1941 in film
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This article is about films in the year 1941. For the Steven Spielberg film, see 1941 (film).
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The year 1941 in film involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, was released in 1941.
[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)
[edit] Academy Awards
- Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox
- Best Actor: Gary Cooper - Sergeant York
- Best Actress: Joan Fontaine - Suspicion
- Best Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp - How Green Was My Valley
- Best Supporting Actress: Mary Astor - The Great Lie
- Best Director: John Ford - How Green Was My Valley
[edit] Films released in 1941
U.S.A. unless stated
- The 47 Ronin (Genroku chushingura), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - (Japan)
- 49th Parallel, directed by Michael Powell, starring Leslie Howard and Laurence Olivier - (U.K.)
- Adam Had Four Sons
- All Through the Night, starring Humphrey Bogart
- Among the Living
- Andy Hardy's Private Secretary, starring Mickey Rooney
- Babes on Broadway, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
- Back Street
- Ball of Fire, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
- Blood and Sand, starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth
- Blossoms in the Dust, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon
- Bowery Blitzkrieg
- The Bride Came C.O.D.
- Broadway Limited, starring Victor McLaglen, Marjorie Woodworth, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly
- Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family, directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)
- Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello
- Caught in the Draft
- Charlie Chan in Rio
- The Chocolate Soldier
- Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles with Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane
- The Corsican Brothers
- Cottage to Let directed by Anthony Asquith (U.K.)
- The Devil and Daniel Webster (aka All That Money Can Buy), starring Walter Huston and Edward Arnold
- The Devil and Miss Jones, starring Jean Arthur and Robert Cummings
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman
- Dumbo
- The Face Behind the Mask, starring Peter Lorre
- Flying Wild
- Freedom Radio directed by Anthony Asquith (U.K.)
- The Gang's All Here starring Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland
- The Great Lie, starring Mary Astor and Bette Davis
- H.M. Pulham, Esq., starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Young
- Hatter's Castle, starring Robert Newton and Deborah Kerr - (U.K.)
- Hellzapoppin', starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan, starring Robert Montgomery
- High Sierra, starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart in his first starring role
- Hit the Road
- Hold Back the Dawn, starring Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland and Paulette Goddard
- Hold That Ghost
- Honky Tonk, starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner
- How Green Was My Valley, directed by John Ford, starring Walter Pidgeon and Maureen O'Hara - winner of 5 Academy Awards
- I Wake Up Screaming, starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis
- I Wanted Wings, starring Ray Milland, William Holden, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy
- In the Navy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- It Started with Eve
- Kathleen
- Keep 'Em Flying, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Kipps, directed by Carol Reed, starring Michael Redgrave - (U.K.)
- Ladies in Retirement
- Lady Be Good
- The Lady Eve, directed by Preston Sturges, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
- Life Begins for Andy Hardy starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
- The Little Foxes, directed by William Wyler, starring Bette Davis
- Look Who's Laughing, starring Edgar Bergen, Fibber McGee and Molly
- Louisiana Purchase
- Love on the Dole, starring Deborah Kerr - (U.K.)
- Major Barbara, directed by Gabriel Pascal, starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison - (U.K.)
- The Maltese Falcon, directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre
- Man Hunt, starring Walter Pidgeon and Joan Bennett
- Man Made Monster, starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Lionel Atwill
- Manpower, starring Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich and George Raft
- Meet John Doe, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
- Mob Town
- Moon Over Miami, starring Betty Grable
- Mr. Bug Goes to Town
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, starring W. C. Fields
- Nice Girl?
- One Foot in Heaven, starring Fredric March and Martha Scott
- Penn of Pennsylvania, starring Clifford Evans and Deborah Kerr - (U.K.)
- Penny Serenade, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
- Pimpernel Smith - (U.K.)
- A Place to Live
- Pride of the Bowery
- Princess Iron Fan - (China)
- Quiet Wedding directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Margaret Lockwood (U.K.)
- Rage in Heaven
- Red River Valley, directed by Joseph Kane
- The Reluctant Dragon
- Road to Zanzibar, starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
- The Sea Wolf, starring Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield
- Sergeant York, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper
- Shadow of the Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
- The Shanghai Gesture, starring Gene Tierney
- The Shepherd of the Hills
- Shining Victory, starring James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald
- Skylark
- Spellbound - (U.K.)
- Spooks Run Wild, starring East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi
- Stormy Waters (Remorques), starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan - (France)
- The Strawberry Blonde
- Sullivan's Travels, directed by Preston Sturges, starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake
- Sun Valley Serenade
- Suspicion, starring Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant
- Suvorov - (U.S.S.R.)
- Swamp Water
- Tank Patrol
- Target for Tonight - (U.K.)
- Tarzan's Secret Treasure
- That Hamilton Woman (aka Lady Hamilton), starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier - (U.K.)
- That Night in Rio
- They Died with Their Boots On, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
- Tobacco Road, starring Gene Tierney
- Turned Out Nice Again, starring George Formby - (U.K.)
- Unexpected Uncle, starring Anne Shirley, James Craig, and Charles Coburn
- War Front
- Western Union, starring Randolph Scott
- The Wolf Man
- A Woman's Face, starring Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas
- A Yank in the RAF, starring Tyrone Power and Betty Grable
- You Belong to Me
- You'll Never Get Rich, starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth
- Ziegfeld Girl, starring Judy Garland
[edit] Serials
- The Adventures of Captain Marvel, starring Tom Tyler, directed by William Witney and John English
- Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc, starring Ralph Byrd, directed by William Witney and John English
- The Green Hornet, starring Gordon Jones
- Holt of the Secret Service, directed by James W. Horne
- The Iron Claw, directed by James W. Horne
- Jungle Girl, starring Frances Gifford, directed by William Witney and John English
- King of the Texas Rangers, directed by William Witney and John English
- Riders of Death Valley, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe
- Sea Raiders, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe
- Sky Raiders, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe
- The Spider Returns, starring Warren Hull, directed by James W. Horne
- White Eagle, directed by James W. Horne
[edit] Comedy film series
- Buster Keaton (1917–1944)
- Laurel and Hardy (1921-1945)
- Our Gang (1922–1944)
- The Marx Brothers (1929–1946)
- The Three Stooges (1933–1962)
[edit] Animated short film series
- Mickey Mouse (1928–1942, 1947–1953)
- 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 (1940–1958, 1961–1967)
- Woody Woodpecker (1941-1949,1951–1972)
- Swing Symphonies (1941-1945)
- The Fox and the Crow (1941-1950)
- Superman (1941-1943)
[edit] Births
- January 14 - Faye Dunaway, actress
- January 26 - Scott Glenn, actor
- Henry Jaglom, English-born director and playwright
- January 31 - Jessica Walter, actress
- February 8 - Nick Nolte, actor, comedian and producer
- February 10 - Michael Apted, English director, producer and screenwriter
- March 4 - Adrian Lyne, English director and producer
- March 14 - Wolfgang Petersen, German director, producer and screenwriter
- April 14 - Julie Christie, English actress and sex symbol
- April 20 - Ryan O'Neal, actor
- April 28 - Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress, dancer and singer
- May 13 - Senta Berger, Austrian actress and producer
- June 2 - Stacy Keach, American actor
- June 5 - Spalding Gray, actor and screenwriter (died 2004)
- June 21 - Joe Flaherty, Canadian-American actor and comedian
- June 22 - Michael Lerner, actor
- June 25 - Denys Arcand, Canadian director and screenwriter
- July 29 - David Warner, English actor
- September 26 - Martine Beswick, English actress and model
- October 10 - Peter Coyote, actor
- October 19 = Simon Ward, English actor
- October 31 - Sally Kirkland, actress
- November 1 - Robert Foxworth, actor
- November 18 - David Hemmings, English actor, director and producer (died 2003)
- November 23 - Franco Nero, Italian actor
- December 9 - Beau Bridges, actor
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Henri Bergson, writer
- January 10 - Joe Penner, comedian, actor
- May 12 - Ruth Stonehouse, actress, film director
- May 22 - Ida Waterman, veteran stage and screen actress
[edit] Film Debuts
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