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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
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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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comedy shorts
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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