February 1: Russian forces launch a major assault on Finnish troops occupying the Karelian Isthmus.
February 2: Vsevolod Meyerhold is executed in the Soviet Union on charges of treason and espionage. He is cleared of all charges 15 years later in the first waves of de-Stalinization
February 7: RKO release Walt Disney's second full-length animated film, Pinocchio.
February 10: Tom and Jerry make their debut in Puss Gets the Boot. However it is not until 1941 that their current names are adopted.
February 16: The British destroyer HMS Cossack (F03) pursues the German tanker Altmark into the neutral waters of Jossingfjord in southwestern Norway and frees the 290 British seamen held aboard.
February 22: In Tibet, province of Ando, 4-year-old Tenzin Gyatso is proclaimed the tulku (rebirth) of the fourteenth Dalai Lama.
February 27: Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
February 29: Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award. (source: Wikipedia)
Captain Midnight 235 - Mysterious Voice 10 - After a Good Nights Sleep - Surprise ! | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Patsy's brother Steve returns to the Mexican desert to rescue Capt. Midnight and his friends. The end of the Mexican adventure. |
Speed Gibson 162 - Octopus Packs up Death Ray Machine | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The attack of the gorillas! |
Screen Guild Theater 42 - I Met Him in Paris | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas. A light love triangle comedy about an American damsel's first trip to Paris, and the two lads out to win her hand. |
The Shadow 185 - The Return of Carnation Charlie | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A killer returns from the grave to enact his revenge. |
Captain Midnight 236 - Mysterious Voice 11 - On Their Way to See Chuck | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Chuck Ramsey has disappeared! |
Captain Midnight 237 - Mysterious Voice 12 - Captain & Patsy Discuss Chuck's Disappearance | |||||||||||||
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Description: | On the trail of the missing Chuck Ramsey. He has been captured by Ivan Shark! |
Captain Midnight 238 - Mysterious Voice 13 - Chuck Last Seen with Mysterious Stranger | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Clues to the disappearance of Chuck Ramsey ... a flashback helps to explain. |
Speed Gibson 163 - Everyone Escapes Gorilla Attack | |||||||||||||
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Description: | While The Octopus escapes into the Sahara, the Secret Police make monkeys of themselves ... literally! |
Screen Guild Theater 43 - Single Crossing | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Myrna Loy, Jimmy Stewart, Oscar Bradley and His Orchestra. An ocean cruise comedy/romance. James Stewart gives a fine performance as he substitutes for William Powell, who was originally scheduled to perform. |
The Shadow 186 - Death is an Art | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A mad scientist promises to make a despairing artist the most successful sculptor in the world. |
Adventures of Superman 1 - Baby from Krypton | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Superman helps the U.S. Navy battle, "The Shark." Clark Kent is working for "Paris White" of "The Daily Flash!" Clark is ordered to Newport News, Virginia to find, "The Shark." Superman listens to "The Shark" from outside his submarine (a "Y-Boat"). |
Captain Midnight 239 - Mysterious Voice 14 - What Did Chuck Do? | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Chuck Ramsey is under arrest! |
Lux Radio Theater 250 - The Sidewalks of London | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A drama of the buskers (sidewalk performers) of London. Stars: Charles Laughton & Elsa Lanchester. Charles Laughton reads "The Gettysburgh Address" after the story, in honor of Lincoln's birthday. |
Adventures of Superman 2 - Clark Kent, Mild-Mannered Reporter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Superman flies with Commander Richards to prevent "The Shark" from sabotaging the launching of the first "Y-Boat." Can Superman stop the bomb from going off? |
Captain Midnight 240 - Mysterious Voice 15 - Chuck Arrested by Government Man | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Chuck is captured by Ivan Shark! |
Adventures of Superman 3 - Keno's Landslide | |||||||||||||
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Description: | "The Wolf" and Keno Carter (his henchman) try to de-rail "The Limited" by dynamiting a landslide onto the tracks. |
Captain Midnight 241 - Mysterious Voice 16 - Chuck & Frank Land to Investigate Strange Plane | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Chuck is spirited away by Ivan Shark! |
Speed Gibson 164 - All Are Caught in Jungle Storm | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The haunted jungle hut! |
Screen Guild Theater 44 - Next Time We Live | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: James Cagney, Olivia De Havilland, Jeffrey Lynn. A foreign correspondent and a Broadway actress find their marriage growing further apart, despite their great love. |
Adventures of Superman 4 - Clark Kent-Captured by the Wolf | |||||||||||||
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Description: | "The Wolf" threatens to make "The Silver Clipper" disappear and then captures Clark Kent! |
Captain Midnight 242 - Mysterious Voice 17 - Plans to Search For Chuck | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Chuck's travels are traced up to the time of his disappearance ... into the clutches of Ivan Shark! |
Lux Radio Theater 251 - Made for Each Other | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A melodrama about a young lawyer, his wife, his sickly baby, and his disappearing mother. Stars: Carole Lombard & Fred MacMurray. The story was produced subsequently on The Lux Radio Theatre on December 17, 1945. |
The Aldrich Family 1940-02-20 - 34) Pigeon Coops | |||||||||||||
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Adventures of Superman 5 - Clark Kent - Imprisoned | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Clark is captured, but Superman escapes and frees the crew of the locomotive. |
Captain Midnight 243 - Mysterious Voice 18 - Imprisoned in Shark's Plane | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Capt. Midnight has landed at the field where Chuck was held prisoner by Ivan Shark. |
The Green Hornet 1940-02-21 - Advice for a Price - aka Insurance Racket | |||||||||||||
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Adventures of Superman 6 - Menace to the Silver Clipper | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Superman saves "The Silver Clipper" as bullets bounce off him! The end of the adventure of "The Wolf." Who is "The Yellow Mask?" |
Captain Midnight 244 - Mysterious Voice 19 - A Smugglers Shack | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Captain Midnight arrives at Ivan Shark's secret landing strip ... but where is everybody? A plane crashes! |
Ripley's Believe It or Not 1940-02-23 - 91) Live from Marineland | |||||||||||||
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Speed Gibson 165 - John Buchanan Found in Hut | |||||||||||||
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Description: | John Buchanan has been discovered at last! |
Screen Guild Theater 45 - Blind Alley | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Calleia, Leatrice Joy, Isabel Jewell. A psychologist being held prisoner by a hunted killer uses his knowledge of the mind as a weapon against the criminal. |
Adventures of Superman 7 - Dr. Dahlgren's Atomic Beam Machine | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Professor Dahlgren's atomic beam has been stolen by "The Yellow Mask," who plans to blow up the Daily Planet Building. Clark Kent meets Lois Lane for the first time. This being the first appearance of "Rolly" Bester on the show, it should be noted that she was, ... |
Captain Midnight 245 - Mysterious Voice 20 - Capt Believes No-one in Charge of Chuck's Plane | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Fiendish Ivan Shark plans to use Chuck as a weapon against Capt. Midnight! |
Lux Radio Theater 252 - Swing High, Swing Low | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A romance set in Panama about the ride up and the slide down to obscurity once again. Stars: Rudy Vallee & Virginia Bruce. An announcement is made that Rudy Vallee will be starting a new series on March 7th ("Vallee Varieties"). The story was produced on The Lux Radio ... |
The Aldrich Family 1940-02-27 - 35) Carrier Pigeons | |||||||||||||
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Adventures of Superman 8 - Atomic Fuel Cylinders Stolen | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Dr. Dahlgren's Atomic Beam fuel cylinders have been stolen by, "The Yellow Mask." |
Captain Midnight 246 - Mysterious Voice 21 - Chuck Learns Sharks Sinister Plan | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Ivan Shark is landing ... but where? Will he finally get Capt. Midnight off his trail? |