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McMenamins is a chain of restaurant/brewpub establishments in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, many of which have full movie theaters. By the mid 1940s in some smaller theaters popcorn alone was paying the overheads, even sometimes bringing in more revenue than ticket sales.
Lobby card for The Thief of Bagdad (1940), which used new matte painting techniques for use with Technicolor By the 1940s, Hollywood's effects specialists had over a decade of studio experience. Technicolor had been especially challenging but faster film introduced in 1939 began to make Technicolor a viable option for studio production.
1940 Columbia Pictures: The Shadow: 15 Crime/ Superhero James W. Horne: Victor Jory, Robert Fiske, Veda Ann Borg Based on the radio program and pulp magazine series Terry and the Pirates: 15 Jungle James W. Horne: William Tracy, Granville Owen: Based on the "Terry and the Pirates" newspaper comic strip created by Milton Caniff: Deadwood Dick ...
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]
The Ohio Theatre is a performing arts center and former movie palace on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. Known as the "Official Theatre of the State of Ohio", the 1928 building was saved from demolition in 1969 and was later completely restored. [3] [4] The theater was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. [3] [5]
The Uptown Theatre in Chicago. A movie palace (or picture palace in the United Kingdom) is a large, elaborately decorated movie theater built from the 1910s to the 1940s. The late 1920s saw the peak of the movie palace, with hundreds opening every year between 1925 and 1930.
Fort Worth was a frequent stop for some of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars during the 1940s and 1950s. These photos from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s archive capture some of the glitz and ...
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.