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Down Argentine WayDown Argentine Way (1940)
Dir. Irving Cummings
Feat. Carmen Miranda, Betty Grable, Don Ameche
A horse mad New Yorker falls for a wealthy Argentine rancher in this fluffy technicolor musical, but is hampered by the longstanding feud between…
Go WestGo West (1940)
Dir. Edward Buzzell
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
The Marx Brothers take on the Wild West armed with one–liners and slapstick in a tamer effort from their later career.
Great Dictator, TheGreat Dictator, The (1940) Aro Favourite
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin
Chaplin's brave subversive satire in which he inhabits dual roles – dictator Adenoid Hynkle and a Jewish barber – for his damning…
Great McGinty, TheGreat McGinty, The (1940)
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest
The first film with Preston Sturges both scripting and directing, this dryly wacky political satire sees cynical bum Donlevy rise to the heights of…
His Girl FridayHis Girl Friday (1940) Recommended
Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
Fast and furious comic masterpiece with Cary Grant in superb form as a conniving newspaper editor whose ex–wife happens to be his star…
It All Came TrueIt All Came True (1940)
Dir. Lewis Seiler
Feat. Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart
A crime–themed musical comedy featuring Ann Sheridan as a fledgling singer in her first starring role as well as Humphrey Bogart as a fugitive…
Let George Do It!Let George Do It! (1940)
Dir. Marcel Varnel
Feat. George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh
Ealing Studios comedy sees George Formby star as a ukulele player who unwittingly takes the wrong boat and finds himself mistaken for a British…
Little Nellie KellyLittle Nellie Kelly (1940)
Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Judy Garland, George Murphy
Filmed version of the hit Broadway musical comedy from 1922 about Irish–American immigrants starring Judy Garland, who was fresh to…
My Favourite WifeMy Favourite Wife (1940)
Dir. Garson Kanin
Feat. Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott
Witty marital mixup comedy with the seven–years–shipwrecked Irene Dunne returning home to discover husband Cary Grant about to embark on…
My Little ChickadeeMy Little Chickadee (1940)
Dir. Edward Cline
Feat. Mae West, W.C. Fields
Mae West and W.C. Fields profitably co–exist in this formula story of marital shenanigans in the Wild West, garlanded with lunatic gags, dirty…

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