Stolen Paradise (1940)

AKA:
Adolescence

Synopsis:
"This lurid B-movie centers around a troubled young teen (Leon Janney) who is studying for the priesthood when he finds himself falling for his sexy new stepsister (Eleanor Hunt), leading to a downward spiral of inner anguish and despair. ~ Sandra Bencic, Rovi " -- From Rotten Tomatoes

Starring:
Leon Janney
Eleanor Hunt
Esther Muir

Director: Louis J. Gasnier

Azad (1940)

Starring:
Leela Chitnis
Ashok Kumar
Hansa Wadkar
Rama Shukul
Mumtaz Ali
Nazir Bedi
Arun
Ramchandra Pal
D.V. Surve

Director: N.R. Acharya

Remember the Night (1940)

Synopsis:
Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He gets the trial postponed because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmastime. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love.

Gaslight (1940)

Synopsis:
Twenty years ago, old Mrs. Barlow was killed in her home at 12, Pimlico Square for her priceless rubies. The murderer searched the whole house without finding them, then disappeared. The house has been empty since then, but now Paul and Bella Mallen move into the apartment. Bella Mallen suffers from forgetfulness and nervousness - at least that is what her husband tells her. An elderly horse wrangler, B.G. Rough worked as a policeman twenty years ago and still remembers the unsolved case. He notices that Mr. Mallen looks just like Louis Barre, Mrs. Barlow's nephew. And why does Mr. Mallen so mysteriously leave every night just to go into the apartment next door.

Starring:
Anton Walbrook
Diana Wynyard
Frank Pettingell

The Blue Bird (1940)

Synopsis:
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past, present, and future to locate the Blue Bird of Happiness. To accompany them, the fairy magically transforms their dog Tylo, cat Tylette (played by Gale Sondergaard), and lantern ("Light") (played by Helen Ericson) into human form. The children have a number of adventures including a visit with their (deceased) grandparents in the Land of the Past, a stay in The Land of Luxury, an attack by angry trees and lightning which results in a forest fire, a meeting with Father Time, and, in the Land of Tomorrow, populated by unborn children, a meeting with Abraham Lincoln as a young boy (he prophesies "they will destroy me"), and a meeting with their future sister. The dream journey makes the previously unhappy and selfish Mytyl awake as a kinder and gentler girl who has learned to appreciate all the comforts and joys of her home and family.

Azad (1940)

Synopsis:
Ashok Kumar turns wants to marry his servant against the wishes of the society. Everyone turns against him including his best friend.

Feldzug In Polen (1940)

About:

The first blitzkrieg, Hitler's invasion of Poland, is traced in this original Nazi propaganda film from 1940.

Convoy (1940)

Synopsis:
Lt. Cranford lives the life of a playboy sportsman until the outbreak of war when he joins the Royal Navy and is assigned to convoy protection duties. The convoy is a part of the vital supply chain that is all that is allowing Britain to fight off the Nazi threat. A German battleship targets the convoy protection ships and a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.

Night Train to Munich (1940)

Synopsis:
As a result of the imminent threat of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Nazi troops, Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), the inventor of a new technique for armor-plating artillery, escapes to England while his daughter Anna (Margaret Lockwood) is captured and sent to a concentration camp. Although she escapes from the camp and rejoins her father, the Nazis kidnap the Czech pair and take them back to Germany.

Starring:
Rex Harrison
Margaret Lockwood
Paul Heinreid
Basil Radford

The Great Dictator (1940)

Synopsis:
This is a satire of Nazi Germany released in the midst of the Second World War with a little bit of The Prince & The Pauper thrown in for good measure. Considered by many as one of Chaplin's finest work, please judge for yourself.

Starring:
Charlie Chaplin

Director: Charlie Chaplin