All Films

The Egg Collector

1940 • 8 min • United States of America

Sniffles the mouse and his friend the Bookworm decide to take up egg collecting, setting their eyes upon a big barn owl egg. But the big barn owl isn't so hot on the idea.

Pluto's Dream House

1940 • 7 min • United States of America

Mickey Mouse is about to build Pluto a doghouse when Pluto digs up a magic lamp that speaks in African-American vernacular. It offers to do Mickey's bidding. Mickey's first wish is for a doghouse, and the lamp starts to work. Suddenly, the saw, the planer, the paintbrush and other tools magically begin working on their own. Finally, Pluto has a magnificent doghouse. The second wish? Mickey asks the lamp to give Pluto a bath. But things go awry when Pluto accidentally breaks Mickey's radio. Now, all sorts of conflicting messages are coming out of the speaker as Mickey tries to fix it. The lamp assumes all the voices are Mickey's and obeys them. Pluto is rolled with a rolling pin, punched with boxing gloves, frozen in an aspic and is about to be cut into thin slices before all ends happily.

The Second Mr. Bush

1940 • 56 min • United Kingdom

A writer poses as a shy butterfly hunter who has a fortune and is hounded by reporters.

The Trail Blazers

1940 • 58 min • United States of America

The Mesquiteers try to help their friend build a telegraph system, despite a local newspaper editor's attempts to sabotage the lines.

Papa Gets the Bird

1940 • 8 min

Papa Bear attempts to give the family's pet canary a bath. An MGM Bear Family cartoon.

Alice in Movieland

1940 • 22 min • United States of America

Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.

Law and Order

1940 • 57 min • United States of America

Bill Ralston arrives in town planning to settle down but quickly gets caught up in the fight between the townspeople and Poe Daggett and his gang. He takes the job of town Marshal and soon brings law and order. When Daggetts men ambush him he kills Poe's brother. Poe then kills Bill's friend Brant and this leads to the showdown.

After Mein Kampf

1940 • 55 min • United Kingdom

Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

Busy Bakers

1940 • 7 min • United States of America

Struggling Swenson the baker is down to just a single donut remaining in his shop. He gives it to a blind beggar who stops in. Later, while Swenson sleeps, the kindness is rewarded.

Beyond the Sacramento

1940 • 58 min • United States of America

Bill learns that two con artists whom he has dealt with before are at it again. Crowley runs the saloon and Adams the newspaper and both are highly respected by the citizens. Bill has foiled their schemes before and this time he breaks into Adams' office and resets the front page saying Adams confesses to be a fugitive criminal. When the citizens gather the next day the end is near for Adams and Crowley.

South to Karanga

1940 • 59 min • United States of America

Passengers bound to an African copper mine at Karanga to quell a native uprising encounter murder and intrigue on the way.

Onion Pacific

1940 • 6 min • United States of America

The race is on for the state railroad franchise: It's the Onion Pacific - Popeye - against the Sudden Pacific - Bluto. There's a kiss from Olive for the winner!

Put-Put Troubles

1940 • 7 min • United States of America

Pluto is towing Donald and his little motorboat. He gets distracted by a frog, and the boat runs away from him. While Pluto is struggling with the frog, and then a bedspring, Donald struggles with the outboard motor, which either won't start, or when it does start, has a tendency to destroy the boat.

A Gander at Mother Goose

1940 • 6 min • United States of America

A series of gags based on Mother Goose stories.

Cinderella's Feller

1940 • 19 min

The story of Cinderella with a children's cast.

A Christmas Carol

1940 • 5 min • United States of America

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive, Zurich.

The Old South

1940 • 11 min • United States of America

This short film chronicles the importance of cotton to the economy and culture of America's Old South.

City of Chance

1940 • 56 min • United States of America

Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.

West of Carson City

1940 • 56 min • United States of America

West of Carson City remains one of the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns. The story takes place in a gold-rush community where the locals are taken to the cleaners by duplicitious Eastern gamblers. When it becomes obvious that the local constabulary has been "bought off" by the crooks, two-fisted cattleman Jim Bannister (Brown) swings into action. The film's highlight is an outsized fistic brawl between the hero and secondary villain Breed, played by loose-limbed comic stuntman Frank Mitchell.

Wacky Wildlife

1940 • 8 min • United States of America

A series of typical Avery spot gags set around wild animals. A dainty deer drinks very loudly and rudely from a lake. A pack rat swaps an egg and an acorn, then back again ("monotonous, isn't it?"). A flock of ducks lands; a hunter fires; all fly away, except one with an American flag on its side. A termite fells a huge tree. A cowboy rides across the plains well, no; his horse is just slapping itself with the front hooves. A coyote calls to its mate: "Hey, Mabel, come on out!" A camel contradicts the narrator, saying he's really thirsty. A wild dog: because of the lumbermen.

Riders from Nowhere

1940 • 47 min • United States of America

In this his penultimate Western for low-budget company Monogram, Jack Randall assumed the identity of a murdered ranger in order to track down the killer. In the lawless town of Brimstone, the citizens are being terrorized by a gang of outlaws headed by Mason (Tom London), who, to no one's great surprise, proves to be the very man Jack has been trailing. The relieved citizens of Brimstone then elect Jack as their new sheriff. The murdered ranger's sister was played by Margaret Roach, the 19-year-old daughter of comedy producer Hal Roach. Ernie Adams replaced Glenn Strange (who himself had replaced Frank Yaconelli) as Randall's sidekick, Manny, and Nelson McDowell provided additional comic relief as Brimstone's busy undertaker.

Soak the Old

1940 • 20 min • United States of America

Part of MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, this short film focuses on crimes revolving around pension scams.

The Nutcracker Suite

1940 • 14 min

The Sugar Plum Fairies are fairies responsible for controlling the change of the seasons. To accomplish this, there are different types of them to control over each season. Every time one type is done, they fall to sleep to allow the next group of fairies to perform their task in the seasonal cycle.

Half a Sinner

1940 • 59 min • United States of America

Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some fashionable new clothes and setting off to find adventure. Her new confidence inspires her to flirt with complete strangers. When a gangster pays unwanted attention to her, she ditches him and flees in his car, unaware that there's a corpse in the trunk. Determined to recover his stolen vehicle and its incriminating cargo the thug begins a desperate search. The oblivious Anne, comes to the aid of a handsome young man stranded alongside the road. Romance blooms, but after the shocking discovery of a body in the trunk, the duo decide they have to return the car. The bickering lovebirds head back to the city, trailed by both the angry gangster and the cops, who suspect the young couple of murder.