1940 Movies

E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort.

A government-sponsored short documentary commissioned by the Ministry of Information during WWII.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 9 February 1940.

Amina is a girl from an ancient family. The family decides to marry her to her cousin Hakim in order to preserve wealth. Since this marriage was force...

A detective investigates on the death of a factory owner.

One of the first detective stories of Turkish film industry.

Lightships (ships serving the functions of a lighthouse) have for centuries been treated as neutral during wartime, but a British lightship during Wor...

An exchanged suitcase and a burglary with an actress give occasions to whirl a family with daughters-in-law and brides hard in a mess. Old mistake com...

The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.

In this musical, a con man makes a good living by promoting bogus charity shows. He gets the communities all revved up and then skips town with all th...

A Cartune short featuring Punchy.

Three displaced children hitchhike to Buenos Aires, where they get involved in street-crime and heavier stuff. Positive-role-model adults offer a bala...

Tom Thumb Jr. and his friend are cast ashore on an island where they are found by a lady who thinks Tom is a baby and puts him to sleep in a sewing ba...

In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around...