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List Of Universal Pictures Films (1940–1949)
This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1940–1949, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is the main motion picture production and distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast. 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 See also * List of Focus Features films * List of Universal Pictures theatrical animated feature films * Universal Pictures * :Lists of films by studio References External links Universal Pictures {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Universal Pictures films (1940-1949) Universal Universal is the adjective for universe. Universal may also refer to: Companies * NBCUniversal, a media and entertainment company ** Universal Animation Studios, an American Animation studio, and a subsidiary of NBCUniversal ** Universal TV, a ... Lists of Universal Pictures films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City. In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2004. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger On Wheels
''Danger on Wheels'' is a 1940 American film noir sport film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Richard Arlen and Andy Devine. Plot A test driver (Richard Arlen) tries racing with his girlfriend's ( Peggy Moran) father's new engine. Cast * Richard Arlen as Larry Taylor * Andy Devine as Gumpy Wesel * Peggy Moran as Pat O'Shea * Vinton Hayworth as Bruce Crowley (as Jack Arnold) * Herbert Corthell as Pop O'Shea * Sandra King as June Allen * Landers Stevens as Lloyd B. Allen * Harry C. Bradley as Jones * Mary Treen as Esme * John Holmes as Eddie Dodds * Jack Rice Jack Rice (May 14, 1893 – December 14, 1968) was an American actor best known for appearing as the scrounging, freeloading brother-in-law in Edgar Kennedy's series of short domestic comedy films at the RKO studio, and also as "Ollie" (aka "Ol ... as Parker References 1940 films American auto racing films American drama films 1940 drama films American black-and-white films 1940s American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemy Agent
''Enemy Agent'' is a 1940 American spy thriller film directed by Lew Landers and starring Richard Cromwell, Helen Vinson, and Robert Armstrong.McLaughlin p.325 The supporting cast includes Jack La Rue, Jack Carson, Philip Dorn and Milburn Stone. It was produced and distributed by Universal Studios Synopsis A network of enemy agents infiltrate an aircraft factory to gain the plans on the United States' war preparations. A draughtsmen at the plant grows suspicious and so they attempt to frame him in the eyes of the FBI investators. Cast * Richard Cromwell as Jimmy Saunders * Helen Vinson as Irene Hunter * Robert Armstrong as Gordon * Marjorie Reynolds as Peggy O'Reilly * Vinton Hayworth as Lester Taylor * Russell Hicks as Lyman Scott * Philip Dorn as Doctor Jeffry Arnold * Jack La Rue as Alex * Bradley Page as Francis * Abner Biberman as Baronoff * Luis Alberni as A. Calteroni * Jack Carson as Ralph * Milburn Stone as Meeker * Henry Victor as Karl * Steve Pendleton as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of The Seven Gables (film)
''The House of the Seven Gables'' is a 1940 Gothic drama film based on the 1851 novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It stars George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, and Vincent Price, and tells the story of a family consumed by greed in which one brother frames another for murder. It is a remake of the 1910 film of the same name, which starred Mary Fuller. The film's musical score was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Score. The plot of the film differs dramatically from the plot of the novel on which it is based. Plot In the late 17th century, Colonel Jaffrey Pyncheon, falsely accused a poor carpenter, Matthew Maule, of witchcraft. Maule was hanged. Pyncheon took his land and built the luxurious Pyncheon home on it. But Maule cursed the Pyncheons, and the colonel soon died. The family has lived during the next 160 years desperately afraid of the "Maule curse". In the mid-19th century, Col. Pyncheon's great-great grandson Jaffrey Pyncheon (George Sanders) is a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riders Of Pasco Basin
''Riders of Pasco Basin'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Ford Beebe. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Frances Robinson, Arthur Loft and Ted Adams. The film was released on April 5, 1940, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast * Johnny Mack Brown as Lee Jamison * Bob Baker as Bruce Moore * Fuzzy Knight as Luther * Frances Robinson as Jean Madison *Arthur Loft as Matthew Kirby * Ted Adams as Magee *Frank LaRue as Joel Madison * William Gould as Caleb Scott *James Guilfoyle as John Evans *Ed Cassidy as Sheriff Ed Marlowe *Lafe McKee Lafayette S. "Lafe" McKee (January 23, 1872 – August 10, 1959) was an American actor who appeared in more than 400 films from 1912 to 1948. Part of his career was spent with Art Mix Productions. McKee also worked as a stage actor from 19 ... as Uncle Dan *Robert Winkler as Tommy Scott *Chuck Morrison as Johnson * Rudy Sooter as himself References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half A Sinner (1940 Film)
''Half a Sinner'' is a 1940 American film directed by Al Christie. It stars Heather Angel as a schoolteacher who in one day becomes Public Enemy Number One in Pennsylvania. The film is based on Dalton Trumbo's short story "Lady Takes a Chance". The working titles of this film were ''Everything Happens to Ann'' and ''The Lady Takes a Chance''. Plot On the last day of the school year, plain 25-year-old teacher Anne Gladden has her student Willy write punishment lines on the blackboard. After the class is dismissed, she releases the boy and tells him that few can do what they want in life, so they might as well make the best of what they have. She is overheard by Margaret Ree, an older teacher. Margaret tells Anne that she regrets not doing wild things when she was young. She advises Anne to do what she never did and Anne decides to take her advice for one day. She buys a pretty dress and hosiery and releases her pet canary. Sitting in a public park, Anne is propositioned by "Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Date
''It's a Date'' is a 1940 American musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, and Walter Pidgeon. Based on a story by Jane Hall, Frederick Kohner, and Ralph Block, the film is about an aspiring actress who is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more experienced actress, was hoping to get the same part. Their lives are complicated further when they both get involved with the same man. Distributed by Universal Pictures, ''It's a Date'' was remade in 1950 as ''Nancy Goes to Rio''. Plot Georgia Drake ( Kay Francis) performs on stage, singing "Gypsy Lullaby"; her daughter, Pamela ( Deanna Durbin), watches with her boyfriend Freddie Miller (Lewis Howard). They have come down from Maine, where they are part of a summer theater. Georgia is a renowned Broadway actress; this is closing night, and she is going to Hawaii for a rest before starting any new play. Her daughter, Pam, also has great acting skills and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Little Chickadee
''My Little Chickadee'' is a 1940 American comedy-western film starring Mae West and W. C. Fields, featuring Joseph Calleia, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Meek, Willard Robertson, Dick Foran, William B. Davidson, and Addison Richards, and released by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Edward F. Cline and the music was written by Ben Oakland (song "Willie of the Valley") and Frank Skinner. West reportedly wrote the original screenplay, with Fields contributing one extended scene set in a bar. Universal decided to give the stars equal screenplay credit, perhaps to avoid the appearance of favoritism, but the move incensed West, who declined to team with Fields afterwards. The stars spoofed themselves and the Western genre, with West providing a series of her trademark double entendres. Plot In the American Old West of the 1880s, Miss Flower Belle Lee (Mae West), a singer from Chicago, is on her way to visit relatives. While she is traveling on a stagecoach with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me (film)
''Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Harold D. Schuster and written by Charles Grayson and Edmund Hartmann. The film stars Tom Brown, Constance Moore, Richard Carle, Anne Nagel, Jerome Cowan, Elisabeth Risdon and Fritz Feld. The film was released on March 15, 1940, by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast * Tom Brown as Tommy Shaw *Constance Moore as Connie Curtiss *Richard Carle as C. J. Woodbury *Anne Nagel as Miss Lansdale *Jerome Cowan as Ted Carter *Elisabeth Risdon as Minerva *Fritz Feld Fritz Feld (October 15, 1900 – November 18, 1993) was a German-American film character actor who appeared in over 140 films in 72 years, both silent and sound. His trademark was to slap his mouth with the palm of his hand to create a "pop" s ... as Forsythe *Larry Williams as Joe Porter * Frank Mitchell as Frank *Vivien Fay as Vivien *Marie Greene as Marie References External links * {{Harold D. Schuster 1940 films 1940s English-langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanzibar (film)
''Zanzibar'' is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Harold Schuster and starring James Craig, Lola Lane and Eduardo Ciannelli. Premise An expedition in Africa seeks a mysterious skull. Cast * Lola Lane as Jan Browning * James Craig as Steve Marland *Eduardo Ciannelli as Koski *Tom Fadden as Rhad Ramsey * Robert C. Fischer as The Sultan *Henry Victor as Nate Simpson *Clarence Muse as Bino *Samuel S. Hinds as Dale *Oscar O'Shea as Captain Craig *Abner Biberman as Aba *Lionel Pape as Michael Drayton *Everett Brown as Umboga Production James Craig had just signed a contract with Universal. Lola Lane had leapt to fame in ''Four Daughters'' (1938). The film was originally known as ''River of Missing Men'' and started filming in December 1939. References External links *''Zanzibar''at TCMDB''Zanzibar''at BFIReview of filmat ''New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe
''Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe'' is a 1940 American black-and-white science fiction 12-chapter movie serial from Universal Pictures, produced by Henry MacRae and co-directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. The serial stars Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles B. Middleton, Frank Shannon, and Roland Drew. It was written by George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, and Barry Shipman and was adapted from Alex Raymond's syndicated newspaper comic strip of the same name from King Features Syndicate. Shown theatrically in 12 separate weekly "chapters", it was the last of the three Universal Flash Gordon serials made between 1936 and 1940. During the 1950s, all three Flash Gordon serials were syndicated to television by Motion Pictures for Television, along with many of Universal's other serial output. To avoid confusion with the imported Flash Gordon TV series airing around the same time, they were retitled ''Space Soldiers'', ''Space Soldiers' Trip to Mars'', and ''Space Soldiers Conq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Alibi (1940 Film)
''Double Alibi'' is a 1940 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Harold Buchman, Roy Chanslor and Charles Grayson. The film stars Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, William Gargan, Roscoe Karns, Robert Emmett Keane and James Burke. The film was released on March 1, 1940, by Universal Pictures. Plot A man's ex-wife is murdered and he is the prime suspect. Cast *Wayne Morris as Stephen Wayne *Margaret Lindsay as Sue Casey *William Gargan as Walter Gifford *Roscoe Karns as Jeremiah Jenkins *Robert Emmett Keane as Chick Lester * James Burke as Police Captain Orr *William Pawley as Dan Kraley * Frank Mitchell as Lennie Noland *Eddy Chandler as Patrolman Harrigan *Cliff Clark as Police Inspector Early *Robert Emmett O'Connor as Patrolman Delaney *Wade Boteler as Bartender *Mary Treen Mary Treen (born Mary Louise Summers, March 27, 1907 – July 20, 1989) was an American film and television actress. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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