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The year 1940 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- February 7 - Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio is released.
- February 10 - 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's Fantasia, the first film to be released in a multichannel sound format (see Fantasound). 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 (U.S.)
* After theatrical reissues
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 starring Raymond Massey
- All This and Heaven Too starring Bette Davis and Charles Boyer
- Andy Hardy Meets Debutante starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
- Arise, My Love
- Arizona
- The Bank Dick, written by and starring W.C. Fields
- The Biscuit Eater
- Black Friday
- The Blue Bird
- Boom Town starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr
- Boys of the City
- Broadway Melody of 1940 starring Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell - final film of series
- Brother Orchid
- Charlie Chan in Panama
- A Chump at Oxford
- City for Conquest
- Contraband
- Dark Command, starred John Wayne
- Doomed to Die, starred Boris Karloff
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet starring Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, and Donald Crisp.
- East Side Kids
- Edison, the Man starring Spencer Tracy
- Escape
- Fantasia
- The Fatal Hour, starred Boris Karloff
- Foreign Correspondent, directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Joel McCrea
- Four Sons, remake of Four Sons, directed by Archie Mayo starring Don Ameche
- Gaslight, starring Anton Walbrook - the original British version
- The Ghost Breakers
- Give Us Wings
- Go West (1940 film), starring the Marx Brothers
- The Grapes of Wrath directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda
- The Great Dictator directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin with Paulette Goddard and Jack Oakie
- The Great McGinty, starring Brian Donlevy
- Green Hell
- Here Is the Point (Ahí está el detalle), starring Cantinflas
- His Girl Friday directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell
- The House of the Seven Gables
- The Howards of Virginia, starring Cary Grant and Martha Scott
- I Love You Again
- The Invisible Man Returns
- The Invisible Woman
- Kitty Foyle starring Ginger Rogers
- Lady with Red Hair, starring Miriam Hopkins
- The Letter starring Bette Davis
- The Long Voyage Home starring John Wayne
- The Marines Fly High, starring Lucille Ball and Richard Dix
- The Mark of Zorro starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell
- The Mortal Storm, starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart
- The Mummy's Hand
- My Favorite Wife starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
- My Little Chickadee
- Night Train to Munich
- North West Mounted Police
- Northwest Passage, starring Spencer Tracy
- One Million B.C. starring Carole Landis
- One Night in the Tropics, film debut of Abbott and Costello
- Our Town starring William Holden and Martha Scott
- The Philadelphia Story directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart
- Pinocchio
- Pride and Prejudice starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier
- The Proud Valley
- Queen of the Yukon
- Rebecca directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier - Oscar for best picture
- Remember the Night, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray
- The Sea Hawk, starring Errol Flynn
- The Shop Around the Corner, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart
- The Son of Monte Cristo
- The Stars Look Down, starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood
- Strange Cargo, starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford
- Strike Up the Band
- That Gang of Mine
- They Drive by Night
- They Knew What They Wanted
- The Thief of Bagdad, starring Conrad Veidt and Sabu
- 'Til We Meet Again
- Too Many Husbands
- Torrid Zone
- Vigil in the Night starring Carole Lombard
- Virginia City starring Errol Flynn and Miriam Hopkins
- Waterloo Bridge starring Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor
- The Well-Digger's Daughter
- The Westerner starring Gary Cooper
- Young People
- 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, starring Buster Crabbe
- The Green Archer, starring Victor Jory, directed by James W. Horne
- The Green Hornet Strikes Again!, starring Warren 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 by James W. Horne
- Winners of the West, starring Dick Foran and Anne Nagel
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 - John Hurt, English actor
- January 27 - James Cromwell, American actor
- January 29 - Katharine Ross, American actress
- February 4 - George A. Romero, American director
- February 12 - Ralph Bates, English actor (d. 1991)
- February 23 - Peter Fonda, American actor
- March 9 - Raul Julia, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1994)
- March 10 - Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
- March 26 - James Caan, American actor
- April 25 - Al Pacino, American actor
- May 5 - Lance Henriksen, American actor
- May 15 - Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
- June 1 - Rene Auberjonois, American actor
- June 20 - John Mahoney, English-born American actor
- July 7 - Ringo Starr, English drummer (The Beatles)
- July 13 - Patrick Stewart, English actor
- July 18 - James Brolin, American actor
- August 3 - Martin Sheen, American actor
- August 19 - Jill St. John, American actress
- August 31 - Jack Thompson, Australian actor
- September 5 - Raquel Welch, American actress
- September 11 - Brian De Palma, American director
- October 9 - John Lennon, English musician, songwriter and singer (The Beatles) (d. 1980)
- October 22 - Michael Gambon, Irish actor
- November 5 - Elke Sommer, German actress
- November 15 - Sam Waterston, American actor
- November 27 - Bruce Lee, Chinese-American martial artist and actor (d. 1973)
- November 31 - Keith Parry, actor, comedian and presenter
- December 1 - Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
Deaths
- February 20 - George Periolat, actor
- March 5 - Maxine Elliott, stage & film actress
- April 9 - Mrs Patrick Campbell, stage & film actress
- May 25 - Joe De Grasse, pioneer Hollywood film director
- July 1 - Ben Turpin, comic actor
- September 25 - Marguerite Clark, stage & silent film star
- October 10 - Berton Churchill, pioneer Hollywood actor
- December 5 - Wilfred Lucas, actor, screenwriter, director