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Events

February 7 - Walt Disney
's animated film Pinocchio is released.
February 20 - Tom and Jerry
make their debut in the animated cartoon Puss Gets the Boot
.
May 17 - My Favorite Wife
is released.
July 27 - Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare
.
October 15 - The Great Dictator
, a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin
, is released.
November 13 - World premiere of Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first film to be released in a multichannel sound format (see Fantasound). The film also marked the first use of the click track while recording the soundtrack, overdubbing of orchestral parts, simultaneous multitrack recording and lead to the development of a multichannel surround system.

Top grossing films

# Pinocchio (Disney/RKO)

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Rebecca
- David O. Selznick, United Artists
Best Actor
: James Stewart
- The Philadelphia Story
Best Actress
: Ginger Rogers
- Kitty Foyle

Other films released

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
All This and Heaven Too
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
The Biscuit Eater
Boys of the City
Broadway Melody of 1940
starring Fred Astaire
and Eleanor Powell - final film of series
East Side Kids
Go West
, starring the Marx Brothers
Give Us Wings
That Gang of Mine
Gaslight
, the original British version
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Dictator
, starring Charlie Chaplin
Junior G-Men
Masked Mischief
My Favorite Wife
Night Train to Munich
One Million B.C.
Strike Up the Band
The Thief of Bagdad
You're Not So Tough
Vigil in the Night, starring Carole Lombard

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