Cavalleria rusticana

Cavalleria rusticana 1939

1

This film was not based on the famous one-act opera of Pietro Mascagni but rather on the original story by the Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga. It's the story of Santuzza, her love Turiddu, and his passion for the married Lola that leads to his death in a duel when Lola's husband Alfio exacts satisfaction.

1939

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz 1939

7.59

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

1939

First Offenders

First Offenders 1939

1

A crusading and reform-minded District Attorney gives up his position in order to open establish a farm that gives juvenile delinquents and first-offenders a place to straighten out their lives before they reach the point of no return. He meets much resistance from various segments of the law and the citizens.

1939

Texas Stampede

Texas Stampede 1939

1

Sheep raisers, resentful of old injuries from the cattlemen, bar the way to water when dry ranges force the cattle ranchers to drive their herds into the lowlands.

1939

Sensationsprozess Casilla

Sensationsprozess Casilla 1939

1

They meet on the plane from Dakar to Casablanca: the well-known American defense lawyer Vandegrift, his daughter Jessie and the arrested Peter Roland, who allegedly kidnapped and murdered the famous film child Binnie Casilla in Stockford in 1928. Vandegrift, convinced of Roland's innocence, decides to represent the man at his upcoming sensational trial. But just as public opinion is increasingly questioning Roland's guilt, he testifies under pressure from prosecutor Adams. Now only Binnie herself can save the young man, but the search for her has so far been in vain...

1939

Shipyard Sally

Shipyard Sally 1939

5.00

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.

1939

Chasing Danger

Chasing Danger 1939

6.00

When American newsreel cameraman stationed in Paris is sent to cover an Arab rebellion he finds a financier presumed dead but actually fomenting desert warfare.

1939

Corsican Brothers

Corsican Brothers 1939

1

Siamese twins, separated at birth, maintain a psychic knowledge of each other's dire fates.

1939

Dora Nelson

Dora Nelson 1939

5.50

A humble girl looks so much like a capricious movie star that she gets to replace her both on the set and in her private life.

1939

Doce mujeres

Doce mujeres 1939

1

The film follows a group of young girls in a boarding school.

1939

To Help the Lady of the House

To Help the Lady of the House 1939

5.10

Ingrid Eriksson, a social worker, decides to find out something about the problems facing housemaids and gets herself a job as one at the home of John Willman's family. John's son, Åke, falls in love with her and numerous complications arise before the course of true love runs smoothly.

1939

Flaming Lead

Flaming Lead 1939

4.00

Cowhand Ken Clark is stranded in Chicago, and temporarily takes a job as a sharp-shooter entertainer in a night club, with the intention of getting enough money together to get back to his beloved Arizona. Frank Gordon, while drunk, is about to be rolled by the club bouncer, but Ken interferes and earns Clark's gratitude. Gordon gets a telegram from Kay Burke, the daughter of his partner in Arizona, notifying him that her father, Jim Burke, has been killed by rustlers.The ranch has a U.S. Army contract to furnish horses, but she sees little hope of being able to make good because the stock is being rustled, and she asks Gordon for his help.

1939

On Trial

On Trial 1939

5.50

An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified.

1939

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind 1939

7.92

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

1939

Imputato, alzatevi!

Imputato, alzatevi! 1939

8.30

Cipriano Duval is an Italian who has emigrated to Paris, where he works in a pediatric clinic as a nurse.

1939