1940 Movies

On a whim, an American man offers a girl the sum of $100,000 if she will marry him.

Mt. Norikura's natural fortress, the phantom castle. A white-clad iron mask, offering prayers to the eerie triple-faced deity of the Sennjogadake Rock...

Gabby is constable in the village, and the mayor is on his case to catch pig thieves.

It's just another day at the Granite Hotel.

Helen Fielding, heir to the fortunes of the late millionaire Roger Fielding, Sr., has broken off her relationship with the unscrupulous Lew Covey to p...

Minarsih (Fatimah) is rescued from four thugs by the painter Basuki (Basoeki Resobowo). They fall in love and begin planning their life together. Howe...

Following Flower Picking Diary (1939),Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based on a story by Nobuko Yoshiya. Takamine plays a poo...

Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss.

Radha is a resolute mother, who strives hard against poverty and a lecherous money lender to feed her two sons who grew up with contrasting temperamen...

Siege is a 1940 documentary short about the Siege of Warsaw by the Wehrmacht at the start of World War II. It was shot by Julien Bryan, a Pennsylvania...

When Shura's sister dies, Shura starts taking care of her newly orphaned niece. Her fiancee, Grisha thinks the child may be Shura's own, and his suspi...

A detective investigates on the death of a factory owner.

Part of MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, this short film focuses on crimes revolving around pension scams.

Documentary-filmed events in the Carpatho-Ukraine (aka Ruthenia) during 1939 drive this history of the Ukraine's struggle for independence as a nation...