List of Paramount Pictures films (1940–1949) explained
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
| 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 | [2] |
| 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 | |
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1941
| 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[3] |
| 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[4] |
| 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 [5] |
| December 10, 1941 | Bahama Passage | |
| December 19, 1941 | Among the Living | |
| December 31, 1941 | Louisiana Purchase | |
| Pacific Blackout | |
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1942
| 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[6] |
| 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 | |
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1943
| 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[7] |
| 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
| 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[8] | |
| 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
| 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
| 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 | Still owned by Paramount |
| October 16, 1946 | Blue Skies | |
| November 22, 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast | |
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1947
| 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 |
| 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[9] | distribution only; co-production with Bing Crosby Enterprises and Hope Enterprises; The fifth Road film |
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1948
| 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 | 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 | |
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1949
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| October 28, 1949 | Song of Surrender | |
| November 3, 1949 | Chicago Deadline | Last film in the 1929–1949 library owned by Universal Television via EMKA, Ltd. |
| November 15, 1949 | Dear Wife | From this point forward, Paramount owns most of the following titles. |
| November 23, 1949 | The Great Lover | |
| December 21, 1949 | Samson and Delilah | |
| December 28, 1949 | The Heiress | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture | |
External links
Notes and References
- 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.
- In the public domain
- News: March 12, 1941 . Road to Zanzibar . Variety.
- Web site: NY Times: Hold Back the Dawn . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121017201912/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/95397/Hold-Back-the-Dawn/awards . October 17, 2012 . December 13, 2008 . . Movies & TV Dept..
- Owned by Paramount itself
- Web site: The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners . oscars.org. 4 October 2014 .
- Web site: For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman Britannica . 2023-11-23 . www.britannica.com . en.
- Owned by Paramount itself
- Owned by FremantleMedia
