Gene Lockhart

  • H.C. Potter – Blackmail (1939)

    H.C. Potter1931-1940CrimeDramaUSA
    Blackmail (1939)
    Blackmail (1939)

    John Ingram, successful oil field firefighter, is really a chain gang escapee. Someone out of his past finds him.Read More »

  • John Cromwell – Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

    1931-1940DramaJohn CromwellUSA

    Plot:
    Among the most masterful matchups of actor and role in screen history is this stirring film of Robert E. Sherwood’s beloved play taking a thoroughly human look at the early years of our 16th President, with all his frailties and strength of character. Best Actor Oscar nominee* Raymond Massey (who originated the role on stage) wonderfully plays the future Great Emancipator in a chronicle of his backwoods childhood through his first romance with Ann Rutledge (Mary Howard) to his phenomenal rise to President Elect, besting the great orator Stephen Douglas (Gene Lockhart). Ruth Gordon also does memorable work as driven, ambitious Mary Todd Lincoln, whose vision of Abe’s leadership destiny will not be denied by anyone – including her often reticent husband. There’s also no denying the enduring emotional power of this simple, magnificent movie. From Warner Brothers! Read More »

  • Edwin L. Marin – A Christmas Carol (1938)

    1931-1940ClassicsEdwin L. MarinFantasyUSA

    On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife.Read More »

  • Roy Del Ruth – Red Light (1949)

    1941-1950CrimeFilm NoirRoy Del RuthUSA

    Synopsis:
    Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess…who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he’d written a clue “in the Bible.” Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess’s hotel room. Meanwhile, Nick himself gets out with murder still in his heart. But another factor is in play that none of them (except the murdered Jess) had planned on.Read More »

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