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The year 1941 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Top grossing films

» North America

  1. Sergeant York
  2. Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello
  3. Tobacco Road
  4. Dumbo
  5. How Green Was My Valley

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
  • Andy Hardy's Private Secretary, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
  • Ball of Fire
  • Blood and Sand
  • Blossoms in the Dust, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon
  • Broadway Limited, starring Victor McLaglen, Marjorie Woodworth, Dennis O'Keefe, and Patsy Kelly
  • Bowery Blitzkrieg
  • Buck Privates, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  • Caught in the Draft
  • The Chocolate Soldier
  • Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles
  • The Corsican Brothers
  • The Devil and Daniel Webster (often billed as All That Money Can Buy)
  • The Devil and Miss Jones
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner
  • Dumbo
  • Flying Wild
  • Forty-Ninth Parallel
  • The Gang's All Here starring Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland
  • The Great Lie
  • Hellzapoppin'
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan
  • High Sierra
  • Hit the Road
  • Hold Back the Dawn
  • 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
  • Lady Be Good
  • The Lady Eve
  • Life Begins for Andy Hardy starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
  • The Little Foxes
  • Louisiana Purchase
  • Major Barbara
  • The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey Bogart
  • Man Hunt
  • Man Made Monster, starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Lionel Atwill
  • Mob Town
  • One Foot in Heaven
  • Penny Serenade
  • Pride of the Bowery
  • Princess Iron Fan
  • Rage in Heaven
  • Red River Valley, directed by Joseph Kane
  • The Reluctant Dragon
  • Sergeant York
  • The Shanghai Gesture
  • Shining Victory, starring James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald
  • Skylark
  • The Son of Monte Cristo
  • Spooks Run Wild
  • Sullivan's Travels
  • Sun Valley Serenade
  • Suspicion
  • Target for Tonight
  • Tarzan's Secret Treasure
  • They Died with Their Boots On
  • Tobacco Road
  • Western Union
  • The Wolf Man
  • You Belong to Me

    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 directorFurther Information

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