1940 Movies

Documentary about the process of building tanks in Germany during the early days of World War II.

The owner of an Alaskan gambling boat and her business partner help thwart a crooked businessman who attempts to steal claims from local miners.

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...

The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes from the...

Bill Ralston arrives in town planning to settle down but quickly gets caught up in the fight between the townspeople and Poe Daggett and his gang. He...

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

Two mobs fight for control of the jukebox racket.

A young orphan girl begins to witness strange phenomena in the house where she lives with her godparents.

An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

Andy Clyde and Shemp Howard are station agents for the railroad. Their job is to defend against robberies but neither seems capable of doing anything...

A cowboy arrives in a town, and is immediately mistaken for his twin brother who is wanted for murder.

Donald takes a kayak trip. When he gets to his campsite, he unloads the kayak, fights with his folding chair, and goes to sleep. Meanwhile, the chipmu...

During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of th...

A young man wants to marry his sweetheart, but her parents will agree to their wedding only on one condition: he must run for mayor--and win. Comedy.

An amateur boxer's girlfriend inspires him to face a ring pro entered by a gangster.

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. T...

Porky Pig goes on a safari in Africa, and runs into an assortment of crazy animals, wacky natives and Kay Kyser giving dance lessons in the middle of...