Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

A selfish prince cursed into a beast. A man clinging to hope. A conflict-torn love story with an unforgettable farewell. The best movies of the 1940s were not just films, they were legendary stories ...

A new era is born.

1940 was a productive year for movies. Hollywood was operating at full confidence, international tensions were reshaping political consciousness, and cinema had not yet settled into the rigid genre ...