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2025

The Jungle Book (1942)

MOWGLI, HALF-BOY, HALF WOLF . . . armed only with a knife and the love of a girl, meets the challenge of Shere Khan, the Killer Tiger! A boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life. Director: Zoltan Korda Writer: Laurence Stallings (adaptation) & Rudyard Kipling...


28th June 2025
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The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

LOVE COMES TO PINE RIDGE…but it’s spelled L-A-U-G-H-S!…and your old friends LUM and ABNER supply them in the loudest doses you ever took! Lum Edwards finds out this General Store partner, Abner Peabody has traded the official general-store delivery car for a racehorse. Director: Malcolm St. Clair Writers: Chester Lauck,...


8th June 2025
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So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942)

ZaSu Steps Out And The Underworld Steps In! A dizzy old spinster gets involved in the boxing racket and gangland murders as is falsely accused of being notorious murderer “Ma Parker”. Director: Jean Yarbrough Writers: George Bricker , Edmond Kelso Stars: Zasu Pitts, Roger Pryor, Warren Hymer Genres: Classics, Action,...


22nd May 2025
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The Panther’s Claw (1942)

The police arrest a man climbing over the wall of a cemetery after midnight. He claims that he is being blackmailed and is following instructions he received by mail to leave $1000 on a certain grave. It turns out that he’s not the only one who got a blackmail letter....


20th May 2025
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X Marks the Spot (1942)

KING OF A RACKET SO BIG IT PAID OFF IN MURDER! A private eye, Eddie Delaney, and his new girlfriend Linda Ward, put the heat on rubber racketeers. Director: George Sherman Writers: Stuart Palmer, Richard Murphy Stars: Dick Purcell, Helen Parrish, Neil Hamilton Genres: Classics, Action, Crime, Mystery, Film Noir...


28th April 2025
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The Mad Monster (1942)

The blood of a wolf he placed in the veins of a man… and created a monster such as the world has never known! A mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories – and exact revenge. Director: Sam Newfield...


25th February 2025
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Black Dragons (1942)

See him pit his terror against Japan’s treacherous agents in the U.S.A.! A cabal of American industrialists, all fifth-columnists intent on sabotaging the war effort, are methodically murdered by the malevolent Monsieur Colomb. It is only until detective Dick Martin is assigned to the case that everyone’s true motives and...


30th January 2025
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2024

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands. Director: Roy William Neill Writers: Edward T. Lowe Jr., Scott Darling Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill Genre: Classics, Cult Film, Crime, Mystery, Drama, Adventure Sherlock Holmes and the...


11th December 2024
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Private Buckaroo (1942)

Nightclub performers (The Andrews Sisters, Dick Foran, Joe E. Lewis) do Army shows with Harry James and His Music Makers. Director: Edward F. Cline Writers: Edmond Kelso, Edward James Stars: The Andrews Sisters, Dick Foran, Joe E. Lewis Genres: Classics, Comedy, Romance, Musical, War Private Buckaroo Cult Cinema Classics


28th August 2024
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2023

A year in the movies: 1942

A discussion about this year in cinematic history would be severely compromised if no mention were made of 1942’s timeless classic CASABLANCA. The film went through various stages to wind up as it did. The roles played by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman were intended for Ronald Reagan and Ann...


22nd June 2023
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All Through the Night (1942)

Check out the official All Through the Night (1942) trailer starring Kaaren Verne! Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne Directed By: Vincent Sherman Synopsis: When noted gambler Alfred “Gloves” Donahue (Humphrey Bogart) makes a trip to his local bakery to see why his cheesecake hasn’t been delivered, he sees...


23rd February 2023
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