Movies 1942 Page 43

Quality was seldom a consideration in the low-budget films of PRC Studios; still, the company was a welcome harbor for character actors who aspired...

Several servicemen relax by playing pool, but one of them goes off to spend time with a prostitute. Later, he discovers he has contracted a venereal...

During World War I, the engineer Torben returns home with secret papers from the Russian Tsar to the courier Tuschin, Torben's best friend. Tuschin...

A commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the October Revolution, Native Land praises the early years of the Soviet Union.

Three fun-loving, morally upright brothers from Pimento University save their fiancée from their fiendish archenemy, Dan Backslide, in this spoof of...

Ex-con Red O'Hara becomes a daring news photographer, but his old ways get him into trouble.

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short explores the origins of various customs such as shaking hands, kissing, and why ships are christened.

Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the...

An army sergeant recognises a young recruit as the man responsible for his brother's death, while attempting a robbery.

Cora Pearl, a demi-mondaine under the Second Empire, falls in love with a legitimist while she is the mistress of Jérôme Bonaparte, the cousin of...

During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on most things, with one major difference: one has...

The popular trapeze artist Cora is married to the respected doctor Frank Crippen. After a party at the Crippens' house, Cora suddenly disappears....

In the Asturian town of Llanes (Spain), we see an example of Asturian pilgrimage, with the festival dedicated to San Roque.

Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called "Chiffon", who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. A...

Excerpts from the 1942 propaganda film Toyo no Gaika celebrate the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. Named after a Japanese...

Elmer Fudd narrates a newsreel (but is never seen on screen). A hunter uses a moose call; the moose answers back using a hunter call. A barber uses...

Already a famous painter, Rembrandt van Rijn is commissioned to paint the Amsterdam Archers' Guild. But upon completion of the picture, the men of...

Nurses parachuting.

An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured. He must be...

A young farmer, with a magnificent voice, receives an invitation to present himself in a large theater to be hired. In reality, the invitation is a...

Henery Hawk, making his first appearance in a Warner Bros. cartoon, refuses the worm his mother is trying to feed him; after all, he's a chicken...

The life and career of the founder of Southwestern Ontario, Thomas Talbot.

A wire-walker, on the run from gangsters, masquerades as a soldier at her boyfriend's Army base.

A corrupt official at San Quentin tries to frame an innocent guard for several murders within the prison.

A colourful look at the various types of gardens to be found in England, a nation of gardeners.

The story of direct air reinforcements from Great Britain to their overseas fronts.

Two deputies go undercover to save a scientist from his evil kidnappers.

The Our Gang kids are running their own newspaper and are determined to get the big scoop by learning the identity of the leader of a gang of bullies.

1942 Soundies musical short starring The King's Men

Tito comes on his trusty burro to sing to his lady love, but his singing and guitar playing disturbs the girl's father. The father peppers Tito with...

Radio star Gene Autry returns to his home town of Gold Ridge at the request of his old friend Pop Harrison, who wants Gene to straighten out his...

Paddy, an Irish singer heads to America to seek fame and fortune. Once successful he returns home to search for his family. He joins The Royal Air...

The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

A Terrytoons cartoon.

The Gay Parisian is an American short film produced in 1941 by Warner Bros. featuring the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and directed by Jean Negulesco....

The stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the emperor orders all beautiful red-headed women to be...

Home guardsman Albert is in love with Dolly, the daughter of commanding officer Diehard. In order to impress her, Albert tries to raise funds to buy...

Spinach turns Popeye into a one-man US Navy during a World War II battle against the Allies' adversaries.

Filmed at Liverpool Military Camp (Sydney) in 1941 and using national servicemen to lend authenticity, this film was one of many sponsored by the...