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TopBilled Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 1940..489 feature films were released in the United States. 1941..508 feature films were released 1942..503 feature films 1943..416 feature films 1944..403 feature films 1945..372 feature films 1946..392 feature films 1947..379 feature films 1948..401 feature films 1949..392 feature films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Index COL=Columbia (1940-1949) RKO=Radio Pictures (1940-1949) and DIS=Disney (1940-1949) MGM=Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1940-1949) PAR=Paramount (1940-1949) MON=Monogram (1940-1949) AA=Allied Artists (1947-1949) UNI=Universal/Universal International (1940-1946; 1946-1949) REP=Republic (1940-1949) WB=Warner Brothers (1940-1949) FOX=20th Century Fox (1940-1949) FC=Film Classics (1947-1949) SG/LIP=Screen Guild/Lippert (1945-1948; 1948-1949) PRC=Producers Releasing Corporation (1940-1947) E-L=Eagle Lion (1947-1949) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Columbia 1940: 56 features; tied with Universal for most releases 1941: 63 1942: 60 1943: 47 1944: 50 1945: 49 1946: 54; most releases 1947: 51; most releases 1948: 55; most releases 1949: 59; most releases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 RKO and Disney 1940: 52 and 2 1941: 40 and 2 1942: 41 and 1 1943: 42 and 1 1944: 36 and 0 1945: 33 and 1 1946: 36 and 1 1947: 33 and 1 1948: 31 and 1 1949: 29 and 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 MGM 1940: 49 features 1941: 45 1942: 52 1943: 35 1944: 28 1945: 29 1946: 27 1947: 27 1948: 26 1949: 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 Paramount 1940: 46 features 1941: 48 1942: 37 1943: 24 1944: 34 1945: 20 1946: 20 1947: 29 1948: 26 1949: 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Monogram and Allied Artists 1940: 51 features 1941: 42 1942: 47 1943: 40 1944: 44 1945: 35 1946: 44 1947: 32 and 3 1948: 42 and 6 1949: 36 and 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Universal 1940: 56 features; tied with Columbia for most releases 1941: 57 1942: 62; most releases 1943: 55; most releases 1944: 56; most releases 1945: 49 1946: 46 1947: 25 1948: 27 1949: 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 Republic 1940: 49 features 1941: 54 1942: 48 1943: 51 1944: 52 1945: 53; most releases 1946: 53 1947: 37 1948: 39 1949: 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Warner Brothers 1940: 45 features 1941: 50 1942: 33 1943: 21; fewest releases 1944: 18; fewest releases 1945: 19 1946: 21 1947: 20 1948: 22 1949: 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 20th Century Fox 1940: 49 features 1941: 51 1942: 50 1943: 33 1944: 29 1945: 25 1946: 30 1947: 27 1948: 42 1949: 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 United Artists 1940: 20 features 1941: 23; fewest releases 1942: 25; fewest releases 1943: 27 1944: 19 1945: 18 1946: 18 1947: 29 1948: 25 1949: 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Producers Releasing Corporation 1940: 14 features; fewest releases 1941: 33 1942: 46 1943: 40 1944: 37 1945: 39 1946: 34 1947: 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Eagle Lion 1947: 30 features 1948: 35 1949: 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 1940..489 feature films were released in the United States. 1941..508 feature films were released 1942..503 feature films 1943..416 feature films 1944..403 feature films 1945..372 feature films 1946..392 feature films 1947..379 feature films 1948..401 feature films 1949..392 feature films That's a total of 4,255 feature films released in the United States from the major studios during the 1940s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 I forgot to mention these yesterday: Film Classics 1947: 2 features; fewest releases 1948: 12 1949: 13; tied with Screen Guild for fewest releases Screen Guild Productions/Lippert 1945: 2 features; fewest releases 1946: 8 features; fewest releases 1947: 17 1948: 11; fewest releases 1949: 13; tied with Film Classics for fewest releases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Okay-- I will go in-depth with each company. I am starting with Columbia Pictures. See comments below: Loretta Young & Melvyn Douglas in HE STAYED FOR BREAKFAST. 1940 JANUARY MUSIC IN MY HEART CAFÉ HOSTESS HIS GIRL FRIDAY..Rosalind Russell's success in this film would cause her to leave home studio MGM and sign a deal with Columbia. LONE WOLF STRIKES, THE..Warren William was now comfortably rolling along in the Lone Wolf series. CONVICTED WOMAN FEBRUARY FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AT HOME..The Peppers were a popular new family series at the studio. PIONEERS OF THE FRONTIER BLONDIE ON A BUDGET..this series would be very profitable for Columbia and continue until 1950. MARCH BULLETS FOR RUSTLERS FIGHT FOR LIFE, THE OUTSIDE THE THREE-MILE LIMIT TOO MANY HUSBANDS..Fred MacMurray was borrowed from Paramount. APRIL BLAZING SIX SHOOTERS MAN WITH NINE LIVES, THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE, THE..Loretta Young had just signed a deal with Columbia after leaving 20th Century Fox. 21 DAYS..a 1937 British production with Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier that Columbia snapped up for U.S. release, after Leigh had a big hit playing Scarlett O'Hara. MAY MAN WITH TUMBLEWEEDS, THE MEN WITHOUT SOULS ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN ESCAPE TO GLORY TEXAS STAGECOACH LONE WOLF MEETS A LADY, THE JUNE PASSPORT TO ALCATRAZ BABIES FOR SALE..a very young Glenn Ford appears in an early leading role. MAD MEN OF EUROPE THUNDER OVER PARIS RETURN OF WILD BILL, THE OUT WEST WITH THE PEPPERS JULY I MARRIED ADVENTURE GIRLS OF THE ROAD BLONDIE HAS SERVANT TROUBLE AUGUST MILITARY ACADEMY LADY IN QUESTION, THE..Evelyn Keyes' first film at the studio. She had a lengthy run at Columbia. SECRET SEVEN, THE DURANGO KID, THE..the first of 65 'Durango Kid' B westerns Charles Starrett made at Columbia. HE STAYED FOR BREAKFAST SEPTEMBER FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS IN TROUBLE BEFORE I HANG HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA, THE..a flop; it caused Cary Grant to decline period roles after this. GLAMOUR FOR SALE PRAIRIE SCHOONERS OCTOBER ANGELS OVER BROADWAY SO YOU WON’T TALK FUGITIVE FROM A PRISON CAMP..obviously inspired by Warner Brothers' I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG. WEST OF ABILENE BLONDIE PLAYS CUPID NOVEMBER BEYOND THE SACRAMENTO GIRLS UNDER 21 LONE WOLF KEEPS A DATE, THE ELLERY QUEEN, MASTER DETECTIVE..a new version produced by Columbia (there was a hit radio series and Republic had made two films with the character in the mid-1930s). DECEMBER THUNDERING FRONTIER GREAT PLANE ROBBERY, THE NOBODY’S CHILDREN PHANTOM SUBMARINE, THE ARIZONA WILDCAT OF TUCSON, THE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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