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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:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergeant York | Warner Bros. | $6,075,000[1] | 
| 2 | Honky Tonk | MGM | $2,893,000[2] | 
| 3 | Louisiana Purchase | Paramount | $2,750,000[3] | 
| 4 | How Green Was My Valley | 20th Century Fox | $2,447,000[4] | 
| 5 | The Philadelphia Story | MGM | $2,374,000[2] | 
| 6 | Caught in the Draft | Paramount | $2,200,000[5] | 
| 7 | A Yank in the R.A.F. | 20th Century Fox | $2,063,000[4] | 
| 8 | Men of Boys Town | MGM | $2,009,000[2] | 
| 9 | Ziegfeld Girl | $1,891,000[2] | |
| 10 | They Died with Their Boots On | Warner Bros. | $1,871,000[1] | 
Events
- January 17 – Gone with the Wind goes into general release in the United States 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.[6]
 - March 24 – Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie Sun Valley Serenade for Twentieth Century Fox.
 - May 1 – Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the films considered the all-time best, is premiered at the Palace Theatre (New York City).
 - 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
- 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
- January 1941
- 1 January
 - 16 January
 - 17 January
 - 21 January
 - 23 January
 - 24 January
 - 28 January
 - 31 January
 
 - February 1941
- 7 February
 - 18 February
 - 20 February
 - 21 February
 - 25 February
 
 - March 1941
- 1 March
 - 7 March
 - 8 March
 - 10 March
 - 21 March
 - 26 March
 - 28 March
 
 
April–June
- April 1941
- 4 April
 - 6 April
 - 10 April
 - 11 April
 - 12 April
 - 19 April
 - 24 April
 - 25 April
 - 30 April
 
 - May 1941
- 1 May
 - 2 May
 - 3 May
 - 5 May
 - 7 May
 - 9 May
 - 10 May
 - 22 May
 - 23 May
 - 24 May
 - 30 May
 
 - June 1941
- 7 June
 - 11 June
 - 13 June
 - 18 June
 - 20 June
 - 25 June
 - 26 June
 - 27 June
 - 28 June
 
 
July–September
- July 1941
- 2 July
 - 4 July
 - 12 July
 - 18 July
 - 25 July
 - 26 July
 
 - August 1941
- 1 August
 - 2 August
 - 6 August
 - 7 August
 - 8 August
 - 9 August
 - 12 August
 - 15 August
 - 21 August
 - 28 August
 - 29 August
 
 - September
- 1 September
 - 5 September
 - 6 September
 - 18 September
 - 19 September
 - 25 September
 - 26 September
 
 
October–December
- October 1941
- 2 October
 - 8 October
 - 10 October
 - 17 October
 - 18 October
 - 22 October
 - 23 October
 - 24 October
 - 25 October
 - 28 October
 - 31 October
 
 - November 1941
- 7 November
 - 14 November
 - 15 November
 - 21 November
 - 27 November
 - 28 November
 
 - December 1941
- 1 December
- The 47 Ronin (Part 1) (Japan)
 - Tarzan's Secret Treasure
 
 - 2 December
 - 5 December
 - 12 December
 - 18 December
 - 21 December
 - 25 December
 - 26 December
 
 - 1 December
 
Notable films released in 1941
United States unless stated
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- The 47 Ronin (Genroku chushingura), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
 - 49th Parallel, directed by Michael Powell, starring Leslie Howard and Laurence Olivier – (GB)
 
A
- Adam Had Four Sons, starring Ingrid Bergman and Warner Baxter
 - Among the Living, starring Albert Dekker and Susan Hayward
 - Andy Hardy's Private Secretary, starring Mickey Rooney
 
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
- Caught in the Draft, starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour
 - Charlie Chan in Rio, starring Sidney Toler
 - Charley's Aunt, starring Jack Benny
 - A Charming Man (Roztomilý člověk), directed by Martin Frič – (Czechoslovakia)
 - The Chocolate Soldier, starring Nelson Eddy
 - Churchill's Island (La Forteresse de Churchill) – (Canada)
 - Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles, with Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins
 - The Corsican Brothers, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
 - Cottage to Let, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills – (GB)
 - Crook's Tour, starring Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne
 - Cuando los hijos se van (When Children Leave Home) – (Mexico)
 
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
- The Face Behind the Mask, starring Peter Lorre
 - The Farmer's Wife, starring Basil Sydney
 - Footsteps in the Dark, starring Errol Flynn
 - The Flame of New Orleans, starring Marlene Dietrich
 - Flying Wild, starring the East Side Kids
 - Freedom Radio, directed by Anthony Asquith – (GB)
 
G
- The Gang's All Here, starring Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland
 - The Ghost of St. Michael's, starring Will Hay and Charles Hawtrey – (GB)
 - The Great Lie, starring Mary Astor and Bette Davis
 
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
 - 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
- Jesse James at Bay, starring Roy Rogers
 
K
- Kathleen, starring Shirley Temple
 - Keep 'Em Flying, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
 - Khazanchi (Cashier) – (India)
 - Kipps (British), based on the H.G. Wells novel, directed by Carol Reed, starring Michael Redgrave – (GB)
 
L
- Ladies in Retirement, starring Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward
 - Lady Be Good, starring Eleanor Powell and Robert Young
 - The Lady Eve, directed by Preston Sturges, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
 - Life Begins for Andy Hardy starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
 - Life with Henry, starring Jackie Cooper.
 - The Little Foxes, directed by William Wyler, starring Bette Davis
 - Look Who's Laughing, starring Edgar Bergen, Fibber McGee and Molly
 - Louisiana Purchase, starring Bob Hope
 - Love on the Dole, starring Deborah Kerr – (GB)
 
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
- Ohm Krüger (Uncle Kruger), starring Emil Jannings – (Germany)
 - One Foot in Heaven, starring Fredric March and Martha Scott
 - One Night in Lisbon, starring Fred MacMurray and Madeleine Carroll
 - One Night in Transylvania (Egy éjszaka Erdélyben) – (Hungary)
 
P
- Penn of Pennsylvania, starring Clifford Evans and Deborah Kerr – (GB)
 - Penny Serenade, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
 - Piccolo mondo antico (Old-Fashioned World), starring Alida Valli – (Italy)
 - Pimpernel Smith, directed by and starring Leslie Howard – (GB)
 - A Place to Live
 - Pride of the Bowery, starring the East Side Kids
 - Princess Iron Fan (Tie shan gong zhu) – (China)
 
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
- The Saint in Palm Springs, starring George Sanders
 - The Sausage-Maker Who Disappeared (Den forsvundne pølsemaker) – (Norway)
 - The Sea Wolf, starring Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield
 - Sergeant York, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan
 - Shadow of the Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
 - The Shanghai Gesture, starring Gene Tierney
 - The Shepherd of the Hills, starring John Wayne
 - Sheriff of Tombstone, starring Roy Rogers
 - Shining Victory, starring James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald
 - Sikandar (Alexander the Great) – (India)
 - Six Gun Gold, starring Tim Holt
 - Skylark, starring Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland
 - Spellbound, starring Derek Farr – (GB)
 - Spooks Run Wild, starring East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi
 - Stormy Waters (Remorques), starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan – (France)
 - The Strawberry Blonde, starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth
 - Sullivan's Travels, directed by Preston Sturges, starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake
 - Sun Valley Serenade, starring Sonja Henie
 - Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant
 - Suvorov – (U.S.S.R.)
 - Swamp Water, directed by Jean Renoir, starring Walter Brennan and Walter Huston
 
T
- The Tale of the Fox (Le Roman de Renard) – (France)
 - Target for Tonight, a propaganda documentary – (GB)
 - Tarzan's Secret Treasure, starring Johnny Weissmuller
 - Teresa Venerdì, directed by and starring Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
 - That Hamilton Woman (aka Lady Hamilton), starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier – (GB)
 - That Night in Rio, starring Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda
 - The Tell-Tale Heart, starring Joseph Schildkraut
 - They Died with Their Boots On, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
 - They Met in Argentina, starring Maureen O'Hara and James Ellison
 - Tobacco Road, starring Gene Tierney
 - Tosca, directed by Jean Renoir, starring Imperio Argentina and Michel Simon (Italy)
 - Turned Out Nice Again, starring George Formby – (GB)
 - The Tyrant Father (O Pai Tirano) – (Portugal)
 
U
- U-Boat Course West! (U-Boote westwärts) – (Germany)
 - Unexpected Uncle, starring Anne Shirley, James Craig, Charles Coburn
 - Unholy Partners, starring Edward G. Robinson and Laraine Day
 
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
- A Yank in the RAF, starring Tyrone Power and Betty Grable
 - You Belong to Me, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
 - You'll Never Get Rich, starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth
 
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)
 - 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
- Simón Andreu, Spanish actor
 - Eva Ras, Serbian actress, writer and painter
 
 - January 3 - Derrick O'Connor, Irish actor (died 2018)
 - January 4 - John Bennett Perry, American actor
 - January 7 - Harvey Evans, American actor (died 2021)
 - January 10 – José Greci, Italian actress (died 2017)
 - January 12 - Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer, musician and voice actor (died 2005)
 - January 14 – Faye Dunaway, American actress
 - January 15 - Geoffrey Beevers, British actor
 - January 19 - Putter Smith, American jazz bassist and actor
 - January 24 - Neil Diamond, American actor and singer
 - January 27 - Jeannie Epper, American stuntwoman and actress
 - January 31 – Jessica Walter, American actress (died 2021)
 - February 5 - David Selby, American actor
 - February 8 – Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
 - February 10 – Michael Apted, English director, producer and screenwriter (died 2021)
 - February 11 - Sonny Landham, American actor and stunt performer (died 2017)
 - February 13 - Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, screenwriter and producer
 - February 27 - Charlotte Stewart, American actress
 - March 3 - Rada Rassimov, Italian actress
 - March 4
- John Aprea, American actor and comedian
 - Adrian Lyne, English director and producer
 
 - March 6 - George P. Wilbur, American actor and professional stuntman (died 2023)
 - March 14 – Wolfgang Petersen, German director, producer and screenwriter (died 2022)
 - March 16 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director (died 2018)
 - March 18 - Frank McRae, American actor (died 2021)
 - March 20 - Paul Junger Witt, American producer (died 2018)
 - March 24 - David Fox, Canadian actor (died 2021)
 - April 3 - Eric Braeden, German actor
 - April 7
- Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (died 2018)
 - Danny Wells, Canadian actor and comedian (died 2013)
 
 - April 12 - Manuel de Blas, Spanish actor
 - April 20
- David Leland, English director (died 2023)
 - Ryan O'Neal, American actor (died 2023)
 
 - April 26 - Claudine Auger, French actress (died 2019)
 - April 28 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-born American actress, dancer and singer
 - May 2 - Paul Darrow, English actor (died 2019)
 - May 13 – Senta Berger, Austrian actress and producer
 - May 17 - Grace Zabriskie, American actress
 - 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
 - May 29
- Nick McLean, American cinematographer and actor
 - Bill Weston, British stunt performer and actor (died 2012)
 
 - June 2
- Stacy Keach, American actor
 - Mahmoud Yassine, Egyptian actor (died 2020)
 
 - June 5 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (died 2004)
 - June 8 - Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, American actor (died 2019)
 - June 10
- Mickey Jones, American musician and actor (died 2018)
 - Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
 
 - June 20
- Stephen Frears, English film director
 - Dieter Mann, German actor (died 2022)
 
 - June 21
- Joe Flaherty, Canadian-American actor and comedian
 - Lyman Ward, Canadian actor
 
 - June 22 – Michael Lerner, American actor (died 2023)
 - June 25 – Denys Arcand, Canadian director and screenwriter
 - June 27 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director (died 1996)
 - July 1 - Milos Milos, Serbian-born American actor and stunt double (died 1966)
 - July 10 - Robert Pine, American actor
 - July 13 - Robert Forster, American actor (died 2019)
 - July 17 - Paula Shaw, American actress
 - July 21 - Edward Herrmann, American actor, director and writer (died 2014)
 - July 26 - Darlene Love, American actress and singer
 - July 28 – Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor
 - July 29 – David Warner, English actor (died 2022)
 - August 4
- Martin Jarvis, English actor
 - Paul Mooney, American comedian, writer and actor (died 2021)
 
 - August 7 - Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder, actor and producer (died 2019)
 - August 8 - Earl Boen, American actor (died 2023)
 - August 12 - Dana Ivey, American actress
 - August 15 - Lou Perryman, American character actor (died 2009)
 - August 26 - Joan Freeman, American retired actress
 - August 28 - Tony Barry, Australian actor (died 2022)
 - August 29
- Ellen Geer, American actress
 - Orestes Matacena, Cuban-American actor, director, producer and writer
 
 - September 18 - Gerry Bamman, American actor
 - September 26 – Martine Beswick, English actress and model
 - October 6 – Billy Murray, English actor
 - October 9 - Michael Goodwin, American character 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 (died 2021)
 - Sally Kirkland, American actress
 
 - November 1 – Robert Foxworth, American actor
 - November 18 – David Hemmings, English actor, director and producer (died 2003)
 - November 22 – Tom Conti, Scottish actor
 - 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)
 - Leon Russom, American actor
 
 - December 8 – Valora Noland, American actress (died 2022)
 - December 9 – Beau Bridges, American actor
 - December 10 - Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress
 - December 15 - Vladan Živković, Serbian actor (died 2022)
 - December 25 - John Capodice, American character actor
 
Deaths
- January 4 – Henri Bergson, 81, French writer
 - January 10 – Joe Penner, 36, American comedian, actor, The Boys from Syracuse, Millionaire Playboy, The Day the Bookies Wept, Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
 - March 13 – Stuart Walker, 63, American director, White Woman, Great Expectations
 - April 23 – Stanley Fields, 57, American actor, The Great Plane Robbery, The Lady from Cheyenne
 - May 8 – Tore Svennberg, 83, Swedish actor, The Phantom Carriage, A Woman's Face
 - May 12 – Ruth Stonehouse, 48, American actress, film director, The Satin Woman
 - May 22 – Ida Waterman, 89, American actress, Stella Maris, The Enchanted Cottage, Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley, Esmerelda
 - June 28 – Richard Carle, 69, American actor, The Little Red Schoolhouse, Love Before Breakfast, Rhythm in the Clouds, She Asked for It
 - July 25 - Purnell Pratt, 55, American actor, Alibi, Scarface, The Mystery Squadron, Dancing Feet
 - July 29 - James Stephenson, 52, English actor, The Letter, Shining Victory
 - August 13 – J. Stuart Blackton, 66, British-American film producer and director, co-founder of Vitagraph Studios, The Glorious Adventure
 - September 18 – Claude King, 66, English actor, Behind the Mask, It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did
 - October 9 – Helen Morgan, 41, American actress and singer, You Belong to Me, Applause, Show Boat
 - October 26 – Victor Schertzinger, 53, American director, Paramount on Parade, Road to Zanzibar
 - November 2 – Bengt Djurberg, 43, Swedish actor, Troll-elgen
 - December 21 – David Howard, 45, American film director, Daniel Boone
 
Film Debuts
- Reginald Beckwith – Freedom Radio
 - Adriana Benetti – Teresa Venerdì
 - Barbara Britton – Secrets of the Wasteland
 - Janis Carter – Cadet Girl
 - Cyd Charisse – Escort Girl
 - Françoise Christophe – Premier rendez-vous
 - David Clarke – Knockout
 - Ray Collins – Citizen Kane
 - Joseph Cotten – Citizen Kane
 - Yvonne De Carlo – Harvard, Here I Come
 - Anita Durante – Scampolo
 - Faye Emerson – Affectionately Yours
 - Renée Faure – Who Killed Santa Claus?
 - Suzanne Flon – Ce n'est pas moi
 - Elisabeth Fraser – One Foot in Heaven
 - Terry Frost – Cyclone on Horseback
 - Eva Gabor – Forced Landing
 - Ava Gardner – Shadow of the Thin Man
 - Jackie Gleason – Navy Blues
 - Kenneth Griffith – The Farmer's Wife
 - Eloise Hardt – You Belong to Me
 - Sterling Hayden – Virginia
 - Charlton Heston – Peer Gynt
 - Jennifer Holt – Stick to Your Guns
 - Bruce Lee – Golden Gate Girl
 - Anna Maestri – Teresa Venerdì
 - Agnes Moorehead – Citizen Kane
 - Margaret O'Brien – Babes on Broadway
 - Annette Poivre – Premier rendez-vous
 - Adeline De Walt Reynolds – Come Live with Me
 - Frank Sinatra – Las Vegas Nights
 - Everett Sloane – Citizen Kane
 - Woody Strode – Sundown
 - Simone Valère – Premier rendez-vous
 - Ruth Warrick – Citizen Kane
 - Orson Welles – Citizen Kane
 - Marie Windsor – Unexpected Uncle
 - Teresa Wright – The Little Foxes
 
References
- 1 2 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
 - 1 2 3 4 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
 - ↑ "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
 - 1 2 "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M162 to 166.
 - ↑ "York's 4,000,000". Variety. December 31, 1941. p. 20. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
 - ↑ "All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07.
 
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