1940 Movies

A small village provides a scene for intrigues, fights, love, jealousy, accusations, and revenge.

In February-March 1940, Suomi-Filmi produced four Military Jokes, sleazy propaganda entertainment, by "those great grins" Tatu Pekkarinen (1892-1951)...

This was a Columbia cartoon starring the human boy Scrappy in which the leading character is an assistant to a mad scientist character who creates a r...

When the old colonel Hummerborg dies, he leaves his fortune and estate to his trusted housemaid Hanna. But the colonel's relatives try everything to h...

With great optimism Britain re-constructed after World War I but ignored the threat from the Gathering Storm of Nazi aggression.

Rupert is the smallest pig of the litter, and all the farm animals bully him and won't give him a spot at the feeding trough. Sulking in the woods, he...

Edgar, a broken-down race horse, becomes a fugitive from a glue factory and is ousted from his park bench and chased by the police. He upsets a peddle...

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....

A father tries to take picture of his easily distracted daughter, which is made more difficult by an angry group of dogs.

A 1940 film directed by José Bohr.

David Bradley creates a faithfully suspenseful adaptation of a story by Saki which boasts an inadvertent post-modern attitude.

This Traveltalk series short visits Seattle and other areas in the state of Washington. Seattle was a small city until the 1897 gold rush. During Worl...

The famous operetta singer Jarmila Kšírová tries to hide her marital status from the sensationalist public. The heroine of the story is the star of th...

Police work during World War II in Britain.

An English lady decides to buy a gypsy boy but she is deceived and receives a stolen child with dyed skin. The lady searches his real parents and they...

The Two Curious Puppies wander into a theater and run afoul of a trickster magician's rabbit, a playful seal and an intimidating little bird.

Native American children play in the canyons of Arizona.