MY TEN FAVORITE MOVIES 1940-49
The 1940s was a schizophrenic decade for American movies. World War II and its aftermath made movie audiences want to be reassured that everything was "hunky dory" with Pollyannaish fairy tales. The best films of the decade were grittier, naughtier and less escapist. When Johnny came marching home again he found that Rosie the Reviter had replaced him on the assembly line and the guys that had ducked serving had taken his girl. His pre-war world had been turned upside down. My ten favorite movies of the Forties are listed chronologically.
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