| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 3 Men in White |
Willis Goldbeck |
Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Marilyn Maxwell |
Drama |
MGM |
| The 957th Day |
|
|
Propaganda Short |
produced by the US Navy |
| A Fig Leaf for Eve |
Don Brodie |
Jan Wiley, Phil Warren, Eddie Dunn |
Drama |
|
| A Night of Adventure |
Gordon Douglas |
Tom Conway, Audrey Long, John Carradine, Dean Jagger |
Crime mystery |
RKO |
| A Wave, a WAC and a Marine |
Phil Karlson |
Elyse Knox, Ann Gillis, Sally Eilers |
Romantic war comedy |
Monogram |
| Abroad with Two Yanks |
Allan Dwan |
William Bendix, Helen Walker, Dennis O'Keefe |
Comedy |
United Artists |
| Accent on Crime |
Albert Herman |
June Carlson, Fifi D'Orsay, Teala Loring |
Crime drama |
Producers Releasing Corp. |
| Action in Arabia |
Léonide Moguy |
George Sanders, Virginia Bruce, Lenore Aubert |
Romantic drama |
RKO |
| Address Unknown |
William Cameron Menzies |
Mady Christians, Morris Carnovsky, Paul Lukas |
Drama |
Columbia |
| Adventure in Music |
Reginald Le Borg, Ernst Matray |
José Iturbi, Emanuel Feuermann, Mildred Dilling |
Musical |
|
| The Adventures of Mark Twain |
Irving Rapper |
Fredric March, Alexis Smith |
Adventure |
Warner Bros. |
| Alaska |
George Archainbaud |
Kent Taylor, Margaret Lindsay, John Carradine |
Crime, Adventure |
Monogram |
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves |
Arthur Lubin |
Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Turhan Bey |
Adventure |
United Artists |
| Allergic to Love |
Edward C. Lilley |
Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr., David Bruce |
Musical comedy |
|
| An American Romance |
King Vidor |
Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel |
Drama |
MGM |
| And Now Tomorrow |
Irving Pichel |
Alan Ladd, Susan Hayward |
Drama |
based on Rachel Field book |
| And the Angels Sing |
George Marshall |
Fred MacMurray, Betty Hutton |
Musical |
Paramount |
| Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble |
George B. Seitz |
Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden |
Romantic comedy |
MGM |
| Are These Our Parents? |
William Nigh |
Helen Vinson, Lyle Talbot, Ivan Lebedeff |
Romantic drama |
|
| Arizona Whirlwind |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele |
Western |
|
| Army Wives |
Phil Rosen |
Elyse Knox, Marjorie Rambeau, Rick Vallin |
Romance |
|
| Arsenic and Old Lace |
Frank Capra |
Cary Grant, Raymond Massey |
Screwball Comedy |
based on Joseph Kesselring play; Warner Bros. |
| Atlantic City |
Ray McCarey |
Constance Moore, Stanley Brown, Charley Grapewin |
Romantic musical |
Republic Pictures |
| Attack! Battle of New Britain |
|
|
Propaganda Short |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Babes on Swing Street |
Edward C. Lilley |
Ann Blyth, Peggy Ryan, Andy Devine |
Musical comedy |
|
| Barbary Coast Gent |
Roy Del Ruth |
Wallace Beery, Binnie Barnes |
Comedy Western |
MGM |
| The Barber of Seville |
James Culhane |
|
Animated Short |
Lantz, Universal |
| Bathing Beauty |
George Sidney |
Esther Williams, Red Skelton |
Musical |
MGM |
| The Battle of China |
Frank Capra |
|
War Propaganda |
|
| Beautiful But Broke |
Charles Barton |
Joan Davis, John Hubbard, Jane Frazee |
Musical comedy |
Columbia |
| Belle of the Yukon |
William A. Seiter |
Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore |
Western comedy |
RKO |
| Beneath Western Skies |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Robert Livingston, Smiley Burnette, Effie Laird |
Western |
|
| Bermuda Mystery |
Benjamin Stoloff |
Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Charles Butterworth |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox |
| Between Two Worlds |
Edward A. Blatt |
John Garfield, Paul Henreid |
Mystery |
Warner Bros. |
| The Big Noise |
Malcolm St. Clair |
Laurel and Hardy, Doris Merrick |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox |
| Black Arrow |
Lew Landers |
Mark Roberts, Adele Jergens, Robert Williams |
Action western |
Columbia Pictures serial |
| Black Magic |
Phil Rosen |
Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Frances Chan |
Comedy mystery |
Monogram |
| Block Busters |
Wallace Fox |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell |
Comedy |
Monogram |
| Blonde Fever |
Richard Whorf |
Philip Dorn, Mary Astor, Felix Bressart |
Comedy, Drama |
|
| Bluebeard |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
John Carradine, Jean Parker |
Thriller |
|
| The Bodyguard |
Hanna-Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated Short |
MGM |
| Bordertown Trail |
Lesley Selander |
Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Weldon Heyburn |
Western |
|
| Boss of Boomtown |
Ray Taylor |
Rod Cameron, Tom Tyler, Fuzzy Knight |
Western |
|
| Bowery Champs |
William Beaudine |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell |
Crime comedy |
Monogram |
| Bowery to Broadway |
Charles Lamont |
Maria Montez, Jack Oakie, Susanna Foster |
Comedy |
|
| Brand of the Devil |
Harry L. Fraser |
Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson |
Western |
|
| Brazil |
Joseph Santley |
Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton |
Musical comedy |
Republic |
| Bride by Mistake |
Richard Wallace |
Alan Marshal, Laraine Day, Marsha Hunt |
Comedy |
RKO |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
Rowland V. Lee |
Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff |
Drama |
based on Thornton Wilder book |
| Broadway Rhythm |
Roy Del Ruth |
George Murphy, Lena Horne |
Musical |
MGM |
| Buffalo Bill |
William A. Wellman |
Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara |
Western Biography |
20th Century Fox |
| Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips |
I. Freleng |
Merrie Melodies |
Animated War |
Warner Bros. |
| Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears |
Chuck Jones |
Merrie Melodies |
Animated |
Warner Bros. |
| Busy Buddies |
Del Lord |
Three Stooges |
Comedy Short |
Columbia |
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Call of the Jungle |
Phil Rosen |
Ann Corio, James Bush, John Davidson |
Adventure/mystery |
|
| Call of the Rockies |
Lesley Selander |
Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Harry Woods |
Western |
|
| Call of the South Seas |
John English |
Janet Martin, Allan Lane, William Henry |
Action comedy |
Republic |
| Can't Help Singing |
Frank Ryan |
Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige |
Musical |
Universal |
| The Canterville Ghost |
Jules Dassin |
Charles Laughton |
Comedy Fantasy |
MGM |
| Captain America |
Elmer Clifton, John English |
|
serial |
Republic |
| Career Girl |
Wallace Fox |
Frances Langford, Edward Norris, Iris Adrian |
Musical |
PRC |
| Carolina Blues |
Leigh Jason |
Kay Kyser, Ann Miller, Victor Moore |
Musical |
|
| Casanova Brown |
Sam Wood |
Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright |
Comedy |
RKO |
| Casanova in Burlesque |
Leslie Goodwins |
Joe E. Brown, June Havoc, Dale Evans |
Comedy |
|
| Cattle Call |
Derwin Abrahams |
|
Western |
|
| Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat |
Phil Rosen |
Sidney Toler, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland |
Crime comedy |
Monogram |
| Charlie Chan in the Secret Service |
Phil Rosen |
Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Arthur Loft |
Crime comedy |
Monogram |
| Cheyenne Wildcat |
Lesley Selander |
Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming |
Western |
|
| Chip Off the Old Block |
Charles Lamont |
Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Ann Blyth |
Musical comedy |
Universal |
| Christmas Holiday |
Robert Siodmak |
Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly |
Film noir |
Universal |
| The Climax |
George Waggner |
Susanna Foster, Boris Karloff |
Horror |
Universal |
| Close Harmony |
Lew Landers |
Charles Starrett, Jane Frazee, Barbara Jo Allen |
Musical western |
|
| Cobra Woman |
Robert Siodmak |
Lon Chaney Jr., Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu |
Adventure |
Universal |
| Code of the Prairie |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart |
Western |
|
| The Conspirators |
Jean Negulesco |
Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid |
Spy |
Warner Bros. |
| Cover Girl |
Charles Vidor |
Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers |
Musical |
Columbia |
| Cowboy and the Senorita |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers, Trigger, Mary Lee |
Western |
Republic |
| Crash Goes the Hash |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Comedy Short |
Columbia |
| Crazy Knights |
William Beaudine |
Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard, Max Rosenbloom |
Romantic comedy |
|
| Crime by Night |
William Clemens |
Jane Wyman, Jerome Cowan |
Crime drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Cry of the Werewolf |
Henry Levin |
Nina Foch, Stephen Crane, Osa Massen |
Horror |
Columbia |
| The Curse of the Cat People |
Robert Wise |
Simone Simon, Jane Randolph |
Horror |
RKO |
| Cyclone Prairie Rangers |
Benjamin H. Kline |
Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Constance Worth |
Western |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Gambler's Choice |
Frank McDonald |
Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly |
Crime |
Paramount |
| Gaslight |
George Cukor |
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Angela Lansbury |
Film noir |
Oscar for Bergman |
| Gentle Annie |
Andrew Marton |
James Craig, Donna Reed, Marjorie Main |
Romantic western |
|
| Gents Without Cents |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Comedy Short |
Columbia |
| Ghost Catchers |
Edward F. Cline |
Olsen and Johnson, Gloria Jean, Martha O'Driscoll |
Comedy, Horror |
Universal |
| Gildersleeve's Ghost |
Gordon Douglas |
Harold Peary, Marion Martin, Richard LeGrand |
Comedy, Fantasy |
RKO |
| Girl Rush |
Gordon Douglas |
Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Frances Langford |
Comedy western |
|
| Goin' to Town |
Leslie Goodwins |
Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Barbara Hale |
Comedy |
|
| Going My Way |
Leo McCarey |
Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald |
Musical Comedy |
won 7 Academy Awards |
| Goodnight, Sweetheart |
Joseph Santley |
Robert Livingston, Ruth Terry, Henry Hull |
Musical comedy |
|
| The Great Alaskan Mystery |
Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor |
Milburn Stone, Marjorie Weaver, Edgar Kennedy |
Spy Serial |
Universal |
| The Great Moment |
Preston Sturges |
Joel McCrea, Betty Field |
Biopic |
Paramount |
| Greenwich Village |
Walter Lang |
Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix |
Musical |
|
| Guest in the House |
John Brahm |
Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon |
Film noir |
United Artists |
| Guns of the Law |
Elmer Clifton |
Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson |
Western |
|
| Gunsmoke Mesa |
Harry L. Fraser |
James Newill, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson |
Western |
|
| Gypsy Wildcat |
Roy William Neill |
Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Peter Coe |
Adventure |
|
| Hail the Conquering Hero |
Preston Sturges |
Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest |
Comedy |
Paramount |
| Hands Across the Border |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers, Trigger, Ruth Terry |
Western |
|
| Hare Force |
Friz Freleng |
Bugs Bunny |
Animated Short |
Warner Bros. |
| Harmony Trail |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
Ken Maynard, Eddie Dean, Gene Alsace |
Western |
|
| Hat Check Honey |
Edward F. Cline |
Leon Errol, Grace McDonald, Walter Catlett |
Musical comedy |
|
| Haunted Harbor |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Kane Richmond, Kay Aldridge, Roy Barcroft |
Serial |
Republic |
| Heavenly Days |
Howard Estabrook |
Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Eugene Pallette |
Comedy |
|
| Hell-Bent for Election |
Charles M. Jones |
|
Animated War |
|
| Henry Plays Cupid |
Hugh Bennett |
Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel |
Comedy |
|
| Henry's Little Secret |
Hugh Bennett |
Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel |
Comedy |
|
| Here Come the Waves |
Mark Sandrich |
Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts |
Musical comedy |
Paramount |
| Her Primitive Man |
Charles Lamont |
Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Robert Benchley |
Comedy |
|
| Hey, Rookie |
Charles Barton |
Ann Miller, Joe Besser, Larry Parks |
Musical |
|
| Hi, Beautiful |
Leslie Goodwins |
Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr., Hattie McDaniel |
Comedy |
|
| Hi, Good Lookin'! |
Edward C. Lilley |
Harriet Hilliard, Eddie Quillan, Kirby Grant |
Musical comedy |
|
| Hidden Valley Outlaws |
Howard Bretherton |
Bill Elliott, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Anne Jeffreys |
Western |
|
| Hollywood Canteen |
Delmer Daves |
Robert Hutton, Joan Leslie |
Musical |
Warner Bros. |
| Home in Indiana |
Henry Hathaway |
Walter Brennan, Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| The Hour Before the Dawn |
Frank Tuttle |
Veronica Lake, Franchot Tone, Binnie Barnes |
Drama |
Paramount |
| House of Frankenstein |
Erle C. Kenton |
Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Glenn Strange, J. Carroll Naish, Anne Gwynne, Peter Coe, Lionel Atwill |
Horror |
Universal |
| How to Play Golf |
Jack Kinney |
|
Animated |
Disney, RKO |
| Hymn of the Nations |
Alexander Hammid |
|
War Documentary |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| I Accuse My Parents |
Sam Newfield |
Mary Beth Hughes |
Crime Drama |
|
| Idle Roomers |
Del Lord |
Three Stooges |
Comedy, Short |
Columbia |
| I'll Be Seeing You |
William Dieterle |
Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple |
Drama |
Selznick |
| In the Meantime, Darling |
Otto Preminger |
Jeanne Crain |
Romance |
|
| In Our Time |
Vincent Sherman |
Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid |
Romance |
Warner Bros. |
| In Society |
Jean Yarbrough |
Abbott and Costello |
Comedy |
Universal |
| The Invisible Man's Revenge |
Ford Beebe |
Jon Hall, John Carradine |
Science fiction |
Universal |
| It Happened Tomorrow |
René Clair |
Dick Powell, Linda Darnell |
Fantasy, Comedy |
2 Academy Award nominations |
| Jammin' the Blues |
Gjon Mili |
|
Short |
|
| Janie |
Michael Curtiz |
Joyce Reynolds, Ann Harding |
Comedy |
Warner Bros. |
| The Keys of the Kingdom |
John M. Stahl |
Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Roddy McDowall |
Drama |
20th Century Fox |
| Kismet |
William Dieterle |
Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig |
Historical |
MGM |
| The Lady and the Monster |
George Sherman |
Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, Richard Arlen |
Science fiction |
Republic |
| Lady in the Dark |
Kurt Weill |
Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Jon Hall |
Musical |
Paramount |
| Lady, Let's Dance |
Frank Woodruff |
Belita |
Musical |
Monogram |
| Lake Placid Serenade |
Steve Sekely |
Vera Ralston |
Drama |
Republic |
| Laura |
Otto Preminger |
Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson |
Film noir |
from Vera Caspary novel; 5 Oscar nominations |
| Lifeboat |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix |
War, Drama |
Oscar for script |
| Little Red Riding Rabbit |
Friz Freleng |
|
Animated, Short |
Warner Bros. |
| The Lodger |
John Brahm |
Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Laird Cregar |
Horror |
20th Century Fox |
| Lost in a Harem |
Charles Reisner |
Abbott and Costello |
Comedy |
MGM |
| Louisiana Hayride |
Charles Barton |
Judy Canova, Ross Hunter |
Comedy |
Columbia |
| Man from Frisco |
Robert Florey |
Michael O'Shea, Anne Shirley |
Spy |
Republic |
| The Mask of Dimitrios |
Jean Negulesco |
Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre |
Film noir |
from Eric Ambler novel |
| Meet Me in St. Louis |
Vincente Minnelli |
Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor |
Musical |
4 Oscar nominations |
| Meet the People |
Charles Reisner |
Lucille Ball, Dick Powell |
Musical |
MGM |
| Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress |
William Wyler |
|
Documentary |
Paramount |
| The Million Dollar Cat |
Bill Hanna, Joseph Barbera |
|
Animated Short |
MGM |
| Ministry of Fear |
Fritz Lang |
Ray Milland and Marjorie Reynolds |
Film noir |
Paramount |
| The Miracle of Morgan's Creek |
Preston Sturges |
Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest |
Comedy |
Paramount |
| The Monster Maker |
Sam Newfield |
J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Tala Birell |
Science fiction |
|
| Mouse Trouble |
Hanna-Barbera |
Tom and Jerry |
Animated Short |
MGM |
| Mr. Skeffington |
Vincent Sherman |
Bette Davis, Claude Rains |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Mrs. Parkington |
Tay Garnett |
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold |
Drama |
|
| The Mummy's Curse |
Leslie Goodwins |
Lon Chaney |
Horror |
Universal |
| The Mummy's Ghost |
Reginald Le Borg |
Lon Chaney, John Carradine |
Horror |
Universal |
| Murder, My Sweet |
Edward Dmytryk |
Dick Powell, Claire Trevor |
Film noir |
RKO |
| Mystery of the River Boat |
Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor |
Robert Lowery |
Serial |
Universal |
| National Velvet |
Clarence Brown |
Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor |
Drama |
MGM; won 2 Oscars |
| The Negro Soldier |
Stuart Heisler |
|
War Propaganda |
|
| Nevada |
Edward Killy |
Robert Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys |
Western |
RKO |
| No Dough Boys |
Jules White |
Three Stooges |
Comedy Short |
Columbia |
| None But the Lonely Heart |
Clifford Odets |
Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore |
Drama |
Oscar for Barrymore |
| None Shall Escape |
André de Toth |
Marsha Hunt, Henry Travers |
War Drama |
Columbia |
| Nothing But Trouble |
Sam Taylor |
Laurel and Hardy |
Comedy |
MGM |
