List of Paramount Pictures films (1940–1949)

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.

1940

Release date	Title	Notes
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

1941

Release date	Title	Notes
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

1942

Release date	Title	Notes
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

1943

Release date	Title	Notes
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

1944

Release date	Title	Notes
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

1945

Release date	Title	Notes
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

1946

Release date	Title	Notes
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

1947

Release date	Title	Notes
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[N 3][N 4][N 5]
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	distribution only; co-production with Bing Crosby Enterprises and Hope Enterprises; The fifth Road film[N 3][N 4][N 5]

1948

Release date	Title	Notes
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

1949

Release date	Title	Notes
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
November 15, 1949	Dear Wife
November 23, 1949	The Great Lover[N 3][N 4][N 5]
December 21, 1949	Samson and Delilah
December 28, 1949	The Heiress	Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture Last film in the 1929–1949 library owned by Universal Television via EMKA, Ltd.

Notes

1. In the public domain
2. Retained by Paramount
3. Owned by the Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation
4. Owned by Sony Pictures (via Columbia Pictures)
5. Owned by Fremantle

References

1. Gary Giddins, relying on Paramount scripts and other documentation, in Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams — The Early Years, 1903-1940 (NY: Little, Brown, 2009), 39. ISBN 9780316091565
2. "Road to Zanzibar". Variety. March 12, 1941.
3. "NY Times: Hold Back the Dawn". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
4. "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 4 October 2014.
5. "For Whom the Bell Tolls | Ernest Hemingway, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-11-23.

External links

• Paramount Pictures Complete Library