1939

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An Hour for Lunch
6.2

An Hour for Lunch

Mar. 17, 1939

An Hour for Lunch

Benchley shows how to budget one’s time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned.
Hoagy Carmichael
5.6

Hoagy Carmichael

May. 05, 1939

Hoagy Carmichael

Short musical subject featuring the work of composer Hoagy Carmichael performed by him and featuring Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra, as well as ...
Artie Shaw’s Class in Swing
6.4

Artie Shaw’s Class in Swing

This film is less a typical musical short and more like an educational film. It consists of a narrator describing the music, composition and ...
Love on Tap
4.8

Love on Tap

Mar. 18, 1939

Love on Tap

In this musical short, a man tries to woo the manager of a dance troupe.
Shipyard Sally
6.4

Shipyard Sally

Sep. 30, 1939

Shipyard Sally

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 ...
Remember the Night
7.6

Remember the Night

Jan. 19, 1940

Remember the Night

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn’t have to spend ...
Raffles
6.4

Raffles

Nov. 11, 1939

Raffles

Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling ...
Four Flights to Love
6.7

Four Flights to Love

Oct. 27, 1939

Four Flights to Love

In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker’s assistant. Pierre has a ...
The Outsider
5.7

The Outsider

Jan. 30, 1939

The Outsider

A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon – and falls in love with her in the process.
Invisible Stripes
6.7

Invisible Stripes

Dec. 30, 1939

Invisible Stripes

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
6

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

An orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the child and also finds the child’s real mother.
British Intelligence
6.1

British Intelligence

Nov. 10, 1939

British Intelligence

During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official ...
Zenobia
6

Zenobia

Apr. 21, 1939

Zenobia

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter’s upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
7.8

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that ...
Young Mr. Lincoln
7.5

Young Mr. Lincoln

Jun. 09, 1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his ...
You Can’t Get Away with Murder
6.3

You Can’t Get Away with Murder

Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie’s sister Madge’s ...
You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man
6.9

You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man

Fields plays “Larsen E. Whipsnade”, the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling ...
Wyoming Outlaw
5.8

Wyoming Outlaw

Jun. 27, 1939

Wyoming Outlaw

Will Parker has been destroyed by a local politician and now must steal to feed his family. He steals a steer from the Three Mesquiteers.
Wuthering Heights
7.5

Wuthering Heights

Apr. 07, 1939

Wuthering Heights

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ...
The Women
7.7

The Women

Sep. 01, 1939

The Women

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
The Wizard of Oz
8.1

The Wizard of Oz

Aug. 15, 1939

The Wizard of Oz

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 ...
Wise Quacks
6.6

Wise Quacks

Aug. 04, 1939

Wise Quacks

Mr. (and Mrs.!) Daffy Duck are expecting four ducklings; Daffy plays the nervous father, and Porky drops by to offer congratulations. Soon, a ...
Wings of the Navy
6

Wings of the Navy

Feb. 11, 1939

Wings of the Navy

Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can ...
When Tomorrow Comes
6.7

When Tomorrow Comes

Aug. 11, 1939

When Tomorrow Comes

A famous concert pianist unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness falls in love with a waitress.
Union Pacific
7

Union Pacific

May. 05, 1939

Union Pacific

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But ...
Trouble Brewing
6.3

Trouble Brewing

Mar. 01, 1939

Trouble Brewing

Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. ...
Tower of London
6.6

Tower of London

Nov. 17, 1939

Tower of London

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the ...
Three Texas Steers
5.4

Three Texas Steers

May. 12, 1939

Three Texas Steers

Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she’s never visited, but for sentimental reasons won’t sell to Mike Abbott. Her ...
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
6.8

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another’s ...
The Three Musketeers
5.9

The Three Musketeers

Feb. 17, 1939

The Three Musketeers

A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D’Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king’s Musketeers. ...