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List of American films of 1942
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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.
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| 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 |
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Animated war 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 |
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Short war propaganda |
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| Bambi |
David D. Hand |
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Animated feature |
RKO Pictures Walt Disney |
| The Battle of Midway |
John Ford |
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War propaganda |
Academy Award |
| Black Dragons |
William Nigh |
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Spy Sci-Fi |
Monogram Pictures |
| The Black Swan (film) |
Henry King |
Tyrone Power |
Swash buckling |
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 |
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Horror |
Monogram Pictures |
| The Bowling Alley Cat |
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera |
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Animated short cartoon |
Warner Bros. |
| Broadway |
William A. Seiter |
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Crime musical |
Universal Pictures |
| The Bugle Sounds |
S. Sylvan Simon |
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War |
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| Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid |
Robert Clampett |
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Animated short |
Warner Bros. |
| Campus on the March |
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War propaganda |
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| Captains of the Clouds |
Michael Curtiz |
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Aviation |
Warner Bros. |
| Casablanca |
Michael Curtiz |
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman |
Romance |
Academy Award Best Picture in 1943 - often cited as one of the greatest films of all time |
| Cat People |
Jacques Tourneur |
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Horror |
RKO Pictures |
| The Corpse Vanishes |
Wallace Fox |
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Sci-Fi horror |
Monogram Pictures |
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