List of American films of 1940

American films released in 1940

American films
by year

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Pride and Prejudice starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier.

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.

Rebecca won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

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20 Mule Team | Richard Thorpe | Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Baxter | Western | MGM

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois | John Cromwell | Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon | Biography | RKO; nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Adventure in Diamonds | George Fitzmaurice | George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder | Drama | Paramount
Alias the Deacon | Christy Cabanne | Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, Peggy Moran | Comedy | Universal; remake of Alias the Deacon (1928) [1]
All This, and Heaven Too | Anatole Litvak | Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn | Drama | Warner Bros.; nominated for 3 Academy Awards
Always a Bride | Noel M. Smith | Rosemary Lane, George Reeves, John Eldredge | Comedy | Warner Bros.; remake of Brides Are Like That (1936)
American Matchmaker | Edgar G. Ulmer | Leo Fuchs, Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky | Romance, Comedy |
Am I Guilty? | Sam Newfield | Ralph Cooper, Sybil Lewis, Sam McDaniel | Crime | Supreme
And One Was Beautiful | Robert B. Sinclair | Robert Cummings, Laraine Day, Jean Muir | Romantic drama | MGM
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | George B. Seitz | Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker | Comedy | MGM; 9th of 16 Andy Hardy films
An Angel from Texas | Ray Enright | Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan | Romantic comedy | Warner Bros.; remake of The Butter and Egg Man (1928)
Angels Over Broadway | Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell | Drama | Columbia; nominated for Academy Award
Anne of Windy Poplars | Jack Hively | Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Henry Travers | Drama | RKO; sequel to Anne of Green Gables (1934)
The Ape | William Nigh | Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Dorothy Vaughan | Horror | Monogram
Argentine Nights | Albert S. Rogell | Ritz Brothers, The Andrews Sisters, Constance Moore, George Reeves | Musical comedy | Universal
Arise, My Love | Mitchell Leisen | Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe | Romantic comedy | Paramount; 4 Academy Award nominations, won 1
Arizona | Wesley Ruggles | Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William | Western | Columbia; nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Arizona Frontier | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Evelyn Finley, Richard Cramer | Western | Monogram
Arizona Gang Busters | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Forrest Taylor, Julian Rivero | Western | PRC

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Babies for Sale | Charles Barton | Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Miles Mander | Drama | Columbia
Bad Man from Red Butte | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Universal
The Bank Dick | Edward F. Cline | W. C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel | Comedy | Universal
Barnyard Follies | Frank McDonald | Mary Lee, Harry Cheshire, Rufe Davis, June Storey, Isabel Randolph | Musical | Republic
Before I Hang | Nick Grinde | Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett | Horror | Columbia
Behind the News | Joseph Santley | Lloyd Nolan, Doris Davenport, Frank Albertson | Drama | Republic; nominated for Academy Award
Beyond the Sacramento | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Keyes, Dub Taylor | Western | Columbia
Beyond Tomorrow | A. Edward Sutherland | Jean Parker, Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, Richard Carlson | Fantasy | RKO
A Bill of Divorcement | John Farrow | Maureen O'Hara, Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter | Drama | RKO; remake of 1932 film
Billy the Kid in Texas | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Al St. John, Carleton Young | Western | PRC; 2nd of 6 Billy the Kid films starring Steele
Billy the Kid Outlawed | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Louise Currie, Al St. John, Carleton Young | Western | PRC; 1st of 6 Billy the Kid films starring Steele
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Al St. John, Louise Currie, Carleton Young | Western | PRC; 3rd of 6 Billy the Kid films starring Steele
The Biscuit Eater | Stuart Heisler | Billy Lee, Lester Matthews, Richard Lane | Drama | Paramount
Bitter Sweet | W. S. Van Dyke | Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders | Musical | MGM; nominated for 2 Academy Awards; based on Noël Coward operetta
Black Diamonds | Christy Cabanne | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Kathryn Adams Doty | Crime drama | Universal
Black Friday | Arthur Lubin | Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges | Science fiction | Universal
Blame It on Love | Wallace Fox | Joan Marsh, John King, Cecilia Loftus | Comedy, drama | Independent
Blazing Six Shooters | Joseph H. Lewis | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis | Western | Columbia
Blondie Has Servant Trouble | Frank R. Strayer | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale | Comedy | Columbia; 6th of 28 Blondie films
Blondie on a Budget | Frank R. Strayer | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Rita Hayworth | Comedy | Columbia; 5th of 28 Blondie films
Blondie Plays Cupid | Frank R. Strayer | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Glenn Ford | Comedy | Columbia; 7th of 28 Blondie films
The Blue Bird | Walter Lang | Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce | Fantasy | 20th Century Fox. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Boom Town | Jack Conway | Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert | Drama | MGM; nominated for 2 Academy Awards
The Border Legion | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Hughes | Western | Republic
Boss of Bullion City | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Maria Montez, Nell O'Day | Western | Universal
Bowery Boy | William Morgan | Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Campbell, Jimmy Lydon, Helen Vinson | Crime | Republic
Boys of the City | Joseph H. Lewis | Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Hal E. Chester | Comedy, thriller | Monogram; 2nd of 22 East Side Kids films
The Boys from Syracuse | A. Edward Sutherland | Allan Jones, Irene Hervey, Martha Raye | Musical | Universal; nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Brigham Young | Henry Hathaway | Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger | Biography | 20th Century Fox
British Intelligence | Terry O. Morse | Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester | Spy | Warner Bros.; third film adaptation of 1918 play Three Faces East
Broadway Melody of 1940 | Norman Taurog | Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy | Musical | MGM; final film in The Broadway Melody series
Broken Strings | Bernard B. Ray | Clarence Muse, Sybil Lewis, Tommie Moore | Drama | Independent
Brother Orchid | Lloyd Bacon | Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern | Crime, comedy | Warner Bros.
Brother Rat and a Baby | Ray Enright | Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan | Comedy | Warner Bros.; sequel to Brother Rat (1938)
Buck Benny Rides Again | Mark Sandrich | Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie Anderson | Western comedy | Paramount; cast from The Jack Benny Program radio show
Bullet Code | David Howard | George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Slim Whitaker | Western | RKO; remake of Melody of the Plains (1937)
Bullets for Rustlers | Sam Nelson | Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray, Bob Nolan | Western | Columbia
Buzzy Rides the Range | Richard C. Kahn | Robert "Buzz" Henry, David O'Brien, Claire Rochelle | Western | Independent

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Cafe Hostess | Sidney Salkow | Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, Wynne Gibson | Crime drama | Columbia[2]
Calling All Husbands | Noel M. Smith | George Tobias, Lucile Fairbanks, Ernest Truex | Comedy | Warner Bros. Remake of Too Young to Marry
Calling Philo Vance | William Clemens | James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill | Mystery | Warner Bros. 12th (out of 15) film with Philo Vance character
Captain Caution | Richard Wallace | Victor Mature, Louise Platt, Leo Carrillo, Bruce Cabot, Alan Ladd | Adventure | United Artists. Nominated for Academy Award
The Captain Is a Lady | Robert B. Sinclair | Charles Coburn, Beulah Bondi, Virginia Grey | Comedy | MGM
Carolina Moon | Frank McDonald | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey | Western | Republic. Remake of Tumbling Tumbleweeds
The Carson City Kid | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Bob Steele, Pauline Moore | Western | Republic
Castle on the Hudson | Anatole Litvak | John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien | Drama | Warner Bros. Remake of 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Chad Hanna | Henry King | Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Linda Darnell | Romantic drama | 20th Century Fox
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum | Lynn Shores | Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, C. Henry Gordon, Marguerite Chapman | Mystery | 20th Century Fox. 6th (out of 22) with Toler as Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan in Panama | 20th Century Fox. Norman Foster | Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Lionel Atwill | Mystery | 20th Century Fox. 7th (out of 22) with Toler as Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise | Eugene Forde | Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Lionel Atwill | Mystery | 20th Century Fox. 5th (out of 22) with Toler as Charlie Chan
Charter Pilot | Eugene Forde | Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Arleen Whelan | Adventure | 20th Century Fox
Chasing Trouble | Howard Bretherton | Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reynolds, Mantan Moreland | Comedy, drama | Monogram
Cherokee Strip | Lesley Selander | Richard Dix, Florence Rice, William Henry | Western | Paramount
The Cheyenne Kid | Raymond K. Johnson | Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Kenne Duncan | Western | Monogram
Christmas in July | Preston Sturges | Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn | Screwball comedy | Paramount
A Chump at Oxford | Alfred J. Goulding | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey | Comedy | United Artists. Partial remake of From Soup to Nuts
City for Conquest | Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco | James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven | Drama | Warner Bros.
City of Chance | Ricardo Cortez | Lynn Bari, C. Aubrey Smith, Amanda Duff | Film noir | 20th Century Fox
Colorado | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Pauline Moore | Western | Republic
Comin' Round the Mountain | George Archainbaud | Bob Burns, Una Merkel, Jerry Colonna | Comedy | Paramount
Comrade X | King Vidor | Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oskar Homolka | Comedy Spy | MGM. Nominated for Academy Award
Congo Maisie | H. C. Potter | Ann Sothern, John Carroll, Rita Johnson | Comedy | MGM. Version of Red Dust (1932 film); 2nd (out of 10) film with Maisie Ravier character
Convicted Woman | Nick Grinde | Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Glenn Ford | Crime | Columbia
The Courageous Dr. Christian | Bernard Vorhaus | Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin | Drama | RKO
Covered Wagon Days | George Sherman | Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo | Western | Republic. 29th (out of 51) film of The Three Mesquiteers series
Covered Wagon Trails | Raymond K. Johnson | Jack Randall, Sally Cairns, David Sharpe | Western | Monogram[3]
The Cowboy from Sundown | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Tex Ritter, Roscoe Ates, Carleton Young | Western | Monogram
The Crooked Road | Phil Rosen | Edmund Lowe, Irene Hervey, Henry Wilcoxon | Crime drama | Republic
Cross-Country Romance | Frank Woodruff | Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, Hedda Hopper | Romantic comedy | RKO
Curtain Call | Frank Woodruff | Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray, Helen Vinson | Romantic comedy | RKO
Dance, Girl, Dance | Dorothy Arzner | Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball | Musical | RKO. Footage preserved in US National Registry
Dancing on a Dime | Joseph Santley | Robert Paige, Peter Lind Hayes, Eddie Quillan | Musical | Paramount
Danger Ahead | Ralph Staub | James Newill, Dorothea Kent, Guy Usher | Adventure | Monogram. 5th (out of 6) with Newill as Sgt. Renfrew of Royal Mounties
Danger on Wheels | Christy Cabanne | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran | Sports thriller | Universal[4]
Dark Command | Raoul Walsh | Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon | Western | Republic. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Dark Streets of Cairo | László Kardos | Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Eddie Quillan | Mystery | Universal
The Devil Bat | Jean Yarborough | Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Yolande Mallott | Horror | PRC
The Devil's Pipeline | Christy Cabanne | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Jean Brooks | Drama | Paramount
Diamond Frontier | Harold D. Schuster | Victor McLaglen, John Loder, Anne Nagel | Adventure | Universal
A Dispatch from Reuters | William Dieterle | Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert | Biography | Warner Bros.
The Doctor Takes a Wife | Alexander Hall | Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Gail Patrick | Romantic comedy | Columbia
Doomed to Die | William Nigh | Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers | Mystery | Monogram; Mr. Wong series
Double Alibi | Phil Rosen | Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, William Gargan | Mystery | Universal[5]
Down Argentine Way | Irving Cummings | Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda | Musical | 20th Century Fox. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards; #9 in Top Grossing Films
Dr. Christian Meets the Women | William C. McGann | Jean Hersholt, Veda Ann Borg, Edgar Kennedy | Mystery | RKO. Dr. Christian series
Dr. Cyclops | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Albert Dekker, Charles Halton, Janice Logan | Science Fiction Horror | Paramount. Nominated for Academy Award
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | William Dieterle | Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger | Biography | Warner Bros. Nominated for Academy Award
Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Harold S. Bucquet | Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Robert Young | Drama | MGM
Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Harold S. Bucquet | Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day | Drama | MGM
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Harold S. Bucquet | Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day | Drama | MGM
Dreaming Out Loud | Harold Young | Lum and Abner, Frances Langford, Frank Craven | Comedy | RKO
Drums of the Desert | George Waggner | Ralph Byrd, Lorna Gray, Mantan Moreland | Western | Monogram[6]
Dulcy | S. Sylvan Simon | Ann Sothern, Ian Hunter, Roland Young | Comedy | MGM
The Durango Kid | Lambert Hillyer | Charles Starrett, Luana Walters, Kenneth McDonald | Western | Columbia

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The Earl of Chicago | Richard Thorpe | Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen | Comedy | MGM
Earl of Puddlestone | Gus Meins | James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Lois Ranson | Comedy | Republic
Earthbound | Irving Pichel | Andrea Leeds, Warner Baxter, Lynn Bari | Drama | 20th Century Fox
East of the River | Alfred E. Green | John Garfield, Brenda Marshall, Marjorie Rambeau | Drama | Warner Bros.
East Side Kids | Robert F. Hill | Leon Ames, Dennis Moore, Joyce Bryant | Comedy | Monogram. 1st (out of 22) film of East Side Kids series
Edison, the Man | Clarence Brown | Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman | Biographical | MGM. Nominated for Academy Award
Ellery Queen, Master Detective | Kurt Neumann | Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin | Mystery | Columbia
Emergency Squad | Edward Dmytryk | William Henry, Louise Campbell, Richard Denning | Action | Paramount
Enemy Agent | Lew Landers | Richard Cromwell, Helen Vinson, Robert Armstrong | Thriller | Universal
Escape | Mervyn LeRoy | Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt | Drama | MGM
Escape to Glory | John Brahm | Pat O'Brien, Constance Bennett, Alan Baxter | War | Columbia
Fantasia | James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, 9 more | Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor | Animated | Disney. Won 2 Honorary Academy Awards; footage preserved in US National Registry; #1 in Top Grossing Films*
The Fargo Kid | Edward Killy | Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Emmett Lynn | Western | RKO
The Farmer's Daughter | James P. Hogan | Martha Raye, Charlie Ruggles, Richard Denning | Comedy | Paramount
The Fatal Hour | William Nigh | Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers | Thriller | Monogram
Father Is a Prince | Noel M. Smith | John Litel, Jan Clayton, George Reeves | Drama | Warner Bros.
The Fight for Life | Pare Lorentz | Myron McCormick, Will Geer, Dudley Digges | Drama | Columbia. Nominated for Academy Award
The Fighting 69th | William Keighley | James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent | War | Warner Bros.
Five Little Peppers at Home | Charles Barton | Edith Fellows, Tommy Bond, Clarence Kolb | Comedy | Columbia
Five Little Peppers in Trouble | Charles Barton | Edith Fellows, Tommy Bond, Pierre Watkin | Comedy | Columbia. Last of series
Flight Angels | Lewis Seiler | Virginia Bruce, Jane Wyman, Ralph Bellamy | Drama | Warner Bros.
Flight Command | Frank Borzage | Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon | War | MGM. Nominated for Academy Award
Florian | Edwin L. Marin | Robert Young, Helen Gilbert, Charles Coburn | Drama | MGM
Flowing Gold | Alfred E. Green | John Garfield, Frances Farmer, Pat O'Brien | Adventure | Warner Bros.
Foreign Correspondent | Alfred Hitchcock | Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall | Spy thriller | United Artists. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards; #15 in Top Grossing Films
Forgotten Girls | Phil Rosen | Louise Platt, Donald Woods, Wynne Gibson | Drama | Republic
Forty Little Mothers | Busby Berkeley | Eddie Cantor, Judith Anderson, Rita Johnson | Drama | MGM
Four Shall Die | William Beaudine | Mantan Moreland, Dorothy Dandridge, Vernon McCalla | Crime | Independent
Four Sons | Archie Mayo | Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes | War drama | 20th Century Fox. Remake of Four Sons (1928 silent film)
Framed | Harold D. Schuster | Frank Albertson, Constance Moore, Jerome Cowan | Crime | Universal
Free, Blonde and 21 | Ricardo Cortez | Lynn Bari, Joan Davis, Mary Beth Hughes | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
Friendly Neighbors | Nick Grinde | Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, Lois Ranson | Comedy | Republic
French Without Tears | Anthony Asquith | Ray Milland, Ellen Drew, Janine Darcey | Comedy | Paramount
Frontier Crusader | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short, Karl Hackett | Western | PRC
Frontier Vengeance | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Cindy Walker, Kenneth MacDonald | Western | Republic
Fugitive from a Prison Camp | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Marian Marsh, Robert Barrat | Thriller | Columbia
A Fugitive from Justice | Terry O. Morse | Roger Pryor, Lucile Fairbanks, Eddie Foy Jr. | Crime drama | Warner Bros.

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Gallant Sons | George B. Seitz | Jackie Cooper, Gail Patrick, Bonita Granville | Drama | MGM
Gambling on the High Seas | George Amy | Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland | Drama | Warner Bros.
Gangs of Chicago | Arthur Lubin | Lloyd Nolan, Lola Lane, Barton MacLane | Crime | Republic
Gaucho Serenade | Frank McDonald | Gene Autry, June Storey, Duncan Renaldo | Western | Republic
The Gay Caballero | Otto Brower | Cesar Romero, Sheila Ryan, Robert Sterling | Western | 20th Century Fox
The Ghost Breakers | George Marshall | Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Anthony Quinn | Horror comedy | Paramount
The Ghost Comes Home | Wilhelm Thiele | Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford | Comedy | MGM
Ghost Valley Raiders | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lona Andre, LeRoy Mason | Western | Republic
Girl from Avenue A | Otto Brower | Jane Withers, Kent Taylor, Kay Aldridge | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
Girl from God's Country | Sidney Salkow | Chester Morris, Jane Wyatt, Charles Bickford | Drama | Republic
Girl from Havana | Lew Landers | Claire Carleton, Dennis O'Keefe, Steffi Duna | Drama | Republic
Girl in 313 | Ricardo Cortez | Florence Rice, Lionel Atwill, Kay Aldridge | Drama | 20th Century Fox
Girls of the Road | Nick Grinde | Ann Dvorak, Helen Mack, Lola Lane | Action | Columbia
Girls Under 21 | Max Nosseck | Bruce Cabot, Rochelle Hudson, Paul Kelly | Drama | Columbia
Give Us Wings | Charles Lamont | Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell | Adventure | Universal. Dead End Kids
Glamour for Sale | D. Ross Lederman | Anita Louise, Roger Pryor, Frances Robinson | Crime | Columbia
The Golden Fleecing | Leslie Fenton | Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan | Comedy | MGM. Written by S. J. Perelman
Golden Gloves | Edward Dmytryk | Richard Denning, Jeanne Cagney, J. Carrol Naish | Drama | Paramount
The Golden Trail | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Stanley Price, Warner Richmond | Western | Monogram
Gold Rush Maisie | Edwin L. Marin | Ann Sothern, Lee Bowman, Virginia Weidler | Comedy | MGM; third in series
Go West | Edward Buzzell | Marx Brothers, John Carroll, Diana Lewis | Comedy | MGM
Grand Ole Opry | Frank McDonald | Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, Lois Ranson | Comedy | Republic
Grandpa Goes to Town | Gus Meins | James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Lois Ranson | Comedy | Republic
Granny Get Your Gun | George Amy | May Robson, Margot Stevenson, Harry Davenport | Comedy | Warner Bros.
The Grapes of Wrath | John Ford | Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine | Drama | 20th Century Fox. Won 2 Academy Awards, one for Best Director; another 5 nominations; footage preserved in US National Registry; #12 in Top Grossing Films
The Great Dictator | Charles Chaplin | Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie | Comedy | United Artists. Nominated for 5 Academy Awards; footage preserved in US National Registry
The Great McGinty | Preston Sturges | Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff | Comedy | Paramount. Won Academy Award for screenplay
The Great Plane Robbery | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Stanley Fields, Noel Madison | Crime | Columbia
The Great Profile | Walter Lang | John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Gregory Ratoff | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
Green Hell | James Whale | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard | Adventure | Universal
Gun Code | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Inna Gest, Carleton Young | Western | PRC
Half a Sinner | Al Christie | Heather Angel, John King, Constance Collier | Mystery | Universal
Haunted House | Robert F. McGowan | Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, George Cleveland | Mystery | Monogram
He Married His Wife | Roy Del Ruth | Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Roland Young | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
He Stayed for Breakfast | Alexander Hall | Loretta Young, Melvyn Douglas, Alan Marshal | Comedy | Columbia
Her First Romance | Edward Dmytryk | Edith Fellows, Julie Bishop, Alan Ladd | Musical | Monogram
Heroes of the Saddle | William Witney | Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo | Western | Republic
Hidden Enemy | Howard Bretherton | Warren Hull, Kay Linaker, Wilhelm von Brincken | Thriller | Monogram
Hidden Gold | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Minor Watson | Western | Paramount
High School | George Nicholls Jr. | Jane Withers, Lloyd Corrigan, Claire Du Brey | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
Hired Wife | William A. Seiter | Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Virginia Bruce | Comedy | Universal
His Girl Friday | Howard Hawks | Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy | Screwball comedy | Columbia. Remake of The Front Page (1931); remade in 1974
Hit Parade of 1941 | John H. Auer | Kenny Baker, Frances Langford, Hugh Herbert, Ann Miller | Musical comedy | Republic, nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Hold That Woman! | Sam Newfield | Frances Gifford, James Dunn, Rita La Roy | Comedy | PRC
Honeymoon Deferred | Lew Landers | Edmund Lowe, Margaret Lindsay, Elisabeth Risdon | Mystery | Universal
Hot Steel | Christy Cabanne | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran | Drama | Universal
The House Across the Bay | Archie Mayo | George Raft, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Nolan | Crime drama | United Artists
The House of the Seven Gables | Joe May | George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Nan Grey, Vincent Price, Dick Foran | Thriller | Universal; nominated for Academy Award
The Howards of Virginia | Frank Lloyd | Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke | Period Drama | Columbia; nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Hullabaloo | Edwin L. Marin | Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey, Dan Dailey | Musical comedy | MGM

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I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby | Albert S. Rogell | Broderick Crawford, Peggy Moran, Gertrude Michael | Comedy | Universal
I Love You Again | W. S. Van Dyke | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Edmund Lowe | Romantic comedy | MGM
I Take This Oath | Sam Newfield | Joyce Compton, Gordon Jones, Veda Ann Borg | Drama | PRC
I Take This Woman | W. S. Van Dyke | Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Laraine Day | Drama | MGM
I Want a Divorce | Ralph Murphy | Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Gloria Dickson | Comedy | Paramount
If I Had My Way | David Butler | Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean, Claire Dodd | Musical | Paramount
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now | Arthur Lubin | Helen Parrish, Constance Moore, Dennis O'Keefe | Drama | Universal
I'm Still Alive | Irving Reis | Kent Taylor, Linda Hayes, Ralph Morgan | Drama | RKO
In Old Missouri | Frank McDonald | Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Storey | Comedy | Republic
The Invisible Man Returns | Joe May | Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey | Universal. Science fiction | Nominated for Academy Award
The Invisible Woman | A. Edward Sutherland | Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard | Science fiction Comedy | Universal. Nominated for Academy Award
Irene | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young | Musical | RKO. Nominated for Academy Award
Island of Doomed Men | Charles Barton | Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox | Horror | Columbia
Isle of Destiny | Elmer Clifton | William Gargan, Wallace Ford, June Lang | Adventure | RKO
It All Came True | Lewis Seiler | Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart | Comedy | Warner Bros.
It's a Date | William A. Seiter | Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon | Musical | Universal
I Was an Adventuress | Gregory Ratoff | Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim | Drama | 20th Century Fox
Jennie | David Burton | Virginia Gilmore, George Montgomery, Ludwig Stössel | Drama | 20th Century Fox
Johnny Apollo | Henry Hathaway | Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold | Crime drama | 20th Century Fox

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Keeping Company | S. Sylvan Simon | Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, Irene Rich | Drama | MGM
The Kid from Santa Fe | Raymond K. Johnson | Jack Randall, Forrest Taylor, Tom London | Western | Monogram
King of the Lumberjacks | William Clemens | John Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields | Drama | Warner Bros.
Kit Carson | George B. Seitz | Jon Hall, Lynn Bari, Dana Andrews | Western | United Artists
Kitty Foyle | Sam Wood | Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig | Drama | RKO. Won Academy Award for Best Actress; another 4 nominations
Knights of the Range | Lesley Selander | Russell Hayden, Victor Jory, Jean Parker | Western | Paramount
Knute Rockne, All American | Lloyd Bacon | Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Gale Page | Biographical | Warner Bros. Story of football coach Knute Rockne
La Conga Nights | Lew Landers | Hugh Herbert, Constance Moore, Dennis O'Keefe | Comedy | Universal
Laddie | Jack Hively | Tim Holt, Virginia Gilmore, Spring Byington | Drama | RKO
Ladies Must Live | Noel M. Smith | Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Lee Patrick | Comedy | Warner Bros.
The Lady in Question | Charles Vidor | Brian Aherne, Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth | Comedy | Columbia
Lady with Red Hair | Curtis Bernhardt | Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains, Richard Ainley | Drama | Warner Bros.
Land of the Six Guns | Raymond K. Johnson | Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Glenn Strange | Western | Monogram
The Last Alarm | William Beaudine | J. Farrell MacDonald, Polly Ann Young, Warren Hull | Crime | Monogram
Laughing at Danger | Howard Bretherton | Frankie Darro, Joy Hodges, Kay Sutton | Crime | Monogram
Law and Order | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, James Craig | Western | Universal
The Leather Pushers | John Rawlins | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Astrid Allwyn | Comedy | Universal
Legion of the Lawless | David Howard | George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Herbert Heywood | Western | RKO
The Letter | William Wyler | Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson | Film noir | Warner Bros. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards
The Light of Western Stars | Lesley Selander | Victor Jory, Jo Ann Sayers, Russell Hayden | Western | Paramount
Lightning Strikes West | Harry L. Fraser | Ken Maynard, Claire Rochelle, Charles King | Western | Independent
Lillian Russell | Irving Cummings | Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda | Biographical | 20th Century Fox. Nominated for Academy Award
Li'l Abner | Albert S. Rogell | Jeff York, Martha O'Driscoll, Mona Ray | Comedy | RKO
A Little Bit of Heaven | Andrew Marton | Gloria Jean, Hugh Herbert, Robert Stack | Musical | Universal. Followup to The Under-Pup (1939 film)
Little Men | Norman Z. McLeod | Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, Ann Gillis | Drama | RKO. Based on novel by Louisa May Alcott
Little Nellie Kelly | Norman Taurog | Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger | Musical comedy | MGM
Little Old New York | Henry King | Fred MacMurray, Alice Faye, Richard Greene, Brenda Joyce | Drama | 20th Century Fox
Little Orvie | Ray McCarey | Johnny Sheffield, Ernest Truex, Dorothy Tree | Comedy drama | RKO
Lone Star Raiders | George Sherman | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, June Johnson | Western | Republic
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Sidney Salkow | Warren William, Jean Muir, Eric Blore | Mystery | Columbia
The Lone Wolf Strikes | Sidney Salkow | Warren William, Joan Perry, Eric Blore | Mystery | Columbia
The Long Voyage Home | John Ford | John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter | War Drama | United Artists. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! | Charles Lamont | Wallace Ford, Mona Barrie, Donald Woods | Comedy | Universal
Love Thy Neighbor | Mark Sandrich | Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin | Comedy | Paramount
Lucky Cisco Kid | H. Bruce Humberstone | Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes, Dana Andrews | Western | 20th Century Fox
Lucky Partners | Lewis Milestone | Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson | Romantic comedy | RKO

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Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me | Harold D. Schuster | Tom Brown, Constance Moore, Anne Nagel | Comedy | Universal
Maisie Was a Lady | Edwin L. Marin | Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O'Sullivan | Comedy | MGM; 4th of series
The Man from Dakota | Leslie Fenton | Wallace Beery, Dolores del Río, John Howard | Historical Drama | MGM
The Man from Tumbleweeds | Joseph H. Lewis | Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Dub Taylor | Western | Columbia
Manhattan Heartbeat | David Burton | Robert Sterling, Virginia Gilmore, Joan Davis | Drama | 20th Century Fox
The Man I Married | Irving Pichel | Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Anna Sten | Drama | 20th Century Fox
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | David Burton | Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, Eric Blore | Mystery | 20th Century Fox
The Man with Nine Lives | Nick Grinde | Boris Karloff, Jo Ann Sayers, Roger Pryor | Horror
Sci-fi | Columbia
Margie | Otis Garrett | Tom Brown, Nan Grey, Joy Hodges | Comedy | Universal
The Marines Fly High | Benjamin Stoloff, George Nicholls Jr. | Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Lucille Ball | Adventure | RKO
The Mark of Zorro | Rouben Mamoulian | Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone | Adventure | 20th Century Fox. Nominated for Academy Award; footage preserved in US National Registry
Marked Men | Sam Newfield | Warren Hull, Isabel Jewell, John Dilson | Drama | PRC
Married and in Love | John Farrow | Barbara Read, Patric Knowles, Helen Vinson | Drama | RKO
Maryland | Henry King | Walter Brennan, Fay Bainter, Brenda Joyce | Drama | 20th Century Fox
Meet the Missus | Malcolm St. Clair | Roscoe Karns, Ruth Donnelly, Lois Ranson | Comedy | Republic
Meet the Wildcat | Arthur Lubin | Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Joseph Schildkraut | Drama | Universal
Melody and Moonlight | Joseph Santley | Jane Frazee, Johnny Downs, Barbara Jo Allen | Comedy | Republic
Melody Ranch | Joseph Santley | Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller | Western | Republic
Men Against the Sky | Leslie Goodwins | Richard Dix, Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe | Drama | RKO
Men Without Souls | Nick Grinde | Barton MacLane, Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford | Crime | Columbia
Mexican Spitfire | Leslie Goodwins | Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods | Comedy | RKO. First of series
Mexican Spitfire Out West | Leslie Goodwins | Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods | Comedy | RKO. Second of series
Michael Shayne, Private Detective | Eugene Forde | Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie | Mystery | 20th Century Fox. First of series
Midnight Limited | Howard Bretherton | John 'Dusty' King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland | Mystery | Monogram
Military Academy | D. Ross Lederman | Tommy Kelly, Bobby Jordan, David Holt | Drama | Columbia
Millionaire Playboy | Leslie Goodwins | Joe Penner, Russ Brown, Linda Hayes | Comedy | RKO
Millionaires in Prison | Ray McCarey | Lee Tracy, Linda Hayes, Raymond Walburn | Drama | RKO
Misbehaving Husbands | William Beaudine | Betty Blythe, Harry Langdon, Esther Muir | Comedy | PRC
Money and the Woman | William K. Howard | Jeffrey Lynn, Brenda Marshall, Lee Patrick | Drama | Warner Bros.
Moon Over Burma | Louis King | Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Doris Nolan | Romance | Paramount
The Mortal Storm | Frank Borzage | James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young, Frank Morgan | Drama | MGM
The Mummy's Hand | Christy Cabanne | Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford | Horror | Universal
Murder in the Air | Lewis Seiler | Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Lya Lys | Drama | Warner Bros
Murder on the Yukon | Louis J. Gasnier | James Newill, Polly Ann Young, Dave O'Brien | Western | Monogram
Murder Over New York | Harry Lachman | Sidney Toler, Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver | Mystery | 20th Century Fox. Charlie Chan
Music in My Heart | Joseph Santley | Tony Martin, Rita Hayworth, Edith Fellows | Musical | Columbia. Nominated for Academy Award
My Favorite Wife | Garson Kanin | Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott | Screwball comedy | RKO. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards
My Little Chickadee | Edward F. Cline | Mae West, W. C. Fields, Dick Foran | Comedy | Universal
My Love Came Back | Curtis Bernhardt | Olivia de Havilland, Jeffrey Lynn, Jane Wyman | Romance | Warner Bros.
My Son, My Son! | Charles Vidor | Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne, Louis Hayward | Drama | United Artists. Nominated for Academy Award
Mystery in Swing | Arthur Dreifuss | Monte Hawley, Marguerite Whitten, Tommie Moore | Music | Independent
Mystery Sea Raider | Edward Dmytryk | Carole Landis, Henry Wilcoxon, Onslow Stevens | Drama | Paramount
New Moon | Jack Conway | Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy | Musical drama | MGM
A Night at Earl Carroll's | Kurt Neumann | Ken Murray, J. Carrol Naish, Rose Hobart | Musical | Paramount
Night Train to Munich | Carol Reed | Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid | Thriller | 20th Century Fox
Nobody's Children | Charles Barton | Edith Fellows, Georgia Caine, Lois Wilson | Drama | Columbia
North West Mounted Police | Cecil B. DeMille | Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard | Western | Paramount. Won Academy Award for editing; 4 more nominations
Northwest Passage | King Vidor, Jack Conway, W. S. Van Dyke | Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan | Adventure | MGM. Nominated for Academy Award; #19 in Top Grossing Films
No, No, Nanette | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle, Richard Carlson, Victor Mature | Comedy | RKO
No Time for Comedy | William Keighley | James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin | Comedy | Warner Bros.

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Oh Johnny, How You Can Love | Charles Lamont | Tom Brown, Peggy Moran, Allen Jenkins | Comedy | Universal
Oklahoma Renegades | Nate Watt | Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Florine McKinney | Western | Republic
The Old Swimmin' Hole | Robert F. McGowan | Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, Leatrice Joy | Drama | Monogram
On the Spot | Howard Bretherton | Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland | Comedy | Monogram
One Crowded Night | Irving Reis | Billie Seward, William Haade, Charles Lang | Drama | RKO
One Man's Law | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Janet Waldo, George Cleveland | Western | Republic
One Million B.C. | Hal Roach Jr., Hal Roach | Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr. | Fantasy | United Artists. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards
One Night in the Tropics | A. Edward Sutherland | Abbott and Costello, Nancy Kelly, Allan Jones | Comedy |

Universal. Film debut of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

On Their Own | Otto Brower | Spring Byington, June Carlson, Kenneth Howell | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
Opened by Mistake | George Archainbaud | Charles Ruggles, Janice Logan, Robert Paige | Comedy | Paramount
Our Town | Sam Wood | William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter | Drama | United Artists. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards
Out West with the Peppers | Charles Barton | Edith Fellows, Tommy Bond, Pierre Watkin | Western | Columbia. Third of series
Outside the Three-Mile Limit | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Harry Carey, Irene Ware | Crime | Columbia
Pals of the Silver Sage | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Sugar Dawn, Glenn Strange | Western | Monogram
Parole Fixer | Robert Florey | William Henry, Virginia Dale, Anthony Quinn | Drama | Paramount
Passport to Alcatraz | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Noah Beery, Cecilia Callejo | Thriller | Columbia
Phantom of Chinatown | Phil Rosen | Keye Luke, Grant Withers, Lotus Long | Mystery | Monogram
Phantom Raiders | Jacques Tourneur | Walter Pidgeon, Florence Rice, Joseph Schildkraut | Drama | MGM
Phantom Rancher | Harry L. Fraser | Ken Maynard, Dorothy Short, Harry Harvey | Western | Independent
The Phantom Submarine | Charles Barton | Anita Louise, Bruce Bennett, Oscar O'Shea | Adventure | Columbia
The Philadelphia Story | George Cukor | Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart | Screwball comedy | MGM. Won 2 Academy Awards; 4 more nominations
Pier 13 | Eugene Forde | Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Valerie | Mystery | 20th Century Fox
Pinocchio | T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney | voices of Cliff Edwards, Evelyn Venable, Mel Blanc | Animated | Disney. Won 2 Academy Awards; footage preserved in US National Registry; #2 in Top Grossing Films*
Pinto Canyon | Raymond K. Johnson | Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Kenne Duncan | Western | Monogram
Pioneer Days | Harry S. Webb | Jack Randall, Frank Yaconelli, Nelson McDowell | Western | Monogram
Pioneers of the Frontier | Sam Nelson | Wild Bill Elliott, Dorothy Comingore, Dick Curtis | Western | Columbia
Pioneers of the West | Lester Orlebeck | Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo | Western | Republic
Pony Post | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day | Western | Universal
Pop Always Pays | Leslie Goodwins | Leon Errol, Dennis O'Keefe, Pamela Blake | Comedy | RKO
Prairie Law | David Howard | George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Dick Hogan | Western | RKO
Prairie Schooners | Sam Nelson | Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Young, Kenneth Harlan | Western | Columbia
Pride and Prejudice | Robert Z. Leonard | Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Edward Ashley | Drama | MGM. Won Academy Award (art direction); #20 in Top Grossing Films
Pride of the Bowery | Joseph H. Lewis | East Side Kids, Mary Ainslee, Kenneth Harlan | Comedy | Monogram
Primrose Path | Gregory La Cava | Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau | Drama | RKO. Rambeau nominated for Academy Award
Private Affairs | Albert S. Rogell | Nancy Kelly, Roland Young, Robert Cummings | Comedy | Universal
Public Deb No. 1 | Gregory Ratoff | Brenda Joyce, George Murphy, Ralph Bellamy | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
The Quarterback | H. Bruce Humberstone | Wayne Morris, Virginia Dale, Lillian Cornell | Comedy | Paramount
Queen of the Mob | James P. Hogan | Ralph Bellamy, Blanche Yurka, Jeanne Cagney | Crime | Paramount
Queen of the Yukon | Phil Rosen | Charles Bickford, Irene Rich, June Carlson | Adventure | Monogram
Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, Dick Curtis | Western | Universal
Rainbow Over the Range | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay, Warner Richmond | Western | Monogram
Rancho Grande | Frank McDonald | Gene Autry, June Storey, Mary Lee | Western | Republic
The Range Busters | S. Roy Luby | Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max Terhune, Luana Walters | Western | Monogram
The Ranger and the Lady | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Julie Bishop, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic
Rangers of Fortune | Sam Wood | Fred MacMurray, Albert Dekker, Patricia Morison | Western | Paramount
Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock | Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson | Suspense | United Artists. Won 2 Academy Awards, one for Best Picture; another 9 nominations; #3 in Top Grossing Films
Remedy for Riches | Erle C. Kenton | Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Edgar Kennedy | Drama | RKO
Remember the Night | Mitchell Leisen | Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Willard Robertson | Romantic drama | Paramount
The Return of Frank James | Fritz Lang | Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper | Western | 20th Century Fox
The Return of Wild Bill | Joseph H. Lewis | Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Luana Walters | Western | Columbia
Rhythm of the Rio Grande | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Warner Richmond, Martin Garralaga | Western | Monogram
Rhythm on the River | Victor Schertzinger | Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone | Musical Comedy | Paramount. Nominated for Academy Award
Riders from Nowhere | Raymond K. Johnson | Jack Randall, Margaret Roach, Ernie Adams | Western | Monogram
Riders of Black Mountain | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Rex Lease, Julian Rivero | Western | PRC
Riders of Pasco Basin | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Frances Robinson, Bob Baker | Western | Universal
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride | Frank McDonald | Gene Autry, June Storey, Mary Lee | Western | Republic
Ridin' the Trail | Raymond K. Johnson | Fred Scott, Harry Harvey Sr., Jack Ingram | Western | Independent
River's End | Ray Enright | Dennis Morgan, Elizabeth Inglis, Steffi Duna | Drama | Warner Bros.
Road to Singapore | Victor Schertzinger | Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour | Musical comedy | Paramount. First of series
Rocky Mountain Rangers | George Sherman | Robert Livingston, Rosella Towne, Raymond Hatton | Western | Republic
Roll Wagons Roll | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Nelson McDowell, Muriel Evans | Western | Monogram
Rollin' Home to Texas | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Eddie Dean, Jack Rutherford | Western | Monogram

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Safari | Edward H. Griffith | Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Muriel Angelus | Adventure | Paramount
The Sagebrush Family Trails West | Sam Newfield | Bobby Clack, Earle Hodgins, Forrest Taylor | Western | Independent
Sailor's Lady | Allan Dwan | Nancy Kelly, Jon Hall, Dana Andrews | Comedy | 20th Century Fox
The Saint Takes Over | Jack Hively | George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale | Crime | RKO; The Saint series
The Saint's Double Trouble | Jack Hively | George Sanders, Helene Whitney, Jonathan Hale | Crime | RKO
San Francisco Docks | Arthur Lubin | Burgess Meredith, Barry Fitzgerald, Irene Hervey | Crime | Universal
Sandy Gets Her Man | Otis Garrett, Paul Gerard Smith | Baby Sandy, Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel | Comedy | Universal
Sandy Is a Lady | Charles Lamont | Baby Sandy, Eugene Pallette, Nan Grey | Comedy | Universal
Santa Fe Marshal | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Bernadene Hayes | Western | Paramount
Santa Fe Trail | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan | Western | Warner Bros.
Saps at Sea | Gordon Douglas | Laurel and Hardy, James Finlayson, Richard Cramer | Comedy | United Artists
Saturday's Children | Vincent Sherman | John Garfield, Anne Shirley, Claude Rains | Drama | Warner Bros.
Scatterbrain | Gus Meins | Judy Canova, Alan Mowbray, Ruth Donnelly | Comedy | Republic
The Sea Hawk | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains | Adventure | Warner Bros.; nominated for 4 Academy Awards
Second Chorus | H. C. Potter | Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw | Musical comedy | Paramount; nominated for 2 Academy Awards
The Secret Seven | James Moore | Florence Rice, Barton MacLane, Bruce Bennett | Crime | Columbia
Secrets of a Model | Sam Newfield | Cheryl Walker, Harold Daniels, Phyllis Barry | Crime | Independent
Seven Sinners | Tay Garnett | Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Broderick Crawford | Adventure | Universal
Seventeen | Louis King | Betty Field, Jackie Cooper, Otto Kruger | Comedy | Paramount
She Couldn't Say No | William Clemens | Eve Arden, Roger Pryor, Cliff Edwards | Comedy | Warner Bros.
Shooting High | Alfred E. Green | Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver | Western musical | 20th Century Fox
The Shop Around the Corner | Ernst Lubitsch[7] | James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan | Romantic comedy | MGM
The Showdown | Howard Bretherton | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Jan Clayton | Western | Paramount
Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot | Lew Landers | Ruth Terry, Johnny Downs, Mary Lee | Musical | Republic
Ski Patrol | Lew Landers | Luli Deste, Philip Dorn, Stanley Fields | War | Universal
Sky Bandits | Ralph Staub | James Newill, Louise Stanley, Dewey Robinson | Action | Monogram
Sky Murder | George Seitz | Walter Pidgeon, Kaaren Verne, Joyce Compton | Mystery | MGM; third in Nick Carter film series
Slightly Tempted | Lew Landers | Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Johnny Downs | Comedy | Universal
So You Won't Talk | Edward Sedgwick | Joe E. Brown, Frances Robinson, Vivienne Osborne | Comedy | Columbia
Son of Ingagi | Richard C. Kahn | Zack Williams, Laura Bowman, Spencer Williams | Science fiction | Independent
The Son of Monte Cristo | Rowland V. Lee | Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders | Adventure | United Artists; nominated for Academy Award
Son of Roaring Dan | Ford Beebe | Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, Jean Brooks | Western | Universal
Son of the Navy | William Nigh | Jean Parker, James Dunn, Martin Spellman | Comedy | Monogram
Souls in Pawn | Melville Shyer | Kenne Duncan, Lloyd Ingraham, Symona Boniface | Drama | Independent
South of Pago Pago | Alfred E. Green | Jon Hall, Frances Farmer, Olympe Bradna | Adventure | United Artists
South of Suez | Lewis Seiler | George Brent, Brenda Marshall, Lee Patrick | Drama | Warner Bros.
South to Karanga | Harold D. Schuster | James Craig, Luli Deste, Charles Bickford | Adventure | Universal
Sporting Blood | S. Sylvan Simon | Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lewis Stone | Drama | MGM
Spring Parade | Henry Koster | Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, Mischa Auer | Comedy, musical | Universal; nominated for 4 Academy Awards
Stage to Chino | Edward Killy | George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Hobart Cavanaugh | Western | RKO
Stagecoach War | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Harvey Stephens | Western | Paramount
Star Dust | Walter Lang | Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young | Drama | 20th Century Fox
Stolen Paradise | Louis J. Gasnier | Leon Janney, Eleanor Hunt, Esther Muir | Drama | Monogram
Strange Cargo | Frank Borzage | Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter | Drama, romance | MGM
Stranger on the Third Floor | Boris Ingster | Peter Lorre, Charles Waldron, Margaret Tallichet | Film noir | RKO
Street of Memories | Shepard Traube (1907–1983)[8] | Lynne Roberts, Guy Kibbee, John McGuire | Drama | 20th Century Fox
Strike Up the Band | Busby Berkeley | Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra | Musical comedy | MGM; 3 Academy Award nominations, won 1
Susan and God | George Cukor | Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey | Comedy | MGM
Swiss Family Robinson | Edward Ludwig | Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew | Adventure | RKO; nominated for Academy Award
Take Me Back to Oklahoma | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, Bob Wills | Western | Monogram
Tear Gas Squad | Terry O. Morse | John Payne, Dennis Morgan, Gloria Dickson | Crime | Warner Bros.
Texas Rangers Ride Again | James P. Hogan | Ellen Drew, John Howard, Akim Tamiroff | Western | Paramount
Texas Renegades | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Kenne Duncan | Western | PRC
Texas Stagecoach | Joseph H. Lewis | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan | Western | Columbia
Texas Terrors | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Julie Duncan, Arthur Loft | Western | Republic
That Gang of Mine | Joseph H. Lewis | Leo Gorcey, Clarence Muse, Milton Kibbee | Comedy | Monogram; 3rd of 22 East Side Kids films
They Drive by Night | Raoul Walsh | George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Ann Sheridan | Drama | Warner Bros.
They Knew What They Wanted | Garson Kanin | Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, William Gargan | Drama | RKO; nominated for Academy Award
The Thief of Bagdad | Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan | Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin | Adventure | United Artists
Third Finger, Left Hand | Robert Z. Leonard | Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Walburn | Romantic comedy | MGM
This Thing Called Love | Alexander Hall | Rosalind Russell, Melvyn Douglas, Binnie Barnes | Romantic comedy | Columbia
Those Were the Days! | Theodore Reed | William Holden, Bonita Granville, Judith Barrett | Comedy | Paramount
Three Cheers for the Irish | Lloyd Bacon | Priscilla Lane, Dennis Morgan, Virginia Grey | Comedy | Warner Bros.
Three Faces West | Bernard Vorhaus | John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn | Drama | Republic
Three Men from Texas | Harry Sherman | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde | Western | Paramount
Thundering Frontier | D. Ross Lederman | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Carl Stockdale | Western | Columbia
'Til We Meet Again | Edmund Goulding | Merle Oberon, Pat O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald | Drama | Warner Bros.; remake of One Way Passage (1932)
Tin Pan Alley | Walter Lang | Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne | Musical | 20th Century Fox; won Academy Award for musical score
Tom Brown's School Days | Robert Stevenson | Cedric Hardwicke, Freddy Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon | Drama | RKO; based on 1857 novel
Tomboy | Robert F. McGowan | Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Grant Withers | Drama | Monogram
Too Many Girls | George Abbott | Lucille Ball, Frances Langford, Desi Arnaz | Musical | RKO
Too Many Husbands | Wesley Ruggles | Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas | Romantic comedy | Columbia; nominated for Academy Award
Torrid Zone | William Keighley | James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien | Adventure | Warner Bros.
The Trail Blazers | George Sherman | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Pauline Moore | Western | Republic
Trail of the Vigilantes | Allan Dwan | Franchot Tone, Warren William, Broderick Crawford | Western | Universal
Trailing Double Trouble | S. Roy Luby | Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max Terhune, Roy Barcroft | Western | Monogram
Triple Justice | David Howard | George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Peggy Shannon | Western | RKO
Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Lewis Seiler | Marjorie Rambeau, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan | Comedy | Warner Bros.; sequel to 1933 film
The Tulsa Kid | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Luana Walters, Noah Beery | Western | Republic
Turnabout | Hal Roach | Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, Mary Astor | Comedy | United Artists
Two Girls on Broadway | S. Sylvan Simon | Lana Turner, Joan Blondell, George Murphy | Comedy | MGM
Typhoon | Louis King | Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman | Adventure | Paramount; nominated for Academy Award

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Under Texas Skies | George Sherman | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Lois Ranson | Western | Republic
Untamed | George Archainbaud | Ray Milland, Patricia Morison, Akim Tamiroff | Drama | Paramount
Up in the Air | Howard Bretherton | Marjorie Reynolds, Frankie Darrow, Lorna Gray | Comedy | Monogram
Victory | John Cromwell | Fredric March, Cedric Hardwicke, Betty Field | Adventure | Paramount
Vigil in the Night | George Stevens | Carole Lombard, Brian Aherne, Anne Shirley | Drama | RKO
Village Barn Dance | Frank McDonald | Richard Cromwell, George Barbier, Esther Dale | Comedy | Republic
The Villain Still Pursued Her | Edward F. Cline | Hugh Herbert, Anita Louise, Buster Keaton | Comedy | RKO
Virginia City | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart | Western | Warner Bros.
Viva Cisco Kid | Norman Foster | Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Stanley Fields | Western | 20th Century Fox
Wagon Train | Edward Killy | Tim Holt, Martha O'Driscoll, Ray Whitley | Western | RKO
Wagons Westward | Lew Landers | Anita Louise, Chester Morris, Ona Munson | Western | Republic
Waterloo Bridge | Mervyn LeRoy | Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson | Drama | MGM; nominated for 2 Academy Awards; remake of 1931 film
The Way of All Flesh | Louis King | Akim Tamiroff, Gladys George, Muriel Angelus | Drama | Paramount; remake of 1927 silent film
The Westerner | William Wyler | Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport | Western | United Artists; Academy Award for Brennan; 3 nominations
We Who Are Young | Harold S. Bucquet | Lana Turner, Gene Lockhart, Grant Mitchell | Drama | MGM
West of Abilene | Ralph Ceder | Charles Starrett, Bruce Bennett, George Cleveland | Western | Columbia
West of Carson City | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Peggy Moran, Bob Baker | Western | Universal
West of Pinto Basin | S. Roy Luby | Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max Terhune, Gwen Gaze | Western | Monogram
When the Daltons Rode | George Marshall | Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy | Western | Universal
While Thousands Cheer | Leo C. Popkin | Kenny Washington, Mantan Moreland, Jeni Le Gon | Sports | Independent
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Arthur Lubin | Wendy Barrie, Mona Barrie, John Hubbard | Mystery | Republic
Wild Horse Range | Raymond K. Johnson | Jack Randall, Frank Yaconelli, Marin Sais | Western | Monogram
Wild Horse Valley | Ira Webb | Bob Steele, Lafe McKee, Ted Adams | Western | Independent
Wildcat Bus | Frank Woodruff | Fay Wray, Paul Guilfoyle, Don Costello | Drama | RKO
The Wildcat of Tucson | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Young, Kenneth MacDonald | Western | Columbia
Wolf of New York | William C. McGann | Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson | Crime | Republic
Women in War | John H. Auer | Elsie Janis, Wendy Barrie, Patric Knowles | War drama | Republic; nominated for Academy Award
Women Without Names | Robert Florey | Ellen Drew, Fay Helm, Judith Barrett | Drama | Paramount
Wyoming | Richard Thorpe | Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Ann Rutherford | Western | MGM
Yesterday's Heroes | Herbert I. Leeds | Jean Rogers, Robert Sterling, Kay Aldridge | Drama | 20th Century Fox
You Can't Fool Your Wife | Ray McCarey | Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Virginia Vale | Comedy | RKO
You'll Find Out | David Butler | Kay Kyser, Helen Parrish, Ginny Simms, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff | Comedy | RKO; nominated for Academy Award
Young Bill Hickok | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Sally Payne, Julie Bishop | Western | Republic
Young Buffalo Bill | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Pauline Moore, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic
Young People | Allan Dwan | Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood | Drama | 20th Century Fox
Young Tom Edison | Norman Taurog | Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft | Biography | MGM
Young as You Feel | Malcolm St. Clair | Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Joan Valerie | Family | 20th Century Fox
You're Not So Tough | Joe May | Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Nan Grey | Drama | Universal
Youth Will Be Served | Otto Brower | Jane Withers, Kent Taylor, Kay Aldridge | Musical | 20th Century Fox
Yukon Flight | Ralph Staub | Louise Stanley, James Newill, Warren Hull | Western | Monogram
Zanzibar | Harold Schuster | Lola Lane, James Craig, Eduardo Ciannelli | Adventure | Universal

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Adventures of Red Ryder | William Witney, John English | Don "Red" Barry, Noah Beery, Tommy Cook | Western serial | Republic; based on comic strip Red Ryder
City of Lost Men | Harry Revier | William "Stage" Boyd, Kane Richmond, Claudia Dell | Science fiction | 3rd feature version of 1935 serial The Lost City [9]
Deadwood Dick | James W. Horne | Don Douglas, Lorna Gray, Harry Harvey, Marin Sais | Western | 15-episode serial
The Green Archer | James W. Horne | Victor Jory, Iris Meredith | Serial | Columbia
The Green Hornet | Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor | Gordon Jones, Wade Boteler, Anne Nagel | Adventure Serial | Universal
Junior G-Men | Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Dead End Kids | Serial | Universal
King of the Royal Mounted | William Witney, John English | Allan Lane | Adventure Serial | Republic
The Lone Ranger | William Witney, John English | Lee Powell, Chief Thundercloud, Stanley Andrews | Western | Compilation of the 1938 serial
Mysterious Doctor Satan | William Witney, John English | Eduardo Ciannelli | Serial | Republic
Terry and the Pirates | James W. Horne | William Tracy, Sheila Darcy | Serial | Columbia; based on comic strip
Winners of the West | Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor | Dick Foran, Anne Nagel | Western serial | Universal

## Shorts

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Americaner Shadchen | Edgar G. Ulmer | Leo Fuchs, Judith Abarbanel, Judel Dubinsky | Romance, Comedy | Independent; in Yiddish and English [10]
Elmer's Candid Camera | Chuck Jones | Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan | Animated |
Eyes of the Navy |  | Charles B. Middleton | Short Documentary | Nominated for Academy Award
From Nurse to Worse | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short |
Hired! | H.J. Handy (producer) |  | Short | Chevrolet promotion
How High Is Up? | Del Lord | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short |
Knock Knock | Walter Lantz (producer) |  | Animated Short |
The Milky Way | Rudolf Ising | Bernice Hansen | Animated Short | Won Academy Award
Mr. Duck Steps Out | Jack King |  | Animated Short |
No Census, No Feeling | Del Lord | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short |
Nutty But Nice | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short |
Of Fox and Hounds | Tex Avery | Willoughby | Animated Short |
Patient Porky | Bob Clampett | Porky Pig | Animated Short |
Puss Gets the Boot | Hanna-Barbera Rudolf Ising | Lillian Randolph | Animated Short | Nominated for Academy Award
Quicker'n a Wink | George Sidney | Harold E. Edgerton | Short Documentary | Won Academy Award
Rockin' Thru the Rockies | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short |

## See also

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* 1940 in film
* 1940 in the United States

## References

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1. ^ "Alias the Deacon (1940) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
2. ^ "Cafe Hostess (1939) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
3. ^ "Covered Wagon Trails (1940)". Archived from the original on August 17, 2017.
4. ^ "Danger on Wheels (1940) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
5. ^ "Double Alibi (1940) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
6. ^ "Drums of the Desert". October 7, 1940 – via www.imdb.com.
7. ^ "The Shop Around the Corner". January 12, 1940 – via www.imdb.com.
8. ^ Fraser, C. Gerald (July 25, 1983). "SHEPARD TRAUBE, 76, IS DEAD; STAGE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR". The New York Times.
9. ^ DoctorSF. "City of Lost Men de Harry Revier (1940) - SciFi-Movies".
10. ^ "Film: Journey to the Altar".

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