All Films

Bested by a Beard

1940 • 20 min • United States of America

Leon Errol disguises himself as a mystic, in order to fool repo men.

Love on Leave

1940 • 34 min

George and Katherine plan to marry but war breaks out. When he returns on two weeks leave, but has his marriage proposal put down by Katherine, George enters a relationship with another woman.

Atlantic Patrol

1940 • 10 min • Canada

This short documentary about the Canadian seamen who manned Canada's eastern ports during WWII is the first film in the Canada Carries On series. The film depicts the work of the Royal Canadian marines who accompanied convoys of military supplies to the Allied Forces and those who remained on the eastern coast to defend against the Germans.

Porky's Poor Fish

1940 • 7 min • United States of America

Porky Pig owns a fish store and goes out to lunch. After a cat is not having much success with a mouse, he goes into the fish store when Porky is away. When the cat thinks he has the good appetite, the fish go to war against him and drive him out of the store. He is then freaked out by the mouse and shrinks as the mouse grows.

Cantinflas y su prima

1940 • 17 min • Mexico

Cantinflas appears flirting with a lady until her lover arrives. Angry, Cantinflas call the husband causing a number of situations.

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

1940 • 59 min • United States of America

In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. However, he changes his mind when he falls in love with another woman--but he can't stop the man trying to kill him because he doesn't know who he is.

We Are Going to the Olympic Games Too!

1940 • 8 min • Soviet Union

About children's performance at the Amateur Olympiad.

Females Is Fickle

1940 • 6 min • United States of America

Olive Oyl brings her new pet goldfish onto Popeye's ship, but the fish jumps out of its bowl and into the sea. Olive pressures Popeye to go after it.

Dots

1940 • 2 min • Canada

An experimental film in which both sound and visuals were created entirely by Norman McLaren drawing directly upon the film with ordinary pen and ink. The main title is in eight languages. Rereleased with multilingual titles in 1949.

My Pop, My Pop

1940 • 7 min • United States of America

Popeye's 99-year-old father won't admit he's too old to help Popeye build a ship. Popeye tells him to build one side while he builds the other; Pappy's side is a mess. He falls asleep helping hoist the mast. While Pappy sleeps, Popeye rebuilds his side and finishes the above-decks, with a little help from spinach, of course.

Africa Squeaks

1940 • 8 min • United States of America

Porky Pig goes on a safari in Africa, and runs into an assortment of crazy animals, wacky natives and Kay Kyser giving dance lessons in the middle of the jungle.

Prairie Law

1940 • 60 min • United States of America

Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him. Curry then holds a quick election to change the county seat so he can preside at the trial. But Brill gets the Governor to change it back and this leads to the big shootout between Curry's men and Brill and the ranchers.

Harvest Time

1940 • 7 min

A butterfly gets trapped by a spider, but a grasshopper comes to save her.

His Ex Marks the Spot

1940 • 18 min • United States of America

Buster's home life is disrupted when his ex-wife and her boyfriend move in.

A Case of Spring Fever

1940 • 8 min • United States of America

Advertising short for Chevrolet combining live action and animation. The film relates the story of Gilbert Willoughby, who, exasperated by his stubborn boxspring mattress, imprudently wishes for the disappearance of springs. Coily, the animated spring sprite, grants his wish, and Gilbert is bedeviled by once-familar appliances that no longer function. Apolo­gizing to Coily, Gilbert acknowledges the contribution of springs to daily life, especially in the Chevrolet.

Portrait of a Library

1940 • 23 min • United States of America

With no dialogue, the film shows how a public library can be not only a place for quiet reading, but also dynamic information center. Features the librarian and library staff helping patrons, working with children and delivering books to the hospital, and homebound patrons.

The Bear's Tale

1940 • 9 min • United States of America

The Three Bears meets Little Red Riding Hood, told in the style of Tex Avery.

The Spook Speaks

1940 • 18 min • United States of America

A magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.

Men and Dust

1940 • 16 min • United States of America

This labor advocacy film is about diseases plaguing miners in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Sponsored by the Tri-State Survey Committee, "Men and Dust" is a stylistically innovative documentary and a valuable ecological record of landscapes radically transformed by extractive industry.

Blackboard Revue

1940 • 7 min • United States of America

In this episode of A Color Rhapsody, the blackboard drawings come alive, as the characters on screen gather together for class. This Columbia classroom tale features a jungle sequence, musical segment and a story-within-a-story structure, differentiated by the style of the cartoon world and the 'blackboard' world within.

Wild Boar Hunt

1940 • 10 min • United States of America

This short film showcases the skills of Howard Hill, known as the "World's Greatest Archer".

The Foul Ball Player

1940 • 6 min • United States of America

A comic look at prehistoric life. Inept Stone Age characters play baseball.

Cookoo Cavaliers

1940 • 18 min • United States of America

The stooges are three fish peddlers who, looking for a new business opportunity, open a beauty salon south of the border. Their first customers are some chorus girls from a local night club. After the stooges completely ruin the girls' hair, and their manager finds out, the boys must leave on the run.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940

1940 • 23 min • United States of America

Promotional short produced for the opening of the Metro Cinema in Cairo in 1940.