Cinema releases by week

, 1h12
Directed by Irving Pichel
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Noel Madison, Victor Sen Yung, Janis Carter, Steven Geray
Rating67%

, 1h48
Directed by Zoltan Korda
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes L'adolescence, Films about adoption, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Mise en scène d'un ours, Films about snakes, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un tigre, L'enfance marginalisée, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Reptile
Actors Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia, Rosemary DeCamp, Ralph Byrd
Rating66%
In an Indian village, Buldeo, an elderly storyteller, is paid by a visiting British memsahib to tell a story of his youth. He speaks of the animals of the jungle, and of the ever-present threats to human life posed by the jungle itself. He then recalls his early life:

, 1h41
Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films based on plays
Actors Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson, Eugene Pallette, Hattie McDaniel
Rating65%
Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda) is an English teacher at football-crazed Midwestern University. Although he is uninvolved with the politics of the day, Tommy suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus. An editorial in a student magazine praises him for planning to read Bartolomeo Vanzetti's sentencing statement to his class as an example of eloquent composition, even in broken English composed by a non-professional.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Robert Blake, Emmett Vogan, Billy Curtis
Rating58%
Buckwheat's accurate report of a wandering monkey is ignored because of his past fibs, with resulting confusion.

Genres Comedy
Actors Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray, Garry Marsh, Martita Hunt, Robert Horton, Aubrey Mather
Rating59%

, 3h35
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Kane Richmond, Marguerite Chapman, Tristram "Tris" Coffin, Sam Flint, Georges Renavent, John James
Rating69%
Alan Armstrong (Kane Richmond) as the Spy Smasher is a costumed vigilante and freelance agent, not associated with the US government as the country has not yet joined its allies in World War II. After discovering information about Nazi activities in occupied France, he is captured and ordered to be executed. However, with the help of Pierre Durand (Franco Corsaro), he escapes back to the United States, meeting with his twin brother Jack (Kane Richmond). Jack is incorrectly recognized and attacked killed by Nazi agent on American soil codenamed The Mask (Hans Schumm). Eve Corby (Marguerite Chapman) plays Jack's fiancé. The Mask, operates from a U-Boat near the coast.

, 1h3
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lynne Carver, Glenn Strange, Frank M. Thomas, Roy Barcroft
Rating61%

Directed by Harold Huth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Judy Campbell, Sebastian Shaw, Niall MacGinnis, Henry Edwards, Martita Hunt, Cameron Hall
Rating56%
A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.

Directed by Noel M. Smith, Ray Taylor, Jacques Jaccard
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan, Robert Armstrong, Joseph Crehan, Ralf Harolde
Rating68%
The city is terrorized by a crime wave masterminded by the elusive, soft-spoken Professor Mortis (Ralph Morgan). Police detective Bill Bannister (Kent Taylor), his partner Tim Nolan (Robert Armstrong), and police chief Martin O'Brien (Joseph Crehan) investigate the activities of Mortis and his gang, and discover that the crimes were all perpetrated by men who had died some time ago. Following the story is journalist Vicki Logan (Irene Hervey) and her photographer 'Happy' Haskins (Richard Davies).

, 1h2
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films, Films based on plays
Actors Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox, Roland Drew, Jackie Gleason, Ruth Ford
Rating57%
Dorothy "Dot" Burton (Faye Emerson) is a member of a gang of bank robbers. Using her femininity and a cute dog provided her by her male cohorts who dognapped him, she is able to enter a bank before opening time, leaving the door open and the bank guard holding her dog, thus enabling a successful robbery. When police interfere with the getaway she faints and proclaims her innocence, however the police have strong doubts as "her" dog won't come to her and has a different name on his collar than what she calls him. After she confesses to her part in the robbery, she is sent to women's prison where she makes enemies of fellow inmates seeking Dot's share of the money.

Directed by Wells Root
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Donna Reed, Dan Dailey, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, George Lloyd, Matt Moore, Robert Blake
Rating49%

, 1h7
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Lloyd Corrigan, Walter Sande
Rating63%
In the Christmas spirit, Boston Blackie decides to entertain the inmates at his old "alma mater" by bringing a variety show headed by clown Roggi McKay (George McKay). Roggi drops one of his showgirls, Eve Sanders (Adele Mara), as she has already visited her prisoner brother, Joe Trilby (Larry Parks), the maximum allowed number of times that month. However, Blackie kindheartedly lets her come along. Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane and Detective Joe Mathews (Walter Sande) unexpectedly join the group on the bus, just to keep an eye on Blackie. When Joe manages to escape from prison, by tying Roggi up and putting on his costume and makeup, Farraday suspects Blackie helped him.

, 1h18
Directed by Frank Butler, Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco, Macdonald Carey, Walter Kingsford
Rating69%
When a British secret agent is murdered in the line of duty, agent Karen Bentley inherits the mission from her partner. The mission is to deliver a flight plan for a hundred American bomber planes to a British agent in Chicago. The plans are hidden in a small medallion of a scorpion that Karen wears.

, 1h20
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Ruth Warrick, Eve Arden, Robert Smith, Franklin Pangborn, Marjorie Gateson
Rating57%
On the instructions of their lawyer, the wealthy young daughter of divorcing parents (Joan Carroll) is removed to a mountain resort, complete with a decoy mother, to protect her from the publicity. The situation is immediately complicated by persistent reporters, a romantic interest for the fake mother, and a convention of birdwatchers.

, 1minutes
Directed by Bob Clampett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Historical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Films about pigs, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Musical films, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Court métrage de Porky Pig, Court métrage de Bugs Bunny, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Rating52%
Le rideau s'ouvre sur une scène de théâtre où une reproduction du tableau du Yankee Doodle The Spirit of 76', peint par Archibald Willard, occupe le fond. Surgit Bugs Bunny jouant du pipeau avec une carotte, scène quasi identique à celle terminant le cartoon A Wild Hare (1940). Bugs croque la carotte et commence son discours patriotique en citant les figures emblématiques des États-Unis et tout d'abord de l'Oncle Sam, avec une certaine familiarité. Il revient en portant le chapeau aux couleurs du drapeau américain et la barbe blanche symboliques de l'Oncle Sam. Bugs lance des « war bonds » à pleines poignées, comme des tracts, et chante une chanson dont les paroles incitent l'assistance à acheter ces bons, qui « garantiront la liberté ». Il continue en dansant puis entame une parodie d'Al Jolson, artiste de music hall très populaire en Amérique et très lié au monde du jazz (il se maquille souvent en noir dans ses spectacles). Bugs prend les traits de Al Jolson et reprend brièvement son titre « Mammy », transformé pour l'occasion en « Sammy » (l'Oncle Sam). Porky Pig (en marin) et Elmer Fudd (en fantassin) rejoignent Bugs, chantent et dansent avec lui devant le public. L'image de la publicité pour ces bons vient clore le film.

Directed by Garson Kanin
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Spencer Tracy
Rating64%