Too Late For Tears (1949)

AKA:
Der blonde Tiger >> German

About:
Too Late For Tears is a great example of late 40s pure Noir cinema. Too Late for Tears was directed by Byron Haskin and stars Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea and Arthur Kennedy. The screenplay was written by Roy Huggins, developed from a serial he wrote for the Saturday Evening Post

Synopsis:
Dennis Schwartz had the following to say about Too Late For Tears: "Byron Haskin's low-budget film noir makes good use of its Los Angeles locale and its lady bluebeard is fun to watch as she does her nasty gun thing with her nice guy hubby and rotten poison thing with her boyfriend (she took care of her first hubby off camera, so we're not sure how he got it!)...Though a minor film noir, it relates to the ambitions the middle-class had during the postwar period to better their life materially and socially. Jane's drive for wealth was so extreme that she will not stop at murder to rise above her impoverished middle-class circumstances, and her warped character is used to show how money can't buy one happiness. The husky-voiced winsome smiling Lizabeth Scott turns in a finely tuned performance as the femme fatale; while Dan Duryea is in his element as the alcoholic weak-kneed cad, who shows he doesn't have as much stomach for his criminal mischief as does his lady accomplice."

Starring:
Lizabeth Scott
Don DeFore
Dan Duryea
Arthur Kennedy

Director: Byron Haskin

Barsaat (1949)

Synopsis:
An essay on love. For Gopal and Pran, two close friends, love means two very different things. Gopal thinks it is like the wind, the clouds, always passing and never turning back. For Pran, it is unflinching devotion, a craving that consumes the soul.
For one, beauty and love are evanescent, they will fade.
For the other, it is immortal, it is sacrifice. Who is right? Two simple village belles, Neelam and Reshma help find the truth.
This film, made more than half a century ago, raises disturbing questions that are perhaps much more relevant in today's age of porn and free sex.

Starring:
Raj Kapoor
Nargis Dutt

Mahal (1949)

About:

This was Kamal Amrohi's directorial debut. This was Bombay Talkies' greatest hit movie. Unfortunately, it couldn't save the company, which closed down in 1954. This was the first Hindi ghost (suspense) film to have a song which works as a leitmotif through out the film. This became a trend and was followed in other suspense/ghost films such as Madhumati, Woh Kaun Thi and Mera Saaya.
During the recording of the film music, a man carelessly said that if the film didn't prove to be a hit it would be because of the music. When the film was released, however, the music was extremely popular, and music director Khemchand Prakash received letters from all over India. Even though he was ill at the time, Prakash went to that man's house and made him read all those letters. 

Starring:

Ashok Kumar

Madhubala

Vijay Laxmi / Vijaylaxmi

Kanu Rao

Nayak E Tarapore
M. Kumar

S. Nazir
Eruch Tarapore
Sheela Naik
Leela Pandey
Neelam
Kaneez
Jagannath
Mohsin
Laxman Rao
S.A. Baker

Director: Kamal Amrohi

Eskimo Hunters (1949)

About:
A visit with Eskimos in 1949.

Lahore (1949)

Starring:
Nargis
Karan Devan
Om Parkash

Dulari (1949)

Starring:
Madhubala
Geeta Bali
Suresh Jaywant
Shyam Kumar
Amar Ramesh
Pratima Devi
Agha Meraj Nawab
Amir
Hasan
Baby Shobha

Director: A. R. Kardar

Singaar (1949)

Starring:
Jairaj
Suraiya
Madhubala
Madan Puri

Ek Thi Ladki (1949)

Starring:
Meena Shorey
Motilal
Bharat Bhushan
I.S. Johar
Agha
Shakuntala
Kuldeep

Director: Roop K. Shorey

Andaz (1949)

Starring:
Raj Kapoor
Nargis
Dilip Kumar
V.H. Desai
Cuckoo / Kukoo

Director: Mehboob Khan

The Fall of Berlin (1949)

Падение Берлина >> Russian
Padenie Berlina >> Russian

We Want A Child (1949)

Starring:
Ruth Brejnholm
Jørgen Reenberg
Maria Garland
Grethe Thordahl
Preben Lerdorff Rye
Jeanne Darville
Betty Helsengreen

Director: Lau Lauritzen and Alice O’Fredericks