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Shooting High
DVD

Shooting High

Drama, Music, Western
Shooting High
Release date: 1940
Cast: Gene Autry, Frank M. Thomas, Marjorie Weaver, Jane Withers
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead. The grandson's friend scares the actor out of town so he can get the role....
The Well-Digger's Daughter
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The Well-Digger's Daughter

Comedy, Drama
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release date: 1940
Cast: Josette Day, Raimu, Fernandel, Line Noro
A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant....
Brother Orchid
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Brother Orchid

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Brother Orchid
Release date: 1940
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp
After retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and his former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk....
The Shop Around the Corner
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The Shop Around the Corner

Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Shop Around the Corner
Release date: 1940
Cast: James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal....
The House Across the Bay
DVD

The House Across the Bay

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
The House Across the Bay
Release date: 1940
Cast: Joan Bennett, George Raft, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Pidgeon
An aircraft designer falls for the wife of an imprisoned gangster. All goes well until the gangster gets out of prison....
Rhythm on the River
DVD

Rhythm on the River

Comedy, Musical
Rhythm on the River
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Release date: 1940
Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone, Oscar Levant
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. After both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to...
Northwest Passage
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Northwest Passage

Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Northwest Passage
Release date: 1940
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ruth Hussey, Robert Young, Walter Brennan
Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies...
Road to Singapore
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Road to Singapore

Comedy, Musical, Romance
Road to Singapore
Release date: 1940
Cast: Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope, Charles Coburn
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet a beautiful dancer....
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
DVD

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Release date: 1940
Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Walter Abel, Joan Valerie
After gumshoe Mike Shayne is hired by a millionaire to keep his daughter away from gambling and gamblers, he becomes involved in the murder of a racetrack tout....
Strange Cargo
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Strange Cargo

Adventure, Drama, Romance
Strange Cargo
Release date: 1940
Cast: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure....
The Mortal Storm
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The Mortal Storm

Drama
The Mortal Storm
Genre: Drama
Release date: 1940
Cast: James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young, Frank Morgan
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small Alpine village until they are divided by the Nazi regime and a friend is caught up in the turmoil....
Black Friday
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Black Friday

Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Black Friday
Release date: 1940
Cast: Boris Karloff, Anne Nagel, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges
Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality....
Fantasia
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Fantasia

Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Fantasia
Release date: 1940
Cast: Corey Burton
A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists....
Spook Sport
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Spook Sport

Animation, Short, Horror
Spook Sport
Release date: 1940
It's midnight in a graveyard. The principal characters are spooks, ghosts, bats, bells, and, at the end, the sun. As midnight strikes, 12 spooks appear, then two ghosts. They move to the music's...
Gallant Sons
DVD

Gallant Sons

Mystery
Gallant Sons
Genre: Mystery
Release date: 1940
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Gail Patrick, Gene Reynolds
Two childhood friends have a falling out because of their fathers' occupations, which lands one father in jail....
High School
DVD

High School

Action, Comedy, Music, Romance
High School
Release date: 1940
Cast: Joe Brown Jr., Jane Withers, Paul Harvey, Lloyd Corrigan
Texas ranch teenager (Withers) is sent to school in San Antonio where she learns to get along with others....
Baptism of Fire
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Baptism of Fire

Documentary
Baptism of Fire
Release date: 1940
Cast: Herbert Gernot
Poland was the first victim of Hitler's infamous blitzkrieg. Combat cameramen filmed the aerial campaign, showing preparations for flight, massive air strikes, and the appalling devastation wreaked...
The Westerner
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The Westerner

Drama, Western
The Westerner
Genre: Drama, Western
Release date: 1940
Cast: Gary Cooper, Doris Davenport, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders....
Flowing Gold
DVD

Flowing Gold

Adventure, Drama, Romance
Flowing Gold
Release date: 1940
Cast: Frances Farmer, John Garfield, Pat O'Brien, Raymond Walburn
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck....
Strike Up the Band
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Strike Up the Band

Comedy, Musical, Romance
Strike Up the Band
Release date: 1940
Cast: Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, June Preisser, Paul Whiteman
A high school boy wants to become a professional musician, and his gal pal wants to become his best girl. They work together staging big band shows with fellow classmates in the hopes of hitting it...