Jump to content

List of Paramount Pictures films (1940–1949)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Paramount Pictures and released in the 1940s. All films (with a few exceptions) are currently owned by Universal Television through EMKA, Ltd.

1940

[edit]
Release date Title Notes
January 5, 1940 Emergency Squad
January 19, 1940 Remember the Night
January 26, 1940 Santa Fe Marshal The twenty-seventh Hopalong Cassidy film
February 2, 1940 Parole Fixer
February 23, 1940 Knights of the Range
March 1, 1940 Seventeen
March 8, 1940 Adventure in Diamonds
March 8, 1940 The Showdown The twenty-eighth Hopalong Cassidy film
March 15, 1940 Women Without Names
March 22, 1940 Road to Singapore The first of the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby Road films[1]
March 29, 1940 The Farmer's Daughter
April 12, 1940 Dr. Cyclops
April 17, 1940 The Light of Western Stars
April 28, 1940 French Without Tears Distribution only; Two Cities Films production (UK)
May 10, 1940 Opened by Mistake
May 17, 1940 Typhoon
May 24, 1940 The Biscuit Eater
May 31, 1940 Buck Benny Rides Again
June 7, 1940 Hidden Gold The twenty-ninth Hopalong Cassidy film
June 14, 1940 Safari
June 21, 1940 The Ghost Breakers
June 28, 1940 Queen of the Mob
July 5, 1940 The Way of All Flesh
July 12, 1940 Stagecoach War The thirtieth Hopalong Cassidy film
July 14, 1940 Those Were the Days!
July 24, 1940 Untamed
August 2, 1940 Golden Gloves
August 9, 1940 Mystery Sea Raider
August 16, 1940 Comin' Round the Mountain
August 23, 1940 The Great McGinty
September 6, 1940 Rhythm on the River
September 20, 1940 I Want a Divorce
September 27, 1940 Rangers of Fortune
October 11, 1940 Cherokee Strip
October 16, 1940 The Quarterback
October 22, 1940 North West Mounted Police
October 25, 1940 Christmas in July
November 1, 1940 Dancing on a Dime
November 8, 1940 Arise, My Love
November 15, 1940 Three Men from Texas
December 3, 1940 Second Chorus [N 1]
December 6, 1940 A Night at Earl Carroll's
December 11, 1940 Moon Over Burma
December 13, 1940 Texas Rangers Ride Again
December 21, 1940 Victory
December 27, 1940 Love Thy Neighbor

1941

[edit]
Release date Title Notes
January 10, 1941 Doomed Caravan The thirty-second Hopalong Cassidy film
January 24, 1941 Life with Henry The second of Paramount's Aldrich Family comedies
January 28, 1941 Virginia
February 14, 1941 The Mad Doctor
February 19, 1941 You're the One
February 28, 1941 The Monster and the Girl
March 14, 1941 In Old Colorado The thirty-third Hopalong Cassidy film
March 21, 1941 The Lady Eve
March 26, 1941 I Wanted Wings
March 28, 1941 Las Vegas Nights
April 4, 1941 The Round Up
April 11, 1941 Road to Zanzibar The second of the Road films[2]
April 18, 1941 Border Vigilantes The thirty-fourth Hopalong Cassidy film
May 2, 1941 Reaching for the Sun
May 23, 1941 Pirates on Horseback The thirty-fifth Hopalong Cassidy film
June 4, 1941 Power Dive produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 8, 1941 The Hard-Boiled Canary
June 13, 1941 One Night in Lisbon
June 20, 1941 West Point Widow
July 4, 1941 Caught in the Draft
July 11, 1941 Forced Landing produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
July 18, 1941 The Shepherd of the Hills
July 25, 1941 The Parson of Panamint
August 1, 1941 Kiss the Boys Goodbye
August 8, 1941 Wide Open Town The thirty-sixth Hopalong Cassidy film
August 21, 1941 World Premiere
August 27, 1941 Aloma of the South Seas
August 29, 1941 Flying Blind produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
September 17, 1941 Riders of the Timberline The thirty-seventh Hopalong Cassidy film
Stick to Your Guns The thirty-eighth Hopalong Cassidy film
September 26, 1941 Hold Back the Dawn Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture[3]
September 29, 1941 Twilight on the Trail The thirty-ninth Hopalong Cassidy film
October 3, 1941 Buy Me That Town
October 10, 1941 Nothing but the Truth
October 24, 1941 Henry Aldrich for President The third of Paramount's Aldrich Family comedies.
October 31, 1941 New York Town
November 1, 1941 Outlaws of the Desert The fortieth Hopalong Cassidy film
November 7, 1941 Birth of the Blues
November 15, 1941 Secret of the Wastelands
November 21, 1941 Skylark
November 28, 1941 The Night of January 16th
December 1, 1941 No Hands on the Clock produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
December 5, 1941 Glamour Boy
December 5, 1941 Mr. Bug Goes to Town The Fleischer's second and final animated feature film [N 2]
December 10, 1941 Bahama Passage
December 19, 1941 Among the Living
December 31, 1941 Louisiana Purchase
Pacific Blackout

1942

[edit]
Release date Title Notes
January 19, 1942 Fly-by-Night
January 24, 1942 The Fleet's In
The Lady Has Plans
Torpedo Boat produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
February 6, 1942 Sullivan's Travels
March 5, 1942 The Remarkable Andrew
March 21, 1942 True to the Army
March 26, 1942 Reap the Wild Wind
April 2, 1942 My Favorite Blonde
April 24, 1942 This Gun for Hire
April 29, 1942 The Great Man's Lady
May 6, 1942 Take a Letter, Darling
May 9, 1942 Dr. Broadway
June 5, 1942 Henry and Dizzy The fourth of Paramount's Aldrich Family comedies.
June 13, 1942 Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die
June 15, 1942 Are Husbands Necessary?
June 16, 1942 I Live on Danger produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 25, 1942 Beyond the Blue Horizon
July 1, 1942 Night in New Orleans
July 13, 1942 Sweater Girl
July 23, 1942 Priorities on Parade
August 11, 1942 Wake Island Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture[4]
September 3, 1942 Wildcat produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
September 4, 1942 Holiday Inn Holiday Inn hotel chain was named after this film. Introduced the Academy Award for Best Original Song, "White Christmas", by Irving Berlin and performed by Bing Crosby.
September 16, 1942 The Major and the Minor
September 1942 Henry Aldrich, Editor The fifth of Paramount's Aldrich Family comedies.
October 3, 1942 Street of Chance
October 21, 1942 The Forest Rangers
October 23, 1942 The Glass Key
October 1942 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
November 7, 1942 My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Wrecking Crew produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
November 10, 1942 Road to Morocco The third of the Road films
November 16, 1942 Lucky Jordan
November 24, 1942 The Avengers Original British title: The Day Will Dawn
December 2, 1942 Star Spangled Rhythm

1943

[edit]
Release date Title Notes
1943 Tornado produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
January 1, 1943 The Palm Beach Story
January 2, 1943 Lady Bodyguard
January 4, 1943 Happy Go Lucky
January 1943 No Time for Love
March 17, 1943 Salute for Three
March 20, 1943 Aerial Gunner produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
March 27, 1943 High Explosive produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
April 21, 1943 China
April 30, 1943 Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour The sixth of Paramount's Aldrich Family comedies.
May 4, 1943 Five Graves to Cairo
May 31, 1943 Night Plane from Chungking
June 23, 1943 Dixie
June 23, 1943 Henry Aldrich Swings It The seventh of Paramount's Aldrich Family comedies.
June 24, 1943 Alaska Highway produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 28, 1943 Submarine Alert produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
July 14, 1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture[5]
August 5, 1943 Let's Face It
August 11, 1943 The Good Fellows
September 9, 1943 So Proudly We Hail!
October 11, 1943 Hostages
November 10, 1943 Henry Aldrich Haunts a House The eighth of Paramount's Aldrich Family comedies.
Minesweeper produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
November 11, 1943 Riding High
December 24, 1943 True to Life

1944

[edit]
Release date Title Notes
January 7, 1944 Standing Room Only
January 13, 1944 Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout The ninth of Paramount's Aldrich Family comedies.
January 13, 1944 Timber Queen produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
February 10, 1944 Lady in the Dark
February 26, 1944 The Uninvited
The Navy Way produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
February 28, 1944 You Can't Ration Love
February 1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek[N 3]
April 25, 1944 And the Angels Sing
April 26, 1944 The Hitler Gang
April 27, 1944 Gambler's Choice produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
April 1944 Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid The tenth of Paramount's Aldrich Family comedies.
May 3, 1944 Going My Way Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.
May 10, 1944 The Hour Before the Dawn
June 9, 1944 Take It Big produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 10, 1944 Henry Aldrich's Little Secret The eleventh and last of Paramount's Aldrich Family comedies.
July 4, 1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell
July 6, 1944 Double Indemnity Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture
August 9, 1944 Hail the Conquering Hero
August 15, 1944 I Love a Soldier
August 30, 1944 Till We Meet Again
September 2, 1944 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
September 5, 1944 Rainbow Island
September 6, 1944 The Great Moment
September 20, 1944 Frenchman's Creek
September 24, 1944 The National Barn Dance
September 1944 Dark Mountain produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
November 22, 1944 And Now Tomorrow
November 24, 1944 One Body Too Many produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
December 18, 1944 Dangerous Passage produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
Double Exposure
Here Come the Waves
December 20, 1944 Practically Yours
December 31, 1944 Ministry of Fear

1945

[edit]
Release date Title Notes
January 19, 1945 The Man in Half Moon Street
February 1945 High Powered produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
March 30, 1945 Bring on the Girls
April 16, 1945 A Medal for Benny
April 25, 1945 Salty O'Rourke
May 12, 1945 The Unseen
June 22, 1945 Scared Stiff produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 23, 1945 Murder, He Says
July 4, 1945 You Came Along co-production with Hal Wallis Productions, Inc.
July 8, 1945 The Affairs of Susan
July 13, 1945 Out of This World
July 27, 1945 Midnight Manhunt produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
August 31, 1945 Incendiary Blonde
September 28, 1945 Duffy's Tavern
October 26, 1945 Love Letters
November 16, 1945 The Lost Weekend Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 23, 1945 Hold That Blonde
December 3, 1945 Masquerade in Mexico
December 14, 1945 Follow That Woman produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
December 28, 1945 The Stork Club

1946

[edit]
Release date Title Notes
January 11, 1946 People Are Funny produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
January 25, 1946 Kitty
February 8, 1946 Tokyo Rose produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
March 8, 1946 Miss Susie Slagle's
March 12, 1946 To Each His Own
March 22, 1946 Road to Utopia The fourth Road film, filmed and produced in 1943
April 19, 1946 The Blue Dahlia
May 3, 1946 They Made Me a Killer produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
May 5, 1946 The Virginian
May 17, 1946 The Well Groomed Bride
May 26, 1946 O.S.S.
June 5, 1946 The Bride Wore Boots
June 14, 1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up
June 28, 1946 Hot Cargo produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
August 9, 1946 The Searching Wind
September 4, 1946 Monsieur Beaucaire
September 6, 1946 Swamp Fire produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
September 13, 1946 The Strange Love of Martha Ivers[N 1][N 3]
October 16, 1946 Blue Skies
November 22, 1946 Two Years Before the Mast

1947

[edit]
Release date Title Notes
January 10, 1947 Cross My Heart
January 24, 1947 The Perfect Marriage
February 7, 1947 Ladies' Man
February 13, 1947 Suddenly, It's Spring
February 21, 1947 California
February 27, 1947 I Cover Big Town produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
March 7, 1947 Easy Come, Easy Go
March 28, 1947 Seven Were Saved produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
April 4, 1947 My Favorite Brunette distribution only; co-production with Hope Enterprises[N 4][N 5][N 6]
April 18, 1947 Fear in the Night produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
April 23, 1947 Calcutta
April 25, 1947 The Imperfect Lady
May 2, 1947 Blaze of Noon
May 23, 1947 Big Town produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 10, 1947 Dear Ruth
June 13, 1947 Welcome Stranger
June 20, 1947 Danger Street produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 25, 1947 The Trouble with Women
July 4, 1947 The Perils of Pauline
August 13, 1947 Adventure Island produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
August 15, 1947 Desert Fury
August 22, 1947 Jungle Flight produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
August 27, 1947 Golden Earrings
August 29, 1947 Variety Girl
September 26, 1947 Wild Harvest
October 10, 1947 Unconquered
November 21, 1947 Where There's Life
December 12, 1947 Big Town After Dark produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
December 25, 1947 Road to Rio distribution only; co-production with Bing Crosby Enterprises and Hope Enterprises; The fifth Road film[N 4][N 5][N 6]

1948

[edit]
Release date Title Notes
January 16, 1948 I Walk Alone
February 20, 1948 Albuquerque produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
March 5, 1948 Caged Fury produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
March 26, 1948 Mr. Reckless produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
March 31, 1948 Saigon
April 9, 1948 The Big Clock
April 19, 1948 Hatter's Castle
April 30, 1948 The Sainted Sisters
May 14, 1948 Speed to Spare produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
May 27, 1948 Big Town Scandal produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
May 28, 1948 Hazard
June 11, 1948 Shaggy produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 25, 1948 Waterfront at Midnight produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 30, 1948 A Foreign Affair
July 2, 1948 The Emperor Waltz
July 27, 1948 Dream Girl
August 3, 1948 Beyond Glory
August 6, 1948 So Evil My Love
September 1, 1948 Sorry, Wrong Number[N 3] produced by Hal Wallis Productions
October 6, 1948 Isn't It Romantic?
October 22, 1948 Night Has a Thousand Eyes
November 5, 1948 Sealed Verdict
November 19, 1948 Miss Tatlock's Millions
December 3, 1948 Disaster produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
December 9, 1948 Whispering Smith
December 24, 1948 The Paleface

1949

[edit]
Release date Title Notes
January 12, 1949 The Accused
January 18, 1949 Dynamite produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
February 2, 1949 My Own True Love
March 4, 1949 Alias Nick Beal
April 7, 1949 Bride of Vengeance[N 3]
April 22, 1949 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
May 27, 1949 Streets of Laredo
July 4, 1949 Sorrowful Jones
July 13, 1949 The Great Gatsby
July 21, 1949 Manhandled produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
July 22, 1949 Special Agent produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
August 4, 1949 Rope of Sand[N 3]
August 5, 1949 El Paso produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
August 31, 1949 Top o' the Morning
September 5, 1949 Red, Hot and Blue
October 14, 1949 My Friend Irma[N 3]
October 28, 1949 Song of Surrender
November 3, 1949 Chicago Deadline
November 15, 1949 Dear Wife
November 23, 1949 The Great Lover[N 4][N 5][N 6]
December 21, 1949 Samson and Delilah
December 28, 1949 The Heiress Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture Last film in the 1929–1949 library owned by Universal Television via EMKA, Ltd.

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ a b In the public domain
  2. ^ Retained by Paramount (via Melange Pictures)
  3. ^ a b c d e f Retained by Paramount
  4. ^ a b c Owned by the Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation
  5. ^ a b c Owned by Sony Pictures (via Columbia Pictures)
  6. ^ a b c Owned by Fremantle

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Gary Giddins, relying on Paramount scripts and other documentation, in Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams — The Early Years, 1903-1940 (NY: Little, Brown, 2009), 39. ISBN 9780316091565
  2. ^ "Road to Zanzibar". Variety. March 12, 1941.
  3. ^ "NY Times: Hold Back the Dawn". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
  4. ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 4 October 2014.
  5. ^ "For Whom the Bell Tolls | Ernest Hemingway, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Paramount_Pictures_films_(1940–1949)&oldid=1257990897"