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The Fraeon Archive · The 1940s
19401942

1941

Shadows and rain — noir's decade, wartime cinema, and some of the most enduring stories ever put on film.

The films everyone saw

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Citizen Kane

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

4.0

Citizen Kane

1941

Dumbo

Dumbo is a baby elephant born with over-sized ears and a supreme lack of confidence. But thanks to his even more diminutive buddy Timothy the Mouse, the pint-sized pachyderm learns to surmount all obstacles.

3.5

Dumbo

1941

The Maltese Falcon

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

3.8

The Maltese Falcon

1941

Sergeant York

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

3.6

Sergeant York

1941

Suspicion

A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins to suspect that her husband’s affection may conceal a deadly motive—and that she could be his next victim.

3.6

Suspicion

1941

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

3.3

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941

How Green Was My Valley

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.

3.7

How Green Was My Valley

1941

The Wolf Man

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

3.5

The Wolf Man

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

3.3

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

Sullivan's Travels

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

3.7

Sullivan's Travels

1941

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.

3.0

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941

The Reluctant Dragon

Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.

3.3

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

That Hamilton Woman

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

3.6

That Hamilton Woman

1941

Ball of Fire

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

3.7

Ball of Fire

1941

Buck Privates

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.

3.4

Buck Privates

1941

Stormy Waters

A married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.

3.4

Stormy Waters

1941

High Sierra

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

3.5

High Sierra

1941

The Little Foxes

In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.

3.8

The Little Foxes

1941

What the critics kept

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The Lady Eve

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

3.6

The Lady Eve

1941

Hidden gems of 1941loved by the few who found them

The Unknown Policeman

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

3.9

The Unknown Policeman

1941

The Devil and Miss Jones

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.

3.9

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

The Night Before Christmas

It's snowy and cold outside, and warm inside where Jerry squeezes past a mousetrap to cavort under a present-laden Christmas tree. Mistaking the sleeping Tom for a plush toy, Jerry wakes him and a mad chase ensues.

3.7

The Night Before Christmas

1941

The Midnight Snack

Jerry takes a midnight snack from the fridge unaware that Tom is watching him.

3.7

The Midnight Snack

1941

Meet John Doe

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

3.7

Meet John Doe

1941

Hellzapoppin'

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

3.6

Hellzapoppin'

1941

The Sea Wolf

Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.

3.6

The Sea Wolf

1941

The Art of Skiing

Goofy, staying at the Sugar Bowl resort, demonstrates the basics of downhill skiing, which the titles and announcer insist is pronounced "SHEEing". The equipment is, of course, of the era. As you can imagine, Goofy has much trouble keeping his skis parallel and pointing downhill. The final ski jump conveniently lands Goofy right back in bed.

3.5

The Art of Skiing

1941

The Tale of the Fox

In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brought to him.

3.5

The Tale of the Fox

1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?

3.5

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941

The Man Who Came to Dinner

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.

3.5

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

On the page

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Between the Acts

Fiction · Pageants

Between the Acts

Virginia Woolf

1941

Evil Under the Sun

Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character) · Private investigators

Evil Under the Sun

Agatha Christie

1941

Escape from Freedom

Démocratie · Psychologie sociale

Escape from Freedom

Erich Fromm

1941

Othello

British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author) · Othello (Fictitious character)

Othello

William Shakespeare

1941

Le mythe de Sisyphe

French essays · Life

Le mythe de Sisyphe

Albert Camus

1941

She Faded into Air

Ethel Lina White

1941

N or M?

Fiction · Married people

N or M?

Agatha Christie

1941

The Second World War

Personal narratives, British · British Personal narratives

The Second World War

Winston S. Churchill

1941

Random harvest

World War, 1914-1918 · Open Library Staff Picks

Random harvest

James Hilton

1941

Make Way for Ducklings

Juvenile fiction · Fiction

Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

1941

The last tycoon

Fiction · Facsimiles

The last tycoon

F. Scott Fitzgerald

1941

Little Town on the Prairie

Families · Frontier and pioneer life

Little Town on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder

1941

The blind man's house

The blind man's house

Hugh Walpole

1941

Dragon Seed (Progress English)

Peace · World War, 1939-1945

Dragon Seed (Progress English)

Pearl S. Buck

1941

Under the sea-wind

Marine biology · Atlantic Ocean

Under the sea-wind

Rachel Carson

1941

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

Fiction · Novelists

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

Vladimir Nabokov

1941

The Lion and the Unicorn

Socialisme · Conditions sociales

The Lion and the Unicorn

George Orwell

1941

What is mathematics?

Textbooks · Mathematics

What is mathematics?

Richard Courant

1941

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