1940s TV Movie Movies

Prior to the United States' involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the treacherous sabotage leader codenamed The Mask.

NBC adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's play Gaslight

The famous singer János Fehér has lost his voice forever. His secretary, Bokros, and his piano accompanist, Elisabeth, conceal the tragic truth from him. One day, during a car trip, János and his wife come across a miners' party where a young man, Peter, has the same voice as János. Hearing a perfectly similar voice gives John's friends a strange idea.

The truncated feature version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.

An early experimental television broadcast of Dickens's famous novel.

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.

A Christmas Carol was a 1949 syndicated, black and white television special narrated by Vincent Price.

Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise. Not to be confused with the later Hollywood adaptation.

A shrewd ex-prisoner runs a successful antique shop -- until his assistant discovers the collectibles are stolen goods and begins blackmailing him.

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.

Ten people are invited to a summer party on an island oft the Devon coast. They are an extremely varied group from a blustering major to a frigid spinster. The only thing they have in common is that they were each involved in a case of unexpected death. They soon find something very odd about their invitations, and then they start to die, one by one. But who is the murderer and where is he hiding.

In a small town in the countryside, the election of the president of the restaurant trade association is under way. The two rivals, Dénes Kövi, owner of the elegant Korona restaurant, and Antal Bálint, owner of the staid Makkhetes restaurant, are putting all their eggs in the basket for the title. Taking advantage of this situation, Pál Balázs, who has become the manager of his crippled painter friend, has a portrait commissioned with Dénes Kövi.

A brother and a sister who believe Santa is down on his luck this year decide to give Santa a gift in order to help him out.