Movies 1939 Page 46

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

Samson Brown is a lazy and shiftless husband who lets his wife, Hannah, support the family. He is constantly insulted and annoyed by his in-laws, who...

Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, silent, 2:20 or 5 min. Initially intended to be screened with and synchronized to Dizzy...

Americans come west to California in the hope of peaceful settlement. Roy and Gabby sing a duet: "We're Not Coming Out Tonight." Other songs include...

Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America....

12-year old Armand-Pierre embraces the French Revolution and leaves his mother to enlist in the army.

The Man From Montreal is a lively entry in Universal's Richard Arlen-Andy Devine action series. The stars are cast respectively as fur trapper Clark...

At the eve of the Second World War, one of the first color films, which has preserved for us the parade of athletes, which was held in 1939 on Red...

A farmer 'hires' two scarecrows to guard his crops against voracious attacks by a flock of crows. During one attack a baby crow falls into the...

Hilaria's engaged to be married, but her fiance may never come back from Texas. Meanwhile, two local guys are interested in her...

Taking advantage of their uncle's absence, André and Raymond Rafet organize a New Year's Eve party at his house. The uncle returns unexpectedly,...

A doctor and nurse solve an operating-room murder.

A humble bartender wants his minister brother to recognize the son of the woman he abandoned years ago.

Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.

David, an engineer hired to build an industrial facility, arrives at a traditional hacienda on the Peruvian coast. He travels with Ramón, a...

Lora Travers is the only person who can identify hold-up artist The Llano Kid and she persuades him to come in on a scheme with her and her husband....

The tale about small forest bird Chiora.

Documentary film from a National Socialist perspective on the political development of Germany from the First World War to the annexation of Austria...

First Filipino screen adaptation of Jose Rizal's popular novel.

This Traveltalks entry visits the Golden Gate International Exposition. Sponsored by 11 western states of the United States and 28 foreign countries,...

Dean, the Bailey County Judge, is the boss of both the outlaw gang and the Sheriff. He utilizes the state law that Sheriffs have jurisdiction only in...

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...

Two young jazz guitarists cannot believe their luck when they are stumbled upon by their idol while playing in the park.

The title is a take-off parody of Billy Rose's Aquacade, and uses an ordinary bathtub, as aqua-mice perform aquatic ballet dances and water sports....

A federal agent infiltrates an outlaw band that's taken over a western town.

Ray Whitley and the other Lazy-Q cowhands break up a plot by Mrs. Pierce (Isabel La Mal) to have her son George (Sid Coke) acquire the ranch by...

A re-telling of the classic nursery rhyme "The House That Jack Built".

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

Leon Errol moves because of a rent increase.

The Rancho Grande, a Texas border ranch, cut off from the law by a gang of outlaws led by ranch foreman Bart Lane, who is holding the elderly owner...

Adventure film directed by Carlos Véjar hijo.

A Princess is born in the castle, but through an accident the Destiny fairy fails to get an her invitation and is furious. She tricks the little...

When the marshal of the lawless town of Prairie Port is shot while trying to break up a saloon brawl, Wild Bill Saunders, a newcomer to town, rides...

A tramp falls asleep in the woods. He dreams of observing a range of insects that stand in for various human characteristics in terms of their...

“The rolling hills and wide valleys of the Chilterns are given centre stage in this travelogue aimed at boosting tourism … The Chilterns are a...

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...

A boxing kangaroo tricks his son into fighting when he really wants to be a violinist.

Promotion reel/souvenir of a 1939-40 meeting of the Paramount Studios sales people.

At Betty Boop's Auto Hospital, the cars are treated for various humanlike ailments.

The setting is a radio broadcast with the bands of Leith Stevens and Bobby Hackett, the vocals by Nan Wynn and a speciality bit by Leslie Lieber...