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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.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

North America

Bambi (Disney) -lifetime, not even in the top ten in the year after release

Mrs. Miniver

Reap the Wild Wind

Yankee Doodle Dandy

The Road to Morocco

Holiday Inn

Academy Awards

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

Births

• 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 1 – Geneviève Bujold, French-Canadian actress
• July 13 - Harrison Ford, Actor/producer

Deaths

• January 16 - Carole Lombard, actress
• May 29 - John Barrymore, actor
• November 5 - George M. Cohan, actor, songwriter, entertainer

Other Movies Released

• Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
• How Green was my Valley
• The Magnificent Ambersons
• Der Fuehrer's Face, Donald Duck's Academy Award-winning short

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