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Lost / Missing Films /TV Of The 1940s

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  • 1. Confidential Lady

    19401h 14mApproved
    Jill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story, hoping to be able to dig up some dirt on Morple. Jim is initially skeptical, seeing Jill as a silly attention-seeking airhead, but as he gets to know her he changes his mind and realizes that her claims have substance, so the pair join forces to discredit Morple publicly, starting to fall in love with each other at the same time.
    DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsBen LyonJane BaxterAthole Stewart
  • 2. Dr. O'Dowd

    19401h 16m
    5.4 (12)
    A disgraced doctor has a chance to redeem himself when a diphtheria epidemic ravages the community, and one of its victims is his son.
    DirectorHerbert MasonStarsShaun GlenvillePeggy CumminsMary Merrall
  • 3. His Brother's Keeper

    19401h 10m
    DirectorRoy William NeillStarsClifford EvansTamara DesniUna O'Connor
  • Jane Baxter and John Loder in Murder Will Out (1939)

    4. Murder Will Out

    19391h 5mApproved
    5.1 (20)
    Loder and Baxter become immersed in intrigue after receiving a costly jade. As they look for assistance in saving their skins, all their leads disappear, including the man who had given them the jade.
    DirectorRoy William NeillStarsJohn LoderJane BaxterJack Hawkins
  • 5. The Good Old Days

    19401h 19m
    A noble child is kidnapped by a chimney sweep and saved by strolling players.
    DirectorRoy William NeillStarsMax MillerHal WaltersKathleen Gibson
  • 6. Deadlock

    194359m
    A murderous twin gets his comeuppance.
    DirectorRonald HainesStarsJohn SlaterCecile ChevreauMolly Hamley-Clifford
  • Squadron Leader X (1943)

    7. Squadron Leader X

    19431h 30m
    6.9 (26)
    Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players cigarettes, a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British propaganda. Unfortunately for him, he chooses a night when the Belgian resistance are smuggling the crew of a British bomber home across the channel. Before he knows it, he is landing on the south coast of England. With MI5 hot on his trail, the fugitive tries to contact his old German émigré friends in London. But they have all been interned on the Isle of Man. How will he escape back to Germany ?
    DirectorLance ComfortStarsEric PortmanAnn DvorakWalter Fitzgerald
  • David Farrar and Ronald Shiner in The Night Invader (1943)

    8. The Night Invader

    19431h 21m
    An English agent parachutes into occupied Holland during World War II to retrieve some important papers. He poses as an American newspaperman and a Gestapo officer during his adventures. He then meets and falls for a Dutch baroness who appears to be sympathetic to the British.
    DirectorHerbert MasonStarsAnne CrawfordDavid FarrarCarl Jaffe
  • Flight from Folly (1945)

    9. Flight from Folly

    19451h 34m
    An unemployed dancer poses as a nurse and sets her sights on playboy composer Clinton Clay. After he is dumped by his Russian wife, the "nurse" finally gets her man.
    DirectorHerbert MasonStarsPat KirkwoodHugh SinclairSydney Howard
  • For You Alone (1945)

    10. For You Alone

    19451h 45m
    DirectorGeoffrey FaithfullStarsLesley BrookJimmy HanleyDinah Sheridan
  • 11. Scottish Symphony

    194638mShort
    DirectorHarold BaimStarsJames McKechnieGeorge Strachan
  • 12. We Do Believe in Ghosts

    194736mShort
    DirectorWalter WestStarsValerie CarlishArthur DibbsJohn Latham
  • Martin Benson, Agnes Bernelle, Scott Forbes, Jordan Lawrence, Bruce Lester, Raymond Lovell, and Carol van Derman in But Not in Vain (1948)

    13. But Not in Vain

    19481h 13m
    7.8 (8)
    The film is set in 1944, in German-occupied Netherlands. There is an ongoing famine. Jan Alting is a a Dutch patriotic farmer, who uses his farm as a place of refuge for Jews, communists, and Dutch resistance members. He has disinherited his son Anton Alting, who is a German collaborator. One day, Anton unexpectedly visits his father's residence and discovers a group of subversives hiding there. He orders his father to kick them out, threatening to shoot them if he refuses. Jan is torn between his patriotic duty and his desire to avoid direct conflict with his estranged son.
    DirectorEdmond T. GrévilleStarsRaymond LovellCarol van DermanMartin Benson
  • 14. Television Dancing Club

    1947–196410 epsTV Series
    Popular dance music series.
    StarsVictor SilvesterDoreen FreemanSusan Franks
  • 15. The BBC Television Newsreel

    1948–1954TV Series
    BBC Television's first presentation of news items on the pattern of cinema newsreels.
    StarsRichard BakerEdward Halliday
  • Rosemarie Ford in Come Dancing (1949)

    16. Come Dancing

    1949–199819 epsTV Series
    5.7 (29)
    Exhibition dancing series.
    CreatorEric MorleyStarsPeter WestAngela RipponCharles Nove
  • Charlie Chester and Eric 'Jeeves' Grier in The Charlie Chester Show (1949)

    17. The Charlie Chester Show

    1949–196047 epsTV Series
    StarsCharlie ChesterEric 'Jeeves' GrierThe George Mitchell Singers
  • Max Harrison, Syd Harrison, and Frank Randle in Somewhere in Politics (1948)

    18. Somewhere in Politics

    19481h 48m
    Joe Smart is a radio repairman who enters the political arena competing in an upcoming election against his own boss. Joe wins the election, but encounters loads of trouble in the process.
    DirectorJohn E. BlakeleyStarsFrank RandleTessie O'SheaJosef Locke

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