1940 Movie Trailers
Watch official trailers for movies released in 1940.
Most Popular 1940 Trailers
Total trailers found: 1,860
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Trailer (1940)
31 July 1940
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Brigham Young Trailer (1940)
27 September 1940
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City.
Buyer Beware Trailer (1940)
17 August 1940
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
My Little Chickadee Trailer (1940)
09 February 1940
While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold.
Half a Sinner Trailer (1940)
05 April 1940
Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some fashionable new clothes and setting off to find adventure.
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice Trailer (1940)
27 December 1940
Escaping from the law once again, Billy, Fuzzy, and Jeff ride to the ranch of Jeff's uncle only to find another family living their.
Mr. Duck Steps Out Trailer (1940)
07 June 1940
Donald visits the house of his new love interest for their first known date. At first Daisy acts shy and has her back turned to her visitor.
A Dispatch from Reuters Trailer (1940)
19 October 1940
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
The Door with Seven Locks Trailer (1940)
12 October 1940
A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure.
The Milky Way Trailer (1940)
22 June 1940
The three little kittens have lost their mittens and are sent to bed without dinner. From their room, they see the Milky Way and sail up to it, using a basket and helium balloons, passing through some fanciful astronomical bodies, until they reach a Milky Way filled with every conceivable form of milk.
The Last Alarm Trailer (1940)
25 June 1940
A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed battling an arson fire.
A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital Trailer (1940)
23 September 1940
Cary Grant narrates, and appears at the end of, this public service announcement. The Will Rogers Memorial Hospital treats patients with tuberculosis and conducts research to find a cure.
The House of the Seven Gables Trailer (1940)
12 April 1940
In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder.
The Green Hornet Trailer (1940)
08 January 1940
A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
When the Daltons Rode Trailer (1940)
23 August 1940
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company.
Bullet Code Trailer (1940)
12 April 1940
Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the attackers, young Bud Mathews, who in reality has warned Holden of the rustlers' approach.
Blondie Plays Cupid Trailer (1940)
31 October 1940
The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help.
Nutty But Nice Trailer (1940)
14 June 1940
The stooges are singing comedic waiters, enlisted by two doctors to try and cheer up a depressed little girl, whose banker-father has gone missing with $300,000 worth of bonds.
20 Mule Team Trailer (1940)
03 May 1940
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition.
You Nazty Spy! Trailer (1940)
19 January 1940
In this satire of the Nazis the Stooges are wallpaper hangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the King, they decide to make Moe the new ruler as he'll be stupid enough to follow their orders.
The Westerner Trailer (1940)
18 September 1940
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her.
Boom Town Trailer (1940)
30 August 1940
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Trailer (1940)
24 December 1940
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Stranger on the Third Floor Trailer (1940)
16 August 1940
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Road to Singapore Trailer (1940)
22 March 1940
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.
It's a Date Trailer (1940)
22 March 1940
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part.
Donald's Dog Laundry Trailer (1940)
05 April 1940
With a rubber bone as a lure, Donald Duck tries to entice Pluto to try his mechanical dog washer. When the bone gives Pluto trouble, Donald tries a toy cat as a lure only to unexpectedly fall into the washer himself, get scrubbed and then hung out on the line to dry.
Northwest Passage Trailer (1940)
23 February 1940
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War.
The Boys from Syracuse Trailer (1940)
30 July 1940
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio.
There's No Tomorrow Trailer (1940)
22 March 1940
Evelyne, a woman of bourgeois origin, now reduced to dancing in a sleazy nightclub, is reunited with her first love, who has become a successful doctor.
Knute Rockne All American Trailer (1940)
05 October 1940
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Light of Western Stars Trailer (1940)
17 April 1940
Easterner Madeline Hammond buys a ranch not knowing Hayworth is using it to smuggle ammunition across the border.
One Night in the Tropics Trailer (1940)
15 November 1940
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia.
Anne of Windy Poplars Trailer (1940)
28 June 1940
Sentimental drama about an ambitious young teacher who arrives in a small town to take the job of vice-principal.
Third Finger, Left Hand Trailer (1940)
11 October 1940
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues.
Married and in Love Trailer (1940)
19 January 1940
Two married couples become engulfed in a storm of emotional fury when Doctor Leslie Yates runs into writer Doris Wilding, his old college flame, whom he has not seen in ten years.
Murder Over New York Trailer (1940)
13 December 1940
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Trailer (1940)
23 February 1940
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.
Torrent of a Big City Trailer (1940)
13 June 1940
A young yakuza student is led back to the straight and narrow path by his uncle.
Lucky Cisco Kid Trailer (1940)
28 June 1940
Cisco and Gordito arrive to find there is an outlaw operating in the area who is assumed to be the Cisco Kid.
Women in War Trailer (1940)
05 June 1940
A "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an accidental death, and the only way she's able to get out of it is to volunteer--albeit reluctantly--to be a nurse in the war effort.
Trail of the Vigilantes Trailer (1940)
13 December 1940
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
One Man's Law Trailer (1940)
29 June 1940
In this old-time Western from director George Sherman, peaceable cowpoke Jack Summers takes the job of sheriff to help his adopted town in its bid to beat out a nearby settlement for a lucrative railroad contract.
Chad Hanna Trailer (1940)
25 December 1940
Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.
Bone Trouble Trailer (1940)
28 June 1940
Pluto is on the run after stealing a bone from Butch the bulldog and finds refuge in a carnival Hall of Mirrors.
Northward, Ho! Trailer (1940)
10 February 1940
Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.
Fantasia Trailer (1940)
13 November 1940
Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again.
The Heckler Trailer (1940)
16 February 1940
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.
Flight Angels Trailer (1940)
18 May 1940
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing.
Christmas in July Trailer (1940)
25 October 1940
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves.
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? Trailer (1940)
01 November 1940
When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and "friends" fall under suspicion.
Dr. Cyclops Trailer (1940)
09 April 1940
Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.
Adventure in Diamonds Trailer (1940)
08 March 1940
A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) smuggle diamonds out of South Africa.
Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip Trailer (1940)
01 November 1940
Mickey is heading out on vacation from Burbank to Pomona, taking the train. The conductor, Pete, won't let him on with Pluto, so he hides Pluto in his suitcase, and tries to hide him all throughout the trip without much luck.
The Golden Fleecing Trailer (1940)
16 August 1940
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
After Mein Kampf Trailer (1940)
13 September 1940
Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
Brother Rat and a Baby Trailer (1940)
13 January 1940
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
One Crowded Night Trailer (1940)
09 August 1940
The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky motel in the desert.
