1940 in Music - Musical Films

Musical Films

  • The Boys From Syracuse starring Allan Jones, Irene Hervey, Martha Raye and Rosemary Lane
  • Broadway Melody of 1940 starring Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell
  • If I Had My Way starring Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean
  • Irene starring Anna Neagle, Ray Milland and Billie Burke
  • It All Came True starring Ann Sheridan
  • Lillian Russell (film) starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda and Eddie Foy Jr.
  • Little Nellie Kelly starring Judy Garland, George Murphy and Charles Winninger. Directed by Norman Taurog.
  • New Moon starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard.
  • A Night at Earl Carroll's released December 6
  • No, No, Nanette starring Anna Neagle, Richard Carlson, Victor Mature, Roland Young, Helen Broderick, Zasu Pitts and Eve Arden
  • One Night in the Tropics starring Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Directed by A. Edward Sutherland.
  • Sailors Three starring Tommy Trinder.
  • Spring Parade starring Deanna Durbin
  • Too Many Girls released October 8, starring Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Frances Langford, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken and Desi Arnaz.
  • Two Girls on Broadway starring Lana Turner, Joan Blondell and George Murphy.
  • Young People starring Shirley Temple. Directed by Allan Dwan.

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