List of American films of 1941

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A list of American films released in 1941.
How Green Was My Valley won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

A-B

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Studio/Notes
An Ache in Every Stake	Del Lord	The Three Stooges	Comedy
Adam Had Four Sons	Gregory Ratoff	Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward	Drama
Adventures of Captain Marvel	William Witney, John English	Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr.	Serial	Republic’s first comic book adaptation
All the World's a Stooge	Del Lord	The Three Stooges	Comedy
All This and Rabbit Stew	Tex Avery	Bugs Bunny	Animation
All Through the Night	Vincent Sherman	Humphrey Bogart, Kaaren Verne, Conrad Veidt	Thriller
Among the Living	Stuart Heisler	Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Frances Farmer	Horror
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary	George B. Seitz	Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Kathryn Grayson	Family
The Art of Self Defense	Jack Kinney	Goofy	Animation
Aviation Vacation	Tex Avery	Looney Tunes	Animation
Babes on Broadway	Busby Berkeley	Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney	Musical	Third in Berkeley’s backyard musicals.
Back Street	Robert Stevenson	Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan	Drama	Re-make of the 1932 film
The Bad Man	Richard Thorpe	Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Ronald Reagan	Western	Re-make of 1930’s The Bad Man
Ball of Fire	Howard Hawks	Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck	Comedy	Re-made as a musical in 1948
Barnacle Bill	Richard Thorpe	Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main	Comedy
The Big Store	Charles Reisner	Marx Brothers	Comedy	Last of the Marx Brothers’ films with MGM
Billy the Kid	David Miller	Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy	Western	Re-make of the 1930 film ‘’Billy the Kid’’.
The Black Cat	Albert S. Rogell	Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi	Horror	Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Blood and Sand	Rouben Mamoulian	Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Alla Nazimova	Drama	Previously made in both 1922 and 1916
The Blood of Jesus	Spencer Williams	Cathryn Caviness, Spencer Williams	Race	Alternately titled The Glory Road
Blossoms in the Dust	Mervyn LeRoy	Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart	Drama
Blues in the Night	Anatole Litvak	Priscilla Lane, Betty Field	Musical	Features the song Blues in the Night
Bowery Blitzkrieg	Wallace Fox	The East Side Kids, Keye Luke, Warren Hull	Comedy Crime
The Bride Came C.O.D.	William Keighley	James Cagney, Bette Davis	Comedy
Buck Privates	Arthur Lubin	Abbott and Costello	Comedy

C-D

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Caught in the Draft	David Butler	Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour	Comedy
Charlie Chan in Rio	Harry Lachman	Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Kay Linaker	Mystery
Cheers for Miss Bishop	Tay Garnett	Martha Scott. William Gargan	Drama	Based on the novel Miss Bishop.
The Chocolate Soldier	Roy Del Ruth	Nelson Eddy, Risë Stevens, Nigel Bruce	Musical
Citizen Kane	Orson Welles	Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten	Drama	Academy Award Best Original Screenplay
The Corsican Brothers	Gregory Ratoff	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff	Swashbuckler
The Devil and Daniel Webster	William Dieterle	Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, James Craig	Fantasy	Released under the title All That Money Can Buy
The Devil and Miss Jones	Sam Wood	Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn	Comedy
Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc	William Witney, John English	Ralph Byrd	Serial
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Victor Fleming	Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner	Horror	Rmake of 1931 film
Dressed to Kill	Eugene J. Forde	Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Sheila Ryan	Mystery
Dumbo	Ben Sharpsteen	Edward Brophy, Herman Bing	Animated
Dutiful But Dumb	Del Lord	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures

E-H

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Elmer's Pet Rabbit	Chuck Jones	Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny	Cartoon	Warner Bros.
The Face Behind the Mask	Robert Florey	Peter Lorre	Crime
The Flame of New Orleans	René Clair	Marlene Dietrich, Mischa Auer	Romantic-Comedy
Flying Wild	William West	Leo Gorcey, David Gorcey	Aviation	Fifth installment of the East Side Kids series
Forced Landing	Gordon Wiles	Richard Arlen, Eva Gabor, J. Carrol Naish, Nils Asther, Evelyn Brent	Action
The Gang's All Here	Jean Yarbrough	Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland, Robert Homans	Action Comedy
Great Guns	Monty Banks	Laurel and Hardy	Comedy
The Great Lie	Edmund Goulding	Mary Astor, Bette Davis, George Brent	Drama	Based on the novel The Far Horizon
The Green Hornet Strikes Again	Ford Beebe, John Rawlins	Warren Hull, Keye Luke	Serial	Sequel to 1940's The Green Hornet.
H. M. Pulham, Esq.	King Vidor	Robert Young, Hedy Lamarr, Ruth Hussey		Uncredited appearance by Ava Gardner
The Heckling Hare	Tex Avery	Looney Tunes	Animation
Hellzapoppin'	H.C. Potter	Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye	Musical Comedy
Here Comes Mr. Jordan	Alexander Hall	Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains	Comedy	Followed by 1947's Down to Earth
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt	Friz Freleng	Bugs Bunny	Animation
High Sierra	Raoul Walsh	Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart	Film Noir
Hit the Road	Joe May	Gladys George, Barton MacLane, Dead End Kids	Crime Comedy
Hold Back the Dawn		Charles Boyer, Olivia de Haviland, Paulette Goddard	Romance
Hold That Ghost		Abbott and Costello	Comedy
Honky Tonk	Jack Conway	Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Claire Trevor	Western
How Green Was My Valley	John Ford	Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall	Drama

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Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
I Wake Up Screaming	H. Bruce Humberstone	Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis	Film noir
I Wanted Wings	Mitchell Leisen	Ray Milland, William Holden, Brian Donlevy	Drama
I'll Never Heil Again	Jules White	The Three Stooges	Comedy Short	Columbia Pictures
In the Navy	Arthur Lubin	Abbott and Costello, Dick Powell	Comedy
In the Sweet Pie and Pie	Jules White	The Three Stooges	Comedy short	Columbia Pictures
Invisible Ghost	Joseph H. Lewis	Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young	Horror
It Started with Eve	Henry Koster	Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Robert Cummings	Musical
Jungle Girl	William Witney, John English	Frances Gifford	Serial
Keep 'Em Flying	Arthur Lubin	Abbott and Costello, Martha Raye	Comedy
King of the Zombies	Jean Yarbrough	Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury	Horror Comedy
Ladies in Retirement	Charles Vidor	Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward
Lady Be Good	Norman Z. McLeod	Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young	Musical
The Lady Eve	Preston Sturges	Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda	Screwball comedy	Paramount
Life Begins for Andy Hardy	George B. Seitz	Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden	Family
The Little Foxes	William Wyler	Bette Davis	Drama
The Little Whirlwind			Animated Short
Look Who's Laughing	Allan Dwan	Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Jim Jordan	Comedy
Louisiana Purchase	Irving Cummings	Bob Hope	Musical
The Maltese Falcon	John Huston	Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre	Mystery
Man Hunt	Fritz Lang	Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett	Thriller
Man Made Monster		Lon Chaney, Jr.	Sci-fi Horror
Manpower	Raoul Walsh	Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft	Drama
Meet John Doe	Frank Capra	Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck	Dramatic comedy
The Midnight Snack	Hanna Barbera		Animated short	Tom and Jerry
Mister Bug Goes to Town			Animated
The Monster and the Girl	Stuart Heisler	Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Paul Lukas	Sci-fi Horror
Moods of the Sea			Avant-garde Short
Moon Over Miami	Walter Lang	Betty Grable, Don Ameche
Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Alfred Hitchcock	Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery	Screwball comedy
Mr. Bug Goes to Town	Dave Fleischer		Animation
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break	Edward Cline	W. C. Fields	Comedy
New York Town	Charles Vidor	Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin	Romantic comedy
Nice Girl?	William A. Seiter	Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan	Musical
The Nifty Nineties			Animated Short
The Night Before Christmas	Hanna Barbera		Animated Short	Tom and Jerry

O-S

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
One Foot in Heaven	Irving Rapper	Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, Gene Lockhart	Bio-pic
Pantry Panic	Walter Lantz	Woody Woodpecker	Animated	Universal Pictures
Parachute Battalion	Leslie Goodwins	Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O'Brien, Buddy Ebsen	War
Penny Serenade	George Stevens	Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan	Melodrama	Grant nominated for Oscar
Pride of the Bowery	Joseph H. Lewis	East Side Kids, Mary Ainslee	Family
Rage in Heaven	W.S. Van Dyke	Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders,	Thriller
Red River Valley	Joseph Kane	Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes	Western
The Reluctant Dragon	Alfred L. Werker	Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford	Animated
Remember the Day	Henry King	Claudette Colbert, John Payne	Drama
Riders of Death Valley	Ray Taylor	Dick Foran, Buck Jones, Ford Beebe	Serial
Ring of Steel		Narrated by Spencer Tracy		Army recruiting film
Road to Zanzibar	Victor Schertzinger	Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour	Comedy
The Saint in Palm Springs	Jack Hively	George Sanders, Wendy Barrie	Crime Thriller
The Saint's Vacation	Leslie Fenton	Hugh Sinclair, Leueen MacGrath	Action Adventure
Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
Sea Raiders	Ford Beebe	Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys	Serial
The Sea Wolf	Michael Curtiz	Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield	Adventure
Sergeant York	Howard Hawks	Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan	War, Biopic	Academy Award: Best Actor
Shadow of the Thin Man	W. S. Van Dyke	William Powell, Myrna Loy	Mystery
The Shanghai Gesture	Josef von Sternberg	Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature	Thriller
The Shepherd of the Hills	Henry Hathaway	John Wayne, Betty Field
Shining Victory	Irving Rapper	James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp	Drama Suspense	First National Pictures
Sky Raiders			Serial
Skylark	Mark Sandrich	Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne	Drama
Smilin' Through	Frank Borzage	Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne	Romantic Drama
So Long Mr. Chumps	Jules White	The Three Stooges	Comedy	Columbia Pictures
Some More of Samoa	Del Lord	The Three Stooges	Comedy	Columbia Pictures
Spooks Run Wild	Phil Rosen	Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan
St. Louis Blues			Musical	Short subject
The Strawberry Blonde		James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland	Comedy
Sullivan's Travels	Preston Sturges	Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake	Comedy
Sun Valley Serenade		Sonja Henie, Lynn Bari, John Payne, Milton Berle	Musical	Featuring Glenn Miller, Dorothy Dandridge, The Nicholas Brothers
Sunny	Herbert Wilcox	Ray Bolger, Edward Everett Horton	Musical
Suspicion	Alfred Hitchcock	Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce	Thriller	Oscar for Fontaine
Swamp Water	Jean Renoir	Walter Brennan	Drama

T-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Tarzan's Secret Treasure	Richard Thorpe	Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield	Adventure
That Night in Rio	Irving Cummings	Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda	Musical
They Died with Their Boots On	Raoul Walsh	Errol Flynn, Olivia de Haviland	Western
They Met in Bombay	Clarence Brown	Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre	Drama Adventure
Timber		Donald Duck, Peg Leg Pete	Animated Short
Time Out for Rhythm		Rudy Vallee, Ann Miller, Three Stooges	Musical Comedy
Tobacco Road	John Ford	Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney	Drama
Tortoise Beats Hare	Tex Avery	Bugs Bunny, Cecil Turtle	Animation
Two-Faced Woman	George Cukor	Greta Garbo	Romantic comedy
Unholy Partners	Mervyn LeRoy	Edward G. Robinson, Laraine Day, Edward Arnold, Marsha Hunt
A Very Young Lady	Harold D. Schuster	Jane Withers, Nancy Kelly	Comedy
Wabbit Twouble		Bugs Bunny	Animation
Western Union	Fritz Lang	Randolph Scott, Robert Young	Western
The Wolf Man	George Waggner	Lon Chaney, Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya	Horror
A Woman's Face	George Cukor	Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt	Drama
A Yank in the RAF	Henry King	Tyrone Power, Betty Grable	War
You Belong to Me	Wesley Ruggles	Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Ruth Donnelly	Romantic comedy
You'll Never Get Rich	Sidney Lanfield	Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley	Musical Comedy
Ziegfeld Girl	Robert Z. Leonard	James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner	Musical Drama

External links

• American film at the Internet Movie Database
• 1941 films at the Internet Movie Database