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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[edit] Events

[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank Title Studio Actors Gross
1. Pinocchio* Disney/RKO Cliff Edwards $84,300,000*[1]
2. Fantasia* Disney/RKO Deems Taylor $83,320,000*[2]
3. Rebecca Selznick/United Artists Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
4. Boom Town MGM Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy
5. Santa Fe Trail Warner Bros. Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ronald Reagan
6. The Philadelphia Story MGM Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart
7. Strange Cargo MGM Clark Gable, Joan Crawford
8. Virginia City Warner Bros. Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins
9. Down Argentine Way 20th Century Fox Betty Grable, Don Ameche
10. Kitty Foyle RKO Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan
11. The Sea Hawk Warner Bros. Errol Flynn
12. The Grapes of Wrath 20th Century Fox Henry Fonda
13. Tin Pan Alley 20th Century Fox Alice Faye, Betty Grable
14. Waterloo Bridge MGM Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor
15. Foreign Correspondent United Artists Joel McCrea, Laraine Day
16. His Girl Friday Columbia Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
17. The Westerner United Artists Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan
18. My Favorite Wife RKO Irene Dunne, Cary Grant
19. Northwest Passage MGM Spencer Tracy, Robert Young
20. Pride and Prejudice MGM Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier

* After theatrical reissues

[edit] Academy Awards

[edit] Films released in 1940

U.S.A. unless stated

[edit] Serials

[edit] Short film series

[edit] Animated short film series

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Debuts

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Pinocchio (Data)". The Numbers.Com. http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1940/0PINO.php. Retrieved September 24, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Fantasia (Data)". The Numbers.Com. http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1940/0FNT1.php. Retrieved September 24, 2011. 
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