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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. TheOscar nominated marker 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.

Oscar Nominated markerAbe Lincoln in Illinois, Max Gordon Plays and Pictures, RKO Radio.
Adventure in Diamonds, Paramount.
All Women Have Secrets, Paramount.
And One Was Beautiful, M-G-M.
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante, M-G-M.
Anne of Windy Poplars, RKO Radio.
The Ape, Monogram.
Oscar Nominated markerArise, My Love, Paramount.
Oscar Nominated markerArizona, 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.
Oscar Nominated markerBitter Sweet, M-G-M.
Blondie Has Servant Trouble, Columbia.
Blondie on a Budget, Columbia.
Blondie Plays Cupid, Columbia.
Oscar Nominated markerThe Blue Bird, 20th-Fox.
Oscar Nominated markerBoom Town, M-G-M.
Oscar Nominated markerThe 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.
Oscar Nominated markerCaptain 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.
Oscar Nominated markerComrade 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.
Oscar Nominated markerThe 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.
Oscar Nominated markerDr. Cyclops, Paramount.
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.
Drums of the Desert, Monogram.
Dulcy, M-G-M.
The Earl of Chicago, M-G-M.
Earthbound, 20th-Fox.
East of the River, Warners.
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.
Oscar Nominated markerThe 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.
Oscar Nominated markerForeign 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.
Oscar Nominated markerThe Great Dictator, Chaplin, U.A.
Oscar Nominated markerThe 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.
Oscar Nominated markerThe 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).
Oscar Nominated markerIrene, 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.
Oscar Nominated markerKitty 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.
Oscar Nominated markerThe Letter, Warners.
Light of the Western Stars, Sherman, Paramount.
The Light That Failed, Paramount.
Oscar Nominated markerLillian 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.
Oscar Nominated markerThe 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.
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.
Mutiny in the Big House, Monogram.
Oscar Nominated markerMy Favorite Wife, RKO Radio.
My Little Chickadee, Universal.
My Love Came Back, Warners.
Oscar Nominated markerMy 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.
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love, Universal.
The Old Swimmin’ Hole, Monogram.
One Crowded Night, RKO Radio.
Oscar Nominated markerOne Million, B.C., Roach, U.A.
One Night in the Tropics, Universal.
Opened by Mistake, Paramount.
Oscar Nominated markerOur 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.
Pier 13, 20th-Fox.
Oscar Nominated markerPinocchio, 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.
Oscar Nominated markerPrimrose 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).
Oscar Nominated markerRebecca, Selznick, U.A.
Remember, M-G-M.
Remember the Night, Paramount.
Return of Frank James, 20th-Fox.
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.
Oscar Nominated markerThe Sea Hawk, Warners.
Oscar Nominated markerSecond 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.
Oscar Nominated markerSpring Parade, Universal.
Stagecoach War, Sherman, Paramount.
Star Dust, 20th-Fox.
Strange Cargo, M-G-M.
Street of Memories, 20th-Fox.
Susan and God, M-G-M.
Oscar Nominated markerSwiss 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.
Oscar Nominated markerThe 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.
Oscar Nominated markerTin Pan Alley, 20th-Fox.
Tom Brown’s School Days, The Play’s the Thing, RKO Radio.
Tomboy, Monogram.
Too Many Girls, RKO Radio.
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.
Oscar Nominated markerTyphoon, 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).
The Way of All Flesh, Paramount.
We Who Are Young, M-G-M.
Oscar Nominated markerThe 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.
Oscar Nominated markerYou’ll Find Out, RKO Radio.
Young People, 20th-Fox.
Young Tom Edison, M-G-M.
Youth Will Be Served, 20th-Fox.