1940 in film
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The year 1940 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- February 7 -
Walt Disney 's animated filmPinocchio is released. February 20 -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'sFantasia , the first film to be released in a multichannel sound format (seeFantasound ). 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.
Top grossing films
- North America
Pinocchio (Disney/RKO)
Academy Awards
- Best Picture:
Rebecca - David O. Selznick, United Artists Best Actor : James Stewart -The Philadelphia Story Best Actress :Ginger Rogers -Kitty Foyle
Films released in 1940
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois
All This and Heaven Too - Arise, My Love
- The Bank Dick, written by and starring
W.C. Fields - The Biscuit Eater
- Boom Town
Boys of the City Broadway Melody of 1940 starringFred Astaire and Eleanor Powell - final film of seriesEast Side Kids Edison, the Man starring Spencer TracyFantasia - Go West, starring the Marx Brothers
- Give Us Wings
- Gaslight, the original British version
The Grapes of Wrath - The Great Dictator, starring Charlie Chaplin
Green Hell His Girl Friday , starring Cary Grant andRosalind Russell - The Howards of Virginia, starring Cary
Grant and
Martha Scott - Junior G-Men
Kitty Foyle My Favorite Wife - Night Train to Munich
Northwest Passage , starring Spencer TracyOne Million B.C. - One Night in the Tropics, film debut of Abbott and Costello
The Philadelphia Story Pinocchio Pride of the Bowery Pride and Prejudice , starring Greer Garson and Laurence OlivierRebecca - starring Sir Laurence Olivier- The Shop Around the Corner
- Strike Up the Band
That Gang of Mine The Thief of Bagdad - Vigil in the Night, starring Carole Lombard
The Well-Digger's Daughter - You're Not So Tough
Serials
- 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 , starringBuster Crabbe - The Green Archer, starring Victor Jory, directed
by
James W. Horne - The Green Hornet, starring
Gordon Jones The Green Hornet Strikes Again , starringWarren 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 byJames W. Horne - Winners of the West
Short film series
- 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
- 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)Tom and Jerry (MGM) (1940-1958)
Births
January 22 -Nyree Dawn Porter , English actress (d.2001 )- May 24 -
Gary Burghoff , American Actor - July 7 - Ringo Starr, English drummer (The Beatles)
July 13 -Patrick Stewart , English actorAugust 3 -Martin Sheen , American actor- August 22 -
Valerie Harper , American actress - November 27 - Bruce Lee
- October 9 - John Lennon, English musician, songwriter and singer (The Beatles)
- November 5 -
Elke Sommer , German actress December 21 -Frank Zappa , American musician, songwriter and singer
Deaths
February 20 - George Periolat, actorMay 25 - Joe De Grasse, pioneer Hollywood film director- July 1 - Ben Turpin, comic actor
- October 10 -
Berton Churchill , pioneer Hollywood actor December 5 - Wilfred Lucas, actor, screenwriter, director
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