1940’s

1940's 

Don’t Be a Sucker – 1947

August 13, 2017 Roland Faust 1940's, 1947, Don't Be A Sucker, Fascism, film, Germany, Movies, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Short Films, Short Subjects, World War II, WWII

In the wake of #Charlottesville, we are reposting this film which examines the echoes of 2oth century fascism that are reverberating

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1940's 

Despotism – 1946

April 10, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1940's, 1946, America, Antifa, Despot, Despotism, Dictator, Documentary, Donald Trump. Vladimir Putin, Educational Film, Fascism, film, Iran, North Korea, Propaganda, Propaganda Films, Putin, Repression, Trump, war

“The State – I am the State.” – Louis XIV In this timeless educational film from 1946, the pernicious mechanics

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Time For Coffee – 1940’s

April 10, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1940, 1940's, Brazil, Cafe, Caffeine, Coffee, Coffee Beans, Coffee Farms, Coffee Picking, Coffee Roasting, Latin America, Latte, Morning Coffee, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, South America, Technicolor, Time for Coffee

Time For Coffee – 1940’s  

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Feature Film: Take Me Back to Oklahoma – 1940

April 9, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1940, 1940's, America, B Movies, Bob Wills, Country Music, Eldon Shamblin, Feature Films, film, History, Johnnie Lee Wills, Karl Hackett, King of Western Swing, Leon McAuliffe, Lone Star Rag, Music, Oklahoma, Slim Andrews, Son Caz Lansford, Swing, Take Me Back to Oklahoma, Tex Ritter, Texas, Texas Playboys, TV, Wayne Johnson, Western, Western Swing

Bob Wills’ feature film debut including performances with Leon McAuliffe and Tex Ritter. Bob Wills is one of the most

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Ana Lani & Ray Kinney: Hawaiian Hula Song w/Steel Guitar – 1940’s

February 18, 2017April 8, 2017 Roland Faust 1940, 1940's, Exotica, Hawaii, Hollywood, Hula, Jazz, Movies, Music, Slack Key, Soundie, Swing, Western Swing

Hawaiian Hula Song, a classic. A seductive beauty does the hula while a duo play on guitar and slide. During

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1940's 

Don’t Be a Sucker – 1947

February 17, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1940's, 1947, Don't Be A Sucker, film, Germany, Movies, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Short Films, Short Subjects, World War II, WWII

In this anti-fascist film produced by US Military in the wake of WWII, the producers deconstructs the politically motivated social

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Louis Jordan: How Long Must I Wait for You – 1940’s

February 17, 2017April 8, 2017 Roland Faust 1940, 1940's, How Long Must I Wait for You, Jazz, Jump, Louis Jordan, Movies, Music, Swing, Timpany Five

Louis Jordan performs “How Long Must I Wait for You” with his Timpany Five. Considered by some to be no

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1940's 

Michelangelo Antonioni: Nettezza urbana – 1948

February 16, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1940's, 1948, Antonioni, Art, Cinema, Dustmen, Feature Films, film, Italy, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Movies, N.U., Neo-Realism, Short Films, Short Subjects, The Dustmen

In memory of the master filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni, his 1948 short film Nettezza urbana, aka Dustmen. See more lost classics

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1940's 

Independence Day – 1940

February 16, 2017April 8, 2017 Roland Faust 1940, 1940's, 4th of July, America, Declaration of Independence, Independence Day, Movies, Patriotism, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Strike, USA

Strike up the band. Let’s celebrate the great day on which the Declaration of Independence was signed … July 4,

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Rosalie Allen: Chime Bells – 1940’s

February 14, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1940, 1940's, 1950, Chime Bells, Country Music, Movies, Music, New York, New York City, NYC, Patsy Montana, Rosalie Allen, war, World War II, WWII, Yodel

Who doesn’t love a great yodeler? It’s Rosalie Allen, who taught herself to play music as a child in Pennsylvania

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1940's 

Hot Number – Girlie Film

February 12, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1940's, 1950's, Blue Movie, Burlesque, film, Girlie Film, Hot Number, Movies, Stripper

You know how it is … You get home after a day out, and it’s just so hot you feel

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