One Hundred Crowded Years: The Centennial Film

One Hundred Crowded Years: The Centennial Film 1940

6.00

The coming of the pioneer settlers in 1840, the making of their first homes in the wilderness, the gold rushes, the Maori wars, the stage coaches, and the frontier towns. A panorama of New Zealand's history and scenery, its social and economic development from 1840 to 1940.

1940

The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner 1940

8.08

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

1940

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice 1940

6.90

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to eldest daughter Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with second-eldest Elizabeth.

1940

The Siege of the Alcazar

The Siege of the Alcazar 1940

5.70

Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.

1940

The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Man Returns 1940

6.26

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.

1940

...som en tjuv om natten

...som en tjuv om natten 1940

5.00

Nisse Ekberg is in San Francisco but wants to get back to Sweden. Not being a completely honest guy, he gets mixed up with another person and assumes his identity.

1940

Pinocchio

Pinocchio 1940

7.10

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.

1940

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Dr. Kildare's Crisis 1940

6.00

Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.

1940

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again 1940

1

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.

1940

'Til We Meet Again

'Til We Meet Again 1940

6.20

Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.

1940

Alibaba

Alibaba 1940

1

Alibaba and his son live with his rich brother Cassim. Marjina and Zabba are two slave girls who work in Cassim's house. Marjina and Alibaba's son are in love with each other. Zabba is in league with Abu Hassan, who is the leader of a gang of thieves. Alibaba finds the thieves' cave and becomes rich. Cassim's wife insists on knowing the secret of his wealth. Alibaba tells his brother who goes to the cave but can't get out as he's forgotten the magic words. The thieves find him and kill him. Alibaba and his son find Cassim and bring his body back for burial. Abu Hassan finds out about Alibaba, and the story then follows Marjina outsmarting Abu Hassan, who comes visiting as a merchant.

1940

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound 1940

6.70

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.

1940

Land of the Six Guns

Land of the Six Guns 1940

1

Stone is buying cattle cheap in Mexico, bringing them across the border without paying duty, changing the brands, and then selling them at a big profit. When Jack Rowan arrives and buys the vacant ranch used by Stone to sneak his cattle across the border, Stone sends out his henchmen to finish Jack off.

1940

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case 1940

4.60

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

1940

Dr. Christian Meets the Women

Dr. Christian Meets the Women 1940

5.00

A conman arrives in town trying to sell his miracle methods of weight loss to the ladies. It's left to the good Dr. Christian to expose this fake and save a fragile young girl's life.

1940

Busman's Honeymoon

Busman's Honeymoon 1940

5.80

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be found, until they start to clean the house and find his body in the cellar...

1940

Dr. O'Dowd

Dr. O'Dowd 1940

1

Marius O'Dowd is an Irish doctor who is often drunk. His daughter-in-law Moira dies during a serious operation which O'Dowd is performing. Although O'Dowd is not to blame, his son Stephen suspects that Moira died due to O'Dowd operating while under the influence of alcohol, and accuses him of criminal neglect.

1940