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1940s Movies

My Favorite Blonde (1942)

July 26, 2020January 22, 2023 - by greatmovies

My Favorite Blonde movie storyline. Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train bound for Los Angeles. Is Hollywood waiting for him with open arms? Not really as the one he signed a contract for is Percy, his roller-skating penguin partner! But, as the proverb says, the shadow of glory is better than no glory at all! Anyway, doesn’t Larry meet a woman on the train?

1930s Movies / Alfred Hitchcock Movies

The 39 Steps (1935)

July 28, 2019July 23, 2023 - by greatmovies

The 39 Steps storyline. In London during a Palladium performance, innocent vacationing Canadian tourist Richard Hannay is thrown into the arms of a mysterious secret agent Annabella Smith.