This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1940–1949, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is the main motion picture production and distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast.

Year titles: 1940 (64) 1941 (61) 1942 (66) 1943 (59) 1944 (58) 1945 (54) 1946 (51) 1947 (28) 1948 (26) 1949 (23)

<AND MORE INFORMATION> Universal Pictures (1930s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls595681217/ Universal Pictures (1920s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls595631251/ Warner Bros. (1940s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls540813009/ Paramount Pictures (1940s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls540816078/

Gordon Jones and Keye Luke in The Green Hornet (1940)

Acquanetta and Ray Corrigan in Captive Wild Woman (1943)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Universal_Pictures_films_(1940%E2%80%931949)

List of Universal Pictures films (1940–1949)

CG = Charles Gemora who did most of the gorillas in Hollywood in the 30s and 40s

Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Swiss Miss (1938)

Includes Music films, but not singing Westerns. Starting with 1998, added requirement for 500+ votes and 4+ rating. Expanded to include TV movies and specials.

The search (excludes what's already on my lists):  [https://www.imdb.com/search/title?release_date=1927,&genres=musical&title_type=feature&runtime=45,&countries=us&sort=release_date,asc&count=100&view=simple&user_rating=4.0,&num_votes=500,&lists=!ls021062047,!ls021564702] and again for genre Music, and for title_types Video, tv_movie, tv_special (8 searches total).

Companion list: American omitted Musical Feature Films (http://www.imdb.com/list/ls021564702/) 

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls021062047/?release_date=1974&mode=simple&sort=release_date,asc

Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, and Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

from Appendix B of Tap! The greatest tap dance stars and their stories, 1900-1955 by Rusty Frank, published 1990

"From  the  1920s-1950s,  there  were very  few musical films  made  that did  not  have  tap dancing  in  some form.  This  appendix  concentrates  on "featured" tap  dancers - solo, and groups.  There  are  some  entries  listed here  that  have  not  been viewed  since  their original  release.  In  these  cases it  is  assumed that  the  tap  dancer  did  perlorm a tap  number in  the  film."

+ means information I added ++ is an entry from Jazz Dance: The Story Of American Vernacular Dance by Marshall & Jean Stearns, 1994 +++ is an entry that I added

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Companion list: Tap! Filmography - The Short Films (http://www.imdb.com/list/ls021013189/)

Charles King, Bessie Love, and Anita Page in The Broadway Melody (1929)

from Appendix B of Tap! The greatest tap dance stars and their stories, 1900-1955 by Rusty Frank, published 1990 

"From the 1920s-1950s, there were very few musical films made that did not have tap dancing in some form. This appendix on "featured" tap dancers - solo, and groups."

Extracted from the larger list: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls027794353/

 + means information I added  ++ is an entry that I added 

Louis Da Pron (1925–2003)

Jack Benny, Gracie Allen, Bob Burns, George Burns, Benny Goodman, and Martha Raye in The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)

God smiled and danced in the streets when Frank was born on this date in St. Louis, MO.  Frank got his start in show business as an infant member of his family's vaudeville team.

His movie career spanned 32 years from 1936 to 1968.   He was the consummate character actor who was seen  in 187 films.

84% of his appearance occurred in the 30s and 40s.

Movie genres included: drama (90); romance (58); comedy (87) and crime/film noir (45).

Faylen's IMDb data breaks down like this:  mean =  6.7, median -  6.4 and  mode  7.0 (14).

Lowest IMDb rated movie -  3.6 Top Sergeant Mulligan  (1941) Highest IMDb rated          -  8.6 It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

I remember watching Faylen in the TV series entitled "The Many Loves od Dobie Gillis".  He appeared in 118 episodes as Dobie's father.  The series ran from 1959 to 1963.

Frank died on August 2nd, 1985 in Burbank, CA of pneumonia and respiratory ailment.

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