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The Saint Strikes Back (1939)

The Saint Strikes Back (1939)

The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
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64

Suave private detective Simon “The Saint” Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The 400 Million (1939)

The 400 Million (1939)

The 400 Million (1939)
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54

The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the Japanese. Civilian refugees…

Genre: Documentary
Secret Service of the Air (1939)

Secret Service of the Air (1939)

Secret Service of the Air (1939)
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61

Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.

Stagecoach (1939)

Stagecoach (1939)

Stagecoach (1939)
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96

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

Beauty for the Asking (1939)

Beauty for the Asking (1939)

Beauty for the Asking (1939)
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68

Denny breaks up with his fiancĂ©e Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939)

Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939)

Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939)
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68

While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew’s daughter Nancy intercepts a real story…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Three Musketeers (1939)

The Three Musketeers (1939)

The Three Musketeers (1939)
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73

A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D’Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king’s Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of…

You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
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76

Fields plays “Larsen E. Whipsnade”, the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure,…

Genre: Comedy
Fast and Loose (1939)

Fast and Loose (1939)

Fast and Loose (1939)
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80

The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Wings of the Navy (1939)

Wings of the Navy (1939)

Wings of the Navy (1939)
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89

Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.

Genre: Drama, Romance
One Third of a Nation (1939)

One Third of a Nation (1939)

One Third of a Nation (1939)
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79

The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building’s residents.

Genre: Drama
Made for Each Other (1939)

Made for Each Other (1939)

Made for Each Other (1939)
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92

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
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91

Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.

Honolulu (1939)

Honolulu (1939)

Honolulu (1939)
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84

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
St. Louis Blues (1939)

St. Louis Blues (1939)

St. Louis Blues (1939)
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92

A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the skipper of a showboat who befriends her, and they make plans…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Society Dog Show (1939)

Society Dog Show (1939)

Society Dog Show (1939)
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8

Rather out of place at a swanky dog show, Pluto flirts with Fifi, a dainty Pekingese. The judge orders Mickey and Pluto to leave, but when a fire breaks out…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Fisherman’s Wharf (1939)

Fisherman’s Wharf (1939)

Fisherman’s Wharf (1939)
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72

Carlo Roma and his foster-son, Toma, and their friend Beppo, are living a happy fisherman’s life in San Francisco until Carlo’s widowed sister-in-law, Stella, shows up with her brat-son, Rudolph,…

Idiot’s Delight (1939)

Idiot’s Delight (1939)

Idiot’s Delight (1939)
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107

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Gunga Din (1939)

Gunga Din (1939)

Gunga Din (1939)
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117

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of…

Blackwell’s Island (1939)

Blackwell’s Island (1939)

Blackwell’s Island (1939)
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71

A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
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92

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Ride ’em Cowgirl (1939)

Ride ’em Cowgirl (1939)

Ride ’em Cowgirl (1939)
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53

Sandy Doyle, gambler and political chief of a small border town, seeks to gain control of the Bar-X Ranch, owned by Rufe Rickson, to further some undercover activities of his…

Genre: Music, Western
Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)

Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)

Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)
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71

A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr….

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)
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231

Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal’s 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack…

Genre: Action, Adventure
Jesse James (1939)

Jesse James (1939)

Jesse James (1939)
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106

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

Genre: Western
The Great Man Votes (1939)

The Great Man Votes (1939)

The Great Man Votes (1939)
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72

In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Son of Frankenstein (1939)

Son of Frankenstein (1939)

Son of Frankenstein (1939)
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99

One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father’s ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor…

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)
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65

After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler) try to solve a murder in a Midwestern town.

Genre: Mystery
Devil’s Island (1939)

Devil’s Island (1939)

Devil’s Island (1939)
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62

A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant’s daughter.

Genre: Drama
The Phantom Creeps (1939)

The Phantom Creeps (1939)

The Phantom Creeps (1939)
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265

A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.

Stand Up and Fight (1939)

Stand Up and Fight (1939)

Stand Up and Fight (1939)
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97

A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

Lying Lips (1939)

Lying Lips (1939)

Lying Lips (1939)
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68

A nightclub singer refuses to “date” customers, so she’s framed for the murder of her aunt.

Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery
The Bronze Buckaroo (1939)

The Bronze Buckaroo (1939)

The Bronze Buckaroo (1939)
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58

Bob Blake and his sidekick and four singing cowboys arrive at the Jackson ranch where Bob learns from Betty Jackson that her brother, Joe, is missing. Bob investigates and learns…

Genre: Western
Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)

Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)

Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
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67

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.

Sweethearts (1938)

Sweethearts (1938)

Sweethearts (1938)
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114

The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Kentucky (1938)

Kentucky (1938)

Kentucky (1938)
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96

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Topper Takes a Trip (1938)

Topper Takes a Trip (1938)

Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
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80

Mrs. Topper’s friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes…

There’s That Woman Again (1938)

There’s That Woman Again (1938)

There’s That Woman Again (1938)
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72

Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill’s prying wife wants to…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Dawn Patrol (1938)

The Dawn Patrol (1938)

The Dawn Patrol (1938)
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103

In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled “crates” and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Thanks for Everything (1938)

Thanks for Everything (1938)

Thanks for Everything (1938)
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70

Promoters set up a radio contest to find the average American and use him to sell food, apparel and notions. All goes well until he falls in love with a…

Genre: Comedy