1940 Movies

Comedy freely inspired by the Gospel story of Salome's dance before King Herod, here it is the king of Prati who offers 4 provinces of his kingdom to another monarch, in exchange for the seductive dancer.

A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.

While outside in a hotel garden at night, Miss Tang runs into a vampire. Mr. Li tries to find out if it's real or not. It may have something to do with the hotel grounds being a former gold mine. After its theatrical release, this has yet to be released again...

Documenting King Christian X's of Denmark's 70th birthday celebrations.

In Tang Dynasty China, poetry exams for officials drove young men to study. Zhu Yingtai, a scholar's daughter, disguised herself as a man to attend school. She befriended Liang Shanbo, sharing a dorm without revealing her identity. Forced into marriage, Liang...

Buster, a reporter, takes a train trip and winds up innocently involved with a gangster's wife.

Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.

A travelogue celebrating the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition and highlighting its exhibition of classical paintings and stunning lighting effects.

Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.

Sponsored by the Ministry of Information and shown as part of cinema programmes throughout the Second World War, this short film takes place halfway through the Battle of Britain and at the beginning of the Blitz, during sustained bombing raids on UK cities.

Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.

A popular film about the skills of Czech glassmakers.

Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) leads a wagon train of settlers from Kansas to Colorado. Along the way, they cross a group of Indians who don't want any more settlers on their land.

Lisa Larsson, dancer at a theater, witnesses a traffic accident and banker Brenner's private driver asks her to be a witness. When her friends see her talk to the driver, they start to believe that she is Brenner's fiancée. The manager of the theater, Gravande...

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.

A ranch foreman (Gene Autry) helps three youngsters protect their inheritance from foreclosure.

Produced by the Soviet Union to justify its 1939-40 Winter War campaign in Finland, this outstanding documentary---more than any other such cinematic record---visually depicts the much vaunted Mannerheim Line in all its actual emplacements, as seen but two wee...