The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Nov 21, 2013Old Dark House Comedy
The 1939 Bob Hope comedy remake of The Cat and the Canary was a big hit; here he and Paulette Goddard are put through the same in what is all but a sequel. Hope is on top form again
Paul Lukas
Strange Cargo (1940)
Jan 3, 2001Jesus Christ Aids Devil's Island Escapees
One of the strangest films of the 1940s, featuring Clark Gable, Joan Crawford and others as a group of Devil's Island escapees who realise during the course of their journey that one of the company is Jesus Christ
The Monster and the Girl (1941)
May 10, 2023Mad Scientist Transplants a Brain Into a Gorilla Body
Mad scientist film in which George Zucco transplants an executed man’s brain into a gorilla’s body whereupon the ape-man proceeds to exact revenge against those who wrongly convicted him
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Mar 18, 2003Victorian Submarine Inventor/Jules Verne Adaptation
Disney's adaptation of Jules Verne's novel is a lavishly produced period adventure. This became the definitive version of the book and inspired a string of other period-set Verne adaptations over the next decade