List of Canadian films of the 1940s

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This is a list of Canadian films which were released in the 1940s.

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1941
Churchill's Island Stuart Legg Narrated by Lorne Greene National Film Board of Canada (NFB) short Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
Inside Fighting China Stuart Legg Narrated by Lorne Greene NFB short Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) nominee
Mail Early Norman McLaren NFB animated short Norman McLaren's first film for the NFB [1]
Warclouds in the Pacific Stuart Legg Narrated by Lorne Greene NFB short Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) nominee
1942
High over the Borders Raymond Spottiswoode NFB short Academy Award for Best Documentary nominee
1943
Alexis Tremblay, Habitant Jane Marsh Beveridge NFB documentaryPhotographed by Judith Crawley [2]
At the Crossroads (À la croisée des chemins) Jean-Marie Poitevin & Paul Guèvremont Paul Guèvremont, Denise Pelletier DramaNarrated by René Lévesque, the future premier of Quebec. [3]
1945
Fridolinons Roger Blais Gratien Gélinas Short
The Music Master (Le Père Chopin) Fedor Ozep & Georges Freedland Madeleine Ozeray, Marcel Chabrier, Pierre DurandDramaThe first of several feature films produced during the 1940s and early 1950s by Renaissance Films of Montreal. [4]
1947
Bush Pilot Sterling Campbell Rochelle Hudson, Jack La Rue, Austin Willis, Frank Perry Melodrama
Whispering City and La Forteresse Fedor Ozep English cast: Helmut Dantine, Mary Anderson, Paul Lukas, John Pratt
French cast: Paul Dupuis, Nicole Germain, Jacques Auger, Henri Letondal 		Crime dramaTwo films made simultaneously with each other, with different casts acting English and French versions of the same screenplay.
1948
Drug Addict Robert Anderson NFB short Canadian Film Awards (CFA) - Documentary [5]
The Loon's Necklace Budge Crawley ShortThe film won the inaugural Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork
Sins of the Fathers Phil Rosen Austin Willis, Joy Lafleur Drama [6]
Who Will Teach Your Child? Stanley Jackson NFB documentary
1949
Begone Dull Care Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart Visual music presentation of Oscar Peterson NFB animated shortAt the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Medal (Culture Films and Documentaries) award; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork
The Grand Bill (Le Gros Bill) Jean-Yves Bigras, René Delacroix Ginette Letondal, Juliette Béliveau Comedy/drama [7]
A Man and His Sin (Un Homme et son péché) Paul Gury Hector Charland, Nicole Germain, Guy Provost Drama Canadian Film Award - Special Award [8]
Perpetual Movement (Mouvement perpétuel) Claude Jutra Canadian Film Award winner for Best Amateur Film in 1950
The Rising Tide Jean Palardy NFB documentaryIt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
The Story of Dr. Louise (On ne triche pas la vie) Paul Vandenberghe, René Delacroix Madeleine Robinson, Jean Davy, Line Noro DramaFirst Canada-France co-production [9]
The Village Priest (Le Curé du village)Richard Jarvis Ovila Légaré, Lise Roy, Denis Drouin Drama

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Gary (2001). In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada 1939-1989. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 336. ISBN   0-8020-2784-9.
  2. ↑ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN   0-8020-3512-4 . Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 6. ISBN   0-8020-3512-4 . Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ Clandfield, David (1987). Canadian Film. Toronto: Oxford University Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN   0-19-540581-1.
  5. ↑ Boyd, S (2013). "A Canadian perspective on documentary film: Drug Addict". Int. J. Drug Policy. 24 (6): 589–96. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.07.009. PMID   24012438.
  6. ↑ "Variety (August 1948)". 1948.
  7. ↑ "Jean-Yves Bigras - Cinema in Quebec". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.
  8. ↑ Clandfield, David (1987). Canadian Film. Toronto: Oxford University Press. p. 60. ISBN   0-19-540581-1.
  9. ↑ Docteur Louise http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=94&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved August 5, 2015.
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