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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
They Drive by Night (1940)

They Drive by Night (1940)

They Drive by Night (1940)
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95

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Pride and Prejudice (1940)
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118

Mrs. Bennet wishes to wed her five unmarried daughters and is overjoyed when a wealthy bachelor begins living nearby, but misunderstandings make happiness difficult.

Genre: Drama, Romance
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
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…

All This and Heaven Too (1940)

All This and Heaven Too (1940)

All This and Heaven Too (1940)
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141

When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile…

Genre: Drama, Romance
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,…

New Moon (1940)

New Moon (1940)

New Moon (1940)
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105

A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.

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
The Ghost Breakers (1940)

The Ghost Breakers (1940)

The Ghost Breakers (1940)
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85

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the…

The Mortal Storm (1940)

The Mortal Storm (1940)

The Mortal Storm (1940)
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100

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and…

Genre: Drama
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
The Saint Takes Over (1940)

The Saint Takes Over (1940)

The Saint Takes Over (1940)
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69

The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. “The Saint” the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Hidden Gold (1940)

Hidden Gold (1940)

Hidden Gold (1940)
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60

Hoppy and Lucky have been called in to investigate a series of stage holdups. The robbers are taking gold from Colby’s mine and Hoppy suspects it may be ex-outlaw Colby…

Genre: Western
The Chewin’ Bruin (1940)

The Chewin’ Bruin (1940)

The Chewin’ Bruin (1940)
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7

A bear hunter tells Porky the tale of a hunt 30 years ago: a bear got a taste of his chewing tobacco and chased him down to get it; the…

Genre: Animation
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…

Earthbound (1940)

Earthbound (1940)

Earthbound (1940)
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67

A murdered man helps his widow bring his killer to justice.

Genre: Fantasy, Mystery
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
Island of Doomed Men (1940)

Island of Doomed Men (1940)

Island of Doomed Men (1940)
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67

An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Torrid Zone (1940)

Torrid Zone (1940)

Torrid Zone (1940)
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88

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)

You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)

You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)
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10

Daffy Duck convinces Porky Pig to quit the cartoon biz and try his luck in the features. Porky’s adventures begin when he tries to enter the studio.

Genre: Animation, Comedy
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
My Favorite Wife (1940)

My Favorite Wife (1940)

My Favorite Wife (1940)
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88

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns…

Genre: Comedy, 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
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)

Beyond Tomorrow (1940)

Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
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84

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.

If I Had My Way (1940)

If I Had My Way (1940)

If I Had My Way (1940)
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94

Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head…

Genre: Comedy, Family
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