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Bride by Mistake
Bride by Mistake (1944) on 26 july 1944
, 1h21
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Laraine Day, Alan Marshal, Marsha Hunt, Allyn Joslyn, Edgar Buchanan, Michael St. Angel
Rating62% 3.1453453.1453453.1453453.1453453.145345
Home from the war, Captain Tony Travis (Alan Marshal) eyes an estate in Santa Barbara and wonders what it must be like to be that rich. It is the property of the fabulously wealthy Nora Hunter (Laraine Day), who has secretary and friend Sylvia Lockwood (Marsha Hunt) impersonate her in public. Longtime guardian Jonathan Connors (Edgar Buchanan) protects his ward's privacy zealously. During a ship launching, a press photographer takes Nora's picture, but Connors sees to it that the camera film is ruined.
Candlelight in Algeria
Candlelight in Algeria (1944) on 30 july 1944
, 1h25
Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Political films
Actors James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp Taylor, Walter Rilla, Sybille Binder
Rating61% 3.0918953.0918953.0918953.0918953.091895
The story is loosely based on the secret conference in Cherchell, Algeria, in October 1942, between American General Mark W. Clark and a group of high-ranking French Vichy commanders, where they agreed not to resist the Operation Torch landings in Vichy controlled French North Africa a month later.
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost (1944) on 28 july 1944
, 1h35
Directed by Jules Dassin, Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Ghost films, Political films
Actors Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien, William Gargan, Reginald Owen, Una O'Connor
Rating68% 3.446553.446553.446553.446553.44655
In the seventeenth century, Sir Simon de Canterville (Charles Laughton) is forced by the Code of Chivalry to engage in a duel on behalf of his brother, but flees to the family castle when his opponent is substituted for by a giant (played by an uncredited Tor Johnson). His proud father, Lord Canterville (Reginald Owen), refuses to acknowledge that his son has disgraced the family name, even when shown in front of witnesses where Simon is cowering. The father has the only entrance to his son's hiding place bricked over as proof that Simon is not there, ignoring Simon's pleas for mercy. Lord Canterville then curses his doomed cowardly son to find no rest until "a kinsman shall perform an act of bravery" in his name.
Marked Trails
Marked Trails (1944) on 29 july 1944
, 58minutes
Directed by John P. McCarthy
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Veda Ann Borg, Mauritz Hugo, Charles Stevens, Bud Osborne
Rating63% 3.1742653.1742653.1742653.1742653.174265
Bob Stevens (Bob Steele) is a young man living in the old west who wants to get out and see the world before he has to settle down and live responsibly. His uncle Harry (Steve Clark), a deputy marshal of the town of Tracy, wants Bob to take up that line of work, which Bob initially refuses. But then Harry recognizes wanted gang members Jack Slade (Mauritz Hugo) and Mary Conway, alias Blanche (Veda Ann Borg), and is murdered by them as he tries to order them out of town. Seeking justice, Bob then joins the U.S. Marshals after all, along with his friend, Parkford (Hoot Gibson). Arriving in Tracy, Bob poses as a trouble-making criminal in order to be recruited to join Slade's gang, which Hoot separately comes to town in the guise of a "dude," a more cultured speech-maker in the name of law and order. In the end, the criminals are discovered and defeated in a shootout.
Raiders of Ghost City
Raiders of Ghost City (1944) on 25 july 1944

Directed by Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Dennis Moore, Lionel Atwill, Joe Sawyer, Wanda McKay, Regis Toomey, Virginia Christine
Rating59% 2.960212.960212.960212.960212.96021
At the height of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel, raid all gold shipments from Oro Grande, California, bound for Washington. Captain Steve Clark is recognized as a Union Secret Service agent by Morel's accomplice Trina Dessard, along with his friend Idaho Jones, is ambushed in the baggage car and sent to almost certain death when the car is un-coupled and plunges down the mountainside.
Secret Command
Secret Command (1944) on 30 july 1944
, 1h22
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Pat O'Brien, Carole Landis, Chester Morris, Ruth Warrick, Barton MacLane, Tom Tully
Rating63% 3.194783.194783.194783.194783.19478
Deux frères se rencontrent sur un chantier naval travaillant pour la guerre, après plusieurs années de séparation. L'aîné a tout lieu de se méfier de son cadet, dont la conduite lui paraît suspecte ; mais c'est grâce à ce dernier, qui appartient au service du contre-espionnage, que le chantier échappera aux projets des saboteurs allemands...
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross (1944) on 24 july 1944
, 1h50
Directed by Fred Zinnemann, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead, Herbert Rudley
Rating73% 3.692963.692963.692963.692963.69296
The year is 1936. The film is narrated by Wallau (Ray Collins). Seven prisoners escape from the fictitious Westhofen concentration camp near Worms, Germany near the Rhine. They represent a cross-section of German society: a writer, a circus performer, a schoolmaster, a farmer, a Jewish grocery clerk, and two prisoners who are apparently political activists. One is George Heisler (Tracy) and the other his mentor Wallau (Collins), the leader of the group.
Step Lively
Step Lively (1944) on 26 july 1944
, 1h28
Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Frank Sinatra, George Murphy, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Slezak, Eugene Pallette
Rating60% 3.000773.000773.000773.000773.00077
Une troupe de comédiens, un auteur et un producteur n'ont qu'une seule idée en tête : monter le spectacle grandiose de leurs rêves. Si le manque de budget se fait cruellement ressentir et donne lieu à des discordes, la pièce prend tout de même forme, au prix de nombreux efforts. Cependant, un problème subsiste : la place du rôle masculin est toujours vacante alors que la date de la première représentation arrive à grands pas.