Movies 1939 Page 43

A hurdy-gurdy man goes by Betty Boop's house; she wants to buy his monkey, which causes plenty of trouble for Pudgy the Pup.

The hunter at Maxim's, whose family is unaware of the profession, turns around and plans to marry his daughter to a marquis when he recognizes a...

A world famous conductor suffers while leading a mediocre orchestra.

In the most idyllic East Jutland, the corn stands tall and beautiful, while Count Carl Trolle and his family thrive. The daughter Mathilde and the...

The stooges are traveling salesmen stranded in Valeska, a tropical country prone to earthquakes. Having no luck selling fur coats to the natives they...

Norman McLaren's first film with a drawn soundtrack.

The film shows the diverse life in a pond that is under nature conservation (biotope): rare plants and animals form a community. Algae, plankton,...

To dim-bulb accountants find themselves working for a bookie in this comedy. Their jobs and their lives are placed in jeopardy when they accidently...

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.

Charlie Dugan is a quick-thinking boss of a traveling circus playing small towns in Missouri and Kansas.

A nun leaves the monastery and experiences the pain of loving a man.

Tom Allen, an orphan accustomed to waiting in bread lines is awarded a scholarship to the Culver Military Academy. Talked into attending so that he...

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

A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.

Buck Colins heads a group of local ranchers who are trying to prevent the railroad from completing its line through their property. Till now they...

The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.

An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord.

Yesterday’s Newsreel offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people and events...

The automotive glass industry was one of the most competitive industries in America in 1939. Automobile makers were very slow to adopt the much more...

In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they...

The introduction of Lantz's little black-boy character, L'il Eight Ball, finds him going to bed in his small cabin and being visited by a baby ghost....

When football player Tex fletcher arrives home he finds his father missing. Jim Davis has killed the father and learning of Tex's identity.

A strange man checks into a hotel under the name "?", and proceeds to float through the air, run outside the ledges outside and do a high wire...

This short film provides a fanciful account of how Felix Mendelssohn came to compose "The Wedding March".

Lightning Bill Carson and sidekick Magpie are after Burrows, the man that killed a friend of theirs. Burrows is after the Arden ranch and his gang...

A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.

Red Skelton inherits a dude ranch and must live there for six months, far from the bright lights of New York City.

The crusading Dr. Kent tries to convince the district attorney to clean up the local abortion racket and help open a birth control clinic. But when...

The sheep are gazing in a rustic little meadow and their herder falls asleep. The wolf sneaks up, steals his horn and lures the sheep to his place,...

Rhythm and romanticism rules over realism in this recreation of the origins of the rhumba dance

Mr. Jones overhears a doctor prescribe a diet he thinks is for him, but it's really for his dog.

A group of homeless men who reside in a hobo camp make their own musical instruments out of found objects, form a band and audition for a radio...

Porky Pig is tapped for a giant-killing expedition. When the expedition reaches the giant's castle (which is normal sized, requiring the giant to...

A corporate history of the Coca-Cola Company.

Former Texas Ranger Wade Patterson (Starrett) returns to his home town, only to find that the territory is in the grip of cattle rustlers. For a...

A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office....

Walter gets a ham radio for his birthday.

Oil arrives at the Ayrshire end of the Firth of Clyde: this fine documentary tells the story of the process, and of oil’s use to power Scotland’s...