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Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s. The great actor Humphrey Bogart made his most memorable films in this decade. Frank Capra's masterpiece It's a Wonderful Life and Orson Welles's masterpiece Citizen Kane was released. The film noir genre was at its height. Alfred Hitchcock made his American debut with the film Rebecca, and made many classics throughout the 40s. The most successful film of the decade was Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives, the film was directed by William Wyler and starred Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, and Harold Russell. The film won 9 Academy Awards.

List of films[]

File:Africa screams title screen.JPG

Africa Screams was first released in 1949 and stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

The following is a list of films made from 1940 through 1949.

A[]

B[]

  • Babes on Broadway (1941)[21]
  • Baby Bottleneck (1946) (citation needed)
  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
  • Ball of Fire (1941)[22]
  • Bambi (1942)[23]
  • The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
  • Bataan (1943)
  • Battleground (1949)[24][25]
  • The Battle of San Pietro (1945) (citation needed)
  • The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
  • La Belle et la Bête (1946) (citation needed)
  • The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
  • Best Foot Forward (1943)
  • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)[26]
  • Bicycle Thieves (1947) (citation needed)
  • The Big Clock (1948)[27]
  • The Big Sleep (1946) (citation needed)
  • The Big Store (1941) (citation needed)
  • The Bishop's Wife (1947)
  • Black Narcissus (1947)
  • The Black Swan (1942)
  • Blood and Sand (1941)
  • The Blood of Jesus (1941) (citation needed)
  • Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
  • Blue Skies (1946)
  • The Blue Bird (1940)
  • Bluebeard (1944) (citation needed)
  • Boom Town (1940)
  • Boomerang (1947)
  • Born to Kill (1947)
  • Brief Encounter (1945) (citation needed)
  • The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
  • Brother Orchid (1940)
  • Buck Privates (1941)

C[]

  • Cabin in the Sky (1943)
  • Call Northside 777 (1948)
  • Captains of the Clouds (1942)
  • Casablanca (1942)
  • Cass Timberlane (1947)
  • Cat People (1942)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • City for Conquest (1940)
  • Command Decision (1948)
  • The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
  • Crazy House (1943)
  • Criss Cross (1949)
  • Crossfire (1947)
  • The Clock (1945)
  • The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

D[]

  • Daisy Kenyon (1947)
  • The Dark Corner (1946)
  • Dark Passage (1947)
  • Day of Wrath (1943)
  • Dead Men Walk (1943)
  • Destination Tokyo (1943)
  • Detour (1945)
  • The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
  • The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
  • Dillinger (1945)
  • Dive Bomber (1941)
  • The Dolly Sisters (1945)
  • Double Indemnity (1944)
  • A Double Life (1947)
  • Down Argentine Way (1940)
  • Down to Earth (1947)
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
  • Dragon Seed (1944)
  • Dragonwyck (1946)
  • DuBarry Was a Lady (1943)
  • Duel in the Sun (1946)
  • Dumbo (1941)

E[]

F[]

G[]

  • That Gang of Mine (1940)
  • The Gang's All Here (1943)
  • Gaslight (1944)
  • Gentleman Jim (1942)
  • Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
  • The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
  • Gilda (1946)
  • Girl Crazy (1943)
  • Going My Way (1944)
  • Go West (1940)
  • Good News (1947)
  • The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  • The Great Dictator (1940)
  • Great Expectations (1946)
  • The Great Lie (1941)
  • Guest Wife (1945)

H[]

  • Hamlet (1948)
  • Happy Land (1943)
  • The Harvey Girls (1946)
  • He Walked by Night (1948)
  • Heaven Can Wait (1943)
  • The Heiress (1949)
  • Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
  • Henry V (1944)
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
  • High Sierra (1941)
  • Hired! (1940)
  • His Girl Friday (1940)
  • Hold That Ghost (1941)
  • Holiday Inn (1942)
  • Hollywood Canteen (1944)
  • House of Dracula (1945)
  • House of Frankenstein (1944)
  • How Green Was My Valley (1941)
  • Humoresque (1946)

I[]

  • I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
  • In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
  • In the Navy (1941)
  • Invisible Agent (1942)
  • The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
  • The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
  • The Invisible Woman (1940)
  • It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  • It Happens Every Spring (1949)

J[]

  • Jammin' the Blues (1944)
  • Jane Eyre (1944)
  • Jitterbugs (1943)
  • Johnny Angel (1945)
  • Johnny Belinda (1948)
  • The Jolson Story (1946)

K[]

  • Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
  • Key Largo (1948)
  • The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
  • King's Row (1942)
  • Kiss of Death (1947)
  • Kitty Foyle (1940)

L[]

M[]

  • The Mad Monster (1942)
  • Madame Bovary (1949)
  • Madame Curie (1943)
  • The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
  • Major Barbara (1941)
  • Make Mine Music (1946)
  • The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
  • The Mark of Zorro (1940)
  • Meet John Doe (1941)
  • Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
  • Meet the People (1944)
  • Melody Time (1948)
  • Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
  • Mighty Joe Young (1949)
  • Mildred Pierce (1945)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  • Mom and Dad (1945)
  • Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors (1945)
  • Momotaro's Sea Eagles (1942)
  • The Monster Maker (1944)
  • Moon Over Miami (1941)
  • The More the Merrier (1943)
  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
  • Mr. Skeffington (1944)
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942)
  • The Mummy series:
    • The Mummy's Hand (1940)
    • The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
    • The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
    • The Mummy's Curse (1944)
  • My Darling Clementine (1946)
  • Mysterious Island (1941)
  • My Friend Flicka (1943)

N[]

  • National Velvet (1944)
  • The Naughty Nineties (1945)
  • Neptune's Daughter (1949)
  • Night and Day (1946)
  • A Night in Casablanca (1946)
  • Nightmare Alley (1947)
  • Notorious (1946)
  • Now, Voyager (1942)

O[]

  • Objective, Burma! (1945)
  • Oliver Twist (1948)
  • On the Town (1949)
  • One Foot in Heaven (1941)
  • One Million B.C. (1940)
  • Orchestra Wives (1942)
  • Our Town (1940)
  • Out of the Past (1947)
  • The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

P[]

  • The Paleface (1948)
  • The Palm Beach Story (1942)
  • Passage to Marseille (1944)
  • Penny Seranade (1941)
  • Phantom of the Opera (1943)
  • The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
  • The Pied Piper (1942)
  • Pimpernel Smith (1941)[28]
  • Pinocchio (1940)
  • The Pirate (1948)
  • Possessed (1947)
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
  • Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
  • Pride and Prejudice (1940)
  • The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
  • The Prime Minister (1941)
  • Princes of Foxes (1949)
  • Princess Iron Fan (1941)

Q[]

R[]

S[]

  • Saludos Amigos (1942)
  • Samson and Delilah (1949)
  • Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
  • Santa Fe Trail (1940)
  • The Sea Hawk (1940)
  • The Sea of Grass (1947)
  • Sergeant York (1941)
  • Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
  • The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
  • She-Wolf of London (1946)
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
  • Shock (1946)
  • The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
  • Since You Went Away (1944)
  • Sleep, My Love (1948)
  • The Snake Pit (1948)
  • So Dear to My Heart (1949)
  • Somewhere in the Night (1946)
  • Son of Dracula (1943)
  • The Song of Bernadette (1943)
  • Song of the South (1946)
  • Spellbound (1945)
  • State Fair (1945)
  • State of the Union (1948)
  • A Stolen Life (1946)
  • Stormy Weather (1943)
  • Strange Cargo (1940)
  • The Stratton Story (1949)
  • Strike Up the Band (1940)
  • Sullivan's Travels (1941)
  • Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
  • Suspicion (1941)

T[]

  • The Talk of the Town (1942)
  • That Night in Rio (1941)
  • They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
  • They Were Expendable (1945)
  • They Won't Believe Me (1947)
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
  • The Third Man (1949)
  • The Three Caballeros (1944)
  • The Three Musketeers (1948)
  • Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944)
  • Thousands Cheer (1943)
  • Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
  • To Be or Not to Be (1942)
  • To Each His Own (1946)
  • To Have and Have Not (1944)
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  • Tulsa (1949)
  • Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
  • "The Clock" (1945)
  • "The Pirate" (1948)
  • "The Harvey Girls" (1946)

U[]

  • Unconquered (1947)

V[]

W[]

  • Watch on the Rhine (1943)
  • Waterloo Bridge (1940)
  • Week-End in Havana (1941)
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends (1949)
  • Whirlpool (1949)
  • White Heat (1949)
  • Wilson (1944)
  • Wing and a Prayer (1944)
  • The Wolf Man (1941)
  • The Woman of the Town (1943)
  • Woman of the Year (1942)
  • Words and Music (1948)

Y[]

  • A Yank in the RAF (1941)
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  • The Yearling (1946)
  • You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
  • You'll Never Get Rich (1941)

Z[]

  • Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
  • Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

See also[]

References[]

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  2. Cincinnati CityBeat: Scared Silly By Phil Morehard
  3. Press of Atlantic City: As Halloween nears, check out the evolution of Dracula
  4. Crowther, Bosley. "Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949): 'Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff.' Opens at the Globe – New Film at the Mayfair", September 19, 1949. Retrieved on December 4, 2009. 
  5. Act of Violence Review by Variety Staff
  6. Act of Violence Review by Roger Westcombe
  7. Adam's Rib (1949) – The New York Times: Movie review
  8. Adventure Island (1947) Movie review The New York Times
  9. W, A. "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949): THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; 'The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad' Sees the Return of Disney to Realm of Pure Animation", October 10, 1949. Retrieved on December 4, 2009. 
  10. Africa Screams (1949) Movie review The New York Times
  11. FILM; A Different Mexican Revolution The New York Times:
  12. S, T. "Air Raid Wardens (1943): THE SCREEN; Where Hilarity Reigns", April 5, 1943. Retrieved on December 4, 2009. 
  13. Crowther, Bosley. "All the King's Men (1949): 'All the King's Men,' Columbia Film Based on the Novel by Warren, at Victoria", November 9, 1949. Retrieved on December 4, 2009. 
  14. Crowther, Bosley. "All This, and Heaven Too (1940): THE SCREEN; 'All This and Heaven, Too,' With Bette Davis and Boyer, at Music Hall--'Private Affairs' at Roxy At the Roxy", July 5, 1940. Retrieved on December 4, 2009. 
  15. Ideas & Trends; Rascal or Racist? Censoring a Rabbit The New York Times
  16. Anchors Aweigh (1945) – Movie review The New York Times
  17. W, A. "Angel and the Badman (1947): 'Angel and the Bad Man,' With John Wayne and Gail Russell, Is Called Superior to Usual Western", March 3, 1947. Retrieved on December 4, 2009. 
  18. The New York Times: Anna and the King of Siam – Awards
  19. K, P P. "Arsenic and Old Lace (1944): 'Arsenic and Old Lace,' With Cary Grant, in Premiere at Strand – 'Youth Runs Wild' Is New Palace Theatre Feature", September 2, 1944. Retrieved on December 4, 2009. 
  20. Aventure Malgache (1944) – Review by Micael Brooke
  21. P, T M. "Babes on Broadway (1941): At the Music Hall", January 1, 1942. Retrieved on December 4, 2009. 
  22. Crowther, Bosley. "Ball of Fire (1941): "Ball of Fire" a Delightful Comedy, With Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Lead Roles, Opens at Music Hall", January 16, 1942. Retrieved on December 5, 2009. 
  23. American Film Institute: Bambi
  24. BATTLEGROUND: The Essentials – Synopsis by Rob Nixon
  25. Battleground (1949) – Movie review The New York Times
  26. Crowther, Bosley. "The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; At the Laffmovie", November 22, 1946. Retrieved on December 12, 2009. 
  27. Crowther, Bosley. "The Big Clock (1948): THE SCREEN; ' The Big Clock,' 17-Jewel Film, With Ray Milland, Laughton, Is a Dandy Clue-Chaser", April 22, 1948. Retrieved on December 27, 2009. 
  28. The Monthly Film Bulletin, Volume 8, No.91, July 1941, page 81; The British Film Institute.
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