1940 Movie Trailers
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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.
Roekihati Trailer (1940)
28 June 1940
Roekihati is a peasant girl who is married to Mansur, despite his father’s objection. Later, under the influence of his peers, Mansur is drawn to Aminah, a city girl.
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.
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.
His Girl Friday Trailer (1940)
18 January 1940
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife.
Rosewood Cane Trailer (1940)
25 November 1940
After having spent 22 months in prison, Viktor Pálos returns to his homeland, where he is going to be involved in the robbery committed by his relatives.
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.
Bécassine Trailer (1940)
03 September 1940
A little Breton tries to save her boss's daughter an unhappy marriage.
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.
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.
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.
The Grapes of Wrath Trailer (1940)
15 March 1940
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure.
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 Thief of Bagdad Trailer (1940)
19 February 1940
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
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.
The Saint Takes Over Trailer (1940)
07 June 1940
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.
The Shop Around the Corner Trailer (1940)
12 January 1940
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
March On, Marines Trailer (1940)
14 December 1940
Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at the Officer's Academy in Annapolis if he passes the entrance exam.
Seitensprünge Trailer (1940)
02 February 1940
A diligent office worker and a cheeky sales representative are tasked by their boss with reserving a first-class hotel room with a bathroom for a visiting Hamburg exporter and his wife.
Aurat Trailer (1940)
02 January 1940
Radha is a resolute mother, who strives hard against poverty and a lecherous money lender to feed her two sons who grew up with contrasting temperament.
The Magic Pencil Trailer (1940)
14 November 1940
Gandy Goose sends away for a radio giveway item, a magic Pencil. When the Magic Pencil arrives, Gandy's magic drawings cause all kinds of problems for Sourpuss The Cat and for himself.
Pelikán má alibi Trailer (1940)
04 October 1940
While street photographers Máček and Kalabis are vainly offering their services to passersby, a pair of cronies rob a jewelry store almost right in front of their eyes.
Chasing Trouble Trailer (1940)
30 January 1940
A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign espionage ring.
...som en tjuv om natten Trailer (1940)
18 March 1940
Nisse Ekberg is in San Francisco but wants to get back to Sweden. Not being a completely honest guy, he gets mixed up with another person and assumes his identity.
The Girl from Avenue A Trailer (1940)
09 August 1940
A tough girl raised in the streets finds that her dialect and manners are helpful as source material for a playwright.
The Old Swimmin' Hole Trailer (1940)
21 October 1940
Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott.
Har Jeet Trailer (1940)
05 October 1940
Set in the early 20th C. Calcutta Theatres industry. Kamala (Kanan Devi) is the star of the Ruby Theatre owned by her guardian Maheshbabu.
The Child Trailer (1940)
20 August 1940
The action begins one early summer morning in a hostel, where we see, among others, two young girls, a law student, Ruth, and a small office lady, Ilse.
Band Waggon Trailer (1940)
23 March 1940
A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.