Movie Trailers - August 1939
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Popular trailers for movies released in August 1939
Total trailers found: 143
Jitterbug Knights Trailer (1939)
10 August 1939
The king paces back and forth; a knight rushes in with the news: It's a boy! The knight visits the three wise fairies with the news, inviting them to a ball in celebration.
The Wizard of Oz Trailer (1939)
15 August 1939
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives.
Unborn Souls Trailer (1939)
01 August 1939
The crusading Dr. Kent tries to convince the district attorney to clean up the local abortion racket and help open a birth control clinic.
The Bill of Rights Trailer (1939)
19 August 1939
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights.
Straight Shooter Trailer (1939)
12 August 1939
Before he was killed, Martin hid a half million dollars worth of bonds on his ranch. Brainard, who killed him, Inspector Carson posing as Sam Brown, and Martin's niece Margaret all want the ranch, and it's being sold at auction.
Chicken Wagon Family Trailer (1939)
10 August 1939
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading trinkets to farmers for chickens which they sell in the cities.
Bad Lands Trailer (1939)
28 August 1939
A sheriff and his posse set out to catch a murderer, but their mission proves more dangerous than anyone suspected after they become stranded in the desert and attacked by Apaches.
Old Mother Riley, MP Trailer (1939)
15 August 1939
Old Mother Riley loses her laundry job and then battles her ex-boss in a parliamentary election.
Sword of Honour Trailer (1939)
13 August 1939
A recruit at Sandhurst initially makes a poor impression, but goes on to prove himself by riding in the Grand National.
Riders of the Sage Trailer (1939)
01 August 1939
In an effort to get Jim Martin to sell his ranch, the Halsey brothers have kidnapped his son Tom. When Bob Burke goes after him alone, he gets help from the gang known as the Riders of the Sage.
I Stole a Million Trailer (1939)
01 August 1939
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Last Desire Trailer (1939)
28 August 1939
Caesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl, Marcella, who is in full depression because she was abandoned by her lover.
Unseen Guardians Trailer (1939)
26 August 1939
The "unseen guardians" of the title are the Postal Inspection Service, which investigates mail order racketeering; the Underwriters' Laboratories, which are shown testing electrical equipment, fire extinguishers, and large floor safes; and those who run orphanages, who assure that the children in their care are placed in proper adoptive homes.
The Star Maker Trailer (1939)
25 August 1939
This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.
Avoveteen Trailer (1939)
27 August 1939
Yrjö Niemelä leaves the countryside for Helsinki. Unemployed, homeless, and penniless, the young man attempts suicide in despair, but a Salvation Army soldier comes to his rescue at the last moment.
Irish Luck Trailer (1939)
22 August 1939
A spunky young bellhop investigates the murder of a hotel guest.
A Haunting We Will Go Trailer (1939)
27 August 1939
The introduction of Lantz's little black-boy character, L'il Eight Ball, finds him going to bed in his small cabin and being visited by a baby ghost.
Angels Wash Their Faces Trailer (1939)
26 August 1939
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life.
Girl from Rio Trailer (1939)
07 August 1939
A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Trailer (1939)
31 August 1939
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl.
Two Millions For a Smile Trailer (1939)
07 August 1939
An Italian industrialist who has made a fortune in America returns to Italy planning to make a film about a beautiful woman who smiled at him before he left his home country years before.
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island Trailer (1939)
31 August 1939
Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.
Wall Street Cowboy Trailer (1939)
06 August 1939
When his ranch falls on hard times, Cowboy Roy Roger has trouble making his mortgage payment and he takes his song and dance to Wall Street to try to raise cash fast.
Smuggled Cargo Trailer (1939)
21 August 1939
When a sudden cold snap hits the Imperial Valley in California, orange growers fear that frost will kill their crops.
Flight at Midnight Trailer (1939)
28 August 1939
Spinner McGee, devil-may-care mail pilot volunteers his courage and skill for the task of raising $100,000 to save the small airport owned by Pop Hussey from being condemned.
Indianapolis Speedway Trailer (1939)
05 August 1939
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.
Port of Hate Trailer (1939)
21 August 1939
A group of American adventurers discover a bed of black pearls off a South Pacific island. When one of them is shot dead, a young girl in the group is accused of the crime.
The Under-Pup Trailer (1939)
31 August 1939
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families.
They All Come Out Trailer (1939)
04 August 1939
A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of crime?
Konga, the Wild Stallion Trailer (1939)
30 August 1939
A long-standing feud between a rancher and a neighboring wheat farmer only intensifies after the rancher's wild stallion causes damage to the farmer's property.
Irrtum des Herzens Trailer (1939)
28 August 1939
On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Sister Angelika bids her boss, Professor Reimers, farewell, for she has quit her post.
One Against the World Trailer (1939)
19 August 1939
This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices.
Detouring America Trailer (1939)
23 August 1939
A humorous travelogue chronicling various oddities across the United States.
Kitty and the World Conference Trailer (1939)
24 August 1939
The setting is Lugano (Switzerland), where an apparently very important world conference takes place.
Night Work Trailer (1939)
04 August 1939
The Fitch family is managing an apartment building when the grandfather of their adopted son Butch decides the family isn't worthy of raising his grandson.
El loco serenata Trailer (1939)
09 August 1939
A vagabond violinist, a shameless doctor, gunmen and an impossible affair.
Three from St. Cyr Trailer (1939)
13 August 1939
Three students from Saint-Cyr are sent to Syria to fight the rebels in the desert.
It Was a Gay Ballnight Trailer (1939)
12 August 1939
1865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love.
Each Dawn I Die Trailer (1939)
19 August 1939
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Mr. Wong in Chinatown Trailer (1939)
01 August 1939
A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper.
Slaphappy Valley Trailer (1939)
03 August 1939
It takes the form of a travelogue aboard a train that hits some California spots, including Death Valley and Pike's Peak.
Chimbela Trailer (1939)
30 August 1939
A young woman protects and falls in love with a fugitive accused of murder.
Oklahoma Terror Trailer (1939)
24 August 1939
Cartwright's racket is to sell a ranch and then have Mason and his men drive the ranchers away so he can resell it.
The Fighting Renegade Trailer (1939)
31 August 1939
El Puma, a Mexican desert guide, escorts an archaeological expedition headed by Professor Lucius Lloyd through the Indian badlands of Mexico.
Nurse Edith Cavell Trailer (1939)
31 August 1939
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland.
Billy Mouse's Akwakade Trailer (1939)
08 August 1939
The title is a take-off parody of Billy Rose's Aquacade, and uses an ordinary bathtub, as aqua-mice perform aquatic ballet dances and water sports.
Abuna Messias - Vendetta africana Trailer (1939)
30 August 1939
The film takes place at the end of the 19th century. The Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia has spent 20 years in Ethiopia to convert people to the Catholic Church.
Rejoice While You're Young, Fellow Cadets Trailer (1939)
14 August 1939
Knut is a farmer's son who wants to get an education and see the world.
Lovers' Duet Trailer (1939)
31 August 1939
Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut
Miracles for Sale Trailer (1939)
10 August 1939
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Seeing Red Trailer (1939)
25 August 1939
When he is fired from his job, Red puts a hex on his boss. That evening, the boss goes to a nightclub and discovers that the hex worked.
The Old Maid Trailer (1939)
16 August 1939
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu Trailer (1939)
10 August 1939
A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes.
The Fighting Gringo Trailer (1939)
08 August 1939
A gunfighter and his partners clear a Spanish rancher charged with murder.
Vihtori ja Klaara Trailer (1939)
19 August 1939
The film revolves around Vihtori's clandestine involvement with an attractive and rather worldly young woman named Ritva, who is planning to marry boxing champion and garage owner Klasu Tullari, son of Vihtori's friend Tomi, and their interactions with daughter Vappu and her fiancé, Peter von Schaslick, a mechanic in Klasu's garage, under the nose of the threatening and suspicious Klaara, with lazy son Nisse acting as a rather sardonic Greek chorus.
