Cardboard Science: Mr. Joseph Young as himself

MIGHTY JOE YOUNG

1949

Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack

Written by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, Willis O'Brien, and Ruth Rose

Spoilers: moderate

G-d Week: In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

SAMSON AND DELILAH

1949

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Written by Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Fredric M. Frank, and Harold Lamb (based on the one book, and also the other book by Vladimir Jabotinsky)

Spoiler alert: "inspiration for Christ" doesn't imply a happy ending, does it?

Walt Disney, part XIV: You can't reason with a headless man

THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD

Half a masterpiece is still something to celebrate, and Disney closed the 1940s out stronger than it had been in years.

1949

Directed by Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, and James Algar

Spoiler alert: moderate