1940 Movies

It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew),the sister of a British boy studying in...

A short film put out by the Hotpoint Company to demonstrate their Electric Ranges.

A would be blind hoodlum redeems himself in the Salvation Army just for a lovely lieutenant.

An elderly homeless dude lucks into a situation where a young woman's uncle and her boyfriend ask him to impersonate her long-lost father and give her...

Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get the...

The story revolves around a valuable silver deposit, located between two ranches. Villain Lash Bender cooks up a scheme to gain control of both ranche...

A playwright, a troop of actors, a director, and the playwright's uncle scheme against each other for their own interests regarding the success or fai...

The farmers on the Lohhof, the largest farm in the area, are well known all around and have the highest prestige amongst their peers, not the least, b...

A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.

The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of...

A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.

Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club. Steve Kalkus, th...

In this 1940 entry from Columbia Pictures' "Color Rhapsodies" series, three television pioneers demonstrate how TV works. Featured is singer Madame Di...

All but a prisoner in the exotic Malayan retreat she shares with her Chinese financier husband, Yuan Sing (Paul Lukas),British singer Sadie Merivale...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to s...

A live bear cub from the forest enters the toy store. He is mistaken for a teddy bear. After a series of adventures, he manages to reach the forest wi...

The collapse of the bridge was recorded on film by Barney Elliott, owner of a local camera shop. The film shows Leonard Coatsworth leaving the bridge...

Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.