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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]
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]
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 ]
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.
Film events and films originally released in the 1940s. Film portal; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; ... you agree to the Terms ...
Alias the Deacon (1940 film) Alimony (1949 film) Alive in the Deep; All About Hash; All by Myself (film) All Gummed Up; All My Sons (film) All the King's Men (1949 film) All the World's a Stooge; All This, and Heaven Too; All-American Co-ed; Allergic to Love; Allotment Wives; Almost Married (1942 film) Aloma of the South Seas (1941 film) Along ...
This category is for film in the United States in the decade 1940s. 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; ... (1940–1949) Film career of Audie Murphy ...
The Lady of the Camellias (1944 film) Lady Windermere's Fan (1944 film) Laila Majnu (1949 film) Last Stand in the Philippines; Lavangi; Law of Love; Law of the Barbary Coast; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947 film) Light over Russia; Lightning in the South; Lillian Russell (film) The Little Teacher (1942 film) Lola Casanova