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Edison the Man (1940) starring Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson

Edison the Man

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Edison the Man (1940) starring Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson

Edison the Man – A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, starring Spencer Tracy. It’s the story of Edison, starting as a young man, beginning his career, through the fight to bring electric lighting to New York City.

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Rebecca (1940), starring Sir Lawrence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Rebecca

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Rebecca (1940), starring Sir Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Synopsis of Rebecca

Rebecca – A British gentleman’s innocent bride grapples with intrusive reminders of his deceased wife.

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The Ape (1940) starring Boris Karloff

The Ape

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The Ape (1940) starring Boris Karloff

The Ape is an unusual horror film. It has a kindly doctor (Boris Karloff), who’s working on a cure for polio. So, that’s good, although his cure requires human spinal fluid. He has a strong affection for Frances Clifford, suffering from polio. The audience never finds out why, but that’s okay. Then, a circus gorilla escapes. A rather vicious gorilla, that’s terrorizes the townspeople. And it breaks into the doctor’s home!

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Blondie on a Budget (1940) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Rita Hayworth

Blondie on a Budget

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Buy from Amazon In Blondie on a Budget, Dagwood wants to join a trout club, but there’s no money in the budget. Blondie wants a new fur coat, but they can’t afford that either. Then Dagwood’s beautiful former girlfriend shows up …

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You'll Find Out (1940), starring Kay Kyser, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre

You’ll Find Out

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You’ll Find Out (1940), starring Kay Kyser, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre

Synopsis of You’ll Find Out

In You’ll Find Out, famous band leader Kay Kyser and his group go to a scary old mansion where they encounter a ghostly seance, a murder plot, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre! It’s spooky fun for all in this ultra rare classic from 1940!

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Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) starring Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, Elisha Cook Jr.

Stranger on the Third Floor

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Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) starring Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, Elisha Cook Jr.

In The Stranger on the Third Floor, an aspiring journalist testifies that he saw a young man at the scene of a brutal killing. The man is sentenced to death. The journalist worries that he’s responsible for the death of an innocent man. He begins his own investigation with his girlfriend. But they soon find themselves threatened by a mysterious stranger …

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The Ghost Breakers (1940), starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Willie Best

The Ghost Breakers

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The Ghost Breakers (1940), starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Willie Best

The Ghost Breakers is a very funny comedy with Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.  Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard, The Great Dictator) inherits her family’s ancestral home, located on a small island off Cuba.  And, despite warnings and death threats, decides to take possession of the ‘haunted’ castle. Radio broadcaster Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope) joins her.  He’s fleeing New York with his butler, Alex (Willie Best). Once on the island the threesome enter the eerie castle …

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