1940 Movies

Elsa lives in a childless marriage. But she longs for a baby. She is drawn to a man that could be the father of her long awaited child.

A blackmail threat from an old prison buddy compels a man who has gone straight to consider yet another crime.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 8 March 1940.

Japanese propaganda film

A day in the life of a 'typical' English family. Intended for African distribution.

A government-sponsored short documentary commissioned by the Ministry of Information during WWII.

Shows the shortage of civilian goods during World War II and illustrates, using diagrams, how uncontrolled buying leads to inflation. Bidding for available goods causes prices to soar, with the mounting spiral finally ending in inflation. To avoid economic dis...

A sinister man instigates blackmail against the wayward wife of a banker.

New explosives will be demonstrated for the military authorities, but some shady characters looking to steal it to sell it to a foreign power.

An amateur adaptation of Frankenstein.

Eduard Winkelmann, the owner of an apartment building in Munich, never tires of making life difficult for his renters. One day, a young woman, Erika, shows up at his door. She is the illegitimate daughter of a long-past love affair.

Vinski inherits a general store in Ihantala from his aunt, which he starts running with his friend Lapatossu. The friends face fierce competition from the greedy merchant Juhos. The resourceful Lapatossu solves the problems of the villagers and evacuees in bet...

A 1940 film directed by Antonio Helú.

This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and losing in modern warfare. A short sequence demonstrating the depravity of the Nazis is followed by a detailed explan...

A comic look at prehistoric life.

A walrus steals the brandy from a Saint Bernard puppy.