1942 in film

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Years in film:	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
Years in television:	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years:	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Academy Awards 4 Films released in 1942 5 Serials 6 Short film series 7 Animated short film series 8 Births 9 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour.
• 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

• Mrs. Miniver
• Reap the Wild Wind
• Yankee Doodle Dandy
• Road to Morocco
• Holiday Inn

[edit] Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Mrs. Miniver - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Best Actor: James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
• Best Actress: Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver
• Special Academy Award In Which We Serve

[edit] Films released in 1942

• Ala-Arriba!
• Bambi
• The Black Swan
• Captains of the Clouds
• Casablanca
• Cat People
• Commandos Strike at Dawn
• 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.
• Hatter's Castle
• Holiday Inn
• I Married a Witch
• In Which We Serve
• Listen to Britain, British propaganda film directed by Humphrey Jennings
• The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
• The Magnificent Ambersons
• The Major and the Minor
• The Man Who Came to Dinner -(film only mentioned in article)
• Mrs. Miniver
• My Tender Comrade
• Pardon My Sarong, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Random Harvest
• Reap the Wild Wind
• Ride 'Em Cowboy
• Rio Rita, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Road to Morocco
• Saludos Amigos
• Star Spangled Rhythm
• The Undying Monster
• Went the Day Well?
• Who Done It?, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Yankee Doodle Dandy

[edit] Serials

• Captain Midnight, starring Dave O'Brien
• Perils of the Royal Mounted
• The Secret Code
• Valley of Vanishing Men
• Spy Smasher, starring Kane Richmond
• Perils of Nyoka, starring Kay Aldridge
• King of the Mounties, starring Allan Lane

[edit] Short film series

• Our Gang (1922-1944)

[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)
• 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
• 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
• November 5 - George M. Cohan, actor, songwriter, entertainer