1939 Movies

A bum is sleeping by the road when Scrappy roars up on his motorcycle -- he's a messenger in this cartoon -- to give him a telegram. His uncle has die...

The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before WWII, this 1939 film is based on a 1907 play by the prolific playwright Jacob Gordin. Living in poverty...

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

The setting is a radio broadcast with the bands of Leith Stevens and Bobby Hackett, the vocals by Nan Wynn and a speciality bit by Leslie Lieber playi...

The king paces back and forth; a knight rushes in with the news: It's a boy! The knight visits the three wise fairies with the news, inviting them to...

Lord Krishna visits Suryapith with his friend Akrur, where they meet Satyabhama, the daughter of Satrajeet. Akrur proposes to Satyabhama, but she addr...

Venezuela was one of the first countries in South America to break away from its Spanish colonial rule, and in spite of it remains one of the most dev...

Lil' Eightball tries to disprove superstition, but comes into conflict with a lion, which is defeated by his tiny dog.

This short film focuses on the sights and sounds of the island of Curacao

Film about Ghost-Cat.

READIN' RITIN' AND RHYTHM 1939. Here is a neat short featuring some lindy and shag dancing.

Short film.

A bandit is at the one-armed bandit.

A cautionary tale about wealth not bringing happiness. The blind Mohan (Kumar) lives in a village with his ward Radha (Madhuri). He wins a fortune wit...

Panoramic views of the Narva Kreenholm Manufacturing building, the Narva River flowing through the city with a pedestrian bridge, and the abundant wat...