1942 Movies

A satire focusing on Native American life on and off the reservation. It is filled with black-out sight gags, word-play and caricatures.

Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920).

Wild and Woozy West is another of the unsung cartoons from the Columbia studio of the '40s. It concerns the capture of the western wolf villain Angel...

The all-purpose title Westward Ho was applied in 1942 to this "Three Mesquiteers" western. This time, the Mesquiteers are Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke a...

The Story of a Woman's Redemption

A young blind girl is the only witness to the murder of a greedy, but repentant, landlord.

Terry (Henry) and his friends pitch in to help the Taylor College scrap drive.

Third in a series; flashbacks remind us of the beef El Charro had with Carlos from his home town. While they move toward a final showdown, Carlos and...

A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.

Billy and his pals, on the run from the law again, travel to Sage Valley where Billy is made Sheriff. The local outlaw gang is run by Kansas Ed who cl...

A prestigious Paris doctor is tempted by a woman he knew in his youth, whose politician husband has neglected her.But will he in turn neglect his duti...

Bhakt Surdas was a great saint and devotee of Lord Krishna. He was a 16th-century poet who was blind.

A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying Minam...

Ulla and Gunnar meet and fall in love in Stockholm in the late 1930s. Early in their relationship Ulla discovers that she is pregnant but she decides...

The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relate the story to America's involvement in World War...

A mouse, sleeping in the Zowie Cafe, has his sleep disturbed by the jukebox.

The leader of a band of mountain bandits defending Naples against the French plays a dual role as a police official. Our romantic hero pivots as well...

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.

The wealthy Rudolf Trane helps the unsuccessful vacuum-cleaner salesman Rhuter to find a girl called Marianne. Trane, Rhuter and Trane's manservant Jo...