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AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films (films of 40 minutes or more) whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work."
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 ...
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Meryl Streep Michelle Pfeiffer Jodie Foster Julia Roberts
From Nurse to Worse (1940) Nutty but Nice (1940) [3] No Census, No Feeling (1940) [3] 1939 5 Footage was also used in the TV shows The Three Stooges Greatest Hits (1997), The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (2003), and Hey Moe, Hey Dad! programs #3 Eureka! and #4 Slap Happy (2015). Duke York 1943 7 Appearances in later Stooges films are ...
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.
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.
American silent film actresses (1,144 P) Pages in category "20th-century American actresses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 7,810 total.
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 ...