1940 Movie Trailers
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Diamond Frontier Trailer (1940)
30 September 1940
Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
The Great Profile Trailer (1940)
30 August 1940
An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne, Lionel Atwill and Edward Brophy.
Pop Always Pays Trailer (1940)
21 June 1940
A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money.
Hoots Mon Trailer (1940)
26 April 1940
An English comedian is infuriated by a Scottish comedienne's impersonation of him
City of Chance Trailer (1940)
13 January 1940
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
Texas Stagecoach Trailer (1940)
23 May 1940
The Kinkaids and the Harpers both run stage lines and are friendly competitors. Appleby is after the stage line and convinces the two owners to build a spur line to the same town.
Yes or No? Trailer (1940)
26 September 1940
How did a beautiful American divorcee get into the bed of her best friend's fiancé right after returning to Budapest?
Un bebé de contrabando Trailer (1940)
14 August 1940
A naive car caretaker must take care of a baby and search for his father.
Suotorpan tyttö Trailer (1940)
28 April 1940
Helga Suotorppa has given birth to an illegitimate child while working as a maid. Inkeri, the kind-hearted mistress of the Lehtola house, offers the woman, who has a bad reputation in the village community, a place to work, which the desperate Helga gratefully accepts.
Fugitive from a Prison Camp Trailer (1940)
05 October 1940
Sheriff Holt is determined to prove that prisoners can be rehabilitated and released into society in this prison drama.
Jens Langkniv Trailer (1940)
05 February 1940
Jeppe Aakjær's heroic poem about Jens Langkniv becomes something more than the story of a robber in a small parish in Jutland.
The New Pupil Trailer (1940)
27 April 1940
Spanky and Alfalfa both try to impress the new girl at school, much to Darla's dismay.
Arizona Frontier Trailer (1940)
19 August 1940
A government agent uncovers the truth behind a series of raids on a freight company.
Pájaros sin nido Trailer (1940)
13 November 1940
The birds in question are a group of young ladies who, for different reasons, leave the convent where they grew up in order to face "the struggle of life".
Dangerous Comment Trailer (1940)
18 May 1940
A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar.
Frontier Vengeance Trailer (1940)
10 October 1940
Jim Sanders (Don 'Red' Barry), young cowboy, returns to his hometown for a reunion with his boyhood friend Clay Blackburn (George Offerman Jr.
My Son, My Son! Trailer (1940)
21 March 1940
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him.
Fragata Sarmiento Trailer (1940)
22 May 1940
It narrates the history of the Argentine ship that served for many generations like school for the formation of sailors.
Wedding Day Trailer (1940)
20 March 1940
Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the preparations of their widowed father's wedding to his chosen bride, Maki Tsuneko (Sadako Sawamura), who's anxious about her conduct as the bride.
Flight Angels Trailer (1940)
18 May 1940
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing.
Barnyard Follies Trailer (1940)
05 October 1940
A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut down by greedy politicians.
The Man Who Seeks the Truth Trailer (1940)
20 March 1940
Jean Vernet, an unselfish banker, feels fine : he has a charming mistress, Jacqueline ; a godson, Fernand, that he took in when he was a child and that he has brought up and cherished ever since ; a faithful friend, Lamblin ; and an adorable dog.
A Peep In The Deep Trailer (1940)
23 August 1940
Scrappy is deep-sea fishing when a bottle floats by his boat. In this corked bottle is a secret treasure map.
Hangman's Noose Trailer (1940)
23 November 1940
In England, a boxer is sentenced to death for a murder he does not seem to have committed.... Anthony Gethryn, who has just resigned from the police on the occasion of his marriage, has three days left to find the real killer.
The Captive of Gorod Trailer (1940)
06 September 1940
The film takes place in Russia during the World War I. Three Hungarian POWs are on the run from their Russian captives.
Marked Men Trailer (1940)
30 September 1940
A man accused of planning a prison break turns the tables on escaped cons by leading the group into the desert.
Young Veteran Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.
Meet the Missus Trailer (1940)
29 November 1940
Gran Higgins falls under the spell of a love-starved widow.
Spy for a Day Trailer (1940)
26 April 1940
During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.
The Three Codonas Trailer (1940)
01 August 1940
Biography of the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona.
Rebecca Trailer (1940)
23 March 1940
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier.
Den blomstertid... Trailer (1940)
28 October 1940
On an island in the Stockholm archipelago lives a man named Albin who has fallen in love with the new school teacher named Eva.
The Crooked Road Trailer (1940)
10 May 1940
A blackmail threat from an old prison buddy compels a man who has gone straight to consider yet another crime.
The Greyhound and the Rabbit Trailer (1940)
18 April 1940
It's basically a series of visual gags that takes place on a greyhound race track with the racers chasing a mechanical rabbit attached to a gate (though the rabbit seems lifelike, at least for a cartoon).
Bahurani Trailer (1940)
20 June 1940
In pre-independence India, a wealthy young zamindar brings a village girl of illegitimate birth into his household after her mother’s death.
A Fugitive from Justice Trailer (1940)
15 June 1940
Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the run.
Beyond the Sacramento Trailer (1940)
11 November 1940
Bill learns that two con artists whom he has dealt with before are at it again. Crowley runs the saloon and Adams the newspaper and both are highly respected by the citizens.
Earl of Puddlestone Trailer (1940)
31 August 1940
When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections.
Brother Orchid Trailer (1940)
07 June 1940
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
The Golden Trail Trailer (1940)
08 July 1940
The dangerous Ceegareet gang has control of Boom Town. No miner with rich diggings is safe from this murderous gang.
Curtain Call Trailer (1940)
18 April 1940
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
Grandmother Trailer (1940)
15 November 1940
A highly romanticized autobiographical novel by a Czech 19th century writer, Bozena Nemcova. It's a classical, compulsory reading in Czech schools, about a wise, working-class woman, happier in her simplicity and good heart than the nobles whom she serves.
Always a Bride Trailer (1940)
02 November 1940
A young man wants to marry his sweetheart, but her parents will agree to their wedding only on one condition: he must run for mayor--and win.
Thundering Frontier Trailer (1940)
05 December 1940
After a handful of non-formula westerns, Charles Starrett returned to the mixture as before in Thundering Frontier.
Passport to Alcatraz Trailer (1940)
06 June 1940
George Hollister, crack investigator for the NYC police, is assigned to run down the enemy aliens who dynamited a Detroit munitions plant.
Happy Haunting Grounds Trailer (1940)
18 October 1940
A haunted house with ghosts dancing up a storm and having the time of their undead lives has been sold.
Seashores Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
On the search for weird and amazing creatures living on the seashores... This short movie played before The Thief of Bagdad (1940) during its original run in the cinema.
Stolen Paradise Trailer (1940)
16 December 1940
Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood.
Henry Busse and His Orchestra Trailer (1940)
30 November 1940
This one-reel musical short, part of the WB/Vitaphone Melody Master series, features the music of trumpet-player and orchestra leader Henry Busse and his Orchestra, playing their own arrangements of various popular songs of the time.
La Mode rêvée Trailer (1940)
28 January 1940
An American star, visiting Paris, falls asleep in the Louvre while a guide comments on Watteau's "Voyage à Cythère".
Riders from Nowhere Trailer (1940)
30 December 1940
In this his penultimate Western for low-budget company Monogram, Jack Randall assumed the identity of a murdered ranger in order to track down the killer.
Riders of Pasco Basin Trailer (1940)
04 April 1940
Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it and sends for Lee.
The Flag of Humanity Trailer (1940)
19 October 1940
The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.
Behind the News Trailer (1940)
20 December 1940
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom.
Information Please Series 2, No. 2 Trailer (1940)
04 October 1940
This issue of RKO's Information Please series, based on the radio program featuring most of the same people, has Howard Lindsay, co-author and co-star of the then-current Broadway play, "Life With Father", as a visiting guest expert.