Best Drama Films of 1944

Dragon Seed

This lavish, 145-minute cinemadaptation ... 50 years after the fact (Incidentally, there are a few genuine Chinese in the cast-most of them playing Japanese!) [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Jane Eyre

Director Robert Stevenson collaborated ... uncredited Elizabeth Taylor as the consumptive orphanage friend of young Jane Eyre (played as child by Peggy Ann Gardner). [ best drama films - 1944 ]

This Happy Breed

With This Happy Breed, ... attitude towards "regular folks," Lean is successful in conveying the essential warmth, humanity and value of the film's characters. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Tomorrow the World

14-year-old Skip Homeier repeats ... Your Body," but given the times in which it was made, Tomorrow the World can be forgiven its excesses. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Mr. Skeffington

From a novel of ... of Mr. Skeffington run 127 minutes; the videocassette and cable TV versions have been restored to the original length. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

First filmed in 1928, ... to make sense of the lives and deaths of the five is sensitive young priest Brother Juniper (Donald Woods). [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Gambler's Choice

Paramount's Pine-Thomas production unit ... of course. Despite its tiny budget, Gambler's Choice is successful in recreating a bygone period and its color characters. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

The Sullivans

The Sullivans attempts to ... in which the family receives the wire from the war department is impossible to watch with a dry eye. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Dark Mountain

This Pine-Thomas actioner stars ... culminates in a perilous car chase through dangerous mountain passages. Eddie Quillan provides comic relief as Bradley's pal Willie. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

The Purple Heart

The year is 1942: ... Milestone with the same fervor that he'd expended on his anti-war masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Maria Candelaria

The title character is ... and was stoned to death because of the incident. She must consider the consequences while making a similar choice. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Dangerous Passage

No production unit at ... it doesn't look like either the hero or the heroine will survive long enough to profit from this knowledge. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Enemy of Women

Though the filmmakers claimed ... bear the rejection and swears that he will spend his life getting revenge upon her and those around her. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Machine Gun Mama

PRC's Machine Gun Mama ... prettier half of a trick-shooting act. What we have here is essentially a two-reel comedy, inflated to 61 minutes. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Delinquent Daughters

The title tells all ... ends up in a courtroom, with a stern-voiced judge (Frank McGlynn) admonishing both the girls and their neglectful parents. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

I Bambini Ci Guardano

A very early Vittorio ... films, notably Sciuscià and The Bicycle Thief. Made in 1942, the film was not released in Italy until 1944. [ best drama films - 1944 ]

Mexico De Mis Recuerdes

Mexico de Mis Recuerdos ... Aldas). Many of the film's highlights are staged at the Teatro Principal, one of Mexico's most popular music halls. [ best drama films - 1944 ]