Films and TV Shows from the 1940s

poster The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
(3.6/5)
9mn - Animation, Comedy
Three fun-loving, morally upright brothers from Pimento University save their fiancée from their fiendish archenemy, Dan Backslide, in this spoof of the Rover Boys.
poster Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
(3.2/5)
65mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious radio voice predicts acts of sabotage across wartime Britain, and Sherlock Holmes must unmask the traitor behind the broadcasts.
poster Fox Pop
Fox Pop
(3.2/5)
8mn - Animation
Hearing that silver foxes are all the rage in high society, a fox paints himself silver and gets himself trapped, finding out too late that it's only his fur anyone is interested in.
poster Berlin Correspondent
Berlin Correspondent
(3.1/5)
70mn - Thriller, Drama
An American journalist in Nazi Germany risks his life to smuggle out vital information and the daughter of a prominent scientist, all while being hunted by the Gestapo.
poster Foney Fables
Foney Fables
(3.1/5)
8mn - Animation, Comedy
A series of fractured fairy tales vignettes.
poster The Ducktators
The Ducktators
8mn - Comedy, Animation
A wartime cartoon that satirizes the Axis leaders of World War II.
poster Wacky Blackout
Wacky Blackout
8mn - Animation, Comedy
We tour a farm and see how the various animals are preparing for the war, in a series of blackout skits.
poster Bombs Over Burma
Bombs Over Burma
(2.6/5)
62mn - Action
Lin Ying, a Chinese schoolteacher and secret agent, joins a caravan along the Burma Road during World War II. Among her fellow travelers hides an enemy spy plotting to sabotage vital Allied supply convoys…
poster Let's Get Tough
Let's Get Tough
(2.6/5)
62mn - Comedy
Rejected by the Army, Marines, and Navy for being too young, the punks help the war effort by throwing fruit at a shop they believe is owned by a Japanese American. Confronted by him wielding a short swor…
poster Saps in Chaps
Saps in Chaps
(2.6/5)
7mn - Animation, Western, Comedy
Sagebrush site gags depicting wild west wackiness.
poster Lady Gangster
Lady Gangster
(2.9/5)
62mn - Crime, Drama
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 bank robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it a…
poster Any Bonds Today?
Any Bonds Today?
2mn - History, Animation, Comedy
Bugs Bunny and friends sing and dance to promote the sale of government bonds in support of the war effort.
poster The Dawn Express
The Dawn Express
62mn - Action, Adventure, War
When Nazi spies target two American chemists working on a top-secret formula to enhance aviation gasoline, one scientist must board the dangerous Dawn Express plane with enemy agents to protect his friend…
poster The Bulleteers
The Bulleteers
8mn - Action, Animation, Fantasy
Criminals with rocket powered car loot and extort the city, and only Superman can stop them!
poster Bullet Scars
Bullet Scars
(3.1/5)
59mn - Crime, Drama
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be ki…
poster The Arctic Giant
The Arctic Giant
9mn - Fantasy, Animation, Action
A frozen Tyrannosaurus rex is found and put on display in a museum, but when he thaws out and revives, Superman has to stop his rampage!
poster Penn of Pennsylvania
Penn of Pennsylvania
(2.8/5)
78mn - History, Drama
A young English aristocrat abandons privilege and defies his father to join the persecuted Quakers, ultimately founding Pennsylvania as a revolutionary colony based on religious tolerance and peaceful coe…
poster Man from Cheyenne
Man from Cheyenne
(3.3/5)
60mn - Western
Roy Rogers investigates a cattle-rustling ring that uses a flirtatious woman to steal ranchers’ secrets, forcing him to unravel a dangerous web of deception in his hometown.
poster Freckles Comes Home
Freckles Comes Home
63mn - Comedy
Freckles Winslow comes home from college and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane, falls in love with a confidence man.
poster Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
(3.5/5)
52mn - Documentary, History, War
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of com…