1940 Movie Trailers
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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.
A Dispatch from Reuters Trailer (1940)
19 October 1940
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
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.
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.
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.
20 Mule Team Trailer (1940)
03 May 1940
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition.
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.
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.
Drums of Fu Manchu Trailer (1940)
15 March 1940
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world.
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.
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.
All This, and Heaven Too Trailer (1940)
05 July 1940
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband.
The Egg Hunt Trailer (1940)
31 May 1940
An English fellow lectures about his trip to the Gobi desert to find a dinosaur egg.
Cross Country Detours Trailer (1940)
15 March 1940
A wacky travelogue takes us to the forests of Yosemite, the rocks of Brice Canyon, the frozen wastes of Alaska, the desert wastes of New Mexico, the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River and the giant redwoods of California.
The Mummy's Hand Trailer (1940)
20 September 1940
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka.
Porky's Baseball Broadcast Trailer (1940)
06 July 1940
Porky Pig provides play-by-play radio-broadcast commentary during a World Series baseball game.
The Green Archer Trailer (1940)
25 October 1940
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.
The Stars Look Down Trailer (1940)
22 January 1940
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners.
Vienna Tales Trailer (1940)
08 August 1940
A nostalgic story about life in and around a classic Vienna coffee house. The film is set in Imperial Vienna at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Monsieur Hector Trailer (1940)
13 December 1940
In a palace in Nice, a modest valet is confused with his master, a viscount chased by a man-eater.
Saloon Bar Trailer (1940)
02 November 1940
A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
Rangers of Fortune Trailer (1940)
27 September 1940
An US Army misfit and his pals roam the west in search of adventure. Arriving in a small town, they befriend the elderly newspaper editor and his young granddaughter.
Kittens' Mittens Trailer (1940)
01 February 1940
Three kittens are cruel and mean to an orphan kitty. Their mother adopts the little orphan.
Süss, the Jew Trailer (1940)
24 September 1940
Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
Lone Star Raiders Trailer (1940)
23 December 1940
Yet another fast-paced western featuring the "Three Mesqueteers," pulp writer William Colt McDonald's trio of sagebrush heroes, Lone Star Raiders finds Stony Brooke (Robert Livingston), Tucson Smith (Bob Steele) and Lullaby Joslin (Rufe Davis) defending elderly rancher "Granny" Phelps (Sarah Padden) from greedy neighbor Henry Martin (George Douglas).
Vi masthuggspojkar Trailer (1940)
23 October 1940
Karl and Ada are engaged, Gustaf is a sailor and in love with Elsa. For her sake he's willing to stay ashore.