1940 Movies

Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.

The story of the sour old virgin who celebrates Christmas with the judge Bals. She makes life miserable for both the family and the other guests. Ther...

A film directed by Paul L. Stein.

Dan Martin, an unemployed college graduate, drifts into the town of Lyndale, only to learn that the town and everything in it are dominated by Minerva...

Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.

A 1941 film.

Collective farmers of the Volga region decide to create the first female fishing team. Her hardworking and neat Varvara Kladova, a quiet and gentle wo...

This film shows experiments performed by Soviet scientists reviving the lungs, heart, and even the head of a dead dog.

Because the shiner Titin has fallen in love with a singer, he braves the latter's protector, the baron, and passes himself off as an insurer in connec...

This movie's preamble explains the importance of salesmanship after the great depression The industrial revolution has created a life of modern conven...

A beautiful blonde places a stolen diamond on an unsuspecting man. Later, she returns to retrieve it.

About Trofimov, a well-known rider who goes on taking part in races in spite of the advanced age, until he realizes his time has gone and passes his e...

Woman faces the vicissitudes of life with her three adult children well in the background. But when the chips are down...

In a Mexican city at the end of the 19th century, Don Francisco, a gambler and a bohemian, almost forgets his wedding and is late. The bride, who is p...

A mouse, imitating W.C. Fields, leads a nighttime tour of a closed drugstore for other mice, that include a very inquisitive little boy.

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a tal...

To save money, Buster and his wife decide to drive to Detroit to buy a new car, then drive it home.

Part of the Canada Carries On series, this short film portrays the First Division of the Canadian Active Service Force in Aldershot, England. Using an...

Promotional film about Lockheed aircraft using test pilots and speed records to show how Lockheed was at the forefront of aviation technology during t...

In his final Western for Poverty Row's Metropolitan Pictures, Bob Steele played Bob Hall, a lawman looking into a series of cattle rustlings. The lead...