1945 Movies

During WW II, one of the hits of the London stage is a play about a murderer who strangles his victims. The actor who plays the strangler identifies so strongly…

Molly, an actress desperate for work, decides to get it by “playing the part” of an experienced housekeeper. It turns out that the butler at her new household is doing…

A group of young actresses reminisces about their days as part of a gang of kids, headed by Mickey McGuire. Their memories take the form of clips from episodes of…

Famous detective and his trusty side-kick Tinker are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.

Rangers Dave and Panhandle arrive and are joined by Lawyer Tex to try and stop the range war between the ranchers and the sheep men. After they jail the ranchers…

The daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets involved in a feud and murder.

N/A

In the English village of Denley, the Women’s Institute (a wartime program channeling village products to the troops) is electrified to hear that they’ll be visited by Eleanor Roosevelt. As…

A seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor’s wife.

Black is after both Taylor’s saloon and the Lane ranch. Fuzzy takes the gold from his and Billy’s mine and buys Taylor’s saloon. This puts him and Billy in conflict…

Dragging along her spineless boyfriend Johnny, hare-brained secretary Kitty O’Day is unstoppable as she tries to determine her boss’s murderer. In her exuberance she and Johnny keep running into more…

World War II has begun, but Parisian neighbors Dalban (biographer of Napoleon) and Mme. Ancelot still feud over his claim that her great- great-grandmother did *not* sleep with the Emperor!…

Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott…

Married couple Jim & Ella Merchant set up their single friend Al Schmid on a blind date with Ruth Hartley. The two hit it off and begin dating. A welder,…

George Harvey Bone is a composer in early 20th century London, who is under stress because he is writing a piano concerto. Due to this stress, he gets black outs…

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his “life”…

Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris’s wife, Mary, is none to…

Joan Hollingsworth is the younger sister of Ethel and their mother believes Ethel is entitles to all the advantages until she acquires a husband, but Joan thinks otherwise. Forbidden to…

A drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.

With the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent ot help his friend Fuzzy who is the town’s Sheriff, Judge, and barber. When the…

Women in the life of prizefighter John L. Sullivan.

Bringing a herd of cattle to Dave Crockett, Billy halts before going through the pass where many herds have been rustled. He is right as there are two men after…

In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. The attack leaves her mentally scarred and our story flashes forward…

Lawyer Malone’s two zany friends embroil him in detective work once too often, and the police are after all three. So Malone must accompany Jake and beautiful Helene on their…

In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra “Sandy” Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Sandy, knowing that the railroad is to…

After struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls…

One of the last of the films made under the direction of the War Activities Committee. It is a 10 minute documentary produced under the supervision of Ray Kellogg (I)who,…

A young Frank Sinatra is in the studio with a full orchestra. He records a take of “If You Are But a Dream,” then breaks for a smoke. From the…

Salty owes money to Doc Baxter; he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. They get a race horse and a disbarred jockey, Johnny Cates, who must…

Flamarion, expert marksman, is entertaining people in a show which features Connie, beautiful woman and her husband Al. Flamarion and Connie fall in love and decide to get rid of…

Seven rich men retire to a Scottish castle and promptly begin to die in violent fashion. Each death is preceded by the delivery of orange pips to the next target….

In 1904, Uncle Latsie comes to New York from Hungary with two little nieces, who immediately take to cafe dancing. In 1912 they’re still at it, but to pay Uncle’s…

Hélène understands that Jean doesn’t love her anymore. She is full of grief and anger, and she starts brooding on revenge. When she meets Jean, she pretends herself to be…

Fanning has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire. Happy and Alkali arrive and immediately get into trouble with Fanning and his men….

A crusading reporter uses his friendship with a mobster to expose the machinations of organized crime in his city.

Documentary short film depicting American Army, Navy, Marine, Air Forces, and Coast Guard joint assaults on a Japanese-held island.

Two sailors, one naive, the other experienced in the ways of the world, on liberty in Los Angeles, is the setting for this movie musical.

The rise of John Dillinger from petty criminal (including, unforgivably, holding up a cinema) via prison and bank robbery with his new convict associates to the accolade of Public Enemy…

From the Department of the Navy.This historical recording from the National Archives may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.

In Victorian Brighton a scheming pub landlady befriends an innocent chemist’s assistant in order to get hold of poison to do away with her boozy husband.