1942 in Film - Events

Events

  • January 16 - Actress Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash west of Las Vegas while returning home to Los Angeles from a War Bond tour.
  • June 4 - Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, opens at Radio City Music Hall in New York, in what will become a record-breaking 10-week run.
  • August 8 - Walt Disney's animated film Bambi opens in United Kingdom.
  • November 11 - Road to Morocco, starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour, premieres.
  • November 26 - The film Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.

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