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Tag Archives: 1940
Jew Süss AKA Jud Süß (1940) Veit Harlan, Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George
In this notorious Nazi propaganda historical costume melodrama, a conniving Read More »
Money and the Woman (1940) William K. Howard, Jeffrey Lynn, Brenda Marshall, John Litel
The City Trust and Savings Bank sends Vice President Dave Bennett to a branch office to check on a Charles Patterson. Read More »
Dr. Kildare’s Crisis (1940) Harold S. Bucquet, Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day
Dr. Jimmy Kildare and Nurse Mary Lamont are all sent to get married and her brother Doug Lamont has come to New York. Read More »
Catacombs AKA Katakomby (1940) Martin Fric, Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan, Cenek Slégl
An older clerk Mr. Borman works in basement offices of the Land Registry which are cakke Catacombs by employees. Read More »
High School (1940) George Nichols Jr., Jane Withers, Joe Brown Jr., Paul Harvey
Texas ranch teenager (Withers) is sent to school in San Antonio where she learns to get along with others. Read More »
Queen of the Mob (1940) James P. Hogan, Ralph Bellamy, Blanche Yurka, J. Carrol Naish
Ma Webster and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns. Read More »
Spring on Leper’s Island AKA Kojima no haru (1940) Shirô Toyoda, Shizue Natsukawa, Ichirô Sugai, Haruko Sugimura
Based on actual events, taken from a woman doctor’s story of life in a remote leper colony. Read More »
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) Dorothy Arzner, Roy Del Ruth, Maureen O’Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball
Judy O’Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles Read More »
Gallant Sons (1940) George B. Seitz, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Gene Reynolds
Two childhood friends have a falling out because of their fathers’ occupations, which lands one father in jail. Read More »
Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940) Frank R. Strayer, Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms
Mr. Dithers has a house he can’t unload because it is rumored to be haunted. Read More »
The Last Alarm (1940) William Beaudine, J. Farrell MacDonald, Warren Hull, Polly Ann Young
The Fire Department forces a veteran firefighter to retire at age 65, but when one of his friends Read More »
The Ghost Comes Home (1940) Wilhelm Thiele, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford
Mild mannered Vern runs a pet store that seems to gather more pets than he sells. Read More »
Escape to Glory (1940) John Brahm, Pat O’Brien, Constance Bennett, John Halliday
A British ship is attacked by a German U-boat at the onset of World War II. Read More »
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940) Leslie Goodwins, Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. Read More »