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LIST OF MOVIES RELEASED IN 1942
Across the Pacific
, starring
Humphrey Bogart
and
Mary Astor
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
, starring
Dennis O'Keefe
and
Ruth Terry
A-Haunting We Will Go
, starring
Laurel and Hardy
Ala-Arriba!
- (
Portugal
)
Alias Boston Blackie
, Starring
Chester Morris
,
Adele Mara
, and
Richard Lane
Alibi
, starring
Margaret Lockwood
and
James Mason
- (
GB
)
All Through the Night
, starring
Humphrey Bogart
American Empire
, starring
Richard Dix
Andy Hardy's Double Life
, starring
Lewis Stone
,
Mickey Rooney
,
Cecilia Parker
,
Fay Holden
Aniki-Bóbó
- (
Portugal
)
Arabian Nights
, starring
Sabu
,
Jon Hall
,
Maria Montez
Attack on Baku
, starring
Willy Fritsch
,
René Deltgen
(
Germany
)
El Baisano Jalil
- (
Mexico
)
Bambi
The Battle of Midway
, documentary directed by
John Ford
The Big Blockade
, starring
Leslie Banks
,
Michael Redgrave
and
Will Hay
- (
UK
)
The Big Shot
, starring
Humphrey Bogart
The Big Street
, starring
Henry Fonda
and
Lucille Ball
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
, starring
Will Hay
and
John Mills
- (
GB
)
The Black Swan
, starring
Tyrone Power
Bullet Scars
, starring
Regis Toomey
Captains of the Clouds
, starring
James Cagney
Cat People
, starring
Simone Simon
and
Tom Conway
Commandos Strike at Dawn
, starring
Paul Muni
The Corpse Vanishes
, starring
Bela Lugosi
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
, starring
Lewis Stone
,
Mickey Rooney
,
Cecilia Parker
,
Fay Holden
Derailed
(Afsporet) - (
Denmark
)
Desperate Journey
, starring
Errol Flynn
and
Ronald Reagan
The Devil's Envoys
(Les Visiteurs du Soir), directed by
Marcel Carné
, starring
Arletty
- (
France
)
Eagle Squadron
, directed by
Arthur Lubin
Escape from Hong Kong
, starring
Marjorie Lord
Eyes in the Night
, directed by
Fred Zinneman
, starring
Edward Arnold
,
Ann Harding
,
Donna Reed
The First of the Few
, directed by
Leslie Howard
, starring Howard and
David Niven
- (
GB
)
The Fleet's In
, starring
Dorothy Lamour
and
William Holden
Flying Fortress
, starring
Richard Greene
(GB)
Flying Tigers
, starring
John Wayne
The Foreman Went to France
, starring
Clifford Evans
and
Tommy Trinder
- (
GB
)
For Me and My Gal
, starring
Judy Garland
and
Gene Kelly
Four Steps in the Clouds
(Quattro passi fra le nuvole) - (
Italy
)
Un Garibaldino al Convento
, directed by
Vittorio De Sica
- (Italy)
The Gaucho War
(La guerra gaucha) - (
Argentina
)
Gentleman Jim
, a
biopic
of boxer
James J. Corbett
, starring
Errol Flynn
George Washington Slept Here
, starring
Jack Benny
The Ghost of Frankenstein
starring
Lon Chaney Jr.
The Glass Key
, starring
Alan Ladd
and
Veronica Lake
The Goose Steps Out
, starring
Will Hay
- (
GB
)
The Great Impersonation
, directed by
John Rawlins
, starring
Ralph Bellamy
The Great King
(Der große König) - (
Germany
)
The Great Man's Lady
, directed by
William A. Wellman
, and starring
Barbara Stanwyck
The Great Mr. Handel
, directed by
Norman Walker
, starring
Wilfrid Lawson
(GB)
Hatter's Castle
, starring
Robert Newton
,
Deborah Kerr
,
James Mason
- (
GB
)
Holiday Inn
, starring
Bing Crosby
and
Fred Astaire
Historia de un gran amor
(A Great Love Story) - (
Mexico
)
I Married a Witch
, starring
Veronica Lake
and
Fredric March
In Old California
, starring
John Wayne
In This Our Life
, starring
Bette Davis
and
Olivia de Havilland
In Which We Serve
, directed by
David Lean
and
Noël Coward
, starring Coward and
John Mills
- (
GB
)
Invisible Agent
, starring
Jon Hall
Jackass Mail
, starring
Wallace Beery
and
Marjorie Main
Johnny Eager
, starring
Robert Taylor
and
Lana Turner
Jungle Book
, directed by
Zoltan Korda
, starring
Sabu
Kid Glove Killer
, the directorial debut of
Fred Zinnemann
The Kids Grow Up
(Los Chicos crecen) - (
Argentina
)
Kings Row
, starring
Ann Sheridan
,
Ronald Reagan
,
Claude Rains
Kokoda Front Line!
, an
Academy Award
winning documentary film - (
Australia
)
Larceny, Inc.
, starring
Edward G. Robinson
,
Jane Wyman
,
Broderick Crawford
Listen to Britain
,
propaganda film
directed by
Humphrey Jennings
- (
GB
)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
, starring
Linda Darnell
The Magnificent Ambersons
, directed by
Orson Welles
, starring
Joseph Cotten
and
Dolores Costello
The Major and the Minor
, directed by
Billy Wilder
, starring
Ginger Rogers
and
Ray Milland
The Male Animal
, starring
Henry Fonda
and
Olivia De Havilland
The Man Who Came to Dinner
, starring
Bette Davis
,
Monty Woolley
,
Jimmy Durante
The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself
(El hombre que se quiso matar) - (
Spain
)
Miss Annie Rooney
, starring
Shirley Temple
Moontide
, starring
Jean Gabin
and
Ida Lupino
Mrs. Miniver
, directed by
William Wyler
, starring
Greer Garson
and
Walter Pidgeon
The Mummy's Tomb
, starring
Lon Chaney Jr.
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
(L'Assassin habite au 21), directed by
Henri-Georges Clouzot
, starring
Pierre Fresnay
- (
France
)
My Favorite Blonde
, starring
Bob Hope
and
Madeleine Carroll
My Gal Sal
, starring
Rita Hayworth
My Sister Eileen
, starring
Rosalind Russell
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
, starring
The East Side Kids
The Next of Kin
, starring
Mervyn Johns
- (
GB
)
Now, Voyager
, starring
Bette Davis
and
Paul Henreid
One of Our Aircraft is Missing
, directed by
Michael Powell
and
Emeric Pressburger
- (
GB
)
Overland Mail
, starring
Lon Chaney, Jr.
,
Noah Beery, Jr.
,
Noah Beery, Sr.
The Palm Beach Story
, directed by
Preston Sturges
, starring
Claudette Colbert
,
Joel McCrea
,
Rudy Vallée
Panama Hattie
, starring
Ann Sothern
and
Lena Horne
Pardon My Sarong
, starring
Bud Abbott
and
Lou Costello
O Pátio das Cantigas
(The Courtyard of Songs) - (
Portugal
)
People of the Mountains
, directed by
István Szőts
- (
Hungary
)
The Pied Piper
, starring
Monty Woolley
and
Roddy McDowall
A Pistol Shot
, starring
Assia Noris
,
Fosco Giachetti
(Italy)
Pittsburgh
, starring
John Wayne
,
Marlene Dietrich
,
Randolph Scott
,
Shemp Howard
Pride of the Yankees
, starring
Gary Cooper
,
Teresa Wright
,
Walter Brennan
,
Babe Ruth
Random Harvest
, starring
Ronald Colman
and
Greer Garson
Reap the Wild Wind
, starring
John Wayne
,
Paulette Goddard
,
Ray Milland
Reunion in France
, starring
Joan Crawford
Ride 'Em Cowboy
, starring
Abbott and Costello
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
,
Bob Hope
The Rock of the Souls
(El Peñón de las Ánimas) - (
Mexico
)
Roti
(Bread) - (
India
)
Roxie Hart
, starring
Ginger Rogers
Saboteur
, directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
, starring
Priscilla Lane
and
Robert Cummings
Saludos Amigos
, a
Walt Disney
animated film starring
Donald Duck
and
Goofy
(released in South America in 1942 and in the U.S. in 1943)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
, starring
Basil Rathbone
and
Nigel Bruce
Somewhere I'll Find You
, starring
Clark Gable
and
Lana Turner
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
, starring
Tyrone Power
and
Gene Tierney
Song of the Islands
, a
Darryl F. Zanuck
production starring
Betty Grable
and
Victor Mature
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
,
John Payne
,
Carmen Miranda
and
Cesar Romero
Sweater Girl
, starring
Eddie Bracken
,
June Preisser
, and
Betty Jane Rhodes
Tales of Manhattan
, directed by
Julien Duvivier
with an all-star cast
The Talk of the Town
, starring
Cary Grant
,
Jean Arthur
,
Ronald Colman
Tarzan's New York Adventure
, starring
Johnny Weissmuller
Tennessee Johnson
, starring
Van Heflin
and
Ruth Hussey
There Was a Father
(chichi ariki), directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
(
Japan
)
There's One Born Every Minute
, starring
Hugh Herbert
and
Peggy Moran
This Above All
, starring
Tyrone Power
This Gun for Hire
, starring
Veronica Lake
and
Alan Ladd
This Was Paris
, starring
Ann Dvorak
- (
GB
)
Thunder Rock
, starring
Michael Redgrave
and
James Mason
- (
GB
)
To Be or Not to Be
, directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
, starring
Jack Benny
and (in her last film)
Carole Lombard
Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die
, starring
Richard Dix
Tortilla Flat
, starring
Spencer Tracy
,
Hedy Lamarr
,
John Garfield
Uncensored
, directed by
Anthony Asquith
- (
GB
)
The Undying Monster
, starring
James Ellison
Valentin the Good
(Valentin Dobrotivý), directed by
Martin Frič
- (
Czechoslovakia
)
Wake Island
, starring
Brian Donlevy
and
Robert Preston
Went the Day Well?
, directed by
Cavalcanti
, starring
Leslie Banks
and
Mervyn Johns
- (
GB
)
Who Done It?
, starring
Bud Abbott
and
Lou Costello
Whom the Gods Love
, directed by
Karl Hartl
(Germany-Austria)
Woman of the Year
, starring
Spencer Tracy
and
Katharine Hepburn
Yankee Doodle Dandy
, starring
James Cagney
The Young Mr. Pitt
, directed by
Carol Reed
, starring
Robert Donat
- biopic of
William Pitt the Younger
- (
GB
)
You Were Never Lovelier
, starring
Fred Astaire
and
Rita Hayworth
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
Short film series
Laurel and Hardy
(
1921
–
1943
)
Our Gang
(
1922
–
1944
)
The Three Stooges
(
1934
–
1959
)
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
)
Pluto
(
1937
–
1951
)
Walter Lantz Cartune (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies)
(
1938
-1942)
Goofy
(
1939
–
1955
)
Andy Panda
(
1939
–
1949
)
Tom and Jerry
(
1940
–
1958
)
Woody Woodpecker
(
1941
–
1949
)
Swing Symphonies
(
1941
–
1945
)
The Fox and the Crow
(
1941
–
1950
)
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
Rank
Title
Studio
1.
Mrs. Miniver
MGM
2.
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Warner Bros.
3.
Random Harvest
MGM
4.
Road to Morocco
Paramount
5.
Reap the Wild Wind
Paramount
7.
Somewhere I'll Find You
MGM
8.
Holiday Inn
Paramount
0.
Wake Island
Paramount
10.
The Black Swan
20th Century Fox
11.
Eagle Squadron
Universal
12.
For Me and My Gal
MGM
13.
The Major and the Minor
Paramount
14.
My Favorite Blonde
Paramount
15.
The Pride of the Yankees
RKO
16.
Pardon My Sarong
Universal
17.
My Sister Eileen
Columbia
18.
This Above All
20th Century Fox
19.
Who Done It?
Universal
20.
The Talk of the Town
Columbia