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The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
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293

Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.

Genre: Action, Adventure
Meet the Fleet (1940)

Meet the Fleet (1940)

Meet the Fleet (1940)
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20

The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training.

Genre: War
The Mad Doctor (1940)

The Mad Doctor (1940)

The Mad Doctor (1940)
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90

A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Santa Fe Trail (1940)
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110

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort…

Genre: Western
The Timid Toreador (1940)

The Timid Toreador (1940)

The Timid Toreador (1940)
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6

The bull makes short work of the matador, and then turns on Porky, a tamale vendor who wanders into the ring accidentally. But then he makes the mistake of actually…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
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77

Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Murder Over New York (1940)

Murder Over New York (1940)

Murder Over New York (1940)
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65

When Charlie’s old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.

Comrade X (1940)

Comrade X (1940)

Comrade X (1940)
IMDb: N/A
90

An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Devil Bat (1940)

The Devil Bat (1940)

The Devil Bat (1940)
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68

Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company’s profits. He decides to get revenge by altering…

Go West (1940)

Go West (1940)

Go West (1940)
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80

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train…

Genre: Comedy, Western
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
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102

Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to…

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)
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113

When a rich woman’s ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Bank Dick (1940)

The Bank Dick (1940)

The Bank Dick (1940)
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72

Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he’s occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he…

Genre: Comedy
Porky’s Hired Hand (1940)

Porky’s Hired Hand (1940)

Porky’s Hired Hand (1940)
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7

Porky hires on Gregory Grunt to watch over his chicken coop to stop the fox from raiding it. He falls asleep, and the fox fills his bag. But Grunt wakes…

Genre: Animation
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
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99

Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.

Genre: Comedy, Family
You’ll Find Out (1940)

You’ll Find Out (1940)

You’ll Find Out (1940)
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97

The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.

The Letter (1940)

The Letter (1940)

The Letter (1940)
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95

After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Phantom of Chinatown (1940)

Phantom of Chinatown (1940)

Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
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62

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses…

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

The Long Voyage Home (1940)
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105

The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O’Neill one-act plays.

Genre: Drama, War
Gallant Sons (1940)

Gallant Sons (1940)

Gallant Sons (1940)
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76

When a teenager’s father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.

Genre: Mystery
One Night in the Tropics (1940)

One Night in the Tropics (1940)

One Night in the Tropics (1940)
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82

Jim “Lucky” Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a ‘love insurance policy’, that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Fantasia (1940)

Fantasia (1940)

Fantasia (1940)
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124

Walt Disney’s timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia…

East of the River (1940)

East of the River (1940)

East of the River (1940)
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74

Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Her Second Mother (1940)

Her Second Mother (1940)

Her Second Mother (1940)
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89

A young woman tries to repay her adoptive parents’ kindness by shielding their biological child, who has gotten involved with an embezzler, from the police.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Bitter Sweet (1940)

Bitter Sweet (1940)

Bitter Sweet (1940)
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94

A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Arise My Love (1940)

Arise My Love (1940)

Arise My Love (1940)
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110

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Mark of Zorro (1940)

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

The Mark of Zorro (1940)
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94

In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on…

The Trouble with Husbands (1940)

The Trouble with Husbands (1940)

The Trouble with Husbands (1940)
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11

Benchley, in his own unique way, starts to drive his wife crazy. First he waits until just as she is serving dinner before he goes to wash his hands and…

Genre: Comedy
Junior G-Men (1940)

Junior G-Men (1940)

Junior G-Men (1940)
IMDb: N/A
240

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor…

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940)
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8

Mickey is heading out on vacation from Burbank to Pomona, taking the train. The conductor, Pete, won’t let him on with Pluto, so he hides Pluto in his suitcase, and…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
The Sour Puss (1940)

The Sour Puss (1940)

The Sour Puss (1940)
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7

Porky decides to go fishing the next day and tells his cat. The cat sleeps fitfully. The next day, while they are fishing, the cat gets into a battle with…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)

Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)

Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
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76

Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when…

Genre: Comedy
Christmas in July (1940)

Christmas in July (1940)

Christmas in July (1940)
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67

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest….

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Seven Sinners (1940)

Seven Sinners (1940)

Seven Sinners (1940)
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87

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship’s doctor in order to…

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
IMDb: N/A
11

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.

Genre: Documentary
North West Mounted Police (1940)

North West Mounted Police (1940)

North West Mounted Police (1940)
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126

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers (“Isn’t that a contradiction in terms?”, another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder….

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
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90

German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

Genre: Drama, History
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
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96

While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Great Dictator (1940)

The Great Dictator (1940)

The Great Dictator (1940)
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125

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel’s regime.

Genre: Comedy, War
Prehistoric Porky (1940)

Prehistoric Porky (1940)

Prehistoric Porky (1940)
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7

Caveman Porky awakens and plays with his pet Rover, a massive dinosaur. After Rover’s playfulness causes a disruption to the prehistoric peace and quiet, Porky’s copy of “Expire” magazine arrives…

Genre: Animation, Comedy