1939 Movies

This is one of the rare gems in early Chinese musical films that still exists today. Nancy Chan plays a naïve young woman who can sing and dance. Unde...

Last Mentone short to be produced in New York

Mothers of Today features the first motion picture performance of radio star Esther Field, best known on the airwaves of the 1930s as the 'Yiddishe Ma...

An abstract animation by Norman McLaren, who was born in Scotland in 1914. His interest in filmmaking began early in life after he became acquainted w...

A woman’s husband and daughter are poisoned and killed. Determined to avenge her family's death, she travels to a mass grave to learn the art of lying...

A short film that shows the early days of Montreal's botanical garden

Yip Yip Yippy is a 1939 Fleischer Studios animated short film. The short was the final official entry of the "Betty Boop" series. Although this was bi...

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...

Lord Krishna visits Suryapith with his friend Akrur, where they meet Satyabhama, the daughter of Satrajeet. Akrur proposes to Satyabhama, but she addr...

Vera is eleven years old and after the death of her parents she lives with her grandmother. She doesn't understand her at all, doesn't recognize her a...

The medications need to be delivered to the settlement in the Far North. Pilot Nastya Koroleva, despite the storm, is planning to fly...

The young Count Józio Lulewicz leads a rather dissolute life. At the urging of his friends, he tries to extract a large sum of money from his mother t...

Scrappy runs a rodeo in a vacant lot, with a lot of mistreated cats standing in for cattle to be roped, and so forth. A little girl wants to be part o...

A vindicative and spiteful captain carefully plots his vengeance against his best friend who lured away from him the woman he loved.

A chemical scientist mocks his wife. She is unable to resist the violence and tries to commit suicide.

An assortment of musical acts parade before the camera; Joy Hodges and Pinky Tomlin sing; The Elderblooms, a group of ladies ranging in age from 63 to...

Lil' Eightball tries to disprove superstition, but comes into conflict with a lion, which is defeated by his tiny dog.