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1940s Sequel Movies

Public list by WPS with 42 movies or TV shows/series

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The Bells of St. Mary's(1945)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 6min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 52 votes)

Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements.

The Return of Frank James(1940)

1h 32min | Action, Drama, Western
3.2/5 (with 52 votes)

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

The Ghost of Frankenstein(1942)

2.9/5 (with 60 votes)

Ygor discovers Frankenstein's creation is still alive and brings him to the Doctor's son, Ludwig, for help. Obsessed with restoring the monster to his full potential, Ludwig is unaware that someone has more devious plans for the creature.

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man(1943)

1h 14min | Horror
3.1/5 (with 85 votes)

Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full so tries to find Dr. Frankenstein, in the hopes that the doctor can cure him. Dr. Frankenstein has died; however, his monster is found.

House of Dracula(1945)

2.8/5 (with 49 votes)

A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.

The Curse of the Cat People(1944)

1h 10min | Horror, Drama, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 55 votes)

Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.

Tarzan's New York Adventure(1942)

1h 11min | Action, Adventure
3.3/5 (with 39 votes)

Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York.

Edison, the Man(1940)

1h 47min | History, Drama
3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

The Thin Man Goes Home(1944)

1h 41min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 34 votes)

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein(1948)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 23min | Comedy, Horror
3.6/5 (with 118 votes)

Two hapless freight handlers find themselves encountering Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster and the Wolf Man.

Tarzan and the Amazons(1945)

3.3/5 (with 33 votes)

A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.

House of Frankenstein(1944)

1h 11min | Horror
3.0/5 (with 72 votes)

An evil scientist and a hunchback escape from prison and encounter Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's Monster.

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Topper Returns(1941)

3.2/5 (with 19 votes)

Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Landis), the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.

Tarzan's Secret Treasure(1941)

1h 21min | Action, Adventure
3.0/5 (with 29 votes)

A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold.

Tarzan Triumphs(1943)

1h 16min | Action, Adventure, War
3.1/5 (with 22 votes)

Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle with plans to conquer her people and take their wealth. Tarzan, the isolationist, becomes involved after the Nazis shoot at him and capture Boy: "Now Tarzan make war!".

Batman and Robin(1949)

2.8/5 (with 14 votes)

This 15-chapter serial pits Batman and Robin against The Wizard, who uses a device that allows him to control machinery to hold the city hostage.

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock(1947)

1h 29min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?

The Mummy's Ghost(1944)

1h 1min | Horror, Fantasy
3.1/5 (with 24 votes)

An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka's spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest's greedy desires cause him to lose control of the mummy...

Song of the Thin Man(1947)

1h 26min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 39 votes)

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.

Tarzan's Desert Mystery(1943)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 10min | Action, Adventure
3.0/5 (with 20 votes)

A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they befriend a stranded American lady magician.

The Mummy's Tomb(1942)

3.1/5 (with 22 votes)

A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.

Tarzan and the Huntress(1947)

1h 12min | Adventure
2.8/5 (with 25 votes)

A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial backer and her cruel trail boss to the jungle. After negotiating a quota with the native king, they take more animals than allowed. Tarzan intervenes.

Men of Boys Town(1941)

1h 46min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.

The Jungle Captive(1945)

2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps a nurse in order to have a female blood donor.

What Next, Corporal Hargrove?(1945)

1h 35min | Comedy, War
1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An Army corporal and his con-man sidekick take a shortcut to heroism in World War II France.

Five Little Peppers at Home(1940)

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The second entry in the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the family struggling to keep their copper mine when their elderly business partner becomes ill.

Directed by Charles Barton - With Edith Fellows

Jolson Sings Again(1949)

1h 36min | Drama, Music
3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the spotlight isn't what it used to be. This time Jolson trades in the stage for life in the fast lane: women, horses, travel. It takes the death of Moma Yoelson and World War II to bring Jolson back to earth - and to the stage. Once again teamed with manager Steve Martin, Jolson travels the world entertaining troops everywhere from Alaska to Africa. When he finally collapses from exhaustion it takes young, pretty nurse Ellen Clark to show him there's more to life than "just rushing around".

Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors(1945)

1h 14min | Animation
2.1/5 (with 6 votes)

The first Japanese feature-length animated film. It was directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a propaganda film for the war by the Japanese Naval Ministry. Shochiku Moving Picture Laboratory shot the 74-minute film in 1944 and screened it on April 12, 1945. It is a sequel to Momotarō no Umiwashi, a 37-minute film released in 1943 by the same director. It is black and white. The whole movie also depicts the Japanese "liberation of Asia", as proclaimed by the Government at the time. Seo tried to give dreams to children, as well as to instill the hope for peace, with hidden movie's hints of dreams and hopes, under the appearance of war propaganda.

Directed by Mitsuyo Seo

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College(1949)

1h 23min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time.

The Spider Returns(1941)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.

Directed by James W. Horne - With Warren Hull
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