1940 Movie Trailers
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I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now Trailer (1940)
19 October 1940
In this low-budget musical, two sets of politically ambitious parents attempt to pair up their youngsters who unfortunately despise each other and only pretend to like each other to please their parents.
Alias the Deacon Trailer (1940)
13 May 1940
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
Ellery Queen, Master Detective Trailer (1940)
30 November 1940
Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving the suspicious death of a rich man whose inheritors fight over his estate.
Religion and the People Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
Documentary by Andrew Buchanan illustrating a time when faith lay at the heart of the British Experience.
The Ranger and the Lady Trailer (1940)
30 July 1940
While Sam Houston in in the nation's capital trying to get Texas into the Union, his aide is trying to impose a self-serving tax on the use of the Santa Fe trail.
The Tulsa Kid Trailer (1940)
16 August 1940
A protegee of notorious outlaw Montana (Beery), young Tom Benton decides to stay on the good side of the Law upon reaching maturity.
Åh, en sån' advokat Trailer (1940)
26 August 1940
Driver Elof "Loffe" Karlsson ends his employment with the director Bergfeldt, who is divorcing wife Karin.
The Doctor Takes a Wife Trailer (1940)
25 April 1940
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
Glamour for Sale Trailer (1940)
27 September 1940
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
The Volunteer Worker Trailer (1940)
01 September 1940
A trailer created for the Community Chest features Donald as a charity collector having a hard time.
Men and Dust Trailer (1940)
08 November 1940
This labor advocacy film is about diseases plaguing miners in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Sponsored by the Tri-State Survey Committee, "Men and Dust" is a stylistically innovative documentary and a valuable ecological record of landscapes radically transformed by extractive industry.
Liebesschule Trailer (1940)
03 May 1940
A young woman works for two different men, both of whom fall in love with her. In the mornings she is secretary for a popular author and in the afternoons for a singer.
Slightly Tempted Trailer (1940)
18 October 1940
A con man tries to sell phony stocks to unwary investors.
Angels Over Broadway Trailer (1940)
02 October 1940
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife.
The Green Hornet Trailer (1940)
08 January 1940
A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
Burian the Liar Trailer (1940)
13 September 1940
Fifty years old Baron von Fibberg lives at The Fibberg Castle with his wife Olga and daughter Charley.
Island People Trailer (1940)
07 November 1940
This one-reel film was produced during the middle of the Second World War. It purports to offer a portrait of the British people, in broad and in fine.
Wild Horse Range Trailer (1940)
25 June 1940
Randall and his sidekick Manny (Frank Yaconelli) played horse traders battling a greedy and unscrupulous rival (Tom London).
Mrs. Ladybug Trailer (1940)
21 December 1940
A mother ladybug has too many children to handle, so she puts out an ad for a maid to help with the chores.
The Spider Trailer (1940)
12 April 1940
In this thriller, a corrupt talent agent's illegal actions are discovered by his partner. To silence him, the agent kills the partner.
Roll Wagons Roll Trailer (1940)
16 August 1940
The Army sends Tex Masters to find out who is supplying Indians with military guns.
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Trailer (1940)
01 May 1940
In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abducts songwriter Johnny Downs and forces him to write a love ballad.
Busy Bakers Trailer (1940)
10 February 1940
Struggling Swenson the baker is down to just a single donut remaining in his shop. He gives it to a blind beggar who stops in.
Sarajevo Trailer (1940)
02 September 1940
It is a muster parade in Sarajevo in honour of Ferenc Ferdinánd. Polgár Éva and baron Várnay Miklós, her fiancé and a hussar captain, are preparing together for the event.
For the Yellow Jersey Trailer (1940)
23 October 1940
The romantic relationship between a sports journalist and a cyclist during the Tour de France.
Looking for Happiness Trailer (1940)
22 January 1940
Having tried his hand on the side, the middle peasant chose a collective farm in his native village and achieved a rich harvest, overcoming the resistance of the kulaks.
The Door with Seven Locks Trailer (1940)
12 October 1940
A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure.
Bach en correctionnelle Trailer (1940)
31 August 1940
A parodic trial, in which one sees a merry luron, tried for trifles, rallying the whole court to him as soon as one learns that he inherits a large fortune.
Osaka Woman Trailer (1940)
19 September 1940
When wealthy Ochika marries desolute Danpei, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the point of sowing dissensions within the Jōruri troupe in which her husband plays.
La luz de un fósforo Trailer (1940)
15 May 1940
A shy man invents in front of his friends a love affair with a singer but circumstances will lead him to conquer her.
El charro Negro Trailer (1940)
18 July 1940
Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.
Home Front Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series of morale-boosting wartime propaganda films.
Three Cheers for the Irish Trailer (1940)
16 March 1940
Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally surprised when he's asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force.
Channel Incident Trailer (1940)
28 April 1940
During the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940, a young woman takes her motorboat to join the flotilla to rescue soldiers and also to search for her husband, a British soldier who was fighting in France and who may be among the troops waiting to be rescued.
Manhattan Heartbeat Trailer (1940)
11 July 1940
A couple can't make ends meet. He is an airplane mechanic and makes extra money testing planes. When the baby arrives things get better.
Colorado Trailer (1940)
15 September 1940
Trouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate.
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men Trailer (1940)
04 August 1940
A documentary examining the effects of industrial automation on a small American town.
Confesión Trailer (1940)
25 January 1940
Group of tango musicians picks up an aspiring young chanteuse at one of their whistle stop engagements; film focuses on their collective path to stardom, romantic conflicts between the woman and two guys in the band and some peripheral crime-drama stuff.
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot Trailer (1940)
10 August 1940
In this musical, a con man makes a good living by promoting bogus charity shows. He gets the communities all revved up and then skips town with all their money.
Sporting Blood Trailer (1940)
11 July 1940
Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda.
Timber Front Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
This black-and-white archival film outlines the importance of Canada's forests in the national war effort during the Second World War.
Servant Of Mankind Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
This short dramatizes how profoundly the inventions of Thomas A. Edison have affected the world in which we live.
A Little Bit of Heaven Trailer (1940)
10 October 1940
A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-bucks contract, which allows her and her family to move into a posh apartment, with all the usual problems that accompany sudden wealth.
Men Against the Sky Trailer (1940)
06 September 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 and salvage her brother's reputation.
Sky Murder Trailer (1940)
27 September 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 war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway).
White Lilacs Trailer (1940)
28 February 1940
The playboy owner of a sock manufacturing business bestows a bouquet of white lilies on each lady who catches his eye.
A Night at Earl Carroll's Trailer (1940)
06 December 1940
Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club.
Miss Knowall Trailer (1940)
31 December 1940
Short government film on the dangers of gossip in wartime.
Puss Gets the Boot Trailer (1940)
10 February 1940
Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".
Lillebror och jag Trailer (1940)
11 March 1940
Manager Björkman is going bankrupt and has to take desperate measures to try to sort his life together.
The Devil Bat Trailer (1940)
13 December 1940
Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits.