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- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from quitting and remarrying, using an exclusive interview with a death row convict as an enticement to buy himself some time to win her back.Release date January 11, 1940
Directed by Howard Hawks
Cary Grant ... Walter Burns - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMargaret SullavanJames StewartFrank MorganTwo employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.Release date January 12, 1940
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
James Stewart ... Alfred Kralik - DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn CarradineAn Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.Release date January 24, 1940
Directed by John Ford
John Carradine ... Jim Casy
Henry Fonda ... Tom Joad
Mae Marsh ... Muley's Wife
Academy Awards, USA 1941
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Henry Fonda)
WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jane Darwell)
WINNER Best Director
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Sound, Recording
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay - DirectorAlfred J. GouldingStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyForrester HarveyAs a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarships to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students.Release date January 25, 1940
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Peter Cushing ... Student Jones
Oliver Hardy ... Oliver Hardy
Stan Laurel ... Stan Laurel / Lord Paddington - DirectorNorman FergusonT. HeeWilfred JacksonStarsDickie JonesChristian RubMel BlancA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.Release date February 7, 1940
Supervising Directors Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske
Academy Awards, USA 1941
WINNER Best Music, Original Score
WINNER Best Music, Original Song - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge SandersA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.Release date March 21, 1940
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Joan Fontaine ... Mrs. de Winter
Laurence Olivier ... 'Maxim' de Winter
Academy Awards, USA 1941
WINNER Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Laurence Olivier)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Joan Fontaine)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Judith Anderson)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
WINNER Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Director
NOMINEE Best Effects, Special Effects
NOMINEE Best Film Editing
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Score
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay - DirectorDominique Bernard-DeschampsStarsArlettyMarcel DalioAnnie DucauxRelease date March 30, 1940
Directed by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Arletty ... Ida Malaincourt - DirectorGordon DouglasStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames FinlaysonOliver suffers a nervous breakdown as a result of working in a horn factory, but after he follows doctor's orders about getting some sea air, he finds an ex-con is aboard.Release date April 29, 1940
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Oliver Hardy ... Ollie
Stan Laurel ... Stan - DirectorFrank BorzageStarsMargaret SullavanJames StewartRobert YoungThe Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.Release date June 13, 1940
Directed by Frank Borzage
Bonita Granville ... Elsa
James Stewart ... Martin Breitner - DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsGreer GarsonLaurence OlivierMary BolandThe arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.Release date July 26, 1940
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Greer Garson ... Elizabeth Bennet
Laurence Olivier ... Mr. Darcy
Maureen O'Sullivan ... Jane Bennet
Academy Awards, USA 1941
WINNER Best Art Direction, Black-and-White - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJoel McCreaLaraine DayHerbert MarshallOn the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.Release date August 16, 1940
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Academy Awards, USA 1941
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Albert Bassermann)
NOMINEE Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NOMINEE Best Effects, Special Effects
NOMINEE Best Writing, Original Screenplay - DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsHugh HerbertAnita LouiseAlan MowbrayA widow and her daughter are threatened with eviction by an unscrupulous lawyer.Release date October 11, 1940
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton ... William Dalton - DirectorLudwig BergerMichael PowellTim WhelanStarsConrad VeidtSabuJune DuprezAfter being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.Release date October 14, 1940
Directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger & Tim Whelan
Academy Awards, USA 1941
WINNER Best Art Direction, Color
WINNER Best Cinematography, Color
WINNER Best Effects, Special Effects
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Score - DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack OakieDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.Release date October 15, 1940
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Charles Chaplin ... Hynkel / A Jewish Barber
Paulette Goddard ... Hannah
Academy Awards, USA 1941
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charles Chaplin)
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Oakie)
NOMINEE Best Music, Original Score
NOMINEE Best Writing, Original Screenplay - DirectorTay GarnettStarsMarlene DietrichJohn WayneAlbert DekkerBanished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.Release date October 25, 1940
Directed by Tay Garnett
Marlene Dietrich ... Bijou
John Wayne ... Dan - DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsJeff YorkMartha O'DriscollMona RayThe goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.Release date November 9, 1940
Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Buster Keaton ... Lonesome Polecat - DirectorJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongFord Beebe Jr.StarsLeopold StokowskiDeems TaylorThe Philadelphia OrchestraA series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.Release date November 13, 1940
Directed by Ben Sharpsteen
Academy Awards, USA 1942
Winner Honorary Award - DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsW.C. FieldsCora WitherspoonUna MerkelHenpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.Release date November 29, 1940
Directed by Edward F. Cline - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCary GrantKatharine HepburnJames StewartAfter a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.Release date December 5, 1940
Directed by George Cukor
Cary Grant ... C. K. Dexter Haven
Katharine Hepburn ... Tracy Lord
James Stewart ... Macaulay Connor
Academy Awards, USA 1941
NOMINEE Best Picture
WINNER Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Stewart)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Leading Role (Katharine Hepburn)
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Ruth Hussey)
NOMINEE Best Director
WINNER Best Writing, Screenplay - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaHarry LangBob LaztnyTom (Jasper) gets told that if he breaks one more thing he is getting thrown out, so Jerry (Jinx) tries his best to make Jasper "Get the Boot".Release date February 10, 1940
Directed by Joseph Barbera & William Hanna
Tom & Jerry
Academy Awards, USA 1941
NOMINEE Best Short Subject, Cartoons - DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanElmer takes up wildlife photography, but finds his subject, a rabbit similar to the later Bugs Bunny character, much too wild.Release date March 2, 1940
Directed by Charles Jones
Elmer Fudd - DirectorJack KingStarsLee MillarClarence NashDonald attempts to entice Pluto to try his automated dog washer, but is unexpectedly caught himself and is scrubbed, and hung on the line to dry.Release date April 5, 1940
Directed by Jack King
Donald Duck - DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancLeon SchlesingerHenry BinderDaffy Duck tries to usurp Porky Pig's job through devious means in this wild blend of live action and animation.Release date May 18, 1940
Directed by I. Freleng
Porky Pig
Daffy Duck
