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Junior G-Men (1940)
A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor…
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)
Mickey is heading out on vacation from Burbank to Pomona, taking the train. The conductor, Pete, won’t let him on with Pluto, so he hides Pluto in his suitcase, and…
The Sour Puss (1940)
Porky decides to go fishing the next day and tells his cat. The cat sleeps fitfully. The next day, while they are fishing, the cat gets into a battle with…
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when…
Seven Sinners (1940)
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship’s doctor in order to…
Christmas in July (1940)
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest….
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers (“Isn’t that a contradiction in terms?”, another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder….
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
The Great Dictator (1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel’s regime.
Prehistoric Porky (1940)
Caveman Porky awakens and plays with his pet Rover, a massive dinosaur. After Rover’s playfulness causes a disruption to the prehistoric peace and quiet, Porky’s copy of “Expire” magazine arrives…
Third Finger Left Hand (1940)
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don’t go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the…
Down Argentine Way (1940)
The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular…
Too Many Girls (1940)
Mr. Casey’s daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he sends four football players as her bodyguards. The college is in financial trouble and her…
Drums of the Desert (1940)
On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship….
Barnyard Follies (1940)
A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut down by greedy politicians.
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for…
The Ape (1940)
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman’s polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a…
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising…
Sky Murder (1940)
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the…
Brigham Young (1940)
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City….
Eli Eli (1940)
Mendel and Hannah Shapiro, an elderly Jewish couple who run a small farm in New Jersey, must get money to meet their mortgage payment to the bank by the next…
City for Conquest (1940)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something…
I’m Still Alive (1940)
Hollywood stuntman falls in love with a big name actress but still wants to pursue his risky career. The women gives him a choice-the stunts or her. He chooses the…
The Mummy’s Hand (1940)
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful…
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England….
The Westerner (1940)
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to…
Before I Hang (1940)
Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics…
Men Against the Sky (1940)
A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother’s ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company…
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic…
Young People (1940)
Wendy Ballantine’s parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show…
Dance Girl Dance (1940)
Judy O’Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When…
Boom Town (1940)
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich….
Kit Carson (1940)
Frontiersman Kit Carson fights off Indian attacks on the trail to California.
Rhythm on the River (1940)
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they…
Flowing Gold (1940)
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice’s destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked…