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1940s Movies

Captain America (1944)

July 26, 2020January 21, 2023 - by greatmovies

A rash of suspicious suicides among scientists and businessmen, all found holding a small scarab, gets the attention of Mayor Randolph. He demands that Police Commissioner Dryden and District Attorney Grant Gardner get to the bottom of the case, while openly wishing that Captain America, a masked man who has helped defeat crime in the past, were around to solve the mystery.

Frankenstein (1931)

July 28, 2019July 20, 2023 - by greatmovies

Frankenstein storyline. With hunchbacked, twitchy assistant Fritz, fanatical mad scientist Dr. Frankenstein steals bodies from graves to assemble a creature.

Dracula (1931)

July 27, 2019July 23, 2023 - by greatmovies

After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle Dracula to finalize the transferral of Carfax Abbey in London to Count Dracula, who is in actuality a vampire. Renfield is drugged by the eerily hypnotic count, and turned into one of his thralls, protecting him during his sea voyage to London.