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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]
The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, ... Alfred Hitchcock's first American film Rebecca is released, under the production of David O. Selznick.
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]
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.
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.
1893 – Blacksmiths, the first film shown publicly on the Kinetoscope, a system given to Edison; Thomas Edison created "America's First Film Studio", Black Maria. 1894 – Carmencita was made. According to film historian Charles Musser the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera was in the film. She may have been the ...
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1940s film stubs (19 C, 135 P) This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 23:03 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...