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A list of American films released in 1940. American film production was concentrated in Hollywood and was dominated by the eight Major film studios MGM, Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, RKO, Columbia, Universal and United Artists. Other significant production and distribution companies included Republic, Monogram and PRC.
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A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) – biographical drama film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name [1] [2]; Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) – biographical historical drama film depicting the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States [3]
This is a list of crime films released in the 1940s. Title Director Cast Country Notes 1940: The Bank Dick: Edward F. Cline: W. C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel:
As the decade began, Europe was at war and the U.S. was supporting the allies. The first World War II film to win Best Picture was "Mrs. Miniver" (1941), an American production set in England ...
Thousands of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s. The actor Humphrey Bogart made his most renowned films in this decade. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life and Orson Welles's Citizen Kane were released. Citizen Kane made use of matte paintings, miniatures and optical printing techniques. [1] The film noir genre was ...
1940: 20 Mule Team: Richard Thorpe: Wallace Beery, Anne Baxter, Leo Carrillo: United States: mining Western Adventures of Red Ryder: William Witney: Don "Red" Barry, Noah Beery Sr. Red Ryder serial Western Arizona: Wesley Ruggles: Jean Arthur, William Holden: traditional Western Bad Man from Red Butte: Ray Taylor: Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker ...
A list of horror films released in the 1940s. After the success of Son of Frankenstein (1939), Universal horror caught a second wind and horror films continued to be produced at a feverish pace into the mid-1940s. [1] The early 1940s saw the debut of Lon Chaney Jr. and "The Wolf Man", both of which