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See also: 1940 in film, other events of 1941, 1942 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Sergeant York
2. Buck Privates[?], starring Abbott and Costello
3. Tobacco Road[?]

Births

• January 3 - Van Dyke Parks, musician, composer
• January 4 - Henri Bergson, writer
• January 5 - Miyazaki Hayao, Japanese film maker
• January 8 - Graham Chapman, comedian
• January 14 - Faye Dunaway, actress
• February 11 - Glenn Randall Jr[?], stuntman.
• June 27 - Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director
• October 4 - Anne Rice, horror/fantasy writer.

Deaths

• January 10 - Joe Penner[?], comedian, actor

Other Movies Released

• Citizen Kane, starring Orson Welles
• The Maltese Falcon, starring Humphrey Bogart
• Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner