1940 Movies

Documentary on lobster fishing.

A workshop owner goes on a trip to the desert and goes missing. Everyone thinks he is dead. His wife takes over the work of the workshop. She meets a...

"Marquesona" is the central figure of a flamenco picture made by a group of artists who go from town to town with their art. Rosa, "marquesona's" daug...

Andy invests in a local theatrical production; when the actors flee with the money, Andy and his wife are forced to take their places and put on a sho...

Charley, over his wife's objections, has invited his boss over for dinner. Mrs. Chase walks out, and Charley hires a waitress to pose as his wife. Mea...

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

A comic look at prehistoric life. Inept Stone Age characters play baseball.

The notable non-theatrical film distributor Thomas Brandon produced Tall Tales, a 1941 celebration of the American folk song featuring Josh White, Bur...

This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and losing...

Native American children play in the canyons of Arizona.

Comical tale about how the coward Nazar who, as a joke of fate, appears to preside over the throne.

Two men will receive $100 if they stay in Old Man Mose’s deserted house overnight in order to dig up his body and get the gold that has been placed un...

A film directed by John Hunt

A mother puts her baby boy in an outdoor playpen, but he's more mature than she realizes, and quickly breaks out, and with the help of a raccoon and a...

Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single...