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The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
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73

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…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Stage to Chino (1940)

Stage to Chino (1940)

Stage to Chino (1940)
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59

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.

Genre: Western
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
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82

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.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Deadwood Dick (1940)

Deadwood Dick (1940)

Deadwood Dick (1940)
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285

Columbia’s 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.

Genre: Western
My Love Came Back (1940)

My Love Came Back (1940)

My Love Came Back (1940)
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85

Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
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88

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that…

Three Faces West (1940)

Three Faces West (1940)

Three Faces West (1940)
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79

Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town,…

The Last Alarm (1940)

The Last Alarm (1940)

The Last Alarm (1940)
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61

A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed battling an arson fire. It becomes his purpose in life to track down the arsonist….

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Grand Ole Opry (1940)

Grand Ole Opry (1940)

Grand Ole Opry (1940)
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67

Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Prairie Law (1940)

Prairie Law (1940)

Prairie Law (1940)
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60

Judge Curry is selling Austin’s land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills…

Genre: Western
Four Sons (1940)

Four Sons (1940)

Four Sons (1940)
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89

Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Susan and God (1940)

Susan and God (1940)

Susan and God (1940)
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117

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940)

Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940)

Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940)
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8

Donald visits the house of his new love interest for their first known date. At first Daisy acts shy and has her back turned to her visitor. But Donald soon…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Brother Orchid (1940)

Brother Orchid (1940)

Brother Orchid (1940)
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88

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…

Murder in the Air (1940)

Murder in the Air (1940)

Murder in the Air (1940)
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55

Enemy agents are everywhere and they are sabotaging all important war deliveries. The body of a hobo found in a train wreck had a money belt with $50,000 and a…

Bad Man from Red Butte (1940)

Bad Man from Red Butte (1940)

Bad Man from Red Butte (1940)
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58

A cowboy arrives in a town, and is immediately mistaken for his twin brother who is wanted for murder.

Genre: Western
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)
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71

A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman’s son and accused of a murder she didn’t commit.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Lillian Russell (1940)

Lillian Russell (1940)

Lillian Russell (1940)
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127

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Genre: Drama, Music
Our Town (1940)

Our Town (1940)

Our Town (1940)
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90

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Waterloo Bridge (1940)

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

Waterloo Bridge (1940)
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109

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Edison the Man (1940)

Edison the Man (1940)

Edison the Man (1940)
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107

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He’s on his way with…

Genre: Drama, History
Saturday’s Children (1940)

Saturday’s Children (1940)

Saturday’s Children (1940)
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102

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.

Genre: Drama, Romance
20 Mule Team (1940)

20 Mule Team (1940)

20 Mule Team (1940)
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84

It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save…

Genre: Western
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise (1940)

Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise (1940)

Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise (1940)
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77

On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.

Saps at Sea (1940)

Saps at Sea (1940)

Saps at Sea (1940)
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57

Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage. Mayhem ensues.

Genre: Comedy
Tugboat Mickey (1940)

Tugboat Mickey (1940)

Tugboat Mickey (1940)
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7

Mickey is performing routine maintenance on his tugboat (with interference from a pelican) when a call comes on the radio that there’s a sinking ship needing assistance. Sadly, Mickey’s crew…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Irene (1940)

Irene (1940)

Irene (1940)
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101

Upholsterer’s assistant Irene O’Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy’s,…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Johnny Apollo (1940)

Johnny Apollo (1940)

Johnny Apollo (1940)
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94

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. As assistant to mobster…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
The Man with Nine Lives (1940)

The Man with Nine Lives (1940)

The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
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74

Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the…

Bullet Code (1940)

Bullet Code (1940)

Bullet Code (1940)
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59

Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the attackers, young Bud Mathews, who in reality has warned Holden of the rustlers’…

Genre: Western
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
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89

In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford’s false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford’s sweet…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case (1940)

Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case (1940)

Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case (1940)
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77

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

Genre: Drama
Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Dr. Cyclops (1940)
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76

Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their…

Star Dust (1940)

Star Dust (1940)

Star Dust (1940)
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86

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she’s too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Donald’s Dog Laundry (1940)

Donald’s Dog Laundry (1940)

Donald’s Dog Laundry (1940)
IMDb: N/A
8

With a rubber bone as a lure, Donald Duck tries to entice Pluto to try his mechanical dog washer. When the bone gives Pluto trouble, Donald tries a toy cat…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Road to Singapore (1940)

Road to Singapore (1940)

Road to Singapore (1940)
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85

Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)

Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)

Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)
IMDb: N/A
99

Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He’s totally surprised when he’s asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force. He’s…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Ants in the Plants (1940)

Ants in the Plants (1940)

Ants in the Plants (1940)
IMDb: N/A
7

A classic about an anteater who makes life rough for a colony of ants. In the ant community, the queen spreads warnings of their greatest enemy, the Anteater. “He’s a…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Young Tom Edison (1940)

Young Tom Edison (1940)

Young Tom Edison (1940)
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86

Inventor Thomas Edison’s boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk…

Genre: Drama
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
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66

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the…