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A list of American films released in 1942.
Bob Hope hosted the 15th Academy Awards ceremony at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The winner of the Outstanding Motion Picture (later: Best Picture) category was MGM's Mrs. Miniver.
The other nine nominated pictures were 49th Parallel; Kings Row; The Magnificent Ambersons; The Pied Piper; The Pride of the Yankees; Random Harvest; The Talk of the Town; Wake Island; and Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Casablanca was released in 1942, but won its three Oscars in 1944.
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| A-Haunting We Will Go |
Alfred L. Werker |
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dante the Magician, Sheila Ryan |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Across the Pacific |
John Huston |
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton |
Thriller |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Adventures of Martin Eden |
Sidney Salkow |
Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine |
Bernard Vorhaus |
Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Terry, Gloria Dickson |
Mystery |
Republic
|
| The Affairs of Martha |
Jules Dassin |
Marsha Hunt, Richard Carlson, Marjorie Main |
Romance |
MGM
|
| Alias Boston Blackie |
Lew Landers |
Chester Morris, Adele Mara, George E. Stone |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
| All Through the Night |
Vincent Sherman |
Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne |
Thriller |
Warner Bros.
|
| Almost Married |
Charles Lamont |
Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Eugene Pallette |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Along the Sundown Trail |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd, Lee Powell, Julie Duncan |
Western |
PRC
|
| Always in My Heart |
Jo Graham |
Kay Francis, Walter Huston, Gloria Warren |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| American Empire |
William C. McGann |
Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford |
Western |
Paramount
|
| Andy Hardy's Double Life |
George B. Seitz |
Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Apache Trail |
Richard Thorpe |
Lloyd Nolan, Donna Reed, Ann Ayars |
Western |
MGM
|
| Arabian Nights |
John Rawlins |
Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Are Husbands Necessary? |
Norman Taurog |
Ray Milland, Betty Field, Patricia Morison |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Arizona Roundup |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Arizona Stage Coach |
S. Roy Luby |
Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Nell O'Day |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Arizona Terrors |
George Sherman |
Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick |
Western |
Republic
|
| Army Surgeon |
A. Edward Sutherland |
Jane Wyatt, James Ellison, Kent Taylor |
Drama |
RKO
|
| Atlantic Convoy |
Lew Landers |
Bruce Bennett, Virginia Field, Larry Parks, Lloyd Bridges |
War |
Columbia
|
| Baby Face Morgan |
Arthur Dreifuss |
Mary Carlisle, Richard Cromwell, Robert Armstrong |
Comedy crime |
PRC
|
| Bad Men of the Hills |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Luana Walters |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Bambi |
David Hand |
|
Animated |
RKO, Disney
|
| Bandit Ranger |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Joan Barclay |
Western |
RKO
|
| The Bashful Bachelor |
Malcolm St. Clair |
Lum and Abner, ZaSu Pitts |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| Behind the Eight Ball |
Edward F. Cline |
Carol Bruce, Dick Foran |
Comedy |
Universal Pictures
|
| Bells of Capistrano |
William Morgan |
Gene Autry, Virginia Grey |
Western |
Republic
|
| Below the Border |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Berlin Correspondent |
Eugene Forde |
Virginia Gilmore, Dana Andrews, Mona Maris |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox
|
| Between Us Girls |
Henry Koster |
Diana Barrymore, Robert Cummings, Kay Francis |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Beyond the Blue Horizon |
Alfred Santell |
Dorothy Lamour, Richard Denning, Patricia Morison |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
| The Big Shot |
Lewis Seiler |
Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning |
Crime |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Big Street |
Irving Reis |
Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane |
Drama |
RKO
|
| Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns |
Sam Newfield |
Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Joan Barclay |
Western |
PRC
|
| Billy the Kid Trapped |
Sam Newfield |
Buster Crabbe, Anne Jeffreys |
Western |
PRC
|
| Black Dragons |
William Nigh |
Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, Robert Frazer |
Thriller |
Monogram
|
| The Black Swan |
Henry King |
Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
| Blondie's Blessed Event |
Frank R. Strayer |
Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Blondie Goes to College |
Frank R. Strayer |
Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Janet Blair |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Blondie for Victory |
Frank R. Strayer |
Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Stuart Erwin |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Blue, White and Perfect |
Herbert I. Leeds |
Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Helene Reynolds |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
| Bombay Clipper |
John Rawlins |
William Gargan, Maria Montez, Irene Hervey |
Thriller |
Universal
|
| Bombs Over Burma |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Anna May Wong, Noel Madison |
War |
PRC
|
| The Boogie Man Will Get You |
Lew Landers |
Boris Karloff |
Comedy
Horror |
Columbia
|
| Boot Hill Bandits |
S. Roy Luby |
Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Jean Brooks |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Border Roundup |
Sam Newfield |
George F. Houston, Dennis Moore |
Western |
PRC
|
| Born to Sing |
Edward Ludwig |
Virginia Weidler, Douglas McPhail |
Musical |
MGM
|
| The Boss of Big Town |
Arthur Dreifuss |
Florence Rice, John Litel, H. B. Warner |
Crime |
PRC
|
| Boss of Hangtown Mesa |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, William Farnum |
Western |
Universal
|
| Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood |
Michael Gordon |
Chester Morris, Constance Worth |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
| Bowery at Midnight |
Wallace Fox |
Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Wanda McKay |
Horror |
Monogram
|
| Broadway |
William A. Seiter |
George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair |
Crime musical |
Universal
|
| Broadway Big Shot |
William Beaudine |
Ralph Byrd, Virginia Vale, Herbert Rawlinson |
Drama |
PRC
|
| Brooklyn Orchid |
Kurt Neumann |
William Bendix, Grace Bradley |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
| The Bugle Sounds |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Donna Reed |
War |
MGM
|
| Bullet Scars |
D. Ross Lederman |
Regis Toomey, Howard Da Silva, Adele Longmire |
Crime drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Bullets for Bandits |
Wallace Fox |
Tex Ritter, Wild Bill Elliott |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Busses Roar |
D. Ross Lederman |
Richard Travis, Julie Bishop, Eleanor Parker |
Crime drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Butch Minds the Baby |
Albert S. Rogell |
Virginia Bruce, Broderick Crawford, Dick Foran |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Cadets on Parade |
Lew Landers |
Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Raymond Hatton |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| Cairo |
W. S. Van Dyke |
Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Lionel Atwill |
Comedy thriller |
MGM
|
| Call of the Canyon |
Joseph Santley |
Gene Autry, Ruth Terry |
Western |
Republic
|
| Call Out the Marines |
Frank Ryan |
Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Binnie Barnes |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Calling Dr. Gillespie |
Harold S. Bucquet |
Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Canal Zone |
Lew Landers |
Chester Morris, Harriet Nelson, Larry Parks |
Action |
Columbia
|
| Captains of the Clouds |
Michael Curtiz |
James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall |
War |
Warner Bros.
|
| Careful, Soft Shoulders |
Oliver H. P. Garrett |
Virginia Bruce, James Ellison, Sheila Ryan |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Casablanca |
Michael Curtiz |
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Dooley Wilson, Peter Lorre |
Drama, Romance |
Warner Bros.; Academy Award Best Picture in 1943
|
| Castle in the Desert |
Harry Lachman |
Sidney Toler, Arleen Whelan |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
| Cat People |
Jacques Tourneur |
Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph |
Horror |
RKO;
|
| China Girl |
Henry Hathaway |
Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| City of Silent Men |
William Nigh |
Frank Albertson, June Lang, Jan Wiley |
Crime |
PRC
|
| A Close Call for Ellery Queen |
James P. Hogan |
William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, Kay Linaker |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
| Code of the Outlaw |
John English |
Bob Steele, Tom Tyler |
Western |
Republic
|
| Come on Danger |
Edward Killy |
Tim Holt, Ray Whitley |
Western |
RKO
|
| Commandos Strike at Dawn |
John Farrow |
Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish |
War |
Columbia
|
| The Corpse Vanishes |
Wallace Fox |
Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters |
Horror |
Monogram
|
| Counter-Espionage |
Edward Dmytryk |
Warren William, Forrest Tucker, Hillary Brooke |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
| The Courtship of Andy Hardy |
George B. Seitz |
Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Donna Reed |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Cowboy Serenade |
William Morgan |
Gene Autry, Fay McKenzie |
Western |
Republic
|
| Criminal Investigator |
Jean Yarbrough |
Robert Lowery, Edith Fellows, John Miljan |
Mystery |
Monogram
|
| Crossroads |
Jack Conway |
William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor |
Mystery |
MGM
|
| The Cyclone Kid |
George Sherman |
Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick |
Western |
Republic
|
| Danger in the Pacific |
Lewis D. Collins |
Don Terry, Louise Allbritton |
Spy |
Universal
|
| Daring Young Man |
Frank R. Strayer |
Joe E. Brown, Marguerite Chapman, William Wright |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| A Date with the Falcon |
Irving Reis |
George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins |
Mystery |
RKO
|
| The Dawn Express |
Albert Herman |
Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, Constance Worth |
Thriller |
PRC
|
| Dawn on the Great Divide |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones, Mona Barrie, Raymond Hatton |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Deep in the Heart of Texas |
Elmer Clifton |
Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Jennifer Holt |
Western |
Universal
|
| A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen |
James P. Hogan |
William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
| Desperate Journey |
Raoul Walsh |
Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Raymond Massey |
War |
Warner Bros.
|
| Destination Unknown |
Ray Taylor |
William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Turhan Bey |
Thriller |
Universal
|
| The Devil's Trail |
Lambert Hillyer |
Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Noah Beery |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Don't Get Personal |
Charles Lamont |
Jane Frazee, Anne Gwynne |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Down Rio Grande Way |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Down Texas Way |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Luana Walters |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Dr. Broadway |
Anthony Mann |
Macdonald Carey, Jean Phillips |
Mystery |
Paramount
|
| Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant |
Willis Goldbeck |
Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Susan Peters |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Dr. Kildare's Victory |
W. S. Van Dyke |
Lew Ayres, Ann Ayars, Lionel Barrymore |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Dr. Renault's Secret |
Harry Lachman |
J. Carrol Naish, George Zucco, Lynne Roberts |
Horror |
20th Century Fox
|
| Drums of the Congo |
Christy Cabanne |
Ona Munson, Stuart Erwin, Peggy Moran |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Duke of the Navy |
William Beaudine |
Ralph Byrd, Stubby Kruger, Veda Ann Borg |
Comedy |
PRC
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Eagle Squadron |
Arthur Lubin |
Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore |
War |
Universal
|
| Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen |
James P. Hogan |
William Gargan, Gale Sondergaard, Margaret Lindsay |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
| Escape from Crime |
D. Ross Lederman |
Richard Travis, Jackie Gleason, Julie Bishop |
Crime |
Warner Bros.
|
| Escape from Hong Kong |
William Nigh |
Marjorie Lord, Leo Carrillo |
Mystery |
Universal
|
| Eyes in the Night |
Fred Zinnemann |
Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed |
Mystery |
MGM
|
| Eyes of the Underworld |
Roy William Neill |
Richard Dix, Wendy Barrie, Don Porter |
Drama |
Universal
|
| The Falcon's Brother |
Stanley Logan |
George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph |
Mystery |
RKO
|
| The Falcon Takes Over |
Irving Reis |
George Sanders, Lynn Bari, Allen Jenkins |
Mystery |
RKO
|
| Fall In |
Kurt Neumann |
William Tracy, Jean Porter |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
| Fingers at the Window |
Charles Lederer |
Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone |
Mystery |
MGM
|
| The Fleet's In |
Victor Schertzinger |
Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Betty Hutton |
Musical |
Paramount
|
| Flight Lieutenant |
Sidney Salkow |
Pat O'Brien, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| Fly-by-Night |
Robert Siodmak |
Richard Carlson, Nancy Kelly, Albert Bassermann |
Thriller |
Paramount
|
| Flying Tigers |
David Miller |
John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee |
War |
Republic
|
| Flying with Music |
George Archainbaud |
Marjorie Woodworth, George Givot |
Musical |
United Artists
|
| Footlight Serenade |
Gregory Ratoff |
Betty Grable, John Payne, Victor Mature |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Foreign Agent |
William Beaudine |
John Shelton, Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff |
Crime drama |
Monogram
|
| The Forest Rangers |
George Marshall |
Fred MacMurray, Susan Hayward, Paulette Goddard |
Drama |
Paramount
|
| For Me and My Gal |
Busby Berkeley |
Judy Garland, Gene Kelly |
Musical |
MGM
|
| Four Jacks and a Jill |
Jack Hively |
Ray Bolger, Desi Arnaz, June Havoc, Anne Shirley |
Musical |
RKO
|
| Freckles Comes Home |
Jean Yarbrough |
Gale Storm, Johnny Downs, Mantan Moreland |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| Friendly Enemies |
Allan Dwan |
Charles Winninger, Charles Ruggles, Nancy Kelly |
Drama |
United Artists
|
| Frisco Lil |
Erle C. Kenton |
Irene Hervey, Kent Taylor, Jerome Cowan |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Gallant Lady |
William Beaudine |
Rose Hobart, Jane Novak Sidney Blackmer |
Drama |
PRC
|
| The Gay Sisters |
Irving Rapper |
Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| A Gentleman After Dark |
Edwin L. Marin |
Miriam Hopkins, Brian Donlevy, Preston Foster |
Crime |
United Artists
|
| A Gentleman at Heart |
Ray McCarey |
Cesar Romero, Carole Landis, Milton Berle |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Gentleman Jim |
Raoul Walsh |
Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Alan Hale |
Bio-pic |
Warner Bros.
|
| George Washington Slept Here |
William Keighley |
Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Get Hep to Love |
Charles Lamont |
Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Jane Frazee, Peggy Ryan |
Musical comedy |
Universal
|
| The Ghost of Frankenstein |
Erle C. Kenton |
Lon Chaney Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy |
Horror |
Universal
|
| Ghost Town Law |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton |
Western |
Monogram
|
| The Girl from Alaska |
Nick Grinde |
Jean Parker, Ray Middleton, Jerome Cowan |
Western |
Republic
|
| Girl Trouble |
Harold D. Schuster |
Don Ameche, Joan Bennett |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Girls' Town |
Victor Halperin |
Edith Fellows, June Storey, Alice White, Anna Q. Nilsson |
Drama |
PRC
|
| Give Out, Sisters |
Edward F. Cline |
The Andrews Sisters, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor |
Musical |
Universal
|
| The Glass Key |
Stuart Heisler |
Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix |
Film noir |
Paramount; remake of 1935 film
|
| Grand Central Murder |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Van Heflin, Cecilia Parker, Virginia Grey |
Mystery |
MGM
|
| The Great Gildersleeve |
Gordon Douglas |
Harold Peary, Jane Darwell |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| The Great Man's Lady |
William A. Wellman |
Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy |
Western |
Paramount
|
| The Great Impersonation |
John Rawlins |
Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers, Kaaren Verne |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Halfway to Shanghai |
John Rawlins |
Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Henry Stephenson |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Hay Foot |
Fred Guiol |
William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Elyse Knox |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
| Heart of the Golden West |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, Smiley Burnette |
Western |
Republic
|
| Heart of the Rio Grande |
William Morgan |
Gene Autry, Fay McKenzie, Edith Fellows |
Western |
Republic
|
| Hello, Annapolis |
Lew Landers |
Tom Brown, Jean Parker, Larry Parks |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Henry Aldrich, Editor |
Hugh Bennett |
Jimmy Lydon, Olive Blakeney, Rita Quigley |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Henry and Dizzy |
Hugh Bennett |
Jimmy Lydon, Mary Anderson, John Litel |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Her Cardboard Lover |
George Cukor |
Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, George Sanders |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Here We Go Again |
Allan Dwan |
Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Edgar Bergen |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| The Hidden Hand |
Benjamin Stoloff |
Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Julie Bishop |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Highways by Night |
Peter Godfrey |
Richard Carlson, Jane Randolph, Barton MacLane |
Drama |
RKO
|
| Hi, Neighbor |
Charles Lamont |
Jean Parker John Archer, Janet Beecher |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Hillbilly Blitzkrieg |
Roy Mack |
Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy, Cliff Nazarro |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| Hitler – Dead or Alive |
Nick Grinde |
Ward Bond, Dorothy Tree, Warren Hymer |
Thriller |
Independent
|
| Holiday Inn |
Mark Sandrich |
Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale |
Musical |
Paramount
|
| Home in Wyomin' |
William Morgan |
Gene Autry, Fay McKenzie |
Western |
Republic
|
| House of Errors |
Bernard B. Ray |
Harry Langdon, Marian Marsh, Betty Blythe |
Comedy |
PRC
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| I Live on Danger |
Sam White |
Chester Morris, Jean Parker |
Suspense |
Paramount
|
| I Married a Witch |
René Clair |
Veronica Lake, Fredric March, Susan Hayward |
Romantic comedy |
United Artists
|
| I Married an Angel |
W. S. Van Dyke |
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy |
Musical |
MGM
|
| I Was Framed |
D. Ross Lederman |
Julie Bishop, Tod Andrews |
Mystery |
Warner Bros.
|
| Ice-Capades Revue |
Bernard Vorhaus |
Ellen Drew, Richard Denning, Jerry Colonna |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Iceland |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Sonja Henie, John Payne, Jack Oakie |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
| In Old California |
William C. McGann |
John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker |
Western |
Republic
|
| In This Our Life |
John Huston |
Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Invisible Agent |
Edwin L. Marin |
Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre |
War |
Universal
|
| Inside the Law |
Hamilton MacFadden |
Wallace Ford, Luana Walters |
Crime comedy |
PRC
|
| Isle of Missing Men |
Richard Oswald |
John Howard, Helen Gilbert, Gilbert Roland |
Drama |
Monogram
|
| It Happened in Flatbush |
Ray McCarey |
Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Sara Allgood |
Sports comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| It's All True |
Orson Welles, Norman Foster |
|
Unfinished film |
shot in South America
|
| Jackass Mail |
Norman Z. McLeod |
Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish |
Western |
MGM
|
| Jail House Blues |
Albert S. Rogell |
Nat Pendleton, Anne Gwynne, Robert Paige |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Jesse James, Jr. |
George Sherman |
Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick |
Western |
Republic
|
| Joan of Ozark |
Joseph Santley |
Judy Canova, Joe E. Brown, Jerome Cowan |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Joan of Paris |
Robert Stevenson |
Michèle Morgan, Paul Henreid, Laird Cregar |
War |
RKO
|
| Joe Smith, American |
Richard Thorpe |
Robert Young, Marsha Hunt |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Johnny Doughboy |
John H. Auer |
Jane Withers, Ruth Donnelly, Henry Wilcoxon |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Johnny Eager |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Robert Taylor, Lana Turner |
Film noir |
MGM
|
| Journey for Margaret |
W. S. Van Dyke |
Robert Young, Laraine Day, Fay Bainter, Nigel Bruce |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Juke Box Jenny |
Harold Young |
Ken Murray, Harriet Hilliard, Iris Adrian |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Juke Girl |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Gene Lockhart |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Jungle Book |
Zoltan Korda |
Sabu, Joseph Calleia |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Jungle Siren |
Sam Newfield |
Ann Corio, Buster Crabbe, Arno Frey |
Adventure |
PRC
|
| Junior Army |
Lew Landers |
Freddie Bartholomew, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| Just Off Broadway |
Herbert I. Leeds |
Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Phil Silvers |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Kid Glove Killer |
Fred Zinnemann |
Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt |
Crime |
MGM
|
| King of the Mounties |
William Witney |
Allan Lane, Peggy Drake |
Action |
Republic
|
| King of the Stallions |
Edward Finney |
Dave O'Brien, Rick Vallin, Chief Thundercloud |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Kings Row |
Sam Wood |
Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; nominated Academy Award for Best Picture
|
| Klondike Fury |
William K. Howard |
Edmund Lowe, Lucile Fairbanks, Ralph Morgan |
Adventure |
Monogram
|
| Lady for a Night |
Leigh Jason |
John Wayne, Joan Blondell, Ray Middleton |
Drama |
Republic
|
| Lady from Chungking |
William Nigh |
Anna May Wong, Harold Huber, Mae Clarke |
War |
PRC
|
| Lady Gangster |
Robert Florey |
Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop |
Crime |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Lady Has Plans |
Sidney Lanfield |
Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Roland Young |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Lady in a Jam |
Gregory LaCava |
Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| The Lady Is Willing |
Mitchell Leisen |
Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray |
Comedy |
Columbia; Remake of 1934 film
|
| Land of the Open Range |
Edward Killy |
Tim Holt, Janet Waldo |
Western |
RKO
|
| Larceny, Inc. |
Lloyd Bacon |
Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford |
Crime Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Laugh Your Blues Away |
Charles Barton |
Jinx Falkenburg, Bert Gordon, Isobel Elsom |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Law and Order |
Sam Newfield |
Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Wanda McKay |
Western |
PRC
|
| Law of the Jungle |
Jean Yarbrough |
Arline Judge, John King, |
Drama |
Monogram
|
| Lawless Plainsmen |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Luana Walters |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Let's Get Tough! |
Wallace Fox |
East Side Kids, Florence Rice |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| Life Begins at Eight-Thirty |
Irving Pichel |
Ida Lupino, Monty Woolley, Cornel Wilde |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Little Joe, the Wrangler |
Lewis D. Collins |
Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Jennifer Holt |
Western |
Universal
|
| Little Tokyo, U.S.A. |
Otto Brower |
Preston Foster, Brenda Joyce, June Duprez |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Living Ghost |
William Beaudine |
James Dunn, Joan Woodbury |
Suspense |
Monogram
|
| The Lone Prairie |
William Berke |
Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor |
Western |
Columbia
|
| The Lone Rider in Cheyenne |
Sam Newfield |
George Houston, Al St. John, Dennis Moore |
Western |
PRC
|
| Lone Star Ranger |
James Tinling |
John Kimbrough, Sheila Ryan |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Lone Star Vigilantes |
Wallace Fox |
Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Luana Walters |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Lost Canyon |
Lesley Selander |
William Boyd, Lola Lane |
Western |
United Artists |
|
| The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe |
Harry Lachman |
Linda Darnell, Shepperd Strudwick, Virginia Gilmore |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Lucky Ghost |
William Beaudine |
Mantan Moreland, F. E. Miller |
Comedy |
Independent
|
| Lucky Jordan |
Frank Tuttle |
Alan Ladd, Helen Walker, Sheldon Leonard |
Comedy thriller |
Paramount
|
| Lucky Legs |
Charles Barton |
Jinx Falkenburg, Leslie Brooks, Russell Hayden |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Lure of the Islands |
Jean Yarbrough |
Margie Hart, Robert Lowery, Gale Storm |
Adventure |
Monogram
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| The Mad Doctor of Market Street |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Lionel Atwill, Anne Nagel, Claire Dodd, Una Merkel |
Horror |
Universal
|
| The Mad Martindales |
Alfred L. Werker |
Jane Withers, Marjorie Weaver, Alan Mowbray |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Mad Monster |
Sam Newfield |
George Zucco, Anne Nagel, Glenn Strange |
Horror |
PRC
|
| Madame Spy |
Roy William Neill |
Constance Bennett, Don Porter, John Litel |
Spy |
Universal
|
| The Magnificent Ambersons |
Orson Welles |
Joseph Cotten, Anne Baxter, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, Tim Holt |
Drama, Romance |
RKO
|
| The Magnificent Dope |
Walter Lang |
Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Major and the Minor |
Billy Wilder |
Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| The Male Animal |
Elliott Nugent |
Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie |
Romantic comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Man from Cheyenne |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers, Sally Payne |
Western |
Republic
|
| Man from Headquarters |
Jean Yarbrough |
Frank Albertson, Joan Woodbury, Byron Foulger |
Comedy crime |
Monogram
|
| The Man in the Trunk |
Malcolm St. Clair |
Lynne Roberts, Raymond Walburn, J. Carrol Naish |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Man Who Came to Dinner |
William Keighley |
Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Billie Burke |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Man Who Returned to Life |
Lew Landers |
Lucile Fairbanks, John Howard |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| The Man Who Wouldn't Die |
Herbert I. Leeds |
Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Henry Wilcoxon |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
| Man with Two Lives |
Phil Rosen |
Edward Norris, Marlo Dwyer |
Fantasy thriller |
Monogram
|
| A Man's World |
Charles Barton |
William Wright, Marguerite Chapman, Larry Parks, Wynne Gibson |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
| Manila Calling |
Herbert I. Leeds |
Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Maisie Gets Her Man |
Roy Del Ruth |
Ann Sothern, Red Skelton, Allen Jenkins |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| The Mayor of 44th Street |
Alfred E. Green |
George Murphy, Anne Shirley, Richard Barthelmess |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| The McGuerins from Brooklyn |
Kurt Neumann |
William Bendix, Grace Bradley |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
| Meet the Stewarts |
Alfred E. Green |
William Holden, Frances Dee |
Comedy |
Columbia[1]
|
| Men of San Quentin |
William Beaudine |
Eleanor Stewart, Dick Curtis |
Crime drama |
PRC
|
| Men of Texas |
Ray Enright |
Robert Stack, Jackie Cooper, Broderick Crawford |
Western |
Universal
|
| Mexican Spitfire at Sea |
Leslie Goodwins |
Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Zasu Pitts |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost |
Leslie Goodwins |
Lupe Vélez, Buddy Rogers, Elisabeth Risdon |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| Mexican Spitfire's Elephant |
Leslie Goodwins |
Lupe Vélez, Walter Reed, Elisabeth Risdon |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| Miss Annie Rooney |
Edwin L. Marin |
Shirley Temple, Dickie Moore, Guy Kibbee |
Drama |
United Artists
|
| Miss V from Moscow |
Albert Herman |
Lola Lane, Noel Madison, Paul Weigel |
Spy drama |
PRC
|
| Mississippi Gambler |
John Rawlins |
Kent Taylor, Frances Langford, John Litel |
Crime |
Universal
|
| Mokey |
Wells Root |
Donna Reed, Dan Dailey |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Moonlight in Havana |
Anthony Mann |
Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Marjorie Lord |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Moonlight Masquerade |
John H. Auer |
Dennis O'Keefe, Jane Frazee |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| The Moon and Sixpence |
Albert Lewin |
George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Elena Verdugo |
Drama |
United Artists
|
| Moontide |
Archie Mayo |
Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Claude Rains |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Mr. and Mrs. North |
Robert B. Sinclair |
Gracie Allen, Paul Kelly, Rose Hobart |
Mystery |
MGM
|
| Mr. Wise Guy |
William Nigh |
East Side Kids, Billy Gilbert, Joan Barclay |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| Mrs. Miniver |
William Wyler |
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright |
War drama |
MGM; won 6 Oscars including Garson, Wright and Best Picture
|
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch |
Norman Taurog |
Fay Bainter, Hugh Herbert |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Mug Town |
Ray Taylor |
Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Grace McDonald |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| The Mummy's Tomb |
Harold Young |
Lon Chaney Jr., Dick Foran, Elyse Knox |
Horror |
Universal
|
| Murder in the Big House |
B. Reeves Eason |
Van Johnson, Faye Emerson |
Crime |
Warner Bros.
|
| My Favorite Blonde |
Sidney Lanfield |
Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| My Favorite Spy |
Tay Garnett |
Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| My Gal Sal |
Irving Cummings |
Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Phil Silvers |
Musical biopic |
20th Century Fox
|
| My Heart Belongs to Daddy |
Robert Siodmak |
Richard Carlson, Martha O'Driscoll, Cecil Kellaway |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| My Sister Eileen |
Alexander Hall |
Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne Janet Blair |
Comedy, Musical |
Columbia; Remade as 1955 film
|
| The Mysterious Rider |
Sam Newfield |
Buster Crabbe, Caroline Burke |
Western |
PRC
|
| The Mystery of Marie Roget |
Phil Rosen |
Maria Montez, Patric Knowles, John Litel |
Suspense |
Universal
|
| The Navy Comes Through |
A. Edward Sutherland |
Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt |
Drama |
RKO
|
| Nazi Agent |
Jules Dassin |
Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reicher |
Spy thriller |
MGM
|
| 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge |
Wallace Fox |
East Side Kids, Ann Gillis |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| The Night Before the Divorce |
Robert Siodmak |
Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Nils Asther |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Night in New Orleans |
William Clemens |
Patricia Morison, Preston Foster, Albert Dekker |
Mystery |
Paramount
|
| Night Monster |
Ford Beebe |
Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill, Irene Hervey |
Mystery horror |
Universal
|
| Night Plane from Chungking |
Ralph Murphy |
Robert Preston |
War drama |
Paramount
|
| A Night to Remember |
Richard Wallace |
Loretta Young, Brian Aherne |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| Nightmare |
Tim Whelan |
Diana Barrymore, Brian Donlevy, Henry Daniell |
Crime |
Universal Pictures
|
| North of the Rockies |
Lambert Hillyer |
Wild Bill Elliott, Shirley Patterson, Larry Parks |
Western |
Columbia
|
| North to the Klondike |
Erle C. Kenton |
Broderick Crawford, Evelyn Ankers |
Western |
Universal
|
| Northwest Rangers |
Joseph M. Newman |
William Lundigan, Patricia Dane |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Not a Ladies' Man |
Lew Landers |
Paul Kelly, Fay Wray, Douglas Croft |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| Now, Voyager |
Irving Rapper |
Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; won Oscar for Music Score
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Obliging Young Lady |
Richard Wallace |
Joan Carroll, Ruth Warrick, Eve Arden |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| The Old Chisholm Trail |
Elmer Clifton |
Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Jennifer Holt |
Western |
Universal
|
| The Old Homestead |
Frank McDonald |
Anne Jeffreys, Maris Wrixon |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| The Omaha Trail |
Edward Buzzell |
James Craig, Pamela Blake |
Western |
MGM
|
| Once Upon a Honeymoon |
Leo McCarey |
Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak |
Romantic Comedy |
RKO
|
| One Thrilling Night |
William Beaudine |
Wanda McKay, John Beal |
Romantic Comedy |
Monogram
|
| On the Sunny Side |
Harold D. Schuster |
Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Katharine Alexander |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Orchestra Wives |
Archie Mayo |
Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, Glenn Miller |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
| Outlaws of Boulder Pass |
Sam Newfield |
George Houston, Al St. John, Dennis Moore |
Western |
PRC
|
| Outlaws of Pine Ridge |
William Witney |
Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Noah Beery |
Western |
Republic
|
| Over My Dead Body |
Malcolm St. Clair |
Milton Berle, Mary Beth Hughes, Reginald Denny |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Overland to Deadwood |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Leslie Brooks |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Overland Stagecoach |
Sam Newfield |
Robert Livingston, Al St. John, Julie Duncan |
Western |
PRC
|
| Pacific Rendezvous |
George Sidney |
Lee Bowman, Jean Rogers, Mona Maris |
Drama |
MGM
|
| The Palm Beach Story |
Preston Sturges |
Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallée |
Screwball Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Panama Hattie |
Norman Z. McLeod |
Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, Marsha Hunt |
Musical |
MGM
|
| The Panther's Claw |
William Beaudine |
Sidney Blackmer, Rick Vallin, Herbert Rawlinson |
Mystery |
PRC
|
| Parachute Nurse |
Charles Barton |
Marguerite Chapman, William Wright, Louise Allbritton |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| Pardon My Gun |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett, Alma Carroll |
Western |
Columbia; Remake of 1930 film
|
| Pardon My Sarong |
Erle C. Kenton |
Abbott and Costello, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Pardon My Stripes |
John H. Auer |
Sheila Ryan, William Henry, Edgar Kennedy |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| The Pay Off |
Arthur Dreifuss |
Lee Tracy, Tom Brown, Evelyn Brent |
Crime Drama |
PRC[2]
|
| Perils of Nyoka |
William Witney |
Kay Aldridge |
Action, Adventure |
Republic
|
| Phantom Killer |
William Beaudine |
Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury |
Romance, Mystery |
Monogram
|
| The Phantom Plainsmen |
John English |
Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Lois Collier |
Western |
Republic
|
| The Pied Piper |
Irving Pichel |
Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Anne Baxter |
War |
20th Century Fox
|
| Pierre of the Plains |
George B. Seitz |
Ruth Hussey, Bruce Cabot, Reginald Owen, Evelyn Ankers |
Adventure |
MGM
|
| Pirates of the Prairie |
Howard Bretherton |
Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Nell O'Day |
Western |
RKO
|
| Pittsburgh |
Lewis Seiler |
John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Police Bullets |
Jean Yarbrough |
Joan Marsh, John Archer |
Crime |
Monogram
|
| The Postman Didn't Ring |
Harold D. Schuster |
Brenda Joyce, Richard Travis, Spencer Charters |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Powder Town |
Rowland V. Lee |
Edmond O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, June Havoc |
Drama |
RKO
|
| Prairie Gunsmoke |
Lambert Hillyer |
Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Virginia Carroll |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Prairie Pals |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd, Lee Powell |
Western |
PRC
|
| The Pride of the Yankees |
Sam Wood |
Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth |
Biopic, Sports |
RKO;
|
| Priorities on Parade |
Albert S. Rogell |
Ann Miller, Johnnie Johnston, Betty Jane Rhodes |
Musical |
Paramount
|
| Prisoner of Japan |
Arthur Ripley |
Alan Baxter, Gertrude Michael, Corinna Mura |
Thriller |
PRC
|
| Private Buckaroo |
Edward F. Cline |
The Andrews Sisters, Harry James, Joe E. Lewis |
Musical |
Universal
|
| Private Snuffy Smith |
Edward F. Cline |
Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Queen of Broadway |
Sam Newfield |
Rochelle Hudson, Buster Crabbe, Paul Bryar |
Drama |
PRC
|
| Quiet Please, Murder |
John Larkin |
George Sanders, Gail Patrick, Lynne Roberts |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Raiders of the Range |
John English |
Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Lois Collier |
Western |
Republic
|
| Raiders of the West |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd, Lee Powell, Virginia Carroll |
Western |
PRC
|
| Random Harvest |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Ronald Colman, Greer Garson |
Drama |
MGM; 7 Oscar nominations
|
| The Rangers Take Over |
Albert Herman |
Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Iris Meredith |
Western |
PRC
|
| Reap the Wild Wind |
Cecil B. DeMille |
John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
| Red River Robin Hood |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards |
Western |
RKO
|
| The Remarkable Andrew |
Stuart Heisler |
William Holden, Brian Donlevy, Ellen Drew |
Fantasy |
Paramount
|
| Remember Pearl Harbor |
Joseph Santley |
Don "Red" Barry, Fay McKenzie, Sig Ruman |
War |
Republic
|
| Reunion in France |
Jules Dassin |
Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn |
War Drama |
MGM
|
| Rhythm Parade |
Howard Bretherton |
Nils Granlund, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery |
Musical |
Monogram
|
| Ride 'Em Cowboy |
Arthur Lubin |
Abbott and Costello, Anne Gwynne, Dick Foran |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Riders of the Northland |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Shirley Patterson |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Riders of the West |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Ridin' Down the Canyon |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers, Linda Hayes |
Western |
Republic
|
| Riding the Wind |
Edward Killy |
Tim Holt, Joan Barclay |
Western |
RKO
|
| Riding Through Nevada |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett, Shirley Patterson, Arthur Hunnicutt |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Right to the Heart |
Eugene Forde |
Brenda Joyce, Stanley Clements, Cobina Wright |
Sports comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Rings on Her Fingers |
Rouben Mamoulian |
Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Rio Rita |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Abbott and Costello, Kathryn Grayson |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Road to Happiness |
Phil Rosen |
John Boles, Mona Barrie |
Drama |
|
| Road to Morocco |
David Butler |
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour |
Musical comedy |
Paramount; third in Road series
|
| Rock River Renegades |
S. Roy Luby |
Ray Corrigan, Christine McIntyre |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Rolling Down the Great Divide |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd, Wanda McKay |
Western |
PRC
|
| Romance on the Range |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers, Sally Payne |
Western |
Republic
|
| Roxie Hart |
William A. Wellman |
Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Nigel Bruce |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Rubber Racketeers |
Harold Young |
Rochelle Hudson, Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Read |
Crime |
Monogram
|
| Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book |
Zoltan Korda |
Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Sabotage Squad |
Lew Landers |
Bruce Bennett, Edward Norris |
Action |
Columbia
|
| Saboteur |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Norman Lloyd |
Film noir |
Universal
|
| Scattergood Rides High |
Christy Cabanne |
Guy Kibbee, Jed Prouty |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| Scattergood Survives a Murder |
Christy Cabanne |
Guy Kibbee, Margaret Hayes, John Archer |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| Sealed Lips |
George Waggner |
William Gargan, June Clyde |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Secret Agent of Japan |
Irving Pichel |
Preston Foster, Lynn Bari |
War |
20th Century Fox
|
| Secret Enemies |
Benjamin Stoloff |
Craig Stevens, Faye Emerson |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Secrets of a Co-Ed |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Otto Kruger, Rick Vallin, Marcia Mae Jones |
Drama |
PRC
|
| Secrets of the Underground |
William Morgan |
John Hubbard, Virginia Grey, Lloyd Corrigan |
Thriller |
Republic
|
| Seven Days' Leave |
Tim Whelan |
Lucille Ball, Victor Mature |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| Seven Miles from Alcatraz |
Edward Dmytryk |
James Craig, Bonita Granville |
Crime |
RKO
|
| Seven Sweethearts |
Frank Borzage |
Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Cecilia Parker |
Musical |
MGM
|
| Shadows on the Sage |
Lester Orlebeck |
Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Cheryl Walker |
Western |
Republic
|
| She's in the Army |
Jean Yarbrough |
Lucile Gleason, Veda Ann Borg, Marie Wilson |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| Shepherd of the Ozarks |
Frank McDonald |
Frank Albertson, Thurston Hall |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Sheriff of Sage Valley |
Sam Newfield |
Buster Crabbe, Al St. John |
Western |
PRC
|
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon |
Roy William Neill |
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill |
Mystery |
Universal
|
| Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror |
John Rawlins |
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny |
Mystery |
Univeresal
|
| Ship Ahoy |
Edward Buzzell |
Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien |
Musical comedy |
MGM
|
| Shut My Big Mouth |
Charles Barton |
Joe E. Brown, Adele Mara, Joan Woodbury |
Comedy
Western |
Columbia
|
| The Silver Bullet |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Johnny Mack Brown, William Farnum, Jennifer Holt |
Western |
Universal
|
| Silver Queen |
Lloyd Bacon |
George Brent, Priscilla Lane |
Western |
United Artists
|
| Sin Town |
Ray Enright |
Constance Bennett, Broderick Crawford, Ward Bond |
Western |
Universal
|
| Sing Your Worries Away |
A. Edward Sutherland |
Buddy Ebsen, Patsy Kelly, Bert Lahr |
Musical |
RKO
|
| Sleepytime Gal |
Albert S. Rogell |
Judy Canova, Billy Gilbert, Ruth Terry |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Small Town Deb |
Harold Schuster |
Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Cecil Kellaway |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Smart Alecks |
Wallace Fox |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gale Storm |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| Smith of Minnesota |
Lew Landers |
Bruce Smith, Arline Judge, Don Beddoe |
Sports |
Columbia
|
| The Sombrero Kid |
George Sherman |
Don 'Red' Barry, Lynn Merrick |
Western |
Republic
|
| Somewhere I'll Find You |
Wesley Ruggles |
Clark Gable, Lana Turner |
Romance |
MGM
|
| Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake |
John Cromwell |
Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, George Sanders |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
| Song of the Islands |
Walter Lang |
Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jack Oakie |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
| Sons of the Pioneers |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Maris Wrixon |
Western |
Republic
|
| So's Your Aunt Emma |
Jean Yarbrough |
ZaSu Pitts, Roger Pryor, Douglas Fowley |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| South of Santa Fe |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers, Linda Hayes |
Western |
Republic
|
| The Spirit of Stanford |
Charles Barton |
Frankie Albert, Marguerite Chapman, Shirley Patterson |
Sports |
Columbia
|
| The Spoilers |
Ray Enright |
John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott |
Western |
Universal
|
| Springtime in the Rockies |
Irving Cummings |
Betty Grable, John Payne, Cesar Romero |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
| Spy Ship |
B. Reeves Eason |
Craig Stevens, Irene Manning |
Spy drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Stagecoach Buckaroo |
Ray Taylor |
Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, Anne Nagel |
Western |
Universal
|
| Stagecoach Express |
George Sherman |
Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick |
Western |
Republic
|
| Stand By All Networks |
Lew Landers |
Florence Rice, John Beal, Margaret Hayes |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
| Stand By for Action |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Robert Taylor, Walter Brennan, Charles Laughton |
War |
MGM
|
| Star Spangled Rhythm |
George Marshall |
Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Victor Moore |
Musical |
Paramount
|
| Stardust on the Sage |
William Morgan |
Gene Autry, Edith Fellows, Smiley Burnette |
Western |
Republic
|
| The Strange Case of Doctor Rx |
William Nigh |
Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Street of Chance |
Jack Hively |
Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor |
Crime |
Paramount
|
| Strictly in the Groove |
Vernon Keays |
Mary Healy, Leon Errol, Franklin Pangborn |
Musical |
Universal
|
| Submarine Raider |
Lew Landers |
John Howard, Marguerite Chapman |
War |
Columbia[3]
|
| Sunday Punch |
David Miller |
William Lundigan, Jean Rogers, Dan Dailey |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| The Sundown Kid |
Elmer Clifton |
Don "Red" Barry, Ian Keith |
Western |
Republic
|
| Sundown Jim |
James Tinling |
John Kimbrough, Arleen Whelan, Virginia Gilmore |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| Sunset on the Desert |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers, Lynne Carver, Beryl Wallace |
Western |
Republic
|
| Sunset Serenade |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers, Helen Parrish |
Western |
Republic
|
| Sweater Girl |
William Clemens |
Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Nils Asther |
Musical |
Paramount
|
| Sweetheart of the Fleet |
Charles Barton |
Joan Davis, Jinx Falkenburg, Joan Woodbury |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Syncopation |
William Dieterle |
Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville |
Musical |
RKO
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| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Take a Letter, Darling |
Mitchell Leisen |
Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Constance Moore |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Tales of Manhattan |
Julien Duvivier |
Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson |
Drama, comedy; 6 separate stories |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Talk of the Town |
George Stevens |
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman |
Screwball comedy |
Columbia
|
| Tarzan's New York Adventure |
Richard Thorpe |
Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan |
Adventure |
MGM
|
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point |
Henry Hathaway |
George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara, John Sutton |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| Tennessee Johnson |
William Dieterle |
Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey |
Historical |
MGM
|
| Texas Justice |
Sam Newfield |
George Houston, Dennis Moore, Wanda McKay |
Western |
PRC
|
| Texas Man Hunt |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd, Lee Powell, Julie Duncan |
Western |
PRC
|
| Texas to Bataan |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Texas Trouble Shooters |
S. Roy Luby |
Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune |
Western |
Monogram
|
| That Other Woman |
Ray McCarey |
Virginia Gilmore, Janis Carter, James Ellison |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| There's One Born Every Minute |
Harold Young |
Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Guy Kibbee |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| They All Kissed the Bride |
Alexander Hall |
Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| They Raid by Night |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Lyle Talbot, June Duprez, Victor Varconi |
War |
PRC
|
| This Above All |
Anatole Litvak |
Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine |
Romance |
20th Century Fox
|
| This Gun for Hire |
Frank Tuttle |
Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Laird Cregar |
Thriller |
Paramount
|
| This Time for Keeps |
Charles Reisner |
Ann Rutherford, Robert Sterling, Irene Rich |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Thru Different Eyes |
Thomas Z. Loring |
Frank Craven, June Walker, Vivian Blaine |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Thunder Birds |
William A. Wellman |
Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton |
War |
20th Century Fox
|
| Thunder River Feud |
S. Roy Luby |
Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Thundering Hoofs |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Luana Walters |
Western |
RKO
|
| Timber |
Christy Cabanne |
Marjorie Lord, Dan Dailey |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Time to Kill |
Herbert I. Leeds |
Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Ralph Byrd |
Crime drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Tish |
S. Sylvan Simon |
ZaSu Pitts, Marjorie Main, Aline MacMahon |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| To Be or Not to Be |
Ernst Lubitsch |
Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack |
Screwball comedy |
United Artists
|
| Today I Hang |
Oliver Drake |
Walter Woolf King, Mona Barrie, William Farnum |
Drama |
Producers Releasing Corporation
|
| To the Shores of Tripoli |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Randolph Scott |
Romantic drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Tombstone |
William McGann |
Richard Dix, Frances Gifford, Kent Taylor |
Western |
Paramount
|
| Tomorrow We Live |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Ricardo Cortez, Jean Parker, Emmett Lynn |
Action |
PRC
|
| Too Many Women |
Bernard B. Ray |
Neil Hamilton, June Lang, Joyce Compton |
Comedy |
PRC
|
| Top Sergeant |
Christy Cabanne |
Leo Carrillo, Don Terry, Elyse Knox |
War |
Universal
|
| A Tornado in the Saddle |
William Berke |
Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, Alma Carroll |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Torpedo Boat |
John Rawlins |
Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Mary Carlisle |
War |
Paramount
|
| Tortilla Flat |
Victor Fleming |
Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield |
Comedy, drama |
MGM; based on John Steinbeck book
|
| Tough as They Come |
William Nigh |
Billy Halop, Helen Parrish, Ann Gillis |
Crime |
Universal
|
| A Tragedy at Midnight |
Joseph Santley |
John Howard, Margaret Lindsay, Mona Barrie |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Trail Riders |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
John Dusty King, Evelyn Finley, Max Terhune |
Western |
Monogram
|
| The Traitor Within |
Frank McDonald |
Don "Red" Barry, Jean Parker, Ralph Morgan |
Action |
Republic
|
| Tramp, Tramp, Tramp |
Charles Barton |
Jackie Gleason, Florence Rice, Bruce Bennett, Mabel Todd |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Treat 'Em Rough |
Ray Taylor |
Eddie Albert, Peggy Moran |
Drama |
Universal
|
| True to the Army |
Albert S. Rogell |
Judy Canova, Ann Miller, Allan Jones |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Tumbleweed Trail |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd, Lee Powell |
Western |
PRC
|
| The Tuttles of Tahiti |
Charles Vidor |
Charles Laughton, Jon Hall, Peggy Drake |
Adventure |
RKO
|
| Twin Beds |
Tim Whelan |
Joan Bennett, George Brent, Mischa Auer |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
| Two Yanks in Trinidad |
Gregory Ratoff |
Pat O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Janet Blair |
Spy comedy |
Columbia
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Undercover Man |
Lesley Selander |
William Boyd, Antonio Moreno, Nora Lane |
Western |
United Artists
|
| Underground Agent |
Michael Gordon |
Bruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
| The Undying Monster |
John Brahm |
James Ellison, Heather Angel, Bramwell Fletcher |
Horror |
20th Century Fox
|
| Unseen Enemy |
John Rawlins |
Don Terry, Irene Hervey |
War |
Universal
|
| Valley of Hunted Men |
John English |
Bob Steele, Tom Tyler |
Western |
Republic
|
| Valley of the Sun |
George Marshall |
Lucille Ball, James Craig, Cedric Hardwicke |
Western |
RKO
|
| The Vanishing Virginian |
Frank Borzage |
Kathryn Grayson, Frank Morgan |
Musical |
MGM
|
| Vengeance of the West |
Lambert Hillyer |
Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Adele Mara |
Western |
Universal
|
| Title
|
Director
|
hahaha
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Wake Island |
John Farrow |
Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston |
War drama |
Paramount
|
| The War Against Mrs. Hadley |
Harold Bucquet |
Fay Bainter, Edward Arnold, Jean Rogers |
Drama |
MGM
|
| War Dogs |
S. Roy Luby |
Billy Lee, Addison Richards, Kay Linaker |
Drama |
Monogram
|
| We Were Dancing |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Western Mail |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
Tom Keene, LeRoy Mason |
Western |
Monogram
|
| West of the Law |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton |
Western |
Monogram
|
| West of Tombstone |
Howard Bretherton |
Charles Starrett, Marcella Martin |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Westward Ho |
John English |
Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Evelyn Brent |
Western |
Republic
|
| What's Cookin'? |
Edward F. Cline |
The Andrews Sisters, Jane Frazee, Gloria Jean |
Musical |
Universal
|
| When Johnny Comes Marching Home |
Charles Lamont |
Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Gloria Jean |
Musical |
Universal
|
| Where Trails End |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
Tom Keene, Wilhelm von Brincken |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Whispering Ghosts |
Alfred L. Werker |
Milton Berle, Brenda Joyce |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Whistling in Dixie |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Diana Lewis |
Comedy crime |
MGM
|
| White Cargo |
Richard Thorpe |
Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Richard Carlson |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Who Done It? |
Erle C. Kenton |
Abbott and Costello, Patric Knowles, Louise Allbritton |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Who Is Hope Schuyler? |
Thomas Z. Loring |
Sheila Ryan, Joan Valerie, Ricardo Cortez |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Wife Takes a Flyer |
Richard Wallace |
Joan Bennett, Franchot Tone, Allyn Joslyn |
Romantic comedy |
Columbia
|
| Wild Bill Hickok Rides |
Ray Enright |
Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot, Warren William |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| Wildcat |
Frank McDonald |
Richard Arlen, Arline Judge, William Frawley |
Drama |
Paramount
|
| Wings for the Eagle |
Lloyd Bacon |
Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Woman of the Year |
George Stevens |
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Reginald Owen |
Romantic comedy |
MGM
|
| Wrecking Crew |
Frank McDonald |
Jean Parker, Richard Arlen, Evelyn Brent |
Drama |
Paramount
|
| X Marks the Spot |
George Sherman |
Dick Purcell, Anne Jeffreys |
Drama |
Republic
|
| Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Michael Curtiz |
James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston |
Biography |
Warner Bros.; 9 Academy Award nominations, Oscar for Cagney
|
| A Yank at Eton |
Norman Taurog |
Mickey Rooney, Edmund Gwenn, Ian Hunter |
Drama |
MGM
|
| A Yank in Libya |
Albert Herman |
Joan Woodbury, H. B. Warner, Duncan Renaldo |
Spy |
PRC
|
| A Yank on the Burma Road |
George B. Seitz |
Laraine Day, Barry Nelson, Keye Luke |
Adventure |
MGM
|
| The Yanks Are Coming |
Alexis Thurn-Taxis |
Mary Healy, Henry King |
Musical |
PRC
|
| Yokel Boy |
Joseph Santley |
Joan Davis, Albert Dekker, Alan Mowbray |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| You Can't Escape Forever |
Jo Graham |
George Brent, Brenda Marshall, Gene Lockhart |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| You Were Never Lovelier |
William A. Seiter |
Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou |
Musical comedy |
Columbia
|
| Young America |
Louis King |
Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Roberts |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| You're Telling Me |
Charles Lamont |
Hugh Herbert, Anne Gwynne, Robert Paige |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Youth on Parade |
Albert S. Rogell |
John Hubbard, Ruth Terry, Martha O'Driscoll |
Musical comedy |
Republic
|
 American films of the 1940s |
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