1944 movies

The Three Caballeros (1944)

Monday, December 28th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Miranda, Aurora | Molina, Carmen | Luz, Dora | Holloway, Sterling | Nash, Clarence | Garay, Joaquin | Oliveira, José | Graham, Frank | Shields, Fred | Amaral, Nestor | Almirante | Calaveras, Trío | del Río, Trío Ascencio
Directors: Ferguson, Norman
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A large box arrives for Donald on his birthday, three gifts inside. He unwraps one at a time, and each takes him on an adventure. The first is a movie projector with a film about the birds of South American: Donald watches two cartoons, one tells of a penguin who longs to live on a tropical isle and the other about a gaucho boy who hunts the wild ostrich. The second gift is a pop-up book about Brazil. Inside is Zé Carioca, who takes Donald to Brazil’s Bahia for a mix of animation and live action: the two cartoon birds sing and dance with natives. The third gift is a piñata, accompanied by Panchito. A ride on a magic serape takes the three amigos singing and dancing across Mexico. ¡Olé!

Mummy’s Ghost, The (1944)

Friday, July 24th, 2009
Genres: Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Carradine, John | Lowery, Robert | Ames, Ramsay | MacLane, Barton | Zucco, George | Reicher, Frank | Shannon, Harry | Vogan, Emmett | Sharpe, Lester | Whitney, Claire | O'Shea, Oscar | Chaney Jr., Lon | Barclay, Steve | Bruce, David
Directors: Le Borg, Reginald
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An Egyptian high priest (John Carradine) travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.). Learning that Ananka^Òs spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest^Òs greedy desires cause him to loose control of the mummy…

Cobra Woman (1944)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Montez, Maria | Hall, Jon | Sabu | Barrier, Edgar | Nash, Mary | Collier, Lois | Hinds, Samuel S. | Olsen, Moroni | Chaney Jr., Lon | Bagni, John | Barron, Robert | Leiber, Fritz | Magrill, George | Parker, Eddie
Directors: Siodmak, Robert
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Upon discovering his fiancée Tollea has been kidnaped, Ramu and his friend Kado set out for a Pacific isle where all strangers are to be killed on arrival and the inhabitants, who are frequently sacrificed to an angry volcano god, worship the cobra. The island is ruled over by Tollea’s evil twin Naja, the Cobra Woman, who, besides having designs on her new prisoner Ramu, also desires to eliminate any competition from her benevolent sister.

Spider Woman, The (1944)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rathbone, Basil | Bruce, Nigel | Sondergaard, Gale | Hoey, Dennis | Downing, Vernon | Craig, Alec | Hohl, Arthur | Gordon, Mary | Infuhr, Teddy | Benge, Wilson | Burton, John | Cording, Harry | Logan, Stanley | Roche, John | Rogers, John
Directors: Neill, Roy William
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Alarmed by a series of baffling suicides of prominent gamblers popularly dubbed “The Pajama Murders” by the newspapers, Holmes fakes his own death and assumes the identity of Rajni Singh, a retired Indian military man with a paralyzed arm. After losing a large sum in a casino and writing a bad check to cover his losses, he appears to try to take his own life. He is prevented by the mysterious and sophisticated Andrea Spedding with an offer of a loan with his life insurance policy as collateral. Shortly thereafter, there is an attempt on his life with a rare but deadly spider with the only other clue a child’s footprint. A resurfaced Holmes consults arachniolgists in an effort to solve the mystery.

Scarlet Claw, The (1944)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rathbone, Basil | Bruce, Nigel | Hamer, Gerald | Cavanagh, Paul | Hohl, Arthur | Harding, Kay | Mander, Miles | Clyde, David | Wolfe, Ian | Horne, Victoria | Allen, Harry | Billings, Ted | Cartledge, Bill | Francis, Charles | Hytten, Olaf
Directors: Neill, Roy William
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A village in Canada has an old legend about a phantom that years ago killed three villagers. Many residents are afraid that the monster has come back, because some of them have seen strange luminous shapes, and then some sheep were found with their throats slashed. Their worst fears seem to be confirmed when Lady Penrose is found killed in the same way. Meanwhile, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are in Quebec, attending a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society, where they are involved in a sharp debate with Lord Penrose about his village’s legend. Not long after Lord Penrose receives word of his wife’s death, Holmes receives a letter that the dead woman had written before she died, begging for his help and protection. When Holmes goes to the village to investigate, he finds himself hunting a determined murderer who is also a master of disguise.

Pearl of Death, The (1944)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Rathbone, Basil | Bruce, Nigel | Hoey, Dennis | Ankers, Evelyn | Mander, Miles | Wolfe, Ian | Francis, Charles | Herbert, Holmes | Nugent, Richard | Gordon, Mary | Hatton, Rondo | Austin, J.W. | Benge, Wilson | Bevan, Billy | Cording, Harry
Directors: Neill, Roy William
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When a pearl with a sinister reputation for causing misfortune to its owners is stolen from a museum by a master criminal because of Sherlock Holmes’ show-boating, he is naturally obliged to find it. Soon, he learns of a series of brutal murders that seemed to have been commited by a malevolent man mountain known only as the Creeper. Now, Holmes must deal with the seemingly overwhelming menace of this man and his boss in order to retrieve the pearl.