1940s - Story Timelines

― A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the he..

― The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her colored chauffeur..

― "Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film..

― A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign..

― As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female ..

― The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morri..

― Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David L..

― In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal ..

― 12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy châte..

― A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by t..

― A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan She..

― With the use of flashback, an elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, w..

― The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the..

― A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end..

― World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the S..

― The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join..

― A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held i..

― A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines...

― Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes fr..

― Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinst..