The best movies 1940 Pagina 8

A wealthy woman pressures her son-in-law to give her a grandson until her daughter finally gets pregnant.

German scientist Paul Ehrlich makes remarkable advancements in the field of medical diagnostics with his research in cellular staining with dyes. His...

Serenade represented the return to the screen of international favorite Lillian Harvey after an absence of two years. Based loosely on the life of...

The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the...

This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series of morale-boosting wartime propaganda films. In Home Front, the various WWII-era...

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her...

A murder in a winter sports hotel jolts Inspector Eyck out of his cozy, relaxed holiday mood. He rushes to the scene, where he encounters crime...

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

A young doctor, Dr. Deepak, uses faith cures and is expelled from his profession. After successfully curing a Prince, he becomes a Chief Medical...

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

The stooges get jobs as census takers and wind up in a fancy mansion looking for people to survey. Moe and Larry are recruited to join a bridge game,...

"Marquesona" is the central figure of a flamenco picture made by a group of artists who go from town to town with their art. Rosa, "marquesona's"...

An amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from his past shows up with evidence that in "the old...

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...

A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.

Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to...

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...

A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

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...

A newsreel from the 1940s depicts the Lima festival of San Juan de los Amancaes, a time when Lima revives one of its most vibrant celebrations. The...

A newsreel from the 1940s depicts the inauguration of Melgar Stadium in Arequipa, the capital city of the state. The event features a packed stadium...

A newsreel from the 1940s about the education children receive at this school, founded in 1930, mentions that there are 87 kindergartens throughout...

A newsreel from the 1940s depicts the festivities honoring the Virgin of Alta Gracia in Ayaviri, one of the most important cities in the Puno region...

A newsreel from the 1940s depicting the city of Ayacucho.

A newsreel from the 1940s shows the Hawaiian Club practicing a new water sport brought by Carlos Dogny Larco, in the style of Hawaii and Waikiki, on...

A newsreel from the 1940s documenting a school gymnastics exhibition at the National Stadium, organized by the Directorate of Physical Education and...

A newsreel from the 1940s about the journey through the Peruvian jungle shows the Marañón River with motorboats and the engineers' camp...

A newsreel from the 1940s documenting the inauguration of several galleries at the National Palace of Photographic Art, an art museum created and...

Newsreel from the 1940s about the expansion of the Agricultural College No. 27 of San Juan de Matucana as part of the country's industrialization...

A 1940s cinematic newsreel about the immigration of 600 people from Europe to Peru, ready for productive work, who will become part of the national...