The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
Synopsis: A wealthy widow, Christine Faber (Lynn Bari, Shock), meets a self-proclaimed psychic, “The Amazing Alexis” (Turhan Bey, Arabian Nights), and immediately she is mesmerized by the man’s ability to […]
Category Archives: 1948
Good Sam (1948)
Synopsis: Gary Cooper (The Pride of the Yankees and High Noon) plays a good-hearted man whose efforts to help others annoy most people, his wife (Ann Sheridan, They Drive by Night […]
The Bette Davis Project: June Bride (1948)
Synopsis: Foreign correspondent, Carey Jackson (Robert Montgomey, Night Must Fall), who is desperate for an assignment, agrees to write an article for ‘Home Life,’ a popular women’s magazine. Jackson soon […]
The Bette Davis Project: Winter Meeting (1948)
Synopsis: A New England poetess, Susan Grieve (Bette Davis), falls in love with a troubled war hero, Slick Novak (Jim Davis, TV’s Dallas), only to discover that he is contemplating a […]
The Pirate (1948)
Synopsis: In a remote small Caribbean village, Manuela (Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz) prepares to marry the town’s mayor, Don Pedro (Walter Slezak, Sinbad The Sailor). She, however, dreams of having […]
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
Synopsis: In the late nineteenth century, a widower (William Holden, The Bridge on the River Kwai) realizes that he needs a woman to take care of his young son (Gary […]
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
Synopsis: Phony mentalist John Triton (Edward G. Robinson, Little Caesar) develops true premonition during one of his acts. Triton soon finds out that foreseeing the future is not much fun […]
Director’s Spotlight: David Lean’s Oliver Twist (1948)
Synopsis: A nameless woman gives birth to a boy at a workhouse. She dies and the child is raised as an orphan. The little guy, named Oliver Twist (John Howard […]
