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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 ...
This is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and also its subsidiary First National Pictures in the 1940s. [1] This list does not include third-party films or films Warner gained the rights to as a result of mergers or acquisitions.
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The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Paramount Pictures and released in the 1940s. All films (with a few exceptions) are currently owned by Universal Television through EMKA, Ltd.
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]
Image credit: A24. 6. 'Lady Bird' (2017) 6. ‘Lady Bird’ (2017) This coming-of-age flick directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Saoirse Ronan has it all: brilliant writing, stellar performances ...
This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1940–1949, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is the main motion picture production and distribution arm of Universal Studios , a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast .