1940 Movies

This is a lavish, reverential dramatization of the first Easter based on the passage in Luke 24: 1-35. Included is the appearance of the risen Lord to...

Reginald Foort performs at the organ.

Against a background of bluish light, several objects appear: a square, a circle, and a set of rods. As the background color occasionally varies in sh...

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.

Kenny Harrington, the star football player of Gilmore College, leads his team to many victories, raising hopes that Gilmore will play in the "Peach Bo...

Love confusion between a girl and her benefactors.

Intern Plichta arrives to work at a country estate, where there is a strict ban on marriage for officials, issued by the count. However, Plichta meets...

Finnish short documentary

An amateur adaptation of Frankenstein.

Biography of the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

The surviving parts give a powerful picture of the work and livelihood of the reindeer Sámi, which was a living reality during the filming. Mäkinen wo...

A 1940 film.

Poe's raven, not feeling well, goes in search of a doctor, and in a nearby book finds Dr. Jekyll. The doctor offers to transfer the bookworm's brain t...

A father tries to take picture of his easily distracted daughter, which is made more difficult by an angry group of dogs.

This documentary was produced on the request of the Korean railway-organisation during the Japanese occupation of Korea. The news-coverage in those da...

Winata’s preoccupation with his business causes a lot of conflict with his wife, Dasima. Eventually they end their marriage. Then Dasima becomes Samiu...