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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 .
The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney films Pinocchio and Fantasia. Top-grossing films (U.S.) [ edit ]
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]
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 ...
Title Director Cast Country Notes 1940: The Bank Dick: Edward F. Cline: W. C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel: United States: Crime comedy [1]: The Fatal Hour ...
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
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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]