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1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on a Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940's decade.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 6 - A Child Is Born
- January 13 - Brother Rat and a Baby
- January 27 - The Fighting 69th
- January 29 - British Intelligence
- February 3 - Calling Philo Vance
- February 10 - Granny Get Your Gun
- February 17 - Castle on the Hudson
- March 2 - Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
- March 16 - Three Cheers for the Irish
- March 23 - Virginia City
- April 6 - It All Came True
- April 13 - King of the Lumberjacks
- April 20 - 'Til We Meet Again
- April 27 - An Angel from Texas
- May 4 - Tear Gas Squad
- May 11 - Saturday's Children
- May 18 - Flight Angels
- May 25 - Torrid Zone
- June 1 - Murder in the Air
- June 8 - Brother Orchid
- June 15 - A Fugitive from Justice
- June 22 - Gambling on the High Seas
- July 1 - The Sea Hawk
- July 13
- July 16 - The Man Who Talked Too Much
- July 27 - Ladies Must Live
- August 3 - They Drive by Night
- August 10 - River's End
- August 17 - Money and the Woman
- August 24 - Flowing Gold
- September 7 - Calling All Husbands
- September 14 - No Time for Comedy
- September 21 - City for Conquest
- October 5 - Knute Rockne, All American
- October 19 - A Dispatch from Reuter's
- October 26 - Tugboat Annie Sails Again
- November 2 - Always a Bride
- November 9 - East of the River
- November 16 - South of Suez
- November 18 - Father Is a Prince
- November 23 - The Letter
- November 30 - Lady with Red Hair
- December 7 - She Couldn't Say No
- December 28 - Santa Fe Trail
Shorts[]
- January 6 - Porky's Last Stand
- January 13 - The Early Worm Gets the Bird
- January 27
- February 10
- March 2 - Elmer's Candid Camera
- March 16
- March 30 - Confederate Honey
- April 13
- April 27
- May 11 - Sniffles Takes a Trip
- May 18 - You Ought to Be in Pictures
- May 25 - A Gander at Mother Goose
- June 8
- June 22 - Circus Today
- July 6
- July 20 - The Egg Collector
- July 27 - A Wild Hare
- August 10 - Ghost Wanted
- August 24
- September 14 - Malibu Beach Party
- September 21 - Calling Dr. Porky
- September 28 - Stage Fright
- October 12 - Holiday Highlights
- October 19 - Prehistoric Porky
- October 26 - Good Night Elmer
- November 2 - The Sour Puss
- November 9 - Wacky Wildlife
- November 23 - Bedtime for Sniffles
- November 30 - Porky's Hired Hand
- December 7 - Of Fox and Hounds
- December 21
Artists joined[]
Comics[]
Events[]
- January - Ben Hardaway leaves the studio to work for Walter Lantz.
- Abe Levitow began working as an in-betweener and assistant animator at Warner Bros. Cartoons.
Character debuts[]
- January 27 - Canyon Kiddies
- February - Hugo Strange
- February 10 - Tom and Jerry
- April - Lex Luthor
- April - The Joker
- April - Nightwing
- April 13 - Goldilocks
- April 25 - Catwoman
- May 25 - Three Little Pigs
- June 8 - Tom Thumb
- June - Clayface
- July 6 - Little Blabbermouse
- July 27 - Bugs Bunny (official debut)
- September 28 - Tough Bird
- December 7 - Willoughby, George the Fox
People[]
Births[]
- January 22 - John Hurt (actor and voice actor)
- November 15 - Sam Waterston (actor)
Deaths[]
- January 4 - Flora Finch (actress)
- January 12 - Maude Turner Gordon (actress and theatrical producer)
- January 16 - Earl Dwire (actor)
- January 21 - Otis Harlan (comedian, actor and voice actor)
- January 22 - E. Alyn Warren (actor)
- February 14 - Norman Spencer (musician, songwriter, director and composer)
- February 20 - George Periolat (actor)
- March 1 - Josef Swickard (actor)
- March 30 - Walter Miller (actor)
- April 5 - John Wray (actor)
- April 18 - Norman Selby (boxer and actor)
- May 28 - Walter Connolly (actor)
- June 6
- Florence Roberts (actress)
- E. E. Clive (actor and director)
- Henry Otho (actor)
- June 7 - James Hall (actor)
- June 25 - George Hackathorne (actor)
- July 8 - Granville Bates (actor)
- August 13 - George C. Pearce (actor)
- September 4 - Arthur Stone (actor)
- October 10 - Berton Churchill (actor)
- November 21 - Ivan Linow (wrestler and actor)
- December 1 - Charles Richman (actor)
- December 3 - C. Henry Gordon (actor)
- December 6 - Billy Franey (actor)
- December 10 - William V. Mong (actor, screenwriter and director)
- December 13
- Wilfred Lucas (actor, director and screenwriter)
- Edward Cecil (actor)
- George Regas (actor)
- December 19 - Landers Stevens (actor)
Trivia[]
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