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2. 1940s in film - Wikipedia

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   Lobby card for The Thief of Bagdad (1940), which used new matte painting techniques for use with Technicolor. By the 1940s, Hollywood's effects specialists had over a decade of studio experience. Technicolor had been especially challenging but faster film introduced in 1939 began to make Technicolor a viable option for studio production.

3. List of film noir titles - Wikipedia

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   Because the 1940s and 1950s are universally regarded as the "classic period" of American film noir, films released prior to 1940 are listed under the caption "Precursors / early noir-like films". Films released after 1959 should generally only be listed in the list of neo-noir titles .

4. List of 1940s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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   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] Pastor Hall (1940) – British drama film based on the true story of the German pastor Martin Niemöller who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticizing the Nazi Party [26]

5. List of thriller films of the 1940s - Wikipedia

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   1940: Before I Hang: Nick Grinde: Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett: United States [1] Foreign Correspondent: Alfred Hitchcock: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day: United States [2] Gaslight: Thorold Dickinson: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell: United Kingdom [3] Night Train to Munich: Carol Reed: Rex Harrison, Margaret Lockwood ...

6. List of British films of 1940 - Wikipedia

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   Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1940: 21 Days: Basil Dean: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks: Drama: Filmed in 1937 All at Sea: Herbert Smith: Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh, John Warwick

7. List of 1950s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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   Madeleine (1950) – British crime drama film based on a true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family who was tried in 1857 for the murder of her lover, Emile L'Angelier [13] The Magnificent Yankee (1950) – biographical drama film examining the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr ...