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.
Release date | Title | Notes |
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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 | [N 1] |
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 | |
Release date | Title | Notes |
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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 [2] |
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 [3] |
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 [N 2] |
December 10, 1941 | Bahama Passage | |
December 19, 1941 | Among the Living | |
December 31, 1941 | Louisiana Purchase | |
Pacific Blackout | ||
Release date | Title | Notes |
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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 [4] |
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 | |
Release date | Title | Notes |
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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 [5] |
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 | |
Release date | Title | Notes |
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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 [N 2] | |
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 | |
Release date | Title | Notes |
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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 | |
Release date | Title | Notes |
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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 [N 1] [N 2] | |
October 16, 1946 | Blue Skies | |
November 22, 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast | |
Release date | Title | Notes |
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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 [N 3] | distribution only; co-production with Bing Crosby Enterprises and Hope Enterprises; The fifth Road film |
Release date | Title | Notes |
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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 [N 2] | 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 | |
Release date | Title | Notes |
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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 [N 2] | |
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 [N 2] | |
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 [N 2] | |
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 |
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