what are some of your favorite movies from the 1940s, and can you leave just a brief summary about the film?
2007-05-20 18:55:55 · 10 answers · asked by dontXpanic 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Casablanca (1942)
It's a Classic film set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Citizen Kane (1941)
Considered by many to be the best film ever made, this is the story of Charles Foster Kane. The film opens with a long shot of Xanadu - the private estate of one of the world's richest men. In the middle of the estate is a castle. We see, inside the castle, a dying man examining a winter scene within a crystal ball. As he drops it, it smashes, and one word is heard - "Rosebud..." What follows are pieces of newsreel-like footage detailing how Kane amassed his fortune, and turning around full circle at the end.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed.
The Third Man (1949)
Arriving in Vienna, Holly Martins learns that his friend Harry Lime, who has invited him, recently died in a car accident.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Dobbs and Curtin meet up in Mexico, and go to work for a contractor, Pat McCormick, who takes them away...
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Sam Spade, a private detective, gets involved in a murderous hunt for a valuable statuette.
Double Indemnity (1944)
An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.
2007-05-20 18:58:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
To Have and Have Not, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Becall were first paired in this movie about a Nazi friendly island in the Caribbean.
Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein. No description need.
The Road movies featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Just a good comedy series
The Maltese Falcon, classic film noir detective movie with a great cast.
Casablanca, everybody loves this movie.
Another great movie is Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. It was made in the 80's by Steve Martin by using clips from old 40's movies. Steve Martin plays a detective with run ins with Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and others.
2007-05-21 02:08:38 · answer #2 · answered by sonofmary 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In order:
It's A Wonderful Life - 46
Casablanca - 42
Citizen Kane - 41
Battleground - 49
The Ox-Bow Incident - 43
The Philadelphia Story - 40
My Darling Clementine - 46
Gentleman's Agreement - 47
Twelve O'Clock High - 49
The Maltese Falcon - 41
A Walk in the Sun - 45
Fort Apache - 48
La Belle et la bete - 47
Here Comes Mr. Jordan - 41
All the King's Men - 49
Red River - 48
Double Indemnity - 44
Life with Father - 47
The Time of Their Lives - 46
The Lost Weekend - 45
2007-05-21 12:05:23 · answer #3 · answered by Bob Mc 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Now, Voyager
starring Bette Davis
Such a fantastic movie. Bette stars as a ugly duckling in a rich family. she is in her early 20s, and her mother controlls her life. She is teased by her family, and one day has a mental breakdown and is sent to a hospital. At the hospital she is taken through therapy. The doctor helps her with her image. She begins to lose weigh, she buys designer clothes, she gains self confidice. She even has an affair with a married man!
Once she leaves rehab, her elderly mother notices the change in her daughter, and starts to take control of her daughter's life again, this time the daughter stands up for her self!
This is a wonderful movie about a homely, insecure woman who has sort of a ugly duckling turned swan story. I highly recommend it.
2007-05-21 02:04:52 · answer #4 · answered by Kat 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whisky Galore (1949)
A ship laden with Whisky runs aground off a remote Scottish Island.
The locals decide to "rescue" the cargo while the home guard try to stop them. Surely one of the great Ealing comedies
If you'll allow a film from 1939, then I'd have to include The Wizard of Oz.
I won't embarrass myself with a short description. It has to be one of the best films of all time.
2007-05-21 10:02:47 · answer #5 · answered by wally_zebon 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Plot:George Bailey wants desperately to leave the town of his birth, Bedford Falls, for a life of travel and adventure. But systematically he is called upon to put his dreams aside and to care for family and friends. Through a tragic carelessness on the part of a family member, George is threatened with public and financial humiliation, and jail. Determined upon suicide, George is saved through the intercession of an angel, who shows him what his hometown would have become without his efforts.
2007-05-21 09:43:03 · answer #6 · answered by verdeblusm 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Angels with dirty face, James Cagney made in 1938. A few details at the link bellow.
2007-05-21 02:01:25 · answer #7 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
les enfants du paradis directed by marcel carne, a love story set in the 1840's.
2007-05-21 04:38:32 · answer #8 · answered by marmaduke9731 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Casablanca. This shouldn't need summarizing.
Fantasia - beautiful animation and beautiful music, beautifully put together.
2007-05-21 01:59:56 · answer #9 · answered by Nightlight 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-05-21 01:59:37 · answer #10 · answered by ananya 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋