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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.
Northwest Passage (1940) – Western film telling a partly fictionalized version of the real-life St. Francis Raid by Rogers' Rangers, led by Robert Rogers [24] Parole Fixer (1940) – action drama crime film based on the 1938 book called Persons in Hiding, an exposé of corruption within the American parole system [25]
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 ...
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.
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.)
1940s film awards (10 C) B. 1940s in British cinema (2 C, 12 P) C. Color film noir (28 P) 1940s in Czechoslovak cinema (1 C) F. 1940s in French cinema (1 C) I.
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