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Girls Under 21 (1940) USAGenre: Adventure / Crime / Drama / Romance Release: 1940 November, 15 Frances Ryan, living high-and-free-wheeling life as the wife of gangster "Smiley" Ryan, spends some time behind bars as a result of her husband's activities, and, when she gets out, realizes she has been a bad example for her kid-sister, Jennie White, and five of her friends... IMDb: 6.1/10 (61) |
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Melody Ranch (1940) USA Genre: Romance / Western Release: 1940 November, 15 With a longer-than-usual running time on original release and booked and sold to the exhibitors as a "Gene Autry Special", which Republic would do once a year from 1939-1943 in order to get higher rates than on the regular series entries from the theatre owners... IMDb: 6.2/10 (269) |
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Street of Memories (1940) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1940 November, 15 Joe Mason suffers from amnesia and is often in trouble... IMDb: 7.2/10 (9) |
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Gallant Sons (1940) USA Genre: Mystery Release: 1940 November, 15 Two childhood friends have a falling out because of their fathers' occupations, which lands one father in jail... IMDb: 6.3/10 (304) |
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Youth Will Be Served (1940) USA Genre: Musical Release: 1940 November, 14 A southern girl (Withers) goes to a National Youth Association camp after her father goes to jail for bootlegging... IMDb: 6.6/10 (23) |
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Fantasia (1940) USA Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Music Release: 1940 November, 13 A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music... IMDb: 7.7/10 (105 494) |
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Li'l Abner (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Romance Release: 1940 November, 9 The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA... IMDb: 4.9/10 (525) |
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Life with Henry (1940) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1940 November, 9 Young Henry Aldrich would like to "win" a trip to Alaska... IMDb: 6.1/10 (55) |
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Bitter Sweet (1940) USA Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance Release: 1940 November, 8 A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet... IMDb: 5.8/10 (571) |
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Sandy Gets Her Man (1940) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1940 November, 8 IMDb: 5.5/10 (52) |
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Brat geroya (1940) Soviet UnionGenre: Family Release: 1940 November, 7 IMDb: 5.6/10 (17) |
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Kersantilleko Emma nauroi? (1940) FinlandGenre: Comedy Release: 1940 November, 3 IMDb: 4.6/10 (53) |
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Saloon Bar (1940) United KingdomGenre: Thriller Release: 1940 November, 2 Against a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie Graves is not guilty of the murder for which he is due to be hanged in the morning... IMDb: 6.9/10 (297) |
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Dva týdny stestí (1940) CzechoslovakiaGenre: Comedy Release: 1940 November, 1 IMDb: 6.7/10 (45) |
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Escape (1940) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1940 October, 31 1938: A young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp... IMDb: 7.0/10 (1 189) |
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Blondie Plays Cupid (1940) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1940 October, 31 The Bumsteads decide to spend a safe and sane 4th of July at Aunt Hannah's ranch... IMDb: 6.5/10 (406) |
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East of the River (1940) USA Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1940 October, 28 Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl... IMDb: 6.3/10 (478) |
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Goin' Fishin' (1940) USA Genre: Family / Comedy / Short Release: 1940 October, 26 The Our Gang kids are preparing for a fishing trip they are taking tomorrow morning, specifically by bus to the East River... IMDb: 7.1/10 (100) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Hullabaloo (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance Release: 1940 October, 25 A movie musical centered on merrily befogged Merriweather's attempt to restore his career - all while reuniting with his three children (from his three alimony-seeking ex-wives!)... IMDb: 5.9/10 (264) |
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Christmas in July (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Romance Release: 1940 October, 24 When the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams... IMDb: 7.4/10 (4 396) |
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The Old Swimmin' Hole (1940) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1940 October, 21 Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott... IMDb: 5.4/10 (67) |
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I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940) USA Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Music / Romance Release: 1940 October, 19 Tod Lowell (Dennis O'Keefe)),the quarterback of the Southern State football team has been dating Betty Gilbert (Constance Moore), a nightclub singer... IMDb: 6.4/10 (31) |
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The Flag of Humanity (1940) USA Genre: Short / Biography / Drama / History Release: 1940 October, 19 This 'Special' entry from the Warners/Vitaphone shorts department is less the story of Clara Barton, and more the story of how Clara Barton helped further the cause of the Red Cross in the United States and the birth of the American Red Cross... IMDb: 6.0/10 (149) |
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A Dispatch from Reuter's (1940) USA Genre: Biography / Drama Release: 1940 October, 19 Starting with a small flock of carrier pigeons, nineteenth-century entrepreneur Julius Reuter turns his small company into Europe's most respected news wire service... IMDb: 6.9/10 (681) |
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Slightly Tempted (1940) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1940 October, 18 Confidence man Professor Ross is released from prison and goes to Knoxton where his daughter Judy lives... IMDb: 5.4/10 (23) |
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Nobody's Children (1940) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1940 October, 17 IMDb: 5.6/10 (66) |
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The Quarterback (1940) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1940 October, 16 A comedy featuring Morris in a dual role as a dumb twin and a star football player, and a smart twin studying to become a college professor... IMDb: 7.0/10 (24) |
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The Great Dictator (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Drama / War Release: 1940 October, 15 Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime... IMDb: 8.4/10 (240 562) |
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The Thief of Bagdad (1940) United Kingdom Genre: Adventure / Family / Fantasy Release: 1940 October, 14 Prince Ahmad is the rightful King of Bagdad but he has been blinded and cast out as a beggar... IMDb: 7.4/10 (14 791) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Prehistoric Porky (1940) USA Genre: Animation / Family / Short / Comedy Release: 1940 October, 12 Caveman Porky awakens and plays with his pet Rover, a massive dinosaur... IMDb: 6.8/10 (358) |
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Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1940 October, 11 A single magazine editor pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues, but complications ensue when she meets a potential suitor... IMDb: 6.8/10 (1 151) |
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The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1940 October, 11 The widow Wilson and her daughter Mary have just learned that old Mr... IMDb: 5.4/10 (372) |
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Cherokee Strip (1940) USA Genre: Western Release: 1940 October, 11 Texans Dave Lovell and Coy Barrett sign a truce to stop the feuding between their families... IMDb: 6.4/10 (65) |
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A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) USA Genre: Musical Release: 1940 October, 11 IMDb: 6.4/10 (44) |
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Barnyard Follies (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Music Release: 1940 October, 6 IMDb: 6.0/10 (55) |
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Waldo's Last Stand (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Family / Short Release: 1940 October, 5 The "Our Gang" kids stage a talent show in their clubhouse... IMDb: 5.7/10 (137) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Knute Rockne All American (1940) USA Genre: Biography / Drama / Sport Release: 1940 October, 4 Lars Rockne and his family, including his four year old son Knute, emigrate to Chicago in 1892 from their native Norway... IMDb: 6.7/10 (2 182) |
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Junior G-Men (1940) USA Genre: Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / War Release: 1940 October, 1 A gang of street kids work with the FBI in their attempt to find and rescue their leader's father, a scientist who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group... IMDb: 6.5/10 (114) |
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Diamond Frontier (1940) USA Genre: Adventure Release: 1940 October, 1 Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa... IMDb: 5.4/10 (33) |
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The Ape (1940) USA Genre: Horror Release: 1940 September, 30 Dr... IMDb: 4.6/10 (2 101) |
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Dreaming Out Loud (1940) USA Genre: Comedy Release: 1940 September, 30 Lum and Abner's General Store in Pineridge, Arkansas is the center of the town, where everybody hangs around... IMDb: 6.3/10 (135) |
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Strike Up the Band (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance Release: 1940 September, 27 Jimmy Connors and his girl-friend want to take part in Paul Whiteman's high-school bands contest, but they cannot afford the fare... IMDb: 6.8/10 (1 957) |
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Spring Parade (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Musical Release: 1940 September, 27 In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman(Deanna Durbin) attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller... IMDb: 6.7/10 (389) |
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That Gang of Mine (1940) USA Genre: Comedy / Drama / Sport Release: 1940 September, 23 A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey... IMDb: 5.8/10 (567) |
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City for Conquest (1940) USA Genre: Drama / Music / Sport Release: 1940 September, 21 Cagney is Danny Kenny, a truck driver who enters "the fight game" and Sheridan plays his girlfriend, Peggy... IMDb: 7.2/10 (2 751) |
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I'm Still Alive (1940) USA Genre: Romance / Drama Release: 1940 September, 20 Steve Bennett is a daring flier who crashes airplanes for the movies, and Laura Marley is an arrogant movie star who is transformed into a very likable woman when she marries Steve... IMDb: 5.8/10 (98) |
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Rangers of Fortune (1940) USA Genre: Western Release: 1940 September, 19 Two cowboys come to the aid of a town under the control of a crooked boss... IMDb: 6.2/10 (68) |
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The Howards of Virginia (1940) USA Genre: Drama / History / War Release: 1940 September, 19 Cary Grant, Honorary Academy Award winner (1970), stars in THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA, a stirring romantic adventure set during the turbulent years of Colonial and Revolutionary America... IMDb: 6.0/10 (1 283) |
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Prosím, pane profesore! (1940) Czechoslovakia Release: 1940 September, 13 IMDb: 5.4/10 (12) |
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Baron Prásil (1940) Czechoslovakia Genre: Comedy Release: 1940 September, 13 IMDb: 7.6/10 (173) |
