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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.
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 ...
Film serial [6] Larceny, Inc. Lloyd Bacon: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford: United States [7] Moontide: Fritz Lang, Archie Mayo: Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell: United States: Crime drama [8] This Gun for Hire: Frank Tuttle: Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar: United States [9] 1943: The Chance of a Lifetime ...
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 ...
(Top) 1 1940. 2 1941. 3 1942. 4 1943. 5 1944. 6 1945. 7 1946. ... This is a list of drama films of the 1940s. 1940 ... The Best Years of Our Lives; Dragonwyck;
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 ]
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) – comedy-drama musical film based on the actual experiences of Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye and Mitzi Mayfair, members of the Feminine Theatrical Task Force who left the United States on October 16, 1942, and performed several shows per day for American and British troops in England, Ireland and North ...
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.