Drama Movies of 1943
Crash Dive
Tyrone Power made his last screen appearance before a three-year stretch in the Marines in this World War II drama. Lt. Ward Stewart (Tyrone Power) has served with distinction as the commander of a PT boat, so his uncle, Adm. ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
The Song of Bernadette
The Song of Bernadette is a reverent recounting of the life of St. Bernadette of Lourdes. As a teen-aged peasant girl growing up in the tiny French village of Lourdes in the 19th century, Bernadette (Jennifer Jones) experiences a ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
So Proudly We Hail!
Paramount's So Proudly We Hail, like MGM's Cry Havoc, is a tribute to the ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Madame Curie
Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon team for the third time in ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Though a lesser 20th Century-Fox musical, Hello, Frisco, Hello was one of the studio's most ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Old Acquaintance
After the box office success of The Old Maid, Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins were reunited for this catty drama. Kitty Marlowe (Davis) is a well-respected author who returns to the small town of ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Jack London
This ambitious filmed biography of writer-adventurer Jack London is somewhat compromised by its too-tight budget. Michael O'Shea is well cast as ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Isle of Forgotten Sins
Cult-favorite director Edgar G. Ulmer has quite a disparate cast to work with in Isle of Forgotten Sins. The story is typically brawny adventure fare, concerning a band of hardy South Sea pearl divers. But instead of a group of he-man ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
My Friend Flicka
An utterly enchanting Technicolor filmization of Mary O'Hara's novel, My Friend Flicka is the story of a beautiful colt and the boy (Roddy McDowell) who loves her. The boy's rancher father (Preston S. Foster) isn't keen on the ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's much-lauded epic Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, which satirizes British traditionalism, stirred up impassioned hostilities and indignations among ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Lady from Chungking
Though cheaply produced in the time-honored tradition of PRC Productions, The Lady from Chungking was ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Submarine Base
In this wartime drama, an ex-gangster proves himself a decent man when he helps defeat the Nazis while he is hiding out on a tiny island. At first the gangster looks as if he has ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
The Heart of a Nation
Heart of a Nation was filmed in 1940, just after the Nazi ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Adventures in Iraq
Its wartime setting notwithstanding, the fast-paced Warner Bros. B-picture Adventures in Iraq is a remake of the 1930 George Arliss vehicle The Green Goddess, with much of the original dialogue intact. Forced to making a ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Wings over the Pacific
Even by Monogram standards, Wings Over the Pacific is a modest effort. In his final film role, Montague Love plays WW I veteran Butler, who during WW II prefers to take an ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
The Underdog
In this drama, a rural family, displaced by the dust-bowl and the foreclosure of their family ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
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La Mujer Sin Alma
Director Fernando de Fuentes and star Maria Felix, the creative team responsible for the 1943 box-office hit Dona Barbera, once more combined their talents for La Mujer sin Alma (Woman without a Soul) Felix is cast as ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Ossessione
Often considered one of the first examples of Italian neorealism, Luchino Visconti's first film was this adaptation of James M. Cain's steamy novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, which would also be made twice in ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
This murder mystery is based on a forties radio program. It chronicles the exploits of a mail order detective who investigates a possible gangland murder. The film is also titled "Cosmo ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
Titanic
This dramatic recounting of the disastrous maiden voyage of H.M.S. Titanic was produced in Germany during WWII ... [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
City without Men
In this melodrama, a group of women live in a boardinghouse near a prison to await the release of their men. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide [ Drama movie - 1943 ]
