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Boom Town
7

Boom Town

Aug. 30, 1940

Boom Town

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to ...
Bitter Sweet
5.7

Bitter Sweet

Nov. 08, 1940

Bitter Sweet

A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.
Beyond Tomorrow
6.5

Beyond Tomorrow

May. 10, 1940

Beyond Tomorrow

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought ...
Arise, My Love
6.9

Arise, My Love

Nov. 08, 1940

Arise, My Love

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
Angels Over Broadway
6.5

Angels Over Broadway

Oct. 02, 1940

Angels Over Broadway

Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he ...
All This, and Heaven Too
7.4

All This, and Heaven Too

When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King ...
21 Days
6.1

21 Days

Jan. 07, 1940

21 Days

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover’s blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, ...
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
7.3

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until ...
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
7.8

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that ...
Young Mr. Lincoln
7.5

Young Mr. Lincoln

Jun. 09, 1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his ...
You Can’t Get Away with Murder
6.4

You Can’t Get Away with Murder

Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie’s sister Madge’s ...
The Women
7.7

The Women

Sep. 01, 1939

The Women

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Wuthering Heights
7.5

Wuthering Heights

Apr. 07, 1939

Wuthering Heights

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls ...
Wings of the Navy
6

Wings of the Navy

Feb. 11, 1939

Wings of the Navy

Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can ...
Union Pacific
7

Union Pacific

May. 05, 1939

Union Pacific

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But ...
When Tomorrow Comes
6.7

When Tomorrow Comes

Aug. 11, 1939

When Tomorrow Comes

A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he is already married.
Tower of London
6.6

Tower of London

Nov. 17, 1939

Tower of London

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the ...
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
6.9

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another’s ...
They Made Me a Criminal
6.8

They Made Me a Criminal

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Swing!
5.6

Swing!

Apr. 29, 1938

Swing!

Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer.
Swanee River
6.1

Swanee River

Dec. 29, 1939

Swanee River

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern ...
Susannah of the Mounties
6.4

Susannah of the Mounties

This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who’s ...
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
7

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human ...
Stagecoach
7.8

Stagecoach

Mar. 02, 1939

Stagecoach

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the ...
The Saint in London
6.4

The Saint in London

Jun. 30, 1939

The Saint in London

Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who’ve murdered and robbed an European count of ...
Sabotage
5.7

Sabotage

Oct. 13, 1939

Sabotage

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt ...
The Rules of the Game
7.9

The Rules of the Game

Jul. 09, 1939

The Rules of the Game

The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated romantic and social entanglements between guests and ...