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Daddy Duck (1948) on 16 april 1948
, 7minutesDirected by Jack Hannah
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash
Rating63%
Voulant adopter un bébé, Donald se retrouve par erreur avec un bébé kangourou. Le ramenant chez lui, il apprendra que s'occuper d'un kangourou n'est pas de tout repos...
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) on 13 april 1948
, 1h42Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers, Danny Green, Charles Goldner, Michael Balfour
Rating60%
Miss Blandish (Linden Travers), a sheltered heiress, is targeted for a simple robbery by a cheap thug who ultimately involves two groups of rival gangsters, their goal being her diamond jewellery worth $100,000. The robbery is botched when Riley (Richard Nielson) kills her bridegroom and the three would-be robbers decide to kidnap Miss Blandish for ransom instead (her father is worth $100 million).
Money Madness (1948) on 15 april 1948
, 1h13Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Hugh Beaumont, Frances Rafferty, Harlan Warde, Lane Chandler, Dick Elliott, Don C. Harvey
Rating58%
Steve Clark (Hugh Beaumont) is on a Los Angeles-bound bus and gets off in a small town on the way. He first hides a large amount of cash he had been carrying in his suitcase. Then he gets a job, which leads him to a chance encounter with Julie Saunders (Frances Rafferty), a local woman in her 20s. Julie lives with an elderly, bitter aunt who makes her life miserable. Clark, with his charm and original outlook on life, instantly becomes a ray of sunlight for her, and they quickly marry.
Ruthless (1948) on 16 april 1948
, 1h44Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir
Actors Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, Sydney Greenstreet, Lucille Bremer, Martha Vickers
Rating67%
Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact, the history of his rise from his unhappy broken home shows this to be far from the case. After being taken in by richer neighbors he started to exhibit an obsessive and selfish urge to make more and more money, loving and leaving women at will to further this end.
The Lady from Shanghai (1947) on 14 april 1948
, 1h27Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Errol Flynn, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia
Rating74%
Irish sailor Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) meets the beautiful blonde Elsa (Rita Hayworth) as she rides a horse-drawn coach in Central Park. Three hooligans waylay the coach. Michael rescues Elsa and escorts her home. Michael reveals he is a seaman and learns Elsa and her husband, disabled criminal defense attorney Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane), are newly arrived in New York City from Shanghai. They are on their way to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Michael, attracted to Elsa despite misgivings, agrees to sign on as an able seaman aboard Bannister's yacht.
Summer Holiday (1948) on 15 april 1948
, 1h33Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Mickey Rooney, Walter Huston, Gloria DeHaven, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
Rating58%
Au début du XX siècle, dans une petite ville du Connecticut. Le jeune Richard Miller, qui vit dans un quartier de la classe moyenne avec sa famille, est amoureux de Muriel, sa voisine. Mais le père de cette dernière ne voit pas d'un très bon œil cet amour de jeunesse. En effet, il trouve que le jeune garçon, avec ses idées révolutionnaires, a une très mauvais influence sur sa fille...