1941 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1941

Notable Films Released in 1941

U.S.A. unless stated

• The 47 Ronin (Genroku chushingura), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - (Japan)
• 49th Parallel, directed by Michael Powell, starring Leslie Howard and Laurence Olivier - (Britain)

A

• Adam Had Four Sons, starring Ingrid Bergman and Warner Baxter
• All Through the Night, starring Humphrey Bogart
• 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
• Ball of Fire, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
• The Big Store, starring the Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Tony Martin
• 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)
• 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
• 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 - (Britain)

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

EFG

• The Face Behind the Mask, starring Peter Lorre
• Flying Wild, starring the East Side Kids
• Freedom Radio, directed by Anthony Asquith - (Britain)
• The Gang's All Here, starring Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland
• 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)
• Hellzapoppin', starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan, starring Robert Montgomery
• High Sierra, starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart in his first starring role
• 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
• The Iron Crown (La corona di ferro) - (Italy)
• It Started with Eve, starring Deanna Durbin and Robert Cummings

JK

• Kathleen, starring Shirley Temple
• Keep 'Em Flying, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Khazanchi (Cashier) - (India)
• Kipps, directed by Carol Reed, starring Michael Redgrave - (Britain)

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
• 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 - (Britain)

M

• Major Barbara, directed by Gabriel Pascal, starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison - (Britain)
• 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
• Mob Town, starring Dick Foran
• Moon Over Miami, starring Betty Grable

NO

• Mr. Bug Goes to Town
• Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, starring W. C. Fields
• Nice Girl?, starring Deanna Durbin
• Ohm Krüger (Uncle Kruger), starring Emil Jannings - (Germany)
• One Foot in Heaven, starring Fredric March and Martha Scott
• One Night in Transylvania (Egy éjszaka Erdélyben) - (Hungary)

PQ

• Penn of Pennsylvania, starring Clifford Evans and Deborah Kerr - (Britain)
• Penny Serenade, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
• Pimpernel Smith, directed by and starring Leslie Howard - (Britain)
• A Place to Live
• Pride of the Bowery, starring the East Side Kids
• Princess Iron Fan (Tie shan gong zhu) - (China)
• Quiet Wedding, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Margaret Lockwood - (Britain)

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
• Shining Victory, starring James Stephenson and Geraldine Fitzgerald
• Six Gun Gold, starring Tim Holt
• Skylark, starring Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland
• Spellbound, starring Derek Farr - (Britain)
• 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

TUV

• The Tale of the Fox (Le Roman de Renard) - (France)
• Target for Tonight, a propaganda documentary - (Britain)
• 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 - (Britain)
• That Night in Rio, starring Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda
• They Died with Their Boots On, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
• Tobacco Road, starring Gene Tierney
• Turned Out Nice Again, starring George Formby - (Britain)
• The Tyrant Father (O Pai Tirano) - (Portugal)
• Unexpected Uncle, starring Anne Shirley, James Craig, Charles Coburn

WXYZ

• Week-End in Havana, starring Alice Faye and John Payne
• Western Union, starring Randolph Scott
• The Wolf Man, starring Lon Chaney, Jr.
• A Woman's Face, starring Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas
• 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
• Ziegfeld Girl, starring Judy Garland and James Stewart