1940 Movie Trailers
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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.
Cantinflas Ruletero Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a taxi driver, making his passengers work without taking them to their destination.
Cavalcade of Variety Trailer (1940)
31 December 1940
Peter Brough and Archie Andrews present a variety bill that includes Billy Cotton and his Band, Eve Becke, The Australian Air Aces, Bobbie 'Uke' Henshaw and Sam Barton.
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.
Private Lives Trailer (1940)
13 October 1940
A play by Noël Coward recorded for radio starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.
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.
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.
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.
An August Rhapsody Trailer (1940)
09 February 1940
Arne Sucksdorff’s debut—made when he was 23— is a lyrical short about Sweden’s late-summer crayfish fishery: night-time trapping on water, daybreak on the shore, and the rhythms of August nature rendered in carefully composed images.
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.
Stage Fright Trailer (1940)
27 September 1940
The Two Curious Puppies wander into a theater and run afoul of a trickster magician's rabbit, a playful seal and an intimidating little bird.
Music in My Heart Trailer (1940)
04 January 1940
A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.
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.
Holiday Highlights Trailer (1940)
11 October 1940
Blackout gags about the holidays. New Year's (the baby speaks to us). Valentine's Day, Washington Day, etc.
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.
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.
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Trailer (1940)
31 July 1940
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel and more, with host Bob Hope.
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.
Kittens' Mittens Trailer (1940)
01 February 1940
Three kittens are cruel and mean to an orphan kitty. Their mother adopts the little orphan.
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.
Cantinflas boxeador Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
We see a young Mario Moreno making us laugh while he trying to fight against an opponent on a ring.
Themis Trailer (1940)
13 November 1940
Against a background of bluish light, several objects appear: a square, a circle, and a set of rods. As the background color occasionally varies in shade between blue and rose, the objects move around, forming various patterns.
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.
London Can Take It! Trailer (1940)
01 October 1940
A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
Sunday Sinners Trailer (1940)
01 February 1940
Reverend Jesse Hampton has a bone to pick with the management of Club Harlem, a wildly popular nightspot where drinking and dancing are the rule.
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.
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.
South to Karanga Trailer (1940)
02 August 1940
Passengers bound to an African copper mine at Karanga to quell a native uprising encounter murder and intrigue on the way.
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.
A Window in London Trailer (1940)
15 June 1940
A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion.
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.
Poznej svého muže Trailer (1940)
08 November 1940
You can see for yourself that finding the right one is not easy in this Czech comedy film. The gullible daughter of a bankrupt landowner would never have imagined that she had married not the rich man who was supposed to save her family, but a marriage fraudster who was impersonating him.
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.