The year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, Casablanca.. [edit] Events
[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.) [edit] Academy Awards [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 Big Street, starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball
- The Black Swan
- Bullet Scars
- Captains of the Clouds
- Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
- Cat People
- Commandos Strike at Dawn
- The Courtship of Andy Hardy,starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
- Flying Tigers
- Gentleman Jim
- The Ghost of Frankenstein starring Lon Chaney Jr.
- The Glass Key, starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake
- The Great Man's Lady, directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Barbara Stanwyck
- Holiday Inn
- I Married a Witch, starring Veronica Lake and Fredric March
- In Old California, starring John Wayne
- In Which We Serve
- Invisible Agent
- Johnny Eager, starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner
- 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
- Miss Annie Rooney
- The Man Who Came to Dinner
- Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon
- The Mummy's Tomb
- My Gal Sal, starring Rita Hayworth
- My Sister Eileen, starring Rosalind Russell
- Now, Voyager, starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid
- The Palm Beach Story, starring Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea
- 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 Colman, starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson
- Reap the Wild Wind
- Reunion in France, starring Joan Crawford
- Ride 'Em Cowboy
- Rings on Her Fingers, starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney
- Rio Rita, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Road to Morocco, starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope
- Roxie Hart, starring Ginger Rogers
- Saboteur, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Priscilla Lane and Robert Cummings
- Saludos Amigos
- Somewhere I'll Find You, starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner
- 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 George 'Gabby' Hayes
- The Spoilers, starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne
- Springtime in the Rockies, starring Betty Grable
- Tales of Manhattan, all-star cast
- The Talk of the Town, starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and Ronald Colman
- Tennessee Johnson
- This Gun for Hire, starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd
- To Be or Not to Be, the last film starring Carole Lombard
- Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die
- Tortilla Flat, starring Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr and John Garfield
- Trinity House
- The Undying Monster
- Wake Island
- Went the Day Well?
- Who Done It?, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Woman of the Year, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
- Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney
- You Were Never Lovelier, starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth
[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 [edit] Births - January 3 - John Thaw, actor (+ 2002)
- January 8 - Yvette Mimieux, actress
- January 9 - Susannah York, actress
- January 19 - Michael Crawford, singer, actor
- February 13 - Peter Tork, musician/actor
- March 28 - Mike Newell, British film director
- April 23 - Sandra Dee, actress
- 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
- January 31 - Rolf Wenkhaus, actor
- 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
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