1940 in film
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The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney classics Pinocchio and Fantasia.
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Events [edit]
- February 7 - Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio is released.
- February 10 - Tom and Jerry make their debut in the animated cartoon Puss Gets the Boot.
- May 17 - My Favorite Wife is released.
- May - A reproduction of "America's First Movie Studio", Thomas Edison's Black Maria, is constructed.
- July 27 - Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare.
- October 15 - The Great Dictator, a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released.
- November 13 - World premiere of Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first film to be released in a multichannel sound format (see Fantasound). The film also marked the first use of the click track while recording the soundtrack, overdubbing of orchestral parts, simultaneous multitrack recording and lead to the development of a multichannel surround system.
- In the United Kingdom, the Crown Film Unit supersedes the GPO Film Unit in the production of documentary films.
Top grossing films (U.S.)[1] [edit]
* After theatrical reissues
Academy Awards [edit]
- Best Picture: Rebecca - David O. Selznick, United Artists
- Best Director: John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath
- Best Actor: James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story
- Best Actress: Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle
- Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan - The Westerner
- Best Supporting Actress: Jane Darwell - The Grapes of Wrath
Notable films released in 1940 [edit]
U.S.A. unless stated
ABC
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois, starring Raymond Massey
- All This and Heaven Too, starring Bette Davis and Charles Boyer
- Andy Hardy Meets Debutante, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
- Angels Over Broadway, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Rita Hayworth
- Arise, My Love, starring Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland
- Arizona, starring Jean Arthur and William Holden
- Band Waggon, directed by Marcel Varnel, starring Arthur Askey - (GB)
- The Bank Dick, written by and starring W. C. Fields
- The Biscuit Eater
- Bismarck, starring Paul Hartmann - (Germany)
- Black Friday, starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi
- The Blue Bird, starring Shirley Temple
- Boom Town, starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr
- Boys of the City, starring the East Side Kids
- Brigham Young, starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell
- Broadway Melody of 1940, starring Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell - final film of series
- Brother Orchid, starring Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart
- Castle on the Hudson, directed by Anatole Litvak, starring John Garfield and Ann Sheridan
- The Catacombs (Katakomby), directed by Martin Frič - (Czechoslovakia)
- Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum, starring Sidney Toler
- Charlie Chan in Panama, starring Sidney Toler
- Christmas in July, directed by Preston Sturges
- A Chump at Oxford, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, featuring a young Peter Cushing
- City for Conquest, starring James Cagney
- Confucius - (China)
- Contraband, directed by Michael Powell, starring Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson - (GB)
- Convoy - directed by Pen Tennyson, starring Clive Brook, John Clements (UK)
- Crimes at the Dark House, directed by George King, starring Tod Slaughter - (GB)
DEF
- Dance, Girl, Dance, starring Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball
- Dark Command, starring John Wayne
- Dead Man's Shoes directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Leslie Banks - (GB)
- A Dispatch from Reuter's, starring Edward G. Robinson
- Dívka v modrém - (Czechoslovakia)
- Doomed to Die, starring Boris Karloff
- Down Argentine Way, starring Don Ameche, Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda
- Dr. Cyclops, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Albert Dekker
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, starring Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, Donald Crisp.
- East Side Kids, starring Leon Ames and the East Side Kids
- Edison, the Man, starring Spencer Tracy
- Ergens in Nederland (Somewhere in the Netherlands) - (Netherlands)
- Escape, starring Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor
- Fantasia, a Disney animated film
- The Fatal Hour, starred Boris Karloff
- Flowing Gold, starring John Garfield and Frances Farmer
- Foreign Correspondent, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Joel McCrea
- Four Sons, directed by Archie Mayo, starring Don Ameche
- The Fox of Glenarvon, directed by Max W. Kimmich - (Germany)
- French Without Tears, starring Ray Milland - (GB)
GHIJ
- Gaslight, starring Anton Walbrook - (GB)
- The Ghost Breakers, starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard
- Girl in the News, starring Margaret Lockwood - (GB)
- Give Us Wings, starring the Dead End Kids
- Go West, starring the Marx Brothers
- The Grapes of Wrath, directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda
- The Great Dictator, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin with Paulette Goddard and Jack Oakie
- The Great McGinty, starring Brian Donlevy
- Green Hell, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Bennett
- Here Is the Point (Ahí está el detalle), starring Cantinflas - (Mexico)
- His Girl Friday, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
- The House of the Seven Gables, starring George Sanders
- The Howards of Virginia, starring Cary Grant and Martha Scott
- I Love You Again, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
- The Invisible Man Returns, starring Cedric Hardwicke and Vincent Price
- The Invisible Woman, starring Virginia Bruce and John Barrymore
- It All Came True, starring Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart
- June Nights (Juninatten), starring Ingrid Bergman - (Sweden)
KLM
- King of the White Elephant (Prajao Changpeuk) - (Thailand)
- Kitty Foyle, starring Ginger Rogers
- Lady with Red Hair, starring Miriam Hopkins
- The Letter, directed by William Wyler, starring Bette Davis
- The Long Voyage Home, starring John Wayne
- Maddalena, zero in condotta, directed by and starring Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
- The Marines Fly High, starring Lucille Ball and Richard Dix
- The Mark of Zorro, starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell
- The Middle Watch, directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Jack Buchanan and Greta Gynt (Britain)
- The Minister's Girlfriends (Přítelkyně pana ministra) - (Czechoslovakia)
- The Mortal Storm, starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart
- The Mummy's Hand, starring Dick Foran
- My Favorite Wife, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
- My Little Chickadee, starring Mae West and W. C. Fields
NOP
- New Moon, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
- Night Train to Munich, directed by Carol Reed, starring Margaret Lockwood and Rex Harrison - (GB)
- North West Mounted Police, starring Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Madeleine Carroll
- Northwest Passage, starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Young
- One Million B.C. (aka The Cave Dwellers), starring Carole Landis
- One Night in the Tropics, film debut of Abbott and Costello
- Our Town, starring William Holden and Martha Scott
- Pastor Hall, directed by Roy Boulting - (GB)
- The Philadelphia Story, directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart
- Pinocchio
- Pride and Prejudice, starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier
- Primrose Path, starring Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea
- The Proud Valley, starring Paul Robeson - (GB)
QRS
- Queen of the Yukon, starring Charles Bickford
- Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier - Oscar for best picture
- Remember the Night, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray
- Rhythm on the River, starring Bing Crosby and Mary Martin
- Road to Singapore, starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope - first in the series
- Saps at Sea, starring Laurel and Hardy
- The Sea Hawk, starring Errol Flynn
- Seven Sinners, starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne
- The Shop Around the Corner, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart
- The Siege of the Alcazar (L'Assedio dell'Alcazar) - (Italy)
- Son of Ingagi, directed by Richard Kahn
- The Son of Monte Cristo, starring Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett
- Spring Parade, starring Deanna Durbin
- The Stars Look Down, directed by Carol Reed, starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood - (GB)
- The Stationmaster (Der postmeister) - (Germany)
- Strange Cargo, starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford
- Stranger on the Third Floor, starring Peter Lorre
- Strike Up the Band, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
TUV
- That Gang of Mine, starring the East Side Kids
- They Drive by Night, starring George Raft
- They Knew What They Wanted, directed by Garson Kanin, starring Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton
- The Thief of Bagdad, starring Conrad Veidt and Sabu - (GB)
- 'Til We Meet Again, starring Merle Oberon and George Brent
- Too Many Husbands, starring Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas
- Tørres Snørtevold - (Norway)
- Torrid Zone, starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien
- Vigil in the Night, starring Carole Lombard
- Virginia City, starring Errol Flynn and Miriam Hopkins
WXYZ
- Waterloo Bridge, starring Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor
- The Well-Digger's Daughter (La Fille du puisatier), directed by Marcel Pagnol, starring Raimu and Fernandel - (France)
- The Westerner, starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan, Dana Andrews and Forrest Tucker
- Where's That Fire?, starring Will Hay - (GB)
- Young People, starring Shirley Temple
- Young Tom Edison, starring Mickey Rooney
- You're Not So Tough, starring the Dead End Kids
Serials [edit]
- Adventures of Red Ryder, directed by William Witney and John English
- Deadwood Dick, directed by James W. Horne
- Drums of Fu Manchu, starring Henry Brandon and Robert Kellard, directed by William Witney and John English
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, starring Buster Crabbe
- The Green Archer, starring Victor Jory, directed by James W. Horne
- The Green Hornet Strikes Again!, starring Warren Hull
- Junior G-Men, starring the Dead End Kids
- King of the Royal Mounted starring Allan Lane, directed by William Witney and John English
- Mysterious Doctor Satan, starring Eduardo Ciannelli, directed by William Witney and John English
- The Shadow, starring Victor Jory, directed by James W. Horne
- Terry and the Pirates, starring William Tracy, directed by James W. Horne
- Winners of the West, starring Dick Foran and Anne Nagel
Short film series [edit]
- Buster Keaton (1917–1941)
- Laurel and Hardy (1921–1943)
- Our Gang (1922–1944)
- Charley Chase (1924-1940)
- The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
Animated short film series [edit]
- Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
- Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Terrytoons (1930–1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- Scrappy (1931–1941)
- Popeye (1933–1957)
- Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
- Donald Duck (1937–1956)
- Pluto (1937–1951)
- Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies) (1938–1942)
- Goofy (1939–1955)
- Andy Panda (1939–1949)
- Knock Knock! (first appearance of Woody Woodpecker)
- Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
- Puss Gets the Boot
Births [edit]
- January 10 - Walter Hill, American director, producer and screenwriter
- January 22 - John Hurt, English actor
- January 27 - James Cromwell, American actor
- February 27 - Bill Hunter, Australian actor (died 2011)
- January 29 - Katharine Ross, American actress
- February 4 - George A. Romero, American director, producer and screenwriter
- February 12 - Ralph Bates, English actor (died 1991)
- February 23 - Peter Fonda, American actor
- March 9 - Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican actor (died 1994)
- March 10 - Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
- March 26 - James Caan, American actor
- April 25 - Al Pacino, American actor
- May 5 - Lance Henriksen, American actor
- May 15 - Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
- June 1 - Rene Auberjonois, American actor
- June 20 - John Mahoney, English-born American actor
- July 7 - Ringo Starr, English drummer (The Beatles)
- July 13 - Patrick Stewart, English actor
- July 18 - James Brolin, American actor
- August 3 - Martin Sheen, American actor
- August 19 - Jill St. John, American actress
- August 31 - Jack Thompson, Australian actor
- September 5 - Raquel Welch, American actress
- September 11 - Brian De Palma, American director, producer and screenwriter
- October 9 - John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Beatles) (assassinated 1980)
- October 19 - Michael Gambon, Irish-born British actor
- November 5 - Elke Sommer, German actress
- November 15 - Sam Waterston, American actor
- November 27 - Bruce Lee, Chinese-American martial artist and actor (died 1973)
- December 1 - Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor (died 2005)
Deaths [edit]
- February 20 - George Periolat, American actor (born 1874)
- March 5 - Maxine Elliott, American actress (born 1868)
- April 9 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English actress (born 1858)
- May 25 - Joe De Grasse, Canadian-born American film director (born 1873)
- July 1 - Ben Turpin, American actor (born 1869)
- July 15 - Donald Calthrop, English actor (born 1888)
- September 25 - Marguerite Clark, American actress (born 1883)
- October 10 - Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (born 1876)
- October 12 - Tom Mix, American actor (born 1880)
- December 5 - Wilfred Lucas, Canadian-born American actor, screenwriter, director (born 1871)
Debuts [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Box Office Digest, April 1941, p. 18
- ^ "Pinocchio (Data)". The Numbers.Com. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
