1940 Movies

Oversize garden pests overcome the springtime urge to garden. The story opens in the spring. A caveman starts working in his garden, where a humongous...

An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.

Sequel to the hugely popular folk comedy Janssens versus Peeters.

A Film Directed by David MacDonald ....

A Terrytoons cartoon released 23 February 1940.

Okumura Ioko story directed by Shiro Toyoda

This labor advocacy film is about diseases plaguing miners in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Sponsored by the Tri-State Survey Committee, "Men and Dus...

Gran'pop monkey runs a printing press while evading the advances of his amorous secretary and suffering the mischievousness of the two young family me...

In the late 1800's, the old Karolina Koger dictates his will: all her money shall form a family fund.

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

Biography of the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona.

The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training.

Two friends, a rich landowner and a flight lieutenant, compete for the love of the same woman, singer Claire Wanner.

This Canadian produced film spotlights the young flyers of the Canadian Air Force in the early days of World War II. Quite well done and rarely seen....

Music student Verena finds herself torn between two stepbrothers: the carefree Alexander, with whom she is pregnant, and the serious Clemens, who, con...

Hajnally Ödön, engaged to the wealthy daughter Buday Klári, faces financial ruin as he struggles with debt. Anticipating a substantial dowry from Klár...

When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister behind. While running fr...

A wealthy young woman falls in love with a radio singer without ever having seen him. She forces her strange family (forgetful father, mother with ide...