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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]
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]
April 12 – Alfred Hitchcock's first American film Rebecca is released, under the production of David O. Selznick. It would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. May – A reproduction of "America's First Movie Studio", Thomas Edison's Black Maria, is constructed.
The Face of Jizo (film) Fallada: The Last Chapter; The Fantastic World of Juan Orol; A Farewell to Fools; Farewell to the King; The Farmer (film) Fatso (1980 film) The FBI Story; Fiddlers Three (1944 film) Fight for Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou; The Final Journey; The Five Pennies; Flags of Our Fathers (film) Flic Story; Focus (2001 film ...
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Set during the First World War with the British Expeditionary Force in Flanders. D, R 1937 UK Under Secret Orders: Mademoiselle Docteur: Edmond T. Gréville: During the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence. A, D 1937 US Street ...
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
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.