1940 in film

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List of years in film (table)
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Years in film

1870s
1880s
1890s
1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899
1900s
1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909
1910s
1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919
1920s
1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929
1930s
1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939
1940s
1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •1949
1950s
1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959
1960s
1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
1970s
1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979
1980s
1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989
1990s
1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999
2000s
2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
2010s
2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014

The year 1940 in film involved some significant events.

1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Academy Awards
4 Films released in 1940
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Animated short film series
8 Births
9 Deaths

[edit] Events

February 7 - Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio 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'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.