1942 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

Events

• Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour.
• November 11 - The 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.

1. Bambi (Disney)
2. For Me and My Gal, starring Judy Garland, George Murphy and Gene Kelly
3. Cat People
4. To the Shores of Tripoli, starring John Payne, Maureen O'Hara and Randolph Scott
5. The Bashful Bachelor
6. Prisoner of Japan

• Best Picture: Mrs. Miniver - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Best Actor: James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
• Best Actress: Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver

• January 3 - John Thaw, actor (+ 2002)
• January 8 - Yvette Mimieux, actress
• January 13 - Richard Moll, actor
• January 14 - Stig Engström, actor
• January 15 - Charo, singer, actress
• January 19 - Michael Crawford, singer, actor
• February 13 - Peter Tork, musician/actor.
• July 13 - Harrison Ford, Actor/producer

• January 16 - Carole Lombard, actress
• November 5 - George M. Cohan, actor, songwriter, entertainer

• Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
• Mrs. Miniver
• Yankee Doodle Dandy