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
Phantom Of Chinatown - 1940
Dr. John Benton is murdered while giving a lecture about a recent archaeological dig where he uncovered an ancient Chinese scroll. Detective James Lee Wong (this time played by Keye Luke) is on the scene to find the killer and solve the mystery of why the scroll is worth killing over. I think I read […]
That Gang Of Mine - 1940
An East Side Kids movie where one of them dreams of becoming a jockey and gets an unlikely chance from a poor old man. He wants to be a jockey, yet he’s afraid of speed and is overweight. How does he fix his problem? This movie has something that, although is pretty (unfortunately) common in […]
Doomed To Die - 1940
A million and a half dollars in bonds were taken from one of Cyrus P. Wentworth’s ships before it was mysteriously sunk and, shortly afterward, Wentworth was found murdered. Wentworth was kicking out his daughter’s fiance, Dick Flemming, at the time of his death and Dick is arrested as the primary suspect, but reporter Bobbie Logan […]
The Fatal Hour - 1940
Detective James Wong is hired by Captain Street to help find the killer of Dan O’Grady. Mr. Wong does find the killer along with a large smuggling operation, but not until more people needlessly die. I do love these movies, but I also have to wonder how detective Wong gets such a great reputation. Usually the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Midnight Limited - 1940
The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train “The Midnight Limited” and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on his trail. But the Phantom strikes three more times and adds murder to his list. Val decides to use himself as bait, […]
Looney Tunes – Ghost Wanted - 1940
An inexperienced ghost tries out for a job haunting a house. Instead, he is terrorized by the interviewer.


























































































