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movie moments
- What proof do you have that this man is Santa Claus? When post office employees bring sacks of mail into the courtroom for Mr. Kringle, we have no choice but to BELIEVE! (Miracle On 34th Street)
- The pat-a-cake bit that helped Bing Crosby and Bob Hope escape almost every tight spot they got into (The "Road" Pictures)
classic quotes Here's lookin' at you, kid... --Bogie! (Casablanca)
Today (today...today...) I consider myself (myself...myself...) to be the luckiest man (man...man...) on the face of the earth. --Lou Gehrig's famous speech echoes throughout the ballpark, as spoken by Gary Cooper (The Pride Of The Yankees) Read about it!
A toast....to my big brother George, the richest man in town. --Harry Bailey's eloquent toast (It's A Wonderful Life)
Let's put on a show! --Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland and friends
| | film genres Those Golden Movie Musicals Andy Hardy Movies Red Ryder Films Alfred Hitchcock Films The Bing & Bob Road Pictures Tarzan Movies
general sites Mickey & Judy William R. Hearst & "Citizen Kane" Remembering "It's A Wonderful Life"
multimedia 1940s Movie Clips
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Movies were just a small part of the cinema experience in the 1940s. Audiences also enjoyed newsreels, cliffhanger serials, cartoons and comedy shorts.
newsreels Newsreel cameras spanned the globe to capture newsworthy events as they were happening. Twice a week, news footage was edited into ten-minute installments for release to movie theaters.
serials Many happy Saturdays were spent at the theater enjoying cliffhanger serials. Space aliens were vanquished, ranches were saved, mobsters were caught and natives were tamed, all within the confines of 12 to 15 weekly episodes.
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cartoons
Film Serials Of The 40s Serial Squadron The Serials: An Introduction
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1940 Fantasia The Philadelphia Story His Girl Friday Rebecca The Grapes Of Wrath Kitty Foyle Road To Singapore Strike Up The Band Pinocchio Broadway Melody Of 1940
1941 Citizen Kane The Maltese Falcon Dumbo How Green Was My Valley Meet John Doe Buck Privates Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Babes On Broadway The Little Foxes
1942 Casablanca Bambi The Magnificent Ambersons Mrs. Miniver The Pride Of The Yankees Holiday Inn Road To Morocco Yankee Doodle Dandy Sullivan's Travels Woman Of The Year
1943 Song Of Bernadette Phantom Of The Opera Lassie Come Home Cabin In The Sky Girl Crazy Du Barry Was A Lady My Friend Flicka The Ox-Bow Incident
1944 Arsenic & Old Lace Double Indemnity Laura To Have & Have Not Meet Me In St. Louis Jane Eyre The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek Going My Way National Velvet Since You Went Away Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1945 Spellbound The Lost Weekend Mildred Pierce A Tree Grows In Brooklyn The Bells Of St. Mary's Anchors Aweigh State Fair God Is My Co-Pilot
1946 It's A Wonderful Life The Big Sleep The Best Years Of Our Lives Song Of The South Great Expectations Ziegfeld Follies The Postman Always Rings Twice The Harvey Girls Road To Utopia
1947 Miracle On 34th Street Dark Passage The Ghost & Mrs. Muir The Bachelor & The Bobby-Soxer The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty Road To Rio Life With Father The Farmer's Daughter
1948 The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre Rope Key Largo Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein The Red Shoes Hamlet A Date With Judy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Easter Parade
1949 The Third Man Adam's Rib She Wore A Yellow Ribbon On The Town The Fountainhead The Heiress I Was A Male War Bride Little Women The Inspector General Samson & Delilah Twelve O'Clock High
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Dumbo Holiday Inn Road To Morocco Casablanca Song Of Bernadette Meet Me In St. Louis
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stage tidbits
- This Is The Army was a star-studded musical extravaganza written by Irving Berlin and produced by Billy Rose. The cast included actual servicemen who were professional entertainers in their civilian lives. The show enjoyed a lengthy run at Madison Square Garden and raised millions of dollars for army charities. Following the New York engagement, it embarked on a world tour and was made into a feature film.
- Oklahoma! was revolutionary in many ways. It set the style for a new generation of stage musicals and was one of the first shows to truly integrate the plot and musical numbers. Unlike past musicals, the story didn't stop when the lead characters began to sing. The songs and dances actually contributed to the plot and moved the storyline forward.
- In the past, popular showtunes were released as individual songs on records and sheet music. The recording may have featured the original star who made the song famous, but the arrangement generally did not resemble the stage performance. In 1943, Oklahoma! was the first album to recreate the songs from a Broadway show exactly as they were heard on stage. By using the same singers, musicians and arrangements as the stage version, an original cast album was considered a souvenir of the Broadway performance.
- The first Tony Awards were given out in 1947.
- On Broadway, the timeless tale of two college students in need of a chaperone received both the comedic treatment (Charley's Aunt) and the musical comedy treatment (Where's Charley?).
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