List of Warner Bros. films (1940–1949)

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This is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and also its subsidiary First National Pictures in the 1940s. From 1928 to 1936, films by First National continued to be credited solely to "First National Pictures". In July 1936, stockholders of First National Pictures, Inc. (primarily Warner Bros.) voted to dissolve the corporation and no further separate First National Pictures were made. [1] This list does not include direct-to-video releases or films from New Line Cinema prior to its merger with Warner Bros. in 2008, nor does it include third-party films or films Warner gained the rights to as a result of mergers or acquisitions.

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1940

Release dateTitleNotes
January 6, 1940 A Child Is Born
January 13, 1940 Brother Rat and a Baby
January 27, 1940 The Fighting 69th
January 29, 1940 British Intelligence Public domain
February 3, 1940 Calling Philo Vance
February 10, 1940 Granny Get Your Gun
February 17, 1940 Castle on the Hudson
March 2, 1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
March 16, 1940 Three Cheers for the Irish
March 23, 1940 Virginia City
April 6, 1940 It All Came True
April 13, 1940 King of the Lumberjacks
April 20, 1940 'Til We Meet Again
April 27, 1940 An Angel from Texas
May 4, 1940 Tear Gas Squad
May 11, 1940 Saturday's Children
May 18, 1940 Flight Angels
May 25, 1940 Torrid Zone
June 1, 1940 Murder in the Air
June 8, 1940 Brother Orchid
June 15, 1940 A Fugitive from Justice
June 22, 1940 Gambling on the High Seas
July 1, 1940 The Sea Hawk
July 13, 1940 All This, and Heaven Too Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
My Love Came Back
July 16, 1940 The Man Who Talked Too Much
July 27, 1940 Ladies Must Live
August 3, 1940 They Drive by Night
August 10, 1940 River's End
August 17, 1940 Money and the Woman
August 24, 1940 Flowing Gold
September 7, 1940 Calling All Husbands
September 14, 1940 No Time for Comedy
September 21, 1940 City for Conquest
October 5, 1940 Knute Rockne, All American
October 19, 1940 A Dispatch from Reuters
October 26, 1940 Tugboat Annie Sails Again
November 2, 1940 Always a Bride
November 9, 1940 East of the River
November 16, 1940 South of Suez
November 18, 1940 Father Is a Prince
November 23, 1940 The Letter Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 30, 1940 Lady with Red Hair
December 7, 1940 She Couldn't Say No
December 28, 1940 Santa Fe Trail Public domain

1941

Release dateTitleNotes
January 4, 1941 Four Mothers
January 11, 1941 The Case of the Black Parrot
January 18, 1941 Honeymoon for Three
January 25, 1941 High Sierra
February 8, 1941 Flight from Destiny
February 12, 1941 Father's Son
February 15, 1941 The Great Mr. Nobody
February 22, 1941 The Strawberry Blonde
March 1, 1941 Shadows on the Stairs Public domain
March 8, 1941 Footsteps in the Dark
March 15, 1941 Here Comes Happiness
March 21, 1941 The Sea Wolf
March 29, 1941 Knockout
April 5, 1941 A Shot in the Dark
April 12, 1941 The Great Lie
April 19, 1941 Strange Alibi
April 25, 1941 The Wagons Roll at Night
May 3, 1941 Thieves Fall Out
Meet John Doe theatrical distribution only; public domain
May 10, 1941 Affectionately Yours
May 17, 1941 Singapore Woman
May 24, 1941 The Nurse's Secret
May 31, 1941 Million Dollar Baby
June 7, 1941 Shining Victory
June 14, 1941 Out of the Fog
June 28, 1941 Underground
July 5, 1941 Kisses for Breakfast
July 12, 1941 The Bride Came C.O.D.
July 19, 1941 Bullets for O'Hara
July 26, 1941 Bad Men of Missouri
August 2, 1941 Three Sons o' Guns
August 7, 1941 Highway West
August 9, 1941 Manpower
August 13, 1941 International Squadron
August 30, 1941 Dive Bomber
September 6, 1941 The Smiling Ghost
September 13, 1941 Navy Blues
September 20, 1941 Nine Lives Are Not Enough
September 27, 1941 Sergeant York Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
September 1941 Passage from Hong Kong
October 4, 1941 Law of the Tropics
October 17, 1941 Target for Tonight British film
produced by Crown Film Unit
October 18, 1941 The Maltese Falcon Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 1, 1941 One Foot in Heaven Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 15, 1941 Blues in the Night
November 21, 1941 They Died with Their Boots On
December 2, 1941 All Through the Night
December 6, 1941 The Body Disappears
December 13, 1941 Steel Against the Sky
December 24, 1941 Dangerously They Live
December 25, 1941 You're in the Army Now

1942

Release dateTitleNotes
January 24, 1942 The Man Who Came to Dinner
January 31, 1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides
February 3, 1942 The Prime Minister
February 7, 1942 Atlantic Ferry
February 21, 1942 Captains of the Clouds
March 7, 1942 Bullet Scars
March 14, 1942 Always in My Heart
March 21, 1942 This Was Paris
April 1, 1942 Lady Gangster Public domain
April 4, 1942 I Was Framed
The Male Animal
April 11, 1942 Murder in the Big House
April 18, 1942 Kings Row Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
May 2, 1942 Larceny, Inc.
May 16, 1942 In This Our Life
May 30, 1942 Juke Girl
June 6, 1942 Spy Ship
Yankee Doodle Dandy Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
June 13, 1942 The Big Shot
July 18, 1942 Wings for the Eagle
July 25, 1942 Escape from Crime
August 1, 1942 The Gay Sisters
September 5, 1942 Across the Pacific
September 17, 1942 Secret Enemies
September 19, 1942 Busses Roar
September 26, 1942 Desperate Journey
October 10, 1942 You Can't Escape Forever
October 31, 1942 Now, Voyager
November 7, 1942 The Hidden Hand
November 14, 1942 Gentleman Jim
November 26, 1942 Casablanca Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 28, 1942 George Washington Slept Here
December 5, 1942 Flying Fortress

1943

Release dateTitleNotes
January 16, 1943 The Gorilla Man
February 6, 1943 Truck Busters
February 20, 1943 The Hard Way
March 3, 1943 The Mysterious Doctor
March 20, 1943 Air Force
April 24, 1943 Edge of Darkness
May 22, 1943 Mission to Moscow
June 12, 1943 Action in the North Atlantic
June 23, 1943 The Constant Nymph
July 1, 1943 Pledge to Bataan
July 3, 1943 Background to Danger
August 14, 1943 This Is the Army Public domain
August 27, 1943 Watch on the Rhine Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
September 18, 1943 Murder on the Waterfront
September 25, 1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
September 27, 1943 Adventure in Iraq Public domain
October 23, 1943 Princess O'Rourke
November 6, 1943 Find the Blackmailer
November 13, 1943 Northern Pursuit
November 27, 1943 Old Acquaintance
December 17, 1943 The Desert Song
December 31, 1943 Destination Tokyo

1944

Release dateTitleNotes
February 19, 1944 In Our Time
March 11, 1944 Passage to Marseille
April 8, 1944 Shine On, Harvest Moon
April 22, 1944 Uncertain Glory co-production with Thomson Productions
May 20, 1944 Between Two Worlds
May 25, 1944 Mr. Skeffington
June 10, 1944 Make Your Own Bed
July 1, 1944 The Mask of Dimitrios
July 22, 1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain
September 2, 1944 Janie
September 9, 1944 Crime by Night
September 23, 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace produced in 1941
October 7, 1944 The Last Ride
October 11, 1944 To Have and Have Not
October 20, 1944 The Very Thought of You
October 24, 1944 The Conspirators
November 25, 1944 The Doughgirls
December 31, 1944 Hollywood Canteen

1945

Release dateTitleNotes
January 31, 1945 Roughly Speaking
February 17, 1945 Objective, Burma!
March 2, 1945 Hotel Berlin
April 7, 1945 God Is My Co-Pilot
April 28, 1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight
May 1, 1945 Escape in the Desert
June 9, 1945 Pillow to Post
June 15, 1945 Conflict
July 14, 1945 The Corn Is Green
August 11, 1945 Christmas in Connecticut
August 24, 1945 Pride of the Marines
September 22, 1945 Rhapsody in Blue
October 20, 1945 Mildred Pierce Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
November 10, 1945 Confidential Agent
November 14, 1945 Danger Signal
December 1, 1945 Too Young to Know
December 7, 1945 Appointment in Tokyo distribution only
December 29, 1945 San Antonio

1946

Release dateTitleNotes
January 26, 1946 My Reputation
January 28, 1946 Three Strangers
March 9, 1946 Cinderella Jones
March 30, 1946 Saratoga Trunk
April 20, 1946 Devotion produced in 1943
May 11, 1946 Her Kind of Man
June 1, 1946 One More Tomorrow
June 22, 1946 Janie Gets Married
July 6, 1946 A Stolen Life co-production with B.D. Production
July 20, 1946 Of Human Bondage
July 26, 1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee
August 3, 1946 Night and Day
August 31, 1946 The Big Sleep
September 14, 1946 Shadow of a Woman
September 28, 1946 Cloak and Dagger [N 1] distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
October 18, 1946 Deception
November 1, 1946 Nobody Lives Forever
November 9, 1946 Never Say Goodbye
November 23, 1946 The Verdict
December 25, 1946 The Beast with Five Fingers
Humoresque

1947

Release dateTitleNotes
December 28, 1946 The Time, the Place and the Girl
January 11, 1947 The Man I Love
February 22, 1947 Nora Prentiss
March 4, 1947 The Two Mrs. Carrolls
March 5, 1947 Pursued [N 1] distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
March 29, 1947 That Way with Women
April 12, 1947 Stallion Road
May 2, 1947 Love and Learn
June 5, 1947 The Unfaithful
June 6, 1947 Cheyenne
July 26, 1947 Possessed
July 30, 1947 Deep Valley
August 14, 1947 Life with Father Public domain
August 19, 1947 Cry Wolf
September 27, 1947 Dark Passage
October 3, 1947 The Unsuspected co-production with Michael Curtiz Productions
November 1, 1947 That Hagen Girl
November 7, 1947 Escape Me Never
December 10, 1947 Always Together
December 25, 1947 The Voice of the Turtle
December 27, 1947 My Wild Irish Rose

1948

Release dateTitleNotes
January 24, 1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
February 7, 1948 My Girl Tisa [N 1] distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
March 6, 1948 They Made Me a Fugitive distribution only; produced by A. R. Shipman Productions/Alliance Films
March 27, 1948 April Showers
April 7, 1948 Winter Meeting The first film to use the 1948-1967 on-screen Warner Bros. logo and the famous golden shield
April 16, 1948 To the Victor
May 15, 1948 The Woman in White
May 29, 1948 Silver River
June 13, 1948 Wallflower
June 26, 1948 The Big Punch
July 3, 1948 Romance on the High Seas co-production with Michael Curtiz Productions; The last film to use the 1937-1948 on-screen logo
July 31, 1948 Key Largo The first film to use the 1948-1967 on-screen Warner Bros. logo and the famous golden shield
July 31, 1948 Embraceable You
August 26, 1948 Rope [N 2] distribution only; produced by Transatlantic Pictures
September 4, 1948 Two Guys from Texas
September 14, 1948 Johnny Belinda Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture
October 9, 1948 Smart Girls Don't Talk
October 29, 1948 June Bride
November 27, 1948 Fighter Squadron
December 1, 1948 Adventures of Don Juan
December 23, 1948 The Decision of Christopher Blake
December 24, 1948 Whiplash

1949

Release dateTitleNotes
January 1, 1949 One Sunday Afternoon
February 4, 1949 John Loves Mary
February 15, 1949 Flaxy Martin
March 6, 1949 South of St. Louis [N 1] distribution only; produced by United States Pictures
March 26, 1949 A Kiss in the Dark
April 1, 1949 Burma Victory
April 2, 1949 Homicide
April 16, 1949 My Dream Is Yours
May 3, 1949 The Younger Brothers
May 6, 1949 Flamingo Road co-production with Michael Curtiz Productions
June 10, 1949 Night Unto Night
June 11, 1949 Colorado Territory
June 30, 1949 One Last Fling
July 2, 1949 The Fountainhead
July 16, 1949 The Girl from Jones Beach
July 30, 1949 Look for the Silver Lining
August 1, 1949 It's a Great Feeling
September 3, 1949 White Heat
September 10, 1949 The House Across the Street
September 15, 1949 Golden Madonna British-Italian film
co-production with Pendennis Productions and Produttore Films Internazionali
September 30, 1949 Task Force
October 8, 1949 Under Capricorn [N 3] distribution only; produced by Transatlantic Pictures
October 21, 1949 Beyond the Forest
November 12, 1949 The Story of Seabiscuit
November 26, 1949 Always Leave Them Laughing
December 2, 1949 The Hasty Heart [N 4] distribution only; produced by Associated British Picture Corporation
December 16, 1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor
December 31, 1949 The Inspector General Public domain

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