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Little Old New York
6.5

Little Old New York

Feb. 09, 1940

Little Old New York

Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.
Lillian Russell
6.4

Lillian Russell

May. 24, 1940

Lillian Russell

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
The Letter
7.5

The Letter

Nov. 21, 1940

The Letter

After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
The Last Alarm
5.7

The Last Alarm

Jun. 25, 1940

The Last Alarm

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 ...
The Lady in Question
6.3

The Lady in Question

Aug. 07, 1940

The Lady in Question

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn’t convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
Knute Rockne All American
6.7

Knute Rockne All American

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
June Night
6

June Night

Apr. 03, 1940

June Night

A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.
Island of Doomed Men
5.8

Island of Doomed Men

May. 20, 1940

Island of Doomed Men

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.
Johnny Apollo
6.9

Johnny Apollo

Apr. 19, 1940

Johnny Apollo

Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his ...
Invisible Stripes
6.7

Invisible Stripes

Dec. 30, 1939

Invisible Stripes

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
I’m Still Alive
5.7

I’m Still Alive

Sep. 20, 1940

I’m Still Alive

Hollywood stuntman falls in love with a big name actress but still wants to pursue his risky career. The women gives him a choice-the stunts or ...
The Howards of Virginia
6

The Howards of Virginia

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins ...
The House of the Seven Gables
7

The House of the Seven Gables

In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother ...
The House Across the Bay
6.4

The House Across the Bay

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will ...
His Girl Friday
7.8

His Girl Friday

Jan. 18, 1940

His Girl Friday

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his ...
Her Second Mother
5.5

Her Second Mother

Nov. 08, 1940

Her Second Mother

A young woman tries to repay her adoptive parents’ kindness by shielding their biological child, who has gotten involved with an embezzler, ...
The Grapes of Wrath
8.1

The Grapes of Wrath

Mar. 15, 1940

The Grapes of Wrath

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his ...
Gold Rush Maisie
6.2

Gold Rush Maisie

Jul. 26, 1940

Gold Rush Maisie

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 ...
Four Sons
6.5

Four Sons

Jun. 14, 1940

Four Sons

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.
Flight Command
6.3

Flight Command

Dec. 27, 1940

Flight Command

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn’t make a great first ...
Flowing Gold
6.5

Flowing Gold

Aug. 24, 1940

Flowing Gold

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice’s destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company ...
The Fighting 69th
6.6

The Fighting 69th

Jan. 27, 1940

The Fighting 69th

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that ...
Escape
7

Escape

Nov. 01, 1940

Escape

An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed ...
Edison, the Man
7

Edison, the Man

May. 10, 1940

Edison, the Man

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 ...
Eli Eli
6.2

Eli Eli

Sep. 27, 1940

Eli Eli

Mendel and Hannah Shapiro, an elderly Jewish couple who run a small farm in New Jersey, must get money to meet their mortgage payment to the bank ...
East of the River
6.3

East of the River

Nov. 09, 1940

East of the River

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.
The Earl of Chicago
6.2

The Earl of Chicago

Jan. 05, 1940

The Earl of Chicago

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case
6

Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
6.5

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Sep. 06, 1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet
7.4

Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.