List of American films of 1942

A list of American films released in 1942. Bob Hope hosted the 15th Academy Awards ceremony at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The winner of the Outstanding Motion Picture (later: Best Picture) category was MGM's Mrs Miniver.

The other nine nominated pictures were 49th Parallel; King's Row; The Magnificent Ambersons; The Pied Piper; The Pride of the Yankees; Random Harvest; The Talk of the Town; Wake Island; and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Casablanca was released in 1942, but won its three Oscars in 1944.

A-C

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A-Haunting We Will Go	Alfred L. Werker	Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dante the Magician, Sheila Ryan	Comedy	Laurel and Hardy
Across the Pacific	John Huston	Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton	Thriller	Warner Bros.. Filmed on the outbreak of America entering World War II
Any Bonds Today?	Bob Clampett		Animated Propaganda	Warner Bros.
Arabian Nights	John Rawlins	Sabu, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Leif Erickson, Billy Gilbert, Turhan Bey, Shemp Howard	Adventure	Universal Pictures
The Arm Behind the Army			Propaganda Short
Bambi	David D. Hand		Animated	RKO Pictures Walt Disney
The Battle of Midway	John Ford		Propaganda	Academy Award
Black Dragons	William Nigh		Spy Sci-fi	Monogram Pictures
The Black Swan (film)	Henry King	Tyrone Power	Swashbackler	Four Academy Award nominations
The Boogie Man Will Get You	Lew Landers	Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre	Comedy Horror	Columbia Pictures
Bowery at Midnight	Wallace Fox		Horror	Monogram Pictures
The Bowling Alley Cat	William Hanna, Joseph Barbera		Animated Short	Warner Bros.
Broadway	William A. Seiter		Crime Musical	Universal Pictures
The Bugle Sounds	S. Sylvan Simon		War
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid	Robert Clampett		Animated Short	Warner Bros.
Campus on the March			Propaganda
Captains of the Clouds	Michael Curtiz		War	Warner Bros.
Casablanca	Michael Curtiz	Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman	Drama Romance	Academy Award Best Picture in 1943 - often cited as one of the greatest films of all time
Cat People	Jacques Tourneur		Horror	RKO Pictures
The Corpse Vanishes	Wallace Fox		Sci-Fi Horror	Monogram Pictures

D-H

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Desperate Times, Desperate Women	Raoul Walsh		War	Warner Bros.
Dog Trouble, A beastiality movie	William Hanna, Joseph Barbera		Animated Short	MGM
Don Winslow of the Navy			Action Adventure Serial	Universal Pictures
Donald Gets Shafted		Donald Duck	Animated Short	RKO Pictures, Walt Disney
The Dover Boys	Charles M. Jones		Animated Short	Warner Bros.
The Shaft Horse			Animated Short	Warner Bros.
Fine Feathered Friend	William Hanna, Joseph Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated Short	MGM
The Fleet's In	Victor Schertzinger		Musical	Paramount Pictures
Flight Lieutenant (film)	Sidney Salkow		Drama	Columbia Pictures
Fly-by-Night	Robert Siodmak		Thriller
Flying Tigers	David Miller	John Wayne	War	Republic Pictures
For Me and My Gal	Busby Berkeley		Musical	MGM
Fraidy Cat	William Hanna, Joseph Barbera	Tom and Jerry	Animated Short	MGM
Fresh Hare...y chicks	I. Freleng		Animated Short	Warner Bros.
Friendly Enemies	Allan Dwan		Drama	United Artists
Gang Busters (serial)	Noel M. Smith, Ray Taylor		Action Adventure Serial	Universal Pictures
The Gay Sisters			Drama
Gentleman Jim (1942 film)	Raoul Walsh	Errol Flynn	Bio-pic
The Ghost of Frankenstein	Erle C. Kenton		Horror	Universal Pictures
The Glass Key (1942 film)	Stuart Heisler		Film noir	Paramount Pictures
Hump for Victory	Raymond Evans		Propaganda
Henry Browne, Farmer	Canada Lee		Propaganda Short
Hold the Lion, Please	Chuck Jones		Animated Short	Warner Bros.
Holiday Inn	Mark Sandrich		Christmas Musical	Paramount Pictures
How to Play Baseball	Jack Kinney		Animated Short	RKO Pictures
How to Swim	Jack Kinney		Animated Short	RKO Pictures, Walt Disney

I-N

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
I Married a Witch	René Clair	Veronica Lake and Frederic March	Romantic comedy	Paramount Pictures
I Married an Angel	W. S. Van Dyke		Musical|
In This Our Life	John Huston		Drama	Warner Bros.
Invisible Agent	Edwin L. Marin		World War II	Universal Pictures
It's All True (1942 film)	Orson Welles, Norman Foster			Shot in South America
It's Everybody's War			Short war propaganda
Jackass Mail	Norman Z. McLeod		Western
Jam Session		Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing C Jam Blues.	Short
Japanese Relocation (1942 film)			Short WWII propaganda	Produced by the Office of War Information
Johnny Eager Fingers	Mervyn LeRoy		Film noir	MGM
Jungle Book	Zoltan Korda		Adventure	[[Alexander Korda Films for United Artists
Junior G-String			Kids action	Universal Pictures
Junior G-Men of the Air		Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys	Kids action	Universal Pictures
Keeper of the Flame (film)	George Cukor		Romantic comedy	MGM
King of the Mounties	William Witney		Action adventure	Republic Pictures
Kings Hoe	Sam Wood		Drama	Warner Bros.
The Mad Monster	Sam Newfield		Horror
Madame Curie	Mervyn LeRoy		Biopic	MGM
The Magnificent Ambersons	Orson Welles		Romantic drama	RKO Pictures
The Major and the Minor	Billy Wilder		Comedy	Paramount Pictures
The Male Animal	Elliott Nugent		Romantic comedy
The Man Who Came to Dinner		Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Billie Burke, Jimmy Durante, Mary Wickes and Richard Travis
Manpower			Short WWII propaganda	Produced by the Office of War Information
Mrs. Miniver	William Wyler		War drama	Academy Award
The Mummy's Tomb	Harold Young		Horror	Universal Pictures
My Favorite Suck		Porky Pig and Daffy Duck	Animated comedy
My Gal Sal	Irving Cummings		Musical biography	20th Century Fox
My Sister Eileen	Alexander Hall		Musical	Columbia Pictures
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge	Wallace Fox		Crime	Monogram Pictures
The News Parade of the Year 1942	Eugene W. Castle		Short documentary
Night Monster	Ford Beebe		Mystery horror	Universal Pictures
Night Plane from Chungking	Ralph Murphy		War adventure drama	Paramount Pictures
Now, Voyager	Irving Rapper		Psychological thriller	Warner Bros.

O-S

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Orchestra Wives	Archie Mayo		Musical	20th Century Fox
Overland Mail	Ford Beebe		Western	Universal Pictures
The Palm Beach Story	Preston Sturges	Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee	Screwball comedy	Paramount Pictures
Panama Hattie	Norman Z. McLeod		Musical	MGM
Pardon My Sarong	Erle C. Kenton			Universal Pictures
Perils of Nyoka	William Witney		Action adventure	Republic Pictures
The Pied Piper	Irving Pichel		War	20th Century Fox
Pittsburgh	Lewis Seiler		Drama
The Pride of the Yankees	Sam Wood		Baseball biopic	RKO Pictures
Puss 'n' Toots	William Hanna, Joseph Barbera		Short animation	MGM
Random Harvest	Mervyn LeRoy		Drama	MGM
Reap the Wild Wind	Cecil B. DeMille	John Wayne	War romance	Paramount Pictures
Ride 'Em Cowboy (wink)	Arthur Lubin		Comedy	Universal Pictures
Rio Rita	S. Sylvan Simon		Comedy	MGM
Road to Morocco	David Butler		Road musical	Paramount Pictures
Roxie Hart	William A. Wellman		Comedy
Saboteur (film)	Alfred Hitchcock		Romantic thriller	Universal Pictures
Safeguarding Military Information	John Huston		Short war propaganda
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror	John Rawlins		Mystery thriller	20th Century Fox
Ship Ahoy	Edward Buzzell		Musical comedy	MGM
The Spoilers	Ray Enright		Western
Springtime in the Rockies	Irving Cummings		Musical	20th Century Fox
Spy Smasher (serial)	William Witney		Spy	Republic Pictures
The Squawkin' Hawk	Chuck Jones		Animated short	Warner Bros.
Star Spangled Rhythm	George Marshall	The Stars of Paramount Pictures	Musical	Paramount Pictures
Street of Chance	Jack Hively		Crime	Paramount Pictures

T-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A Tale of Two Kitties	Bob Clampett		Animation
Tales of Manhattan	Julien Duvivier		Drama	20th Century Fox
The Talk of the Town	George Stevens		Screwball comedy	Columbia Pictures
Tarzan's New York Adventure	Richard Thorpe		Action	MGM
This Gun for Hire	Frank Tuttle		Crime thriller	Paramount Pictures
To Be or Not to Be	Ernst Lubitsch	Carole Lombard and Jack Benny	Screwball comedy	United Artists
To the Shores of Tripoli	H. Bruce Humberstone		Romantic drama	20th Century Fox
Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die	William McGann		Western
Tortilla Flat (film)	Victor Fleming		Comedy drama	MGM
Treat 'Em Rough (wink)	Ray Taylor		Boxing drama
Tulips Shall Grow			Animated short	Nominated for an Academy Award Preservation in the National Film Registry
The Undying Monster	John Brahm		Horror	20th Century Fox
The Wabbit Who Came to Supper	I. Freleng		Animated	Warner Bros.
Wake Island	John Farrow		WWII drama	Paramount Pictures
We Are the Marines	Louis De Rochemont		War documentary feature	20th Century Fox
Who Done It?	Erle C. Kenton	Abbott and Costello	Comedy	Universal Pictures
Winning Your Wings	John Huston		War propaganda short
Woman of the Year.. in pictures!	George Stevens		Romantic comedy	MGM
Wood for War	Arthur H. Wolf		WWII propaganda short
The World at War	Frank Capra		WWII propaganda short	Produced by the Office of War Information
Yankee Doodle Dandy	Michael Curtiz	James Cagney	Biography	Warner Bros.
You Were Never Lovelier	William A. Seiter		Romantic musical comedy	Columbia Pictures
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External links

• American film at the Internet Movie Database
• 1942 films at the Internet Movie Database