The best movies 1940 Pagina 5

A detective investigates on the death of a factory owner.

The story focuses on a middle-class family. It introduces us to two characters: Corina, secretary of Don Emilio Condal, and his brother...

Early in the war, a group of women decide to help the soldiers in the war front. They enlist the help of the wealthy Madame Marion.

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing...

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...

A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for...

A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach...

The stooges are three fish peddlers who, looking for a new business opportunity, open a beauty salon south of the border. Their first customers are...

Andy's annoying brother-in-law Gus gets him fired from his job, and then tag-a-longs on a vacation with Andy and his wife.

Unassuming elderly gent is installed as Mayor, by a cabal of financiers that expect to use him as a cat's paw.

Tanya Morozova, an illiterate but industrious textile factory worker, finds happiness through her education and the Stakhanovite movement. She...

A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-bucks contract, which allows her and her family to...

A mother ladybug has too many children to handle, so she puts out an ad for a maid to help with the chores. A big black spider dresses up as a maid...

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...

In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins...

Struggling Swenson the baker is down to just a single donut remaining in his shop. He gives it to a blind beggar who stops in. Later, while Swenson...

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're...

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...

Porky Pig goes on a safari in Africa, and runs into an assortment of crazy animals, wacky natives and Kay Kyser giving dance lessons in the middle of...

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

A vagabond saves the child of a rich family. They adopt him and try to impose to him their values and protocols.

A 1940 film.

Social film that explores journalism's fight against fraud, intimidation, extortion and political crimes during the 30s in Argentina.

Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four.

A 1940 film directed by William Rowland.

We see a young Mario Moreno making us laugh while he trying to fight against an opponent on a ring.

The consequences of having accepted a thief as a guest in the house.

The misadventures and mishaps of a tailor.

Unreleased Argentine film.

During a visit to a large department store, a famous female singer has her handbag stolen.

When her boyfriends are tempted by attractive women who are only interested in their money, two friends decide to join forces to make them give up...

Marianela is an orphan young girl living in a small village where she guides the blind young son of a rich country man. She is secretly in love with...

A Juan Oliva's animation short film.