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Movie: The Ghost Ship

Tom Merriam (Russell Wade) boards the freighter Altair in San Pedro, where he meets Capt. Will Stone (Richard Dix). During that first voyage, Tom begins to suspect that Stone is becoming unhinged, but he also learns that the crew is fiercely protective of him. When fellow sailor Louie (Lawrence Tierney) is killed in a freak accident, Merriam suspects Stone, but has no proof. As the killings continue, Tom decides to leave the ship, but the captain has other plans. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 25, 2024 - 4 comments

Movie: Bedlam

London, 1761. After getting a glimpse of the conditions at the St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum, known as "Bedlam," Nell Bowen (Anna Lee) is concerned that the patients are being mistreated. When she seeks to better the situation, the head of St. Mary's, George Sims (Boris Karloff), uses his political savvy to have Nell committed. Being within St. Mary's does not deter Nell, however, and she starts to turn the patients against Sims in a bid to violently oust him from power. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 25, 2024 - 1 comment

Movie: Youth Runs Wild

[TRAILER] The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war. One of just two films produced by Val Lewton for RKO that was not horror. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 22, 2024 - 3 comments

Movie: Cat People

Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon), a Serbian-born NYC fashion designer, begins a romance with marine engineer Oliver Reed (Kent Smith). Oliver becomes concerned about Irena's notion that she is cursed and may transform into a large cat in the heat of passion. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 20, 2024 - 9 comments

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