Thursday, August 18, 2022

May 1940 (Rebecca)

Les amoureux (see: Bird of Prey)
And One Was Beautiful (USA - 1940 - bw)

The Bank Messenger Mystery (UK - 1936 - bw)
Beyond Tomorrow (USA - 1940 - bw)
A Bill of Divorcement (USA - 1940 - bw)
Bird of Prey (L’épervier) /USA: Les amoureux (Fr - 1933 - bw)
Black Friday (USA - 1940 - bw)
Blackout (see: Contraband)
Bulldog Sees It Through (UK - 1940 - bw)

The Conquest of the Air: John Monk Saunders' Story of Man's Greatest Achievement (UK - 1936 - bw) ¹
Contraband /USA: Blackout (UK - 1940 - bw)
The Courageous Dr. Christian (USA - 1940 - bw)
The Covered Trailer (USA - 1939 - bw)

Le dernier tournant [see: Postman Always Rings Twice, The]
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (USA - 1940 - bw)

L’épervier [see: Bird of Prey]

The Farmer’s Daughter (USA - 1940 - bw)
Florian (USA - 1940 - bw)
The Flying Squad (UK - 1940 - bw)
For Freedom (UK - 1940 - bw)
Free, Blonde and 21 (USA - 1940 - bw)

Gentleman of Venture /USA: It Happened to One Man (UK - 1940 - bw)
Gestapo [see: Night Train to Munich]
Glamour Boy (Millionaire Playboy) (USA - 1940 - bw)

High School (USA - 1940 - bw)
The House Across the Bay (USA - 1940 - bw)
The House of the Arrow (UK - 1940 - bw)
The House of the Seven Gables (USA - 1940 - bw)

Irene (USA - 1940 - bw and col)
It Happened to One Man (see: Gentleman of Venture)
It’s a Date (USA - 1940 - bw)

Johnny Apollo (USA - 1940 - bw)

Little Orvie (USA - 1940 - bw)

Mein Kampf: My Crimes (UK - 1939 - bw)
Millionaire Playboy (see: Glamour Boy)
Mountain Rhythm (USA - 1939 - bw)
My Little Chickadee (USA - 1940 - bw)
My Son, My Son! (USA - 1940 - bw)

New Frontier (USA - 1939 - bw)
Night Train to Munich (UK - 1940 - bw)

Old Mother Riley in Society (UK - 1940 - bw)
Opened by Mistake (USA - 1940 - bw)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (Le dernier tournant) (Fr - 1939 - bw)
Primrose Path (USA - 1940 - bw)

Rebecca (USA - 1940 - bw)
Road to Singapore (USA - 1940 - bw)

The Saint’s Double Trouble (USA - 1940 - bw)
Sérénade (Fr - 1940 - bw)
Smuggled Cargo (USA - 1939 - bw)

Typhoon (USA - 1940)

Untamed (USA - 1940)

Vigil in the Night (USA - 1940 - bw)
Village Barn Dance (USA - 1940 - bw)
Viva Cisco Kid (USA - 1940 - bw)

Wolf of New York (USA - 1940 - bw)
Women Without Names (USA - 1940 - bw)

¹ Trade-previewed in 1936 in a 66 min version, but not released until 1940 in a revised edition which added new material to the original, including footage of the 1937 Hindenburg disaster.

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in May 1940. Theatrical release dates may differ.


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