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TEN BEST PICTURES OF 1940
As Selected by 346 Critics and Reviewers
Pictiire Distributor Votes
Rebecca UA-Selznick International 391
The Grapes of Wrath 20th Century-Fox 367
Ninotchka M-G-M
Foreign Correspondent UA-Wanger
All This. And Heaven Too Warner Bros.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois RKO Radio .
Boom Town M-G-M
Northwest Passage M-G-M
Our Town UA-Lesser . . ,
The Mortal Storm M-G-M
269 247 230 221 215 198 198 172
Picture and Distributor Votes
Of Mice and Men — UA-Roach 163
Pinocchio — RKO-Disney 162
Edison, The Man — M-G-M 150
Knute Rockne — All American — Warner
Bros 136
Pride and Prejudice — M-G-M 134
The Story of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletWarner Bros 121
The Great McGinty — Paramount 105
Waterloo Bridge— M-G-M 93
The Shop Around the Corner — M-G-M .... 78
Young Tom Edison — M-G-M 75
The Howards of Virginia — Columbia .... 70
My Favorite Wife — RKO Radio 70
His Girl Friday — Columbia 64
Destry Rides Again — Universal 62
My Son, My Son — UA-Small 62
The Hunchback of Notre Dame — RKO
Radio 61
We Are Not Alone — Warner Bros 61
The Fighting 69th — Warner Bros 55
The Ramparts We Watch— RKO-MoT .. . 49
The Biscuit Eater — Paramount 44
Drums Along the Mohawk — 20th CenturyFox 44
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
— Warner Bros 44
The Sea Hawk — Warner Bros 44
They Knew What They Wanted — RKO
Radio 42
■The Honor Roll
Picture and Distributor Votes Brigham Young — Frontiersman — 20th Century-Fox 39
The Westerner— UA-Goldwyn 39
I Love You Again — M-G-M 32
Lillian Russell — 20th Century-Fox 29
Susan and God— M-G-M 28
He Stayed for Breakfast — Columbia 27
Primrose Path — RKO Radio 26
Pastor Hall — UA-Roosevelt 24
The Earl of Chicago— M-G-M 21
Ghost Breakers — Paramount 20
The Light That Failed — Paramount 20
City for Conquest — V/arner Bros 19
They Drive by Night — Warner Bros 19
Strange Cargo — M-G-M 18
Third Finger, Left Hand— M-G-M 18
A Dispatch from Reuters — Warner Bros... 17
The Great Victor Herbert — Paramount. ... 17
Gulliver's Travels — Paramount-Fleischer.. 16
Irene— RKO Radio 16
Swanee River — 20th Century-Fox 16
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante — M-G-M. . 15
Maryland — 20th Century-Fox 15
No Time for Comedy — Warner Bros 15
Angels Over Broadway — Columbia 14
Balalaika— M-G-M 14
Four Sons — 20lh Century-Fox 14
Down Argentine Way — 20th Century-Fox 12
The Road to Singapore — Paramount 12
Another Thin Man — M-G-M 11
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