1940 Movie Trailers
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Ski Patrol Trailer (1940)
09 May 1940
In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.
San Francisco Docks Trailer (1940)
25 December 1940
Longshoreman Johnny Barnes is in love with Kitty Tracy, barmaid at her father's waterfront saloon, and he beats up Cassidy, a crooked politician who has been annoying her.
A Way in the Wilderness Trailer (1940)
22 June 1940
This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigrant who devoted his life to finding the cause of pellagra, a disease that killed hundreds of thousands in the southern United States.
The Boys from Syracuse Trailer (1940)
30 July 1940
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio.
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).
Don Pasquale Trailer (1940)
16 September 1940
In the eighteenth-century Rome, Don Pasquale Corneto, wants his young nephew Ernesto, dedicated to a wasteful social life, to marry a rich spinster, both to save on the expenses of his maintenance and to increase the family heritage.
Sitka and Juneau: 'A Tale of Two Cities' Trailer (1940)
13 April 1940
This Traveltalk series short takes the viewer to Alaska, focusing on the cities of Sitka and Juneau.
Congo Maisie Trailer (1940)
19 January 1940
Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors.
Knute Rockne All American Trailer (1940)
05 October 1940
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
The Emigrant Trailer (1940)
29 January 1940
Fearing a gangster's vengeance,his moll sails away to South Africa ,where many emigrants intend to work in the mines there.
Oklahoma Renegades Trailer (1940)
29 August 1940
Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and Rico, known as The Three Mesquiteers, return to Oklahoma at the close of the Spanish-American War, and are concerned that some of their wounded buddies have no prospects for a satisfactory future.
Gold Rush Maisie Trailer (1940)
26 July 1940
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.
Wide and Fertile Land Trailer (1940)
01 February 1940
In a village in Manchuria, a group of Japanese settlers struggle against the elements to create wet rice paddies.
Third Finger, Left Hand Trailer (1940)
11 October 1940
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues.
One Man's Law Trailer (1940)
29 June 1940
In this old-time Western from director George Sherman, peaceable cowpoke Jack Summers takes the job of sheriff to help his adopted town in its bid to beat out a nearby settlement for a lucrative railroad contract.
Danger Ahead Trailer (1940)
22 January 1940
The Royal Mounties are called in when one of the armored cars owned by Maxwell, containing a gold shipment, disappears with driver George Hill suspected of trying to get away with the gold.
Dr. Christian Meets the Women Trailer (1940)
05 August 1940
A conman arrives in town trying to sell his miracle methods of weight loss to the ladies. It's left to the good Dr.
Shipbuilders Trailer (1940)
05 January 1940
Shipwrights, plate-fitters and riveters are busy at work in shipyards around Britain, but make time to talk to well-known newsreader, E.
Boss of Bullion City Trailer (1940)
01 March 1940
A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss.
Harmonica Boy Trailer (1940)
10 July 1940
The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.
Marianela Trailer (1940)
11 November 1940
Marianela is an orphan young girl living in a small village where she guides the blind young son of a rich country man.
Circus Today Trailer (1940)
21 June 1940
A barker guides us through a sideshow, a menagerie, and on to the big top, for a series of typical Avery gags.
Enoken's Bow-Wow General Trailer (1940)
16 July 1940
Enoken no wanwan taishô AKA Wanwan Taisho AKA Bowwow General directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Keijo Trailer (1940)
19 July 1940
This documentary was produced on the request of the Korean railway-organisation during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
The Way of All Flesh Trailer (1940)
05 July 1940
Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children.
A Call for Arms! Trailer (1940)
31 December 1940
"What a life for a couple of nudes!" Two dancers find a new way of doing their bit for the boys in this frothy wartime propaganda short.
Phantom Rancher Trailer (1940)
31 March 1940
Cowboy puts on a black mask and a black outfit to fight a gang of land-grabbing crooks.
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.
Triple Justice Trailer (1940)
22 September 1940
Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller.
Torrent of a Big City Trailer (1940)
13 June 1940
A young yakuza student is led back to the straight and narrow path by his uncle.
Blyge Anton Trailer (1940)
06 May 1940
Anton, a very shy bookkeeper, must show his mettle when him and his colleagues at work ask for a raise but instead are laid off.
Cross-Country Romance Trailer (1940)
12 July 1940
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
The Notorious Elinor Lee Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.
The Lonesome Stranger Trailer (1940)
23 November 1940
This Lone Ranger spoof pits the Lonesome Stranger and his horse Sliver against a gang of Mexican banditos known as the Killer Diller Boys.
Rodeo Dough Trailer (1940)
09 November 1940
After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo.
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.
Sauce for the Gander Trailer (1940)
10 February 1940
Working stiff Tom Tupper is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter during his daily commute. Asked for his opinion on male/female relations, Tom tells the radio audience that he thinks men could do a better job running the household than women.
Virginia City Trailer (1940)
23 March 1940
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers.
Non me lo dire! Trailer (1940)
15 December 1940
Italy, early 1940s. A rich and noble man, returning from America, has the unpleasant surprise of being dirt poor.
Johnny Apollo Trailer (1940)
19 April 1940
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release.
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.
Black Diamonds Trailer (1940)
16 July 1940
A reporter on a visit to his hometown hears of dangerous conditions at the local coal mine, and proceeds to investigate.
Millionaires in Prison Trailer (1940)
12 July 1940
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
Trail of the Vigilantes Trailer (1940)
13 December 1940
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Rollin' Home to Texas Trailer (1940)
30 December 1940
This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey's oft-used plot of "employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad guys.
Gaslight Trailer (1940)
31 August 1940
Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed.
Yesterday Is Over Your Shoulder Trailer (1940)
05 May 1940
A wartime short encouraging workers to join free, government-organised engineering training schemes.
Vi tre Trailer (1940)
19 October 1940
Kristina and Sture is married and has a little baby boy, Olle. Sture is an architect and while he is struggling with his business, his wife Kristina gets lonesome and starts to get take an interest in Sture's Norwegian architect colleague, Arne Ranck.