1939 Movies

Qais recites poems about his love for his cousin Laila. Ghabeer, Qais' rival in Laila's love, commissions the poet Mamoun to compose obscene poems abo...

The Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”. A neighborhood loan shark is hounded by his relati...

Aging composer Franz Liszt lives in an abbey. On his birthday, a priest brings him a box that was just delivered; there is no return address. In the b...

The needy Pedro Céspedes finds a coat that implies for those who wear it a mysterious prodigality of money and jewelry.

Hero Jeff Strong (Starrett) comes to the rescue of a group of victimized ranchers. The villains are a gang of crooked gamblers, who demand a valuable...

A Japanese film.

A singing, jitterbugging Goldilocks goes through her paces with the grizzly trio, but when a bear hunter gets into the house, she joins with them to f...

Animated Soviet Propaganda. The story of the invasion of Russia, during the revolution, by foreign troops from the United States, Canada, the U.K., Ja...

A young man who wishes to launch his girlfriend in the theater, borrows money from his aunt, making her believe that he wants to buy groceries. His au...

Red Skelton inherits a dude ranch and must live there for six months, far from the bright lights of New York City.

"Black Crossing" - In an Oriental port a group of people embarks a trader designated for Europe. One of them, a shady individual, entrusts the captain...

Four young artists who live in a boarding house fall in love with the new lodger.

It's amateur night at the local theatre, and a procession of bad acts comes and goes: various musicians, a magician, and some actors. But they keep ge...

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

After the death of her trapeze artist father, a little girl is taken in by two clowns.

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his stock...