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The History of British Cinema: 1940 |
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Alexander Korda announces that he plans to relocate to America, where he will join forces with his film director brother, Zoltan and resume working with his actress wife Merle Oberon. [ADD] |
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Carol Reed’s spy thriller Night Train to Munich, starring Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison and Paul Henreid, is released. [ADD] |
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Alexander Korda’s The Thief of Bagdad is released after production has shifted from Britain to Hollywood in mid-production. Sabu, Conrad Veidt and Rex Ingram star in the special-effects laden Technicolor film on which three directors – Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell and Tim Whelan – worked. The film features the first use of blue-screen photography – where the foreground is filmed against an illuminated blue screen so that the background can be filmed later. [ADD] |
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– Chief cinema projectionists over 18 years of age are considered to be in a reserved occupation, as are senior film technicians over the age of 30. Women are offered training as assistant projectionists due to an employment shortage. [ADD] |
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| – Only 108 of the 507 films registered in the country are British. [ADD] | ||||
Other Key British Films of 1940 |
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| The Stars Look Down (Carol Reed) [ADD] | ||||
| French Without Tears (Anthony Asquith) [ADD] | ||||
| London Can Take It (Humphrey Jennings) [ADD] | ||||
The History of Cinema: 1940 |
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