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Northwest Passage (1940) – Western film telling a partly fictionalized version of the real-life St. Francis Raid by Rogers' Rangers, led by Robert Rogers [24] 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]
Sangaree (film) Selma (film) Shallow Grave (1987 film) The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid; Sherman's March (1986 film) Smokey and the Bandit; Snowden (film) Son of the South (film) Song of the South; Southern Belles; Squirm; The Stuff; Sudie and Simpson; Summer of My German Soldier (film) Summer's End (film) The Survivor (2021 film) Swamp Girl ...
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.
Three Faces West is a 1940 American drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie and Charles Coburn. [1]The film, mainly set in North Dakota was one of a handful of overtly anti-Nazi films produced by Hollywood before American entry into World War II. [2]
Backtrace (film) Bandit (film) Beast of Burden (film) The Best of Enemies (2019 film) Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son; The Big Year; Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film) The Birth of a Nation (2016 film) Black Adam (film) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Black Widow (2021 film) Blended (film) The Blind Side (film) Blues for Willadean
The Indian Wars Refought (1914) – silent Western film depicting several historical battles of The Indian Wars [55] Ireland a Nation (1914) – British era-Irish historical film telling the history of Ireland between 1798 and 1914 [56] Judith of Bethulia (1914) – silent drama film about the life of Judith [57]
Cameraman Brent Hershman died when he fell asleep driving home after a 19-hour workday on the set of the film. Hershman's death resulted in a wrongful-death suit, claiming that New Line Cinema, New Line Productions and Juno Pix Inc. were responsible for the death as a result of the lengthy work hours imposed on the set, and spurred a call to ...
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 ...