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Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1940: 21 Days: Basil Dean: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks: Drama: Filmed in 1937 All at Sea: Herbert Smith: Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh, John Warwick
Pages in category "1940s in British cinema" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. B. List of British films of 1940; List of British films of 1941;
The objective of the film was to give back to the female professional wrestlers of the 1940s–1960s. [3] The stars hoped the film would help "set the record straight" about the early days of women's wrestling, when it was taboo for girls to join the business. [3] Penny Banner helped put the film together, as she had connections in both the ...
Blithe Spirit (1945 film) The Blue Lagoon (1949 film) Blue Scar; Bob's Your Uncle (film) Bond Street (film) Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948 film) A Boy, a Girl and a Bike; Boys in Brown; Brass Monkey (film) Breach of Promise (1942 film) Brief Encounter; The Briggs Family; Brighton Rock (1948 film) Broken Journey; The Brothers (1947 film) Bubble and ...
This is a chronological list of films produced in the United Kingdom split by decade. There may be an overlap, particularly between British and American films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either British produced or strongly associated with British culture.
During the mid-1940s, with many of the men fighting in the Second World War, and many of the children evacuated to rural areas, women attained more financial responsibility and independence by having to work, and Gainsborough Pictures took advantage of this by providing films with powerful images of female independence and rebellion that resonated deeply with audiences.
The Man in Grey is a 1943 British melodrama film made by Gainsborough Pictures; it is considered to be the first of a series of period costume dramas now known as the "Gainsborough melodramas". It was directed by Leslie Arliss and produced by Edward Black from a screenplay by Arliss and Margaret Kennedy that was adapted by Doreen Montgomery ...
Rear projection in color remained out of reach until Paramount introduced a new projection system in the 1940s. New matte techniques, modified for use with color, were for the first time used in the British film The Thief of Bagdad (1940). However, the high cost of color production in the 1940s meant most films were black and white. [1]