1940 Movie Trailers
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Arizona Gang Busters Trailer (1940)
16 September 1940
Arizona Gang Busters is another pre-WWII saber-rattler that finds a band of renegade gunmen, under the pretense of developing an irrigation project for the reclamation of arid desert land, using airplanes and parachute jumpers to gather valuable military information for a European power.
Ladies Must Live Trailer (1940)
27 July 1940
A small town farmer, who happens to be very wealthy, meets and falls for an actress, but his friends warn him she's only interested in his money.
The Mortal Storm Trailer (1940)
20 June 1940
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Bandhan Trailer (1940)
10 August 1940
Beena, a young village girl and Nirmal love each other. When Suresh decides to create rift between them, things begin to challenge both Beena and Nirmal.
Tangled Television Trailer (1940)
30 August 1940
In this 1940 entry from Columbia Pictures' "Color Rhapsodies" series, three television pioneers demonstrate how TV works.
Le café du port Trailer (1940)
08 May 1940
Following a heartbreak, Aimée, a young girl is taken in by the owners of a café for whom she starts working, and falls in love with René, a sailor who gave her a taste for life.
The Launching of Spaceship-1 Trailer (1940)
07 November 1940
In front of television crews and thousands of spectators, Spaceship-1—commanded by Commodore Hardt, inventor of the powerful rocket fuel "Neotan-X"—blasts off on the first flight to the Moon.
When the Daltons Rode Trailer (1940)
23 August 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 development company.
Give Us Wings Trailer (1940)
20 December 1940
Dead End Kids epic. The boys want desperately to fly, and get mixed up with crooked crop dusters, whose planes are flying deathtraps.
Gnanambika Trailer (1940)
07 April 1940
Jnanambika, the heroine of the film, is the daughter of a wealthy landlord, Rajasekharan. After the death of her mother, her father marries again.
Laugh It Off Trailer (1940)
09 March 1940
As WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called up to serve. He arranges a job for his girlfriend at the local pub.
Kitty Foyle Trailer (1940)
27 December 1940
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
River's End Trailer (1940)
10 August 1940
An escaped criminal pretends to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in order to prove his innocence of murder.
Die lustigen Vagabunden Trailer (1940)
20 September 1940
On account of a bet, the painter Menzinger and his friend Schratt decide to travel the country as unemployed bums (no doubt, because there were so few unemployed and homeless people in Germany just a few years earlier).
Escape Trailer (1940)
01 November 1940
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
My Universities Trailer (1940)
27 March 1940
My Universities is the last installment of Russian director Mark Donskoy's "Maxim Gorki" trilogy. Having endured a painful youth in My Childhood and a torturous sojourn as a serf in My Apprenticeship, future writer Gorki reaches maturity with an insatiable desire for personal and artistic freedom.
Seattle: Gateway to the Northwest Trailer (1940)
17 February 1940
This Traveltalk series short visits Seattle and other areas in the state of Washington. Seattle was a small city until the 1897 gold rush.
Torrid Zone Trailer (1940)
18 May 1940
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Trailer (1940)
03 March 1940
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust.
Private Lives Trailer (1940)
13 October 1940
A play by Noël Coward recorded for radio starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.
Carnaval de antaño Trailer (1940)
17 April 1940
Evocation of the Carnival of 1912 and of 1940 through 4 characters: an entrepreneur and three singers.
Drafted in the Depot Trailer (1940)
20 December 1940
Edgar Kennedy's hunting trip with his single buddies is kiboshed when his wife, Vivien, has made other arrangements for their vacation time.
City for Conquest Trailer (1940)
21 September 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.
It All Came True Trailer (1940)
06 April 1940
After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
Fightin Pals Trailer (1940)
12 July 1940
Dr. Bluto sails off to Darkest Africa for exploration. Popeye, who stayed behind, hears a radio report that Bluto is lost and sets sail - on a raft - in search of him.
Millionaire Playboy Trailer (1940)
14 March 1940
A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
Chad Hanna Trailer (1940)
25 December 1940
Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.
Swing with Bing Trailer (1940)
30 June 1940
A short-subject golf film at the fourth annual Bing Crosby Pro-Am at Rancho Santa Fe.
Carolina Moon Trailer (1940)
14 July 1940
A singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and save a man and daughter from con men.
The Fatal Hour Trailer (1940)
15 January 1940
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr.
Ten Days in Paris Trailer (1940)
01 June 1940
Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days.
You, the People Trailer (1940)
30 November 1940
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the current corrupt mayor.
Ministry of Food Cookery Hints No. 3 - Potatoes Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A short film made by the Central Office of Information about how to cook Potatoes, with narration from Max Munden.
Lightning Strikes West Trailer (1940)
01 June 1940
When Butch Taggart escapes prison, the Marshal sends Lightning Morgan to find him and his hidden gold.
Dceruška k pohledání Trailer (1940)
12 April 1940
Czech-American professor Johny Novák takes over his father's inheritance. The estate reveals that Johny is the father of a girl who lives with her mother Helena Strnadová in Prague, where Johny had stayed eighteen years earlier.
The Backyard Front Trailer (1940)
17 January 1940
Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.
Opened by Mistake Trailer (1940)
10 May 1940
A wise-guy reporter and a tippling sportswriter acquire an unclaimed trunk with a corpse inside.
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum Trailer (1940)
06 September 1940
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard.
Money Squawks Trailer (1940)
05 April 1940
Andy Clyde and Shemp Howard are station agents for the railroad. Their job is to defend against robberies but neither seems capable of doing anything but trouble.
Pour le maillot jaune Trailer (1940)
23 October 1940
The romantic relationship between a sports journalist and a cyclist during the Tour de France.
Juliet Trailer (1940)
01 March 1940
A late period home movie with Man Ray and his lovely friend Juliet Browner lounging together in the US.
Lillian Russell Trailer (1940)
24 May 1940
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
Mexican Spitfire Out West Trailer (1940)
29 October 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 she sees him with another woman.
Brother Rat and a Baby Trailer (1940)
13 January 1940
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
I Love You Again Trailer (1940)
09 August 1940
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
The Fulla Bluff Man Trailer (1940)
09 August 1940
A persistent door-to-door salesman tries to sell his wares in a gated community that doesn't allow peddlers.
Sailors Three Trailer (1940)
14 December 1940
Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious.
Kiddie Kure Trailer (1940)
23 November 1940
While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows.
Home on the Range Trailer (1940)
23 March 1940
A cow and her calf are bedding down for the night. The calf is frightened by a shadow, until it's revealed to be a jackrabbit.
Young Tom Edison Trailer (1940)
15 March 1940
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results.
I Married Adventure Trailer (1940)
24 July 1940
A 1940 Columbia Picture feature film, "I Married Adventure" stars Osa Johnson and closely follows her 1940 best-selling book of the same name.
May Fairy Tale Trailer (1940)
25 October 1940
Ríša, a student of law, neglects his studies in favour of parties and pranks. His angry father refuses to continue helping him out of his debts.
The Quack Infantry Troop Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
The conflict between ducklings and frogs escalates into war. However, a lightning strike makes the fighters realize the trivial nature of their battle.
Život je krásný Trailer (1940)
20 December 1940
A famous writer seeks the favor of a charming aspiring artist. However, Jarmila intends to dedicate her life to art, and men should have no other place in it than as models for the artist's work.
A Chump at Oxford Trailer (1940)
25 January 1940
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber.
Mouse Meets Lion Trailer (1940)
25 October 1940
A little mouse is having a great day tramping through the jungle. Seeing a sleeping lion, he pulls his whiskers as a joke and wants to be friends.