A shy ladies’ companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter. She and Max fall in love, marry and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca, in a boating accident the year before. The […]
Videos released sometime between 1940 - 1949
The Grapes of Wrath - 1940
The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck’s iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. After their drought-ridden farm is seized by the bank, the family — led by just-paroled son Tom — loads up a truck and heads West. On the road, beset by hardships, the Joads meet dozens […]
His Girl Friday - 1940
Hildy Johnson, a reporter for a Chicago newspaper, is getting ready to leave her career and marry a second time, this time to a somewhat bland, though well-meaning, insurance salesman. But not before her sly and charismatic ex-husband and boss Walter Burns (played by Cary Grant) tries every trick up his sleeve to get Hildy […]
Scarlet Street - 1945
When a man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, her venal fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
Great Expectations - 1946
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Drunken Angel - 1948
After a battle with rival criminals, a small-time gangster is treated by an alcoholic doctor in post-war Japan. The doctor diagnoses the young gangster’s tuberculosis, and convinces him to begin treatment for it. The two enjoy an uneasy friendship until the gangster’s former boss is released from prison and seeks to take over his gang […]
Meet John Doe - 1941
A fired reporter who needs money agrees to impersonate a fictional character threatening to commit suicide if society doesn’t change, thus creating a political movement.
And Then There Were None - 1945
Another Whodunit mystery where 10 people are invited for a weekend stay on an island by Mr U. N. Own, although when they arrive he doesn’t seem to be there. After dinner a record is played that reveals everyone among them is a killer in some way or another. Afterwards, 1 by 1, each member of […]
Superman: The Mechanical Monsters - 1941
Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.
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