1942 in film
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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.
Top grossing films
- North America
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
Films released in 1942
- Ala-Arriba!
- Cat People
- Commandos Strike at Dawn
- Der Fuehrer's Face, Donald Duck's Academy Award-winning short
- Bambi
- Gentleman Jim -(film only mentioned in article)
- Hatter's Castle
- Holiday Inn
- In Which We Serve
- Listen to Britain, British propaganda film directed by Humphrey Jennings
- 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
Short film series
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)
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 РGenevi̬ve 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
Deaths
- January 16 - Carole Lombard, actress
- May 29 - John Barrymore, actor
- November 5 - George M. Cohan, actor, songwriter, entertainer
Categories
1942 | 1942 films | Years in film