1940 (13th Annual Awards)
Reminder List of Eligible Releases
Each year the Academy publishes a booklet for its members called the Reminder List of Eligible Releases. Listed below are the films that were eligible for Academy Award consideration according to the rules of 1940. The
symbol appears next to those films which ultimately received an Academy Award nomination.
Click on the name of one of those films to display more information about it. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the Reminder List for that year.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Max Gordon Plays and Pictures, RKO Radio.
Adventure in Diamonds, Paramount.All This, and Heaven Too, Warners.All Women Have Secrets, Paramount.And One Was Beautiful, M-G-M.Andy Hardy Meets Debutante, M-G-M.Angels over Broadway, Columbia.Anne of Windy Poplars, RKO Radio.The Ape, Monogram.Arise, My Love, Paramount.Arizona, Columbia.The Baker’s Wife, Hakim Bros. (French).The Bank Dick, Universal.Barricade, 20th-Fox.Beyond Tomorrow, Academy, RKO Radio.A Bill of Divorcement, RKO Radio.The Biscuit Eater, Paramount.Bitter Sweet, M-G-M.Blondie Has Servant Trouble, Columbia.Blondie on a Budget, Columbia.Blondie Plays Cupid, Columbia.The Blue Bird, 20th-Fox.Boom Town, M-G-M.The Boys from Syracuse, Mayfair, Universal.Brigham Young—Frontiersman, 20th-Fox.Broadway Melody of 1940, M-G-M.Brother Orchid, Warners.Brother Rat and a Baby, Warners.Buck Benny Rides Again, Paramount.Captain Caution, Roach, U.A.The Captain Is a Lady, M-G-M.The Castle on the Hudson, Warners.Chad Hanna, 20th-Fox.Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum, 20th-Fox.Charlie Chan in Panama, 20th-Fox.Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise, 20th-Fox.Charlie McCarthy, Detective, Universal.Charter Pilot, 20th-Fox.Cherokee Strip, Sherman, Paramount.Christmas in July, Paramount.Citadel of Silence, (French).City for Conquest, Warners.Comin’ Round the Mountain, Paramount.Comrade X, M-G-M.Congo Maisie, M-G-M.The Courageous Dr. Christian, Stephens-Lang, RKO Radio.Cross-Country Romance, RKO Radio.Curtain Call, RKO Radio.Dance, Girl, Dance, RKO Radio.Dancing on a Dime, Paramount.The Dark Command, Republic.Daybreak, Sigma Productions (French).Destry Rides Again, Universal.A Dispatch from Reuters, Warners.Dr. Christian Meets the Women, Stephens-Lang, RKO Radio.Dr. Cyclops, Paramount.Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet, Warners.Dr. Kildare Goes Home, M-G-M.Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case, M-G-M.Dr. Knock, French Motion Picture Corp. (French).The Doctor Takes a Wife, Columbia.Doomed to Die, Monogram.Down Argentine Way, 20th-Fox.Drums of the Desert, Monogram.Dulcy, M-G-M.The Earl of Chicago, M-G-M.Earthbound, 20th-Fox.East of the River, Warners.Edison the Man, M-G-M.Elsa Maxwell’s Public Deb No. 1, 20th-Fox.Emergency Squad, Paramount.Escape, M-G-M.Escape to Glory, Columbia.The Farmer’s Daughter, Paramount.The Fatal Hour, Monogram.The Fight for Life, U.S. Government, Columbia.The Fighting 69th, Warners.Flight Angels, Warners.Flight from Destiny, Warners.Florian, M-G-M.Flowing Gold, Warners.Foreign Correspondent, Wanger, U.A.Forty Little Mothers, M-G-M.Four Mothers, Warners.Four Sons, 20th-Fox.Free, Blonde and 21, 20th-Fox.French Without Tears, Paramount (British).The Gay Caballero, 20th-Fox.Geronimo, Paramount.The Ghost Breakers, Paramount.The Ghost Comes Home, M-G-M.The Girl from Avenue A, 20th-Fox.The Girl in 313, 20th-Fox.Go West, M-G-M.Gold Rush Maisie, M-G-M.The Golden Fleecing, M-G-M.Golden Gloves, Paramount.Goose Step, Producers Pictures Corp.The Grapes of Wrath, 20th-Fox.The Great Dictator, Chaplin, U.A.The Great McGinty, Paramount.The Great Profile, 20th-Fox.Harvest, Marcel Pagnol Studios (French).Haunted Honeymoon, M-G-M (British).Haunted House, Monogram.He Married His Wife, 20th-Fox.He Stayed for Breakfast, Columbia.Henry Goes Arizona, M-G-M.Her First Romance, Chadwick, Monogram.Hidden Gold, Sherman, Paramount.High School, 20th-Fox.Hired Wife, Universal.His Girl Friday, Columbia.Hold That Woman, Neufeld, Producers Releasing Corp.House Across the Bay, Wanger, U.A.The House of Seven Gables, Universal.The Howards of Virginia, Frank Lloyd, Columbia.Hullabaloo, M-G-M.The Human Monster, Monogram.I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby, Universal.I Love You Again, M-G-M.I’m Nobody’s Sweetheart Now, Universal.I Married Adventure, Columbia.I Take This Oath, Neufeld, Producers Releasing Corp.I Take This Woman, M-G-M.I Want a Divorce, Paramount.I Was an Adventuress, 20th-Fox.If I Had My Way, Universal.Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday, 20th-Fox (British).The Invisible Man Returns, Universal.Irene, Imperadio Pictures, RKO Radio.Isle of Destiny, Fine Arts, RKO Radio.It All Came True, Warners.It’s a Date, Universal.Johnny Apollo, 20th-Fox.The Jones Family in On Their Own, 20th-Fox.The Jones Family in Young as You Feel, 20th-Fox.Kit Carson, Small, U.A.Kitty Foyle, RKO Radio.Knights of the Range, Sherman, Paramount.Knute Rockne—All-American, Warners.The Lady in Question, Columbia.Lady with Red Hair, Warners.Lambeth Walk, M-G-M (British).The Last Alarm, Monogram.The Letter, Warners.Light of the Western Stars, Sherman, Paramount.The Light That Failed, Paramount.Lillian Russell, 20th-Fox.The Lion Has Wings, Korda, U.A.A Little Bit of Heaven, Universal.Little Nellie Kelly, M-G-M.Little Old New York, 20th-Fox.Little Orvie, RKO Radio.The Long Voyage Home, Wanger, U.A.Louise, (French).Love Thy Neighbor, Paramount.Lucky Cisco Kid, 20th-Fox.Lucky Partners, RKO Radio.Madame Satan, Film Alliance (French).The Man from Dakota, M-G-M.The Man I Married, 20th-Fox.The Man Who Talked Too Much, Warners.The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk, 20th-Fox.Manhattan Heartbeat, 20th-Fox.The Marines Fly High, RKO Radio.The Mark of Zorro, 20th-Fox.Marked Men, Neufeld, Producers Releasing Corp.Married and in Love, RKO Radio.Maryland, 20th-Fox.The Mayor’s Dilemma, Film Alliance (French).Men Against the Sky, RKO Radio.Mercy Plane, Producers.Mexican Spitfire, RKO Radio.Mexican Spitfire out West, RKO Radio.Millionaire Playboy, RKO Radio.Millionaires in Prison, RKO Radio.Money and the Woman, Warners.Moon over Burma, Paramount.The Mortal Storm, M-G-M.Murder over New York, 20th-Fox.Music in My Heart, Columbia.Mutiny in the Big House, Monogram.My Favorite Wife, RKO Radio.My Little Chickadee, Universal.My Love Came Back, Warners.My Son, My Son!, Small, U.A.Mystery Sea Raider, Paramount.New Moon, M-G-M.A Night at Earl Carroll’s, Paramount.No, No, Nanette, RKO Radio.No Time for Comedy, Warners.North West Mounted Police, Paramount.Northwest Passage, M-G-M.Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love, Universal.The Old Swimmin’ Hole, Monogram.One Crowded Night, RKO Radio.One Million, B.C., Roach, U.A.One Night in the Tropics, Universal.Opened by Mistake, Paramount.Our Town, Lesser, U.A.The Outsider, Alliance Pictures, Monogram.Over the Moon, London Films, U.A.Overture to Glory, (Yiddish).Parole Fixer, Paramount.Pastor Hall, Charter Films, James Roosevelt, U.A.Phantom Raiders, M-G-M.The Philadelphia Story, M-G-M.Pier 13, 20th-Fox.Pinocchio, Walt Disney, RKO Radio.Pop Aways Pays, RKO Radio.Port of Shadows, Film Alliance (French).Power and the Land, Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, RKO Radio Release.Pride and Prejudice, M-G-M.Primrose Path, RKO Radio.Private Affairs, Universal.The Quarterback, Paramount.Queen of Destiny, Imperator, RKO Radio.Queen of the Mob, Paramount.Queen of the Yukon, Monogram.The Ramparts We Watch, March of Time, RKO Radio.Rangers of Fortune, Paramount.Rasputin, (French).Rebecca, Selznick, U.A.Remember, M-G-M.Remember the Night, Paramount.Return of Frank James, 20th-Fox.Rhythm on the River, Paramount.River’s End, Warners.Road to Singapore, Paramount.Romance of the Rio Grande, 20th-Fox.Safari, Paramount.Sailor’s Lady, 20th-Fox.The Saint in Palm Springs, RKO Radio.The Saint’s Double Trouble, RKO Radio.The Saint Takes Over, RKO Radio.Sandy Gets Her Man, Universal.Sandy Is a Lady, Universal.Santa Fe Marshal, Sherman, Paramount.Santa Fe Trail, Warners.Saps at Sea, Roach, U.A.Saturday’s Children, Warners.The Sea Hawk, Warners.Second Chorus, National Pictures, Paramount.The Secret Four, Monogram.Seven Sinners, Universal.Seventeen, Paramount.Shipyard Sally, 20th-Fox (British).Shooting High, 20th-Fox.The Shop Around the Corner, M-G-M.The Showdown, Sherman, Paramount.Sidewalks of London, Mayflower, Paramount (British).Ski Patrol, Universal.Sky Murder, M-G-M.Slightly Honorable, Wanger, U.A.So This Is London, 20th-Fox (British).Son of the Navy, Monogram.Song of the Road, Stellar Productions (British).South of Pago Pago, Small, U.A.South of Suez, Warners.Sporting Blood, M-G-M.Spring Parade, Universal.Stagecoach War, Sherman, Paramount.Star Dust, 20th-Fox.Strange Cargo, M-G-M.Street of Memories, 20th-Fox.Strike Up the Band, M-G-M.Susan and God, M-G-M.Swiss Family Robinson, The Play’s the Thing, RKO Radio.Tevya, Maymon Films (Yiddish).That Gang of Mine, Monogram.They Came by Night, 20th-Fox (British).They Drive by Night, Warners.They Knew What They Wanted, RKO Radio.The Thief of Bagdad, Korda, U.A.Third Finger Left Hand, M-G-M.Those Were the Days, Paramount.Three Cheers for the Irish, Warners.’Til We Meet Again, Warners.Time in the Sun, World Pictures.Tin Pan Alley, 20th-Fox.Tom Brown’s School Days, The Play’s the Thing, RKO Radio.Tomboy, Monogram.Too Many Girls, RKO Radio.Too Many Husbands, Columbia.Torrid Zone, Warners.Tugboat Annie Sails Again, Warners.Turnabout, Roach, U.A.21 Days Together, Columbia (British).20 Mule Team, M-G-M.Two Girls on Broadway, M-G-M.Two Thoroughbreds, RKO Radio.Typhoon, Paramount.Untamed, Paramount.Vigil in the Night, RKO Radio.The Villain Still Pursued Her, RKO Radio.Virginia City, Warners.Viva Cisco Kid, 20th-Fox.The Ware Case, GAPAD, 20th-Fox (British).Waterloo Bridge, M-G-M.The Way of All Flesh, Paramount.We Who Are Young, M-G-M.The Westerner, Goldwyn, U.A.When the Daltons Rode, Universal.Wildcat Bus, RKO Radio.Women Without Names, Paramount.Wyoming, M-G-M.Yesterday’s Heroes, 20th-Fox.You Can’t Fool Your Wife, RKO Radio.You’ll Find Out, RKO Radio.Young People, 20th-Fox.Young Tom Edison, M-G-M.Youth Will Be Served, 20th-Fox.