1939 Movies

This MGM short, part of James A. Fitzpatrick's Traveltalk series, takes the viewer to the capital of British India, Delhi. Visits to mosques and templ...

An all-black cast feature comedy film written, directed by, and starring Eddie Green. Co-star Babe Matthews was married to Green and she was a very po...

On his return from Paris, where he had co-founded the “musical artists” group, Charles Blanc-Gatti set up Colorfilm in Montreux (1938),where he produ...

Biography of Isabel Flores de Oliva (1586-1617),Santa Rosa de Lima. Saint Rose of Lima was born as a personal project of investor Andrés A. Chocano....

The footage from the Chronicle of besieged Warsaw is probably the work of the cameramen of the so-called 'Starzyński team'. The fragmentary images of...

The Maharaja of Banispur (Sardar Mansoor) sends his most trusted official, Surendra (Navinchandra),to Bombay to retrieve a large amount of money from...

The young Count Józio Lulewicz leads a rather dissolute life. At the urging of his friends, he tries to extract a large sum of money from his mother t...

The animals are having a swimming contest. The strutting Saru-kun, a monkey, can't bring himself to admit that he cannot swim, and puts himself forwar...

Early documentary on the island of Bali.

A story set in 1811 as Napoleon is gathering men to go into war. Eight years later Father Joseph Mohr sits down and writes the song Silent Night.

This ethnographic short portrays a ritual using masks among the Dogon people of Mali.

A Secrets of Life short.

The Prowler is terrorizing Willits, California residents gobbling up all the milk and pep in the town. But fortunately Willits News Reporter Scoop Ken...

Documentary on communication routes for the French section of the New York International Exposition of 1939

With James A. Fitzpatrick, we visit Sydney's Bondi Beach, the Blue Hills and onto Melbourne.

A two headed giant of indeterminate national origin is killed by a dog hired to do the job.