and tries to convince him that he has made something with his life, and that he had a “Wonderful Life”.

Deception (1946)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
Countries: USA
Actors: Jackman, Hugh | McGregor, Ewan | Williams, Michelle | Hamilton, Lisa Gay | Q, Maggie | Henstridge, Natasha | Cohen, Lynn | Burstein, Danny | Goodwin, Malcolm | Rampling, Charlotte | Girardeau, Frank | Camp, Bill | Altman, Bruce | Ginsburg, Andrew | Roth Haberle, Stephanie
Directors: Langenegger, Marcel
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Music teacher Christine Radcliffe thought Karel Novak to have been killed in the war. She loves him more than ever and insists they marry. At their reception her benefactor and former lover offers Karel the chance to solo his new cello concerto. Hollenius torments Christine and she shoots him. The concert is a success and Karel promises to stand by Christine.

Little Giant (1946)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Abbott, Bud | Costello, Lou | Joyce, Brenda | deWit, Jacqueline | Cleveland, George | Verdugo, Elena | Gordon, Mary | Watkin, Pierre | MacBride, Donald | Kilian, Victor | Dumont, Margaret | Chandler, George | Fields, Sid | Gray, Beatrice
Directors: Seiter, William A.
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Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he’s a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat like “The Time of Their Lives,” in that Abbott and Costello don’t have much screen time together and there are very few vaudeville bits woven into the plot.

Razor’s Edge, The (1946)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Power, Tyrone | Tierney, Gene | Payne, John | Baxter, Anne | Webb, Clifton | Marshall, Herbert | Watson, Lucile | Latimore, Frank | Lanchester, Elsa | Kortner, Fritz | Wengraf, John | Humphreys, Cecil | Pilcer, Harry | Wright Sr., Cobina | Adrian, George
Directors: Goulding, Edmund
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Well-to-do Chicagoan, Larry Darrell, breaks off his engagement to Isabel and travels the world seeking enlightenment, eventually finding his guru India. Isabel marries Gray, and following the crash of 1929, is invited to live in Paris with her rich, social climbing, Uncle Elliot. During a sojurn there, Larry, having attained his goal, is reunited with Isabel. While slumming one night Larry, Isabel and company are shocked to discover Sophie, a friend from Chicago. Having lost her husband and child in a tragic accident, Sophie is living the low-life with the help of drugs an abusive brute. Larry tries to rehabilitate her, but his efforts are sabotaged by Isabel who has tried in vain to reignite Larry’s interest in her.

Terror by Night (1946)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rathbone, Basil | Bruce, Nigel | Mowbray, Alan | Hoey, Dennis | Godfrey, Renee | Worlock, Frederick | Forbes, Mary | Knaggs, Skelton | Bevan, Billy | Steele, Geoffrey | Allen, Gilbert | Cording, Harry | Davis, Boyd | Hamer, Gerald | Hodgson, Leyland
Directors: Neill, Roy William
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Holmes is hired via Roland Carstairs to bar the robbery of the Unequalled of Rhodesia, an gross diamond owned by way of Carstairs’ native, Lady Margaret. Believing the diamond will be stolen on a exercise trip from London to Edinburgh, Holmes deftly switches diamonds with Lady Margaret while in her niche. Soon after, Roland is murdered and the sham diamond is stolen. Red herrings rich in as Holmes, aided next to Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade, root the executioner’s hiding circumstances and suspect that great-time foe Moriarty’s attendant Colonel Sebastian Moran is by crook involved in the wrong.