1942 Movies

Rejected by the Army, Marines, and Navy for being too young, the punks help the war effort by throwing fruit at a shop they believe is owned by a Japanese American. Confronted by him wielding a short sword, the gang decides to come back at night but find him d...

A sweet young woman who's an orphan is enamored with fairy tales and fantasizes that she's really a princess to help her through her life in the orphanage.

Frontier justice is meted out over the suspicious death of a railroad mogul's partner.

Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret formula at an explosives plant, stars Edmond O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Lovett, June Havoc, Eddie Foy Jr., Marion Martin and Mary Gordon.

A financially strapped college is transformed into a summer holiday resort with the help of music and radio stars.

Fred Scott tries to keep crooks from taking over his sister's orphanage.

An army sergeant recognises a young recruit as the man responsible for his brother's death, while attempting a robbery.

This Vitaphone 'Technicolor Special' (production number 8001) portrays the behind-the-scenes story of the building and manning, during World War Two, of the USA supply line to Victory against the Axis powers, the United States Merchant Marine service.

Home guardsman Albert is in love with Dolly, the daughter of commanding officer Diehard. In order to impress her, Albert tries to raise funds to buy a tank for the village.

Hayden enters the lawless prairie in which criminals have had free reign to manipulate the innocent settlers.

Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young man returns to find Soledad married to Antonio. However, the woman continues to be in love with him and both are determined to consummate their love.

The United States Air Force Band and Chorus perform on the National Mall in Washington.

A workers' strike provokes acts of violence and the death of the town's commissioner.

The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relate the story to America's involvement in World War II. Edited from Angel of Mercy (1939)