The Criterion Collection
Criterion | 1940 | 125 min | Not rated | Region A (locked) | May 24, 2011
Chaplin plays two characters in his first full talkie. Adenoid Hynkel, the dictator of Tomania, and a
Jewish barber. The barber recovers from amnesia to discover Hynkel is persecuting all the Jews in his
country. The film...
Lonely woodcarver Geppetto longs for a child, and his wish is partially granted when
the Blue Fairy brings his wooden marionette Pinocchio to life. In order to become a
real boy, Pinocchio must prove himself worthy. He sets...
Fantasia: this ambitious animated epic from Disney studios includes sequences set to music by - amongst others - Bach, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Schubert and Beethoven. Also featured is the famous 'Sorcerer's...
Warner Bros. | 1940-1948 | 284 min | Not rated | Region free
| Oct 25, 2011
A series of theatrical animated cartoon films created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, centering on a never-ending rivalry between a cat (Tom) and a mouse (Jerry) whose chases and battles often...
20th Century Fox | 1940 | 130 min | Not rated | Region free
| Jun 05, 2012
In the troubling times of the Great Depression the Joad family, accompanied by their friend Reverend Jim, migrate from Oklahoma to California in the hopes of finding work in a vineyard and improving their financial condition. But...
Olive Films | 1940 | 94 min | Not rated | Region A (B, C untested) | May 28, 2013
When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air however. ...
Olive Films | 1940 | 80 min | Not rated | Region A (B, C untested) | May 14, 2013
Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town, John Phillips leads the townsfolk in moving to greener pastures in...
Intergroove | 1940 | 105 min | Region A (B, C untested) | Aug 21, 2012
The story of Jeb Stuart, his romance with Kit Carson Holliday, friendship with George Custer and battles against John Brown in the days leading up to the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Blu-ray + DVD
Disney / Buena Vista | 1940 | 120 min | Rated G | Region A (B, C untested) | No Release Date
A series of eight animated musical compositions.
The first movie with a multichannel stereophonic soundtrack, probably the greatest work of art
done in animation.
Lonely woodcarver Geppetto longs for a child, and his wish is partially granted when
the Blue Fairy brings his wooden marionette Pinocchio to life. In order to become a
real boy, Pinocchio must prove himself worthy. He sets...
Warner Bros. | 1940-1948 | 296 min | Not rated | Region A (B, C untested) | No Release Date
A series of theatrical animated cartoon films created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, centering on a never-ending rivalry between a cat (Tom) and a mouse (Jerry) whose chases and battles often...
Columbia Pictures | 1940 | 92 min | Not rated | Region A (B, C untested) | No Release Date
A Howard Hawks screwball comedy. Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is a newspaper editor trying to hang on to his star reporter, Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell), who is also Walter's ex-wife. Hildy is leaving journalism to go off and...
Paramount Pictures | 1940 | 80 min | Region A (B, C untested) | No Release Date
The Marx Brothers come to the rescue in the Wild West when a young man, trying to settle an old family feud so he can marry the girl he loves, runs afoul of crooks.
