1941 in film

This article is about films in the year 1941. For the Steven Spielberg film, see 1941 (film).
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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:

Highest-grossing films of 1941
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

Academy Awards

Main article: 14th Academy Awards

1941 film releases

United States unless stated

January–March

April–June

July–September

  • July 1941
    • 2 July
    • 4 July
      • A Charming Man (Czechoslovakia)
    • 12 July
    • 18 July
      • The Shepherd of the Hills
    • 25 July
      • Target for Tonight (GB)
    • 26 July
      • Bad Men of Missouri
      • Pimpernel Smith
  • August 1941
  • September
    • 1 September
      • Lady Be Good
    • 5 September
      • Charlie Chan in Rio
    • 6 September
      • Cottage to Let (GB)
    • 18 September
      • Ladies in Retirement
    • 19 September
      • The Tyrant Father (Portugal)
    • 25 September
    • 26 September

October–December

Notable films released in 1941

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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

Animated short film series

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
  • 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
  • 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 (died 2024)
  • 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 (died 2024)
    • 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
  • March 18 - Frank McRae, American actor (died 2021)
  • March 20 - Paul Junger Witt, American producer (died 2018)
  • March 22 - Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (died 2019)
  • March 24 - David Fox, Canadian actor (died 2021)
  • April 3 - Eric Braeden, German actor
  • April 7
  • April 9 - Hannah Gordon, Scottish actress and presenter
  • April 12 - Manuel de Blas, Spanish actor
  • April 13 - Michael Alldredge, American actor (died 1997)
  • April 20
  • 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
  • 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
  • June 17 - Roberta Maxwell, Canadian actress
  • June 20
    • Stephen Frears, English film director
    • Dieter Mann, German actor (died 2022)
  • June 21
    • Joe Flaherty, Canadian-American actor and comedian (died 2024)
    • 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 9 - Yosef Shiloach, Israeli actor (died 2011)
  • July 10 - Robert Pine, American actor
  • July 13 - Robert Forster, American actor (died 2019)
  • July 17 - Paula Shaw, American actress
  • July 18 - Starletta DuPois, American actress
  • July 21 - Edward Herrmann, American actor, director and writer (died 2014)
  • July 26 - Darlene Love, American actress and singer
  • July 28
  • July 29 – David Warner, English actor (died 2022)
  • August 4
  • August 7 - Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder, actor and producer (died 2019)
  • August 8 - Earl Boen, American actor (died 2023)
  • August 12
  • 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
    • Mark Kasdan, American screenwriter and producer
    • Orestes Matacena, Cuban-American actor, director, producer and writer
  • September 4 - Rochelle Kaffenberger, American actress (died 2024)
  • September 18 - Gerry Bamman, American actor
  • September 26 – Martine Beswick, English actress and model
  • October 6
  • October 9 - Michael Goodwin, American character actor
  • October 10 – Peter Coyote, American actor
  • October 11 - Charles Shyer, American director, screenwriter and producer (died 2024)
  • 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
  • November 30 - Sally Douglas, British actress (died 2001)
  • 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 (died 2024)
  • December 27 - Aharon Ipalé, Israeli-American actor (died 2016)

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

References

  1. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 28 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ a b c d The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
  4. ^ a b "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M162 to 166.
  5. ^ "York's 4,000,000". Variety. December 31, 1941. p. 20. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07.
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