1941 IN FILM

The year '1941 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Academy Awards

Films released in 1941

Serials

Short film series

Animated short film series

Births

Deaths

Events

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''Sergeant York''
# ''Buck Privates'', starring Abbott and Costello
# ''Tobacco Road''
# ''Dumbo''

Academy Awards

★ Best Picture: '''How Green Was My Valley''' - 20th Century-Fox

★ Best Actor: 'Gary Cooper' - ''Sergeant York''

★ Best Actress: 'Joan Fontaine' - ''Suspicion''

Films released in 1941

★ ''Adam Had Four Sons''

★ ''Blossoms in the Dust'', starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon

★ ''Broadway Limited (movie)'' Victor McLaglen, Marjorie Woodworth, Dennis O'Keefe, and Patsy Kelly

★ ''Bowery Blitzkrieg''

★ ''Buck Privates'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''Caught in the Draft''

★ ''Citizen Kane'', directed by and starring Orson Welles

★ ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner

★ ''Dumbo''

★ ''Flying Wild''

★ ''Forty-Ninth Parallel''

★ ''Hellzapoppin'''

★ ''Hit the Road''

★ ''Hold That Ghost'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''How Green Was My Valley''

★ ''In the Navy'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''Keep 'Em Flying'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''Kipps'' -(film only mentioned in article)

★ ''The Lady Eve''

★ ''Louisiana Purchase''

★ ''Major Barbara''

★ ''The Maltese Falcon'', starring Humphrey Bogart

★ ''Man Hunt''

★ ''Man Made Monster'', starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Lionel Atwill

★ ''Mob Town''

★ ''Pride of the Bowery''

★ ''Rage in Heaven''

★ ''Red River Valley'', directed by Joseph Kane

★ ''Sergeant York''

★ ''Shining Victory'', starring James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald

★ ''Spooks Run Wild''

★ ''Sullivan's Travels''

★ ''Sun Valley Serenade''

★ ''Suspicion''

★ ''Target for Tonight''

★ ''Tobacco Road''

★ ''Western Union''

★ ''The Wolf Man''

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

★ ''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

Short film series

★ ''Buster Keaton'' (1917-1941)

★ ''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)

★ ''Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies)'' (1938-1942)

★ ''Goofy'' (1939-1955)

★ ''Andy Panda'' (1939-1949)

★ ''Tom and Jerry (MGM)'' (1940-1958)

★ ''Woody Woodpecker'' (1941-1949)

★ ''Swing Symphonies'' (1941-1945)

★ ''The Fox and the Crow'' (1941-1950)

★ ''Superman'' (1941-1943)

Births

★ January 3 - Van Dyke Parks, musician, composer

★ January 5 - Miyazaki Hayao, Japanese film maker

★ January 8 - Graham Chapman, comedian

★ January 9 - Susannah York, actress

★ January 14 - Faye Dunaway, actress

★ February 11 - Glenn Randall Jr, stuntman

★ April 20 - Ryan O'Neal, actor

★ June 25 - Denys Arcand, screenwriter, film director

★ June 27 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, film director

★ October 4 - Anne Rice, horror/fantasy writer

★ November 5 - Art Garfunkel, singer, occasional actor

★ December 9 - Beau Bridges, actor

Deaths

★ January 4 - Henri Bergson, writer

★ January 10 - Joe Penner, comedian, actor

★ May 12 - Ruth Stonehouse, actress, film director