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Between Two Worlds (1944)
Overwrought tripe.
Passengers on a fogbound ship come to the realization that they have died and are in a world between heaven and hell. Meanwhile audiences pray for death or at the very least the appearance of German U-boat.
What a waste of a talented cast (though most give sub-par performances). The hackneyed dialogue (even by 1940's b-movie standards) makes one cringe. It's like a play written by an angst ridden teenager. Atrocious.
Erich Korngold's score is one of his lesser efforts and is actually rather intrusive especially during the first half.
The Doorway to Hell (1930)
under-rated
Fine early talkie that belongs along side Little Caesar and The Public Enemy as the gangster films that set the rules for the genre. Unlike those films however this film gives us a smart gangster who tries to get out while on top only to be dragged back in.