The 1940s were a golden time for cinema, with some of today’s most loved films and revered actors emanating from that decade. Just look at this for a snapshot of what 1940s cinema goers could choose to see…

• Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchock, starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier and receiving an Oscar for best picture (1940)
• The Philadelphia Story, directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart (1940)
• The Grapes of Wrath, directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda (1940)

• Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles (1941)
• Gone with the Wind, went into general release, starring Clark Gable and Vivienne Leigh – still one of the highest grossing film in history (1941)
• The Maltese Falcon, directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart (1941)
• Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman premieres in New York (1942)
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