1939 Movies

An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.

Some try to travel around the world with a time constraint, but Lavarède has to perform an even harder task than Phineas Fogg. His assignment is to go...

A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until the dissolution of the union in 1905. The year is 1885...

The first of four films in the "Five Little Peppers" series, based on Margaret Sinclair's popular book, about a widowed mother and her five children....

Three students from Saint-Cyr are sent to Syria to fight the rebels in the desert.

The adventures of a sailor from Mexico to a lagoon in the Pacific ocean, and the meeting with a lonely girl.

Piccolo Hotel (aka Small Hotel) uses the titular establishment to weave together a vast tapestry of subplots, a la Grand Hotel. The guests include a d...

This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices.

A woman tries to annul her daughter's marriage by making her boyfriend believe that he is the real father of her daughter.

Picking up where 1938's My Childhood left off, the story covers the years in Gorki's life when the future writer was on his own, looking for a purpose...

Comedy about a little girl who's uncle makes her an ice skating star, only to take all of her money.

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight...

Two journalists, Carlos and Lola, investigate the murder of a young woman whose body appeared with her heart torn out, in what seems to be a human sac...

The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want John as he was the only one with the combination. Clint...

After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.

The citizens of Bugville attend the grand opening of a new night spot, Nick's Coffee Pot. The villain (a spider) kidnaps the waitress heroine (a bug)...

An ex-con vows vengeance on the newspaper responsible for putting him behind bars, but has a change of heart when another racketeer threatens to bring...

In the midst of the Civil War, Lassiter has a plan to get control of California. Working out of St. Joseph, he plans to send forged messages to the tr...

Chip of the Flying U was Johnny Mack Brown's first western entry for 1940. Brown essays the title role of Chip Bennett, foreman of the Flying U ranch....