1942 in film
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The year 1942 in film involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- January 16 - Actress Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash west of Las Vegas while returning home to Los Angeles from a War Bond tour.
- June 4 - Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, opens at Radio City Music Hall in New York, in what will become a record-breaking 10-week run.
- August 13 - Walt Disney's animated film Bambi opens at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
- November 11 - Road to Morocco, starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour, premieres.
- November 26 - The film Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.
[edit] Top grossing films
- North America
[edit] Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Mrs. Miniver - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Best Director: William Wyler - Mrs. Miniver
- Best Actor: James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Best Actress: Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver
- Best Supporting Actor: Van Heflin - Johnny Eager
- Best Supporting Actress: Teresa Wright - Mrs. Miniver
- Special Academy Award: In Which We Serve
[edit] Films released in 1942
- Across the Pacific
- Ala-Arriba!
- Alias Boston Blackie, Starring Chester Morris, Adele Mara, and Richard Lane
- Andy Hardy's Double Life, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
- Arabian Nights
- Bambi
- The Black Swan
- Bullet Scars
- Captains of the Clouds
- Casablanca
- Cat People
- Commandos Strike at Dawn
- The Courtship of Andy Hardy,starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
- Der Fuehrer's Face, Donald Duck's Academy Award-winning short
- Flying Tigers
- Gentleman Jim -(film only mentioned in article)
- The Ghost of Frankenstein starring Lon Chaney Jr.
- The Great Man's Lady, directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Barbara Stanwyck
- Hatter's Castle
- Holiday Inn
- I Married a Witch
- In Old California, starring John Wayne
- In Which We Serve
- Johnny Eager
- Jungle Book
- Kings Row, starring Ronald Reagan and Claude Rains
- Listen to Britain, British propaganda film directed by Humphrey Jennings
- The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- The Major and the Minor, directed by Billy Wilder
- The Man Who Came to Dinner -(film only mentioned in article)
- Mrs. Miniver
- My Sister Eileen
- My Tender Comrade
- Now, Voyager
- The Palm Beach Story
- Pardon My Sarong, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- The Pied Piper
- Pittsburgh, starring John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, and Shemp Howard
- Pride of the Yankees starring Gary Cooper and Babe Ruth
- Random Harvest, starring Ronald Coleman
- Reap the Wild Wind
- Reunion in France
- Ride 'Em Cowboy
- Rings on Her Fingers
- Rio Rita, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Road to Morocco
- Roxie Hart, starring Ginger Rogers
- Saboteur
- Saludos Amigos
- Somewhere I'll Find You, starring Clark Gable
- Song of the Islands, a Darryl F. Zanuck production
- Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
- Sons of the Pioneers, starring Roy Rogers and Gabby Whittaker
- The Spoilers
- Tales of Manhattan, all-star cast
- The Talk of the Town
- Tennessee Johnson
- To Be or Not to Be, the last film starring Carole Lombard
- Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die
- Tortilla Flat
- The Undying Monster
- Wake Island
- Went the Day Well?
- Who Done It?, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Woman of the Year
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
[edit] Serials
- Captain Midnight, starring Dave O'Brien, directed by James W. Horne
- Don Winslow of the Navy
- Gang Busters
- Junior G-Men of the Air, starring the Dead End Kids
- King of the Mounties, starring Allan Lane, directed by William Witney
- Overland Mail
- Perils of Nyoka, starring Kay Aldridge & Clayton Moore, directed by William Witney
- Perils of the Royal Mounted, directed by James W. Horne
- The Secret Code, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
- Spy Smasher, starring Kane Richmond, directed by William Witney
- The Valley of Vanishing Men, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
[edit] Short film series
[edit] Animated short film series
- Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Terrytoons (1930-1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- Scrappy (1931-1941)
- Popeye (1933-1957)
- Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
- Donald Duck (1937-1956)
- Pluto (1937-1951)
- Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies) (1938-1942)
- Goofy (1939-1955)
- Andy Panda (1939-1949)
- Tom and Jerry (MGM) (1940-1958)
- Woody Woodpecker (1941-1949)
- Swing Symphonies (1941-1945)
- The Fox and the Crow (1941-1950)
[edit] Births
- January 3 - John Thaw, actor (+ 2002)
- January 8 - Yvette Mimieux, actress
- January 14 - Stig Engström, actor
- January 15 - Charo, singer, actress
- January 19 - Michael Crawford, singer, actor
- February 13 - Peter Tork, musician/actor
- March 28 - Mike Newell, British film director
- July 1 – Geneviève Bujold, French-Canadian actress
- July 13 - Harrison Ford, American actor/producer
- October 22 - John Broderick, producer, director, actor
- October 22 - Annette Funicello, American actress, singer
- October 31 - David Ogden Stiers, American actor
- November 2 - Stefanie Powers, American actress
- November 21 - Al Matthews, American actor
- November 17 - Martin Scorsese, director
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - Carole Lombard, actress
- May 29 - John Barrymore, actor
- August 18 - Rafaela Ottiano, actress
- October 20 - May Robson, stage & film actress
- November 5 - George M. Cohan, actor, songwriter, entertainer
- November 9 - Edna May Oliver, stage & film actress
- November 12 - Laura Hope Crews, stage & screen actress
- December 12 - Helen Westley, stage & screen actress
