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, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Citizen Kane.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)[]

The top ten 1941 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1941
Rank Title Studio Box-office gross rental
1 Sergeant York Warner Bros. $6,075,000[1]
2 Honky Tonk Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $2,893,000[2]
3 Louisiana Purchase Paramount Pictures $2,800,000[3]
4 How Green Was My Valley 20th Century Fox $2,447,000[3]
5 Caught in the Draft
Ball of Fire 		Paramount Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions 		$2,200,000[3]
6 The Little Foxes
Road to Zanzibar 		RKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Paramount Pictures 		$2,100,000[3]
7 A Yank in the R.A.F. 20th Century Fox $2,063,000[3]
8 Men of Boys Town Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $2,009,000[2]
9 Nothing But the Truth Paramount Pictures $2,000,000[3]
10 In the Navy Universal Pictures $1,900,000[3]

Events[]

  • January 17 Gone with the Wind goes into general release after touring in a roadshow version during 1940. Becoming a cultural phenomenon, it sells an estimated 60 million tickets this year alone. Adjusted for inflation with numerous rereleases, it remains the highest grossing domestic film of all time with $1.8 billion.[4]
  • March 24 - Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie Sun Valley Serenade for Twentieth Century Fox
  • May 1 – Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, is released.
  • July 2 – Sergeant York, the film biopic of World War I hero Alvin C. York, starring Gary Cooper in the title role, premieres in New York City. It is the highest-grossing picture of the year and earns Cooper the first of two Academy Awards for Best Actor.
  • September – Senate Investigation into Motion Picture War Propaganda in the United States.
  • October 3 – The Maltese Falcon, considered one of the greatest films noir, is released.

Academy Awards[]

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  • 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

1941 film releases[]

United States unless stated

January–March[]

April–June[]

July–September[]

October–December[]

Notable films released in 1941[]

United States unless stated

#[]

  • The 47 Ronin (Genroku chushingura), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
  • 49th Parallel, directed by Michael Powell, starring Leslie Howard and Laurence Olivier – (GB)

A[]

B[]

  • Babes on Broadway, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
  • Back Street, starring Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan
  • Bad Men of Missouri, starring Dennis Morgan and Jane Wyman
  • Ball of Fire, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
  • The Big Store, starring the Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Tony Martin
  • The Black Cat, starring Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi
  • Blood and Sand, starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth
  • Blossoms in the Dust, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon
  • The Blue Star Hotel (Hotel Modrá hvězda), directed by Martin Frič – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Blues in the Night, starring Priscilla Lane and Betty Field
  • Bowery Blitzkrieg, starring the East Side Kids
  • The Bride Came C.O.D., starring James Cagney and Bette Davis
  • Broadway Limited, starring Victor McLaglen, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly
  • Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family, directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)
  • Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello

C[]

D[]

  • 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, animated film from Walt Disney

F[]

G[]

H[]

  • H.M. Pulham, Esq., starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Young
  • The Hard Life of an Adventurer (Těžký život dobrodruha) – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Hatter's Castle, starring Robert Newton and Deborah Kerr – (Britain)
  • The Heavenly Play (Himlaspelet), directed by Alf Sjöberg – (Sweden)
  • 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, starring the Dead End Kids
  • Hold Back the Dawn, starring Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland and Paulette Goddard
  • Hold That Ghost, starring Abbott and Costello
  • 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[]

  • 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
  • Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It, starring Gordon Harker and Alastair Sim – (GB)
  • International Lady, starring George Brent and Basil Rathbone
  • The Iron Crown (La corona di ferro) – (Italy)
  • It Started with Eve, starring Deanna Durbin and Robert Cummings

J[]

K[]

  • Kathleen, starring Shirley Temple
  • Keep 'Em Flying, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  • Khazanchi (Cashier) – (India)
  • Kipps, directed by Carol Reed, starring Michael Redgrave – (GB)

L[]

M[]

  • Major Barbara, directed by Gabriel Pascal, starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison – (GB)
  • 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, George Raft
  • Meet John Doe, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
  • Moon Over Miami, starring Betty Grable
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery
  • Mr. Bug Goes to Town

N[]

  • Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, starring W. C. Fields
  • Nice Girl?, starring Deanna Durbin

O[]

P[]

Q[]

  • Quiet Wedding, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Margaret Lockwood – (GB)

R[]

  • Rage in Heaven, starring Robert Montgomery and Ingrid Bergman
  • Red River Valley, directed by Joseph Kane, starring Roy Rogers
  • The Reluctant Dragon, starring Robert Benchley
  • Road to Zanzibar, starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby

S[]

T[]

U[]

W[]

  • Week-End in Havana, starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Carmen Miranda and Cesar Romero
  • Western Union, starring Randolph Scott
  • When Ladies Meet, starring Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Robert Taylor and Herbert Marshall
  • The Wolf Man, starring Lon Chaney, Jr.
  • A Woman's Face, starring Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas

Y[]

Z[]

  • Ziegfeld Girl, starring Judy Garland and James Stewart

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

Comedy film series[]

  • Buster Keaton (1917–1944)
  • Laurel and Hardy (1921-1945)
  • Our Gang (1922–1944)
  • Marx Brothers (1929–1946)
  • The Three Stooges (1933–1962)

Animated short film series[]

  • Mickey Mouse (1928–1942, 1947–1953)
  • Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
    • Bugs Bunny (1941–1964)
    • Daffy Duck (1938–1968)
    • Porky Pig (1936–1946, 1948–1951)
    • Sniffles (1939–1946)
    • Inki (1939–1950)
  • 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)
    • The Midnight Snack
    • The Night Before Christmas
  • Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949,1951–1972)
  • Swing Symphonies (1941–1945)
  • The Fox and the Crow (1941–1950)
  • Superman (1941–1943)

Births[]

  • January 1 – Eva Ras, Serbian actress, writer and painter
  • January 10 – José Greci, Italian actress (died 2017)
  • January 14 – Faye Dunaway, American actress
  • January 19 - Putter Smith, American jazz bassist and actor
  • January 31 – Jessica Walter, American actress (died 2021)
  • February 8 – Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
  • February 10 – Michael Apted, English director, producer and screenwriter (died 2021)
  • March 4 – Adrian Lyne, English director and producer
  • March 14 – Wolfgang Petersen, German director, producer and screenwriter
  • March 16 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director (died 2018)
  • March 24 - David Fox (actor), Canadian actor (died 2021)
  • April 7 – Danny Wells, Canadian actor and comedian (died 2013)
  • April 14 – Julie Christie, English actress and sex symbol
  • April 20 – Ryan O'Neal, American actor
  • April 26 - Claudine Auger, French actress (died 2019)
  • April 28 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-born American actress, dancer and singer
  • May 13 – Senta Berger, Austrian actress and producer
  • May 18 - Miriam Margolyes, British-Australian character actress
  • May 19 - Tania Mallet, English actress and model (died 2019)
  • May 24 – Andrés García, Dominican-Mexican actor
  • June 2
    • Stacy Keach, American actor
    • Mahmoud Yassine, Egyptian actor (died 2020)
  • June 5 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (died 2004)
  • June 10 – Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
  • June 20 – Stephen Frears, English film director
  • June 21 – Joe Flaherty, Canadian-American actor and comedian
  • June 22 – Michael Lerner, American actor
  • June 25 – Denys Arcand, Canadian director and screenwriter
  • June 27 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director (died 1996)
  • July 17 - Paula Shaw, American actress
  • July 26 - Darlene Love, American actress and singer
  • July 28 – Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor
  • July 29 – David Warner, English actor
  • August 26 - Joan Freeman (actress), American retired actress
  • September 26 – Martine Beswick, English actress and model
  • October 6 – Billy Murray, English actor
  • October 10 – Peter Coyote, American actor
  • October 19 – Simon Ward, English actor (died 2012)
  • October 20 – Clare Peploe, English-Italian screenwriter and director (died 2021)
  • October 23 – Mel Winkler, American actor (died 2020)
  • October 24 – Frank Aendenboom, Belgian actor (died 2018)
  • October 25 – Gordon Tootoosis, Aboriginal Canadian actor (died 2011)
  • October 31
    • Mischa Hausserman, Austrian-born American actor
    • Sally Kirkland, American actress
  • November 1 – Robert Foxworth, American actor
  • November 18 – David Hemmings, English actor, director and producer (died 2003)
  • November 23 – Franco Nero, Italian actor
  • November 25 – Tiit Lilleorg, Estonian actor (died 2021)
  • November 27 - Tom Morga, American stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor
  • December 4 – Leila Säälik, Estonian actress
  • December 6 – Evald Hermaküla, Estonian actor and director (died 2000)
  • December 8 – Valora Noland, American actress
  • December 9 – Beau Bridges, American actor

Deaths[]

Film Debuts[]

References[]

  1. ^ Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 28 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M162 to 166.
  4. ^ "All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07.
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