Editing 1940 in music (section)

==[[Musical film]]s==
* ''[[The Boys from Syracuse]]'', based on the 1938 Broadway play, starring [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]], [[Irene Hervey]], [[Martha Raye]] and [[Rosemary Lane (actress)|Rosemary Lane]]
* ''[[Broadway Melody of 1940]]'', starring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Eleanor Powell]]
* ''[[Canto de amor]]'', Argentine musical directed by [[Julio Irigoyen]]
* ''[[El Cantor de Buenos Aires]]'', Argentine musical
* ''[[Gül Baba (1940 film)|Gül Baba]]'', Hungarian musical starring [[Sándor Kömíves]] and [[Zita Szeleczky]]<ref>{{Cite book|author=Várkonyi Vilmos|title=Jávor Pál: és a magyar film aranykora|publisher=Zima Szabolcs|year=2013|page=52}}</ref>
* ''[[If I Had My Way (film)|If I Had My Way]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Gloria Jean]]
* ''[[Irene (1940 film)|Irene]]'', starring [[Anna Neagle]], [[Ray Milland]] and [[Billie Burke]]
* ''[[It All Came True]]'' starring [[Ann Sheridan]] and [[Humphrey Bogart]]
* ''[[La canción del milagro]]'', Mexican musical drama starring [[José Mojica]]
* ''[[Lillian Russell (film)]]'', starring [[Alice Faye]], [[Don Ameche]], [[Henry Fonda]] and [[Eddie Foy Jr.]]
* ''[[Little Nellie Kelly]]'', starring [[Judy Garland]], [[George Murphy]] and [[Charles Winninger]]. Directed by [[Norman Taurog]].
* ''[[New Moon (1940 film)|New Moon]]'', starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]] and [[Nelson Eddy]]. Directed by [[Robert Z. Leonard]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Medved |first1=Harry |title=The Fifty Worst Movies of All Time (and how They Got that Way) |date=1978 |publisher=Angus & Robertson |isbn=9780207958915 |pages=288 |edition=First |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WpQHAQAAIAAJ |access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[A Night at Earl Carroll's]]'', released December 6<ref>{{cite web|last=Crowther |first=Bosley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/127766/A-Night-at-Earl-Carroll-s/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402193833/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/127766/A-Night-at-Earl-Carroll-s/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-04-02 |title=A-Night-at-Earl-Carroll-s – Trailer – Cast – Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=2015 |access-date=August 1, 2024}}</ref>
* ''[[No, No, Nanette (1940 film)|No, No, Nanette]]'', starring [[Anna Neagle]], [[Richard Carlson (actor)|Richard Carlson]], [[Victor Mature]], [[Roland Young]], [[Helen Broderick]], [[Zasu Pitts]] and [[Eve Arden]]
* ''[[One Night in the Tropics]]'', starring [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]], [[Nancy Kelly]], [[Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]]. Directed by [[A. Edward Sutherland]].
* ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' Walt Disney animated film
* ''[[Spring Parade]]'', starring [[Deanna Durbin]] remake of 1934 film
* ''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]'', based on 1939 Broadway musical, starring [[Lucille Ball]], [[Richard Carlson (actor)|Richard Carlson]], [[Frances Langford]], [[Ann Miller]], [[Eddie Bracken]] and [[Desi Arnaz]].
* ''[[Two Girls on Broadway]]'', remake of 1929 film ''[[The Broadway Melody]]'', starring [[Lana Turner]], [[Joan Blondell]] and [[George Murphy]].
* ''[[Young People (1940 film)|Young People]]'', starring [[Shirley Temple]]. Directed by Allan Dwan.