1940 Movies

“A successful human target act of two brothers is sorely tried by the efforts of a gold digging blues singer to split them up.” - BFI.

It's 1860 and the old Spanish land grants are being surveyed. Montez is after part of Don Regas' rancho and gets the surveyor to alter the boundary. B...

The Mesquiteers try to help their friend build a telegraph system, despite a local newspaper editor's attempts to sabotage the lines.

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each oth...

Donald is washing windows on a high-rise; Pluto is his assistant, hauling the rope for the platform and refilling buckets but mostly sleeping. And whe...

Scrappy and his mongrel try to attend a for purebreds only dog show- but are thwarted by a security guard.

A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed battling an arson fire. It becomes his purpose in life to tra...

This one-reel short is comprised of footage depicting the intelligence of birds and animals when their mental processes, through training, are directe...

A government agent uncovers the truth behind a series of raids on a freight company.

Rolando, the chief of the Venetian fleet, is condemned after a highly unfair judicial process and locked up in prison. After succeeding to escape he w...

This Traveltalk look at New Orleans starts at the recently modernized port and harbor facilities, with ships unloading various cargo and loading cotto...

Jnanambika, the heroine of the film, is the daughter of a wealthy landlord, Rajasekharan. After the death of her mother, her father marries again. Raj...

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

Millionaire Ambrosius Brown has been robbed in Chicago for the fifth time and is reported missing again shortly after being rescued. In reality, howev...

U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the r...

An inexperienced little ghost tries out for a house-haunting job, but winds up getting terrorized by the fat ghost interviewing him for the position.

Once upon a time there was Frederick, a clever and hardworking man, and his wife Catherine, who, though well-meaning, was not exactly the brightest. W...

When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.