The year 1943 in film featured various significant events for the film industry.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1943 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

* January 23 – The film '' Casablanca'' is released nationally in the United States and becomes one of the top-grossing pictures of 1943. It goes on to win the Best Picture and Best Director awards at the

16th Academy Awards The 16th Academy Awards were held on March 2, 1944, to honor the films of 1943. This was the first Oscar ceremony held at a large public venue, Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The ceremony was broadcast locally on KFWB, and internationally by CBS R ...

. * February 20 – American film studio executives agree to allow the United States Office of War Information to censor films. * June 1 – Veteran English stage and screen actor Leslie Howard dies at the age of 50 in the crash of BOAC Flight 777 off the coast of Galicia, Spain. While best remembered for his role as Ashley Wilkes in '' Gone with the Wind'', Howard had roles in many other notable films and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. * November 23 – British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation * December 31 – New York City's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at Paramount Theater

Awards

Top Ten Money Making Stars

1943 film releases

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January–March

*January 1943 **12 January ***''

Shadow of a Doubt ''Shadow of a Doubt'' is a 1943 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Ac ...

'' **23 January ***'' Casablanca'' *February 1943 **3 February ***'' Air Force'' **5 February ***'' The Outlaw'' **11 February ***'' No Place for a Lady'' **12 February ***'' Journey into Fear'' **14 February ***'' Star Spangled Rhythm'' **19 February ***'' Saludos Amigos'' **20 February ***'' The Hard Way'' *March 1943 **1 March ***'' Squadron Leader X'' ( GB) **2 March ***'' The Human Comedy'' **3 March ***'' Münchhausen'' (

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) **5 March ***'' Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man'' **10 March ***''

It Ain't Hay ''It Ain't Hay'' is a 1943 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. Plot Cab driver Wilbur Hoolihan accidentally kills a hack horse owned by King O'Hara and his daughter, Princess O’Hara, by feeding it candy. In hopes of raising e ...

'' **11 March ***'' Hello, Frisco, Hello'' **15 March ***'' The Silver Fleet'' ( GB) **19 March ***'' Hitler's Children'' **22 March ***''

Huella de luz ''Traces of Light'' (Spanish:''Huella de luz'') is a 1943 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil on his directing debut. It is based on a novel by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez.Bentley p.94 Plot Octavio Saldaña is a poor young dreamer who li ...

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) **25 March ***'' Sanshiro Sugata'' ( Japan) **26 March ***'' Forever and a Day'' **27 March ***'' Hangmen Also Die!''

April–June

*April 1943 **2 April ***'' Border Patrol'' **9 April ***''

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'' ***''

It Comes Up Love ''It Comes Up Love'' is a 1943 American, black and white, musical comedy starring Gloria Jean, Ian Hunter, and Donald O'Connor. It is the only film starring Jean and O'Connor that doesn't also star Peggy Ryan, another one of the talented teenag ...

'' **12 April ***'' Fires Were Started'' **15 April ***''

We Dive at Dawn ''We Dive at Dawn'' is a 1943 war film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring John Mills and Eric Portman as Royal Navy submariners in the Second World War. It was written by Val Valentine and J. B. Williams with uncredited assistance f ...

'' **22 April ***'' Crash Dive'' **23 April ***'' Clancy Street Boys'' **24 April ***'' Edge of Darkness'' **30 April ***'' I Walked with a Zombie'' ***'' Sherlock Holmes in Washington'' *May 1943 **4 May ***'' Five Graves to Cairo'' **7 May ***'' They Came to Blow Up America'' ***'' This Land Is Mine'' **8 May ***'' The Leopard Man'' **13 May ***'' The More the Merrier'' **14 May ***'' Bombardier'' **16 May ***'' Ossessione'' (

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

) **17 May ***'' The Bells Go Down'' **21 May ***'' Action in the North Atlantic'' ***'' Cowboy in Manhattan'' ***'' The Ox-Bow Incident'' **22 May ***'' Mission to Moscow'' **27 May ***'' Prelude to War'' **28 May ***'' Mr. Lucky'' *June 1943 **2 June ***''

Hit the Ice ''Hit the Ice'' is an ice hockey sports video game originally released by Taito, WMS Industries, Williams and Midway Games, Midway for video arcade, arcades in 1990. The game is a cartoonish representation of the sport with three players on each ...

'' **3 June ***'' Bataan'' **10 June ***'' The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' **11 June ***''

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'' **22 June ***'' Crime Doctor'' ***'' So Proudly We Hail!'' **23 June ***'' Angels of the Streets'' (

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) ***'' The Constant Nymph''

July–September

*July 1943 **3 July ***'' Background to Danger'' **16 July ***'' For Whom the Bell Tolls'' **17 July ***'' Victory Through Air Power'' **21 July ***'' Stormy Weather'' **26 July ***'' Theatre Royal'' ( GB) *August 1943 **1 August ***'' Behind the Rising Sun'' **2 August ***'' Hi Diddle Diddle'' ***''

Nasreddin in Bukhara ''Nasreddin in Bukhara'' (russian: Насреддин в Бухаре, Nasreddin v Bukhare) is a 1943 Soviet comedy film directed by Yakov Protazanov, based on the novel by Leonid Solovyov ''Disturber of the Peace'' about Nasreddin. Plot Nasreddi ...

'' ( U.S.S.R.) **11 August ***''

Heaven Can Wait Heaven Can Wait may refer to: * ''Heaven Can Wait'' (1943 film), a comedy based on the stage play ''Birthday'' by Leslie Bush-Fekete * ''Heaven Can Wait'' (1978 film), an American football comedy starring Warren Beatty; a remake of the 1941 film ...

'' **12 August ***'' Phantom of the Opera'' **14 August ***'' This Is the Army'' **19 August ***'' Destroyer'' ***'' DuBarry Was a Lady'' **21 August ***'' The Seventh Victim'' **23 August ***'' The Man in Grey'' ( GB) **27 August ***'' Holy Matrimony'' ***'' Watch on the Rhine'' **30 August ***'' We've Never Been Licked'' *September 1943 **2 September ***'' The Sky's the Limit'' **10 September ***'' The Kansan'' **13 September ***'' Thousands Cheer'' **16 September ***''

Doña Bárbara ''Doña Bárbara (Lady Bárbara)'' is a novel by Venezuelan author Rómulo Gallegos, first published in 1929. It was described in 1974 as "possibly the most widely known Latin American novel".Shaw, Donald, "Gallegos' Revision of Doña Bárbara 1 ...

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Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

) **17 September ***'' Revenge of the Zombies'' ***'' Sherlock Holmes Faces Death'' ***'' Top Man'' **24 September ***'' The Adventures of Tartu'' ( GB) **25 September ***'' Thank Your Lucky Stars'' **28 September ***''

Le Corbeau ''Le Corbeau'' () is a 1943 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Pierre Fresnay, Micheline Francey and Pierre Larquey. The film is about a French town where a number of citizens receive anonymous letters containing libelou ...

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) **29 September ***'' Corvette K-225''

October–December

*October 1943 **7 October ***'' Lassie Come Home'' **8 October ***'' Best Foot Forward'' ***'' Crazy House'' **13 October ***'' L'Éternel retour'' (

) **19 October ***'' Yellow Canary'' ( GB) **23 October ***'' Princess O'Rourke'' **29 October ***'' Flesh and Fantasy'' *November 1943 **4 November ***'' The North Star'' **5 November ***'' Guadalcanal Diary'' ***'' Millions Like Us'' ( GB) ***'' Son of Dracula'' **10 November ***'' No Time for Love'' ***'' Titanic'' (

) **11 November ***'' The Return of the Vampire'' ***''

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'' **12 November ***'' The Mad Ghoul'' **13 November ***'' Day of Wrath'' (

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) ***'' Northern Pursuit'' **19 November ***'' The Dancing Masters'' **23 November ***'' Cry 'Havoc''' **26 November ***'' Girl Crazy'' **27 November ***'' Old Acquaintance'' *December 1943 **3 December ***'' Happy Land'' **6 December ***''

War of the Wildcats ''In Old Oklahoma'' (reissued as ''War of the Wildcats'') is a 1943 American Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell starring John Wayne and Martha Scott. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Music Score of a Dramatic or Com ...

'' **14 December ***''

The Shipbuilders ''The Shipbuilders'' is a 1943 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Clive Brook, Morland Graham and Nell Ballantyne. The film is set in a Clyde shipyard in the build-up to the Second World War. It was made by British Natio ...

'' ( GB) **15 December ***''

Destination Tokyo ''Destination Tokyo'' is a 1943 black and white American submarine war film. The film was directed by Delmer Daves in his directorial debut,McGee, Scott"Articles: 'Destination Tokyo' (1944)."''TCM.com'', 2019. Retrieved: August 15, 2019. and th ...

'' ***'' Madame Curie'' **17 December ***'' Calling Dr. Death'' ***'' Immensee'' (

) **20 December ***'' The Demi-Paradise'' ( GB) **21 December ***'' The Song of Bernadette'' **24 December ***'' The Gang's All Here'' ***''

The Ghost Ship ''The Ghost Ship'' is a 1943 American black-and-white psychological thriller film, with elements of mystery and horror, directed by Mark Robson, starring Richard Dix and featuring Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard and Edmund Glover, along ...

'' ***'' Jack London'' **29 December ***'' Tender Comrade'' **31 December ***'' The Woman of the Town''

Notable films released in 1943

unless stated

A

*'' Above Suspicion'', starring Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray *'' Action in the North Atlantic'', starring Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey *'' The Adventures of Tartu'', starring Robert Donat and Valerie Hobson – ( GB) *'' Air Force'', directed by

Howard Hawks Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the Classical Hollywood cinema, classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is ...

, starring John Garfield *'' Angels of the Streets'' (Les anges du peche), directed by Robert Bresson – (

)

B

*'' Background to Danger'', directed by Raoul Walsh, starring George Raft and Peter Lorre *'' Bataan'', directed by Tay Garnett, starring Robert Taylor and Lloyd Nolan *'' Behind the Rising Sun'', starring Tom Neal, produced by Howard Hughes *'' The Bells Go Down'', starring Tommy Trinder and James Mason – ( GB) *'' Best Foot Forward'', starring Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler *'' Bombardier'', starring Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott,

Anne Shirley Anne Shirley is a fictional character introduced in the 1908 novel '' Anne of Green Gables'' by L. M. Montgomery. Shirley is featured throughout the classic book series, which revolve around her life and family in 19th and 20th-century Prince ...

*'' Border Patrol'', starring

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, George Reeves, Robert Mitchum

C

*''

'', directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Ethel Waters *'' Calling Dr. Death'', first of the Inner Sanctum Mysteries, starring Lon Chaney, Jr. *'' Clancy Street Boys'', starring The East Side Kids *''

'', starring Betty Grable *'' The Constant Nymph'', starring Joan Fontaine *''

'' (The Raven), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Pierre Fresnay – (

) *'' Corvette K-225'', starring Randolph Scott *'' O Costa do Castelo'' (The Costa from the Castle) – (

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) *'' Cowboy in Manhattan'' *'' Crash Dive'', starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter *'' Crazy House'', starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson *'' The Crew of the Dora'' (Besatzung Dora) – (

) *'' Crime Doctor'', starring Warner Baxter *'' Cry 'Havoc''', starring Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell

D

*'' The Dancing Masters'', starring Laurel and Hardy *'' Day of Wrath'' (Vredens Dag), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer – (

) *'' The Demi-Paradise'', starring Laurence Olivier – ( GB) *'' Desert Victory'', a propaganda documentary – ( GB) *''

'', starring

Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...

and John Garfield *'' Destroyer'', starring Glenn Ford and

Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-American actor of stage and screen, who was popular during the Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 30 Broadway plays and more than 100 films duri ...

*''

'', directed by Fernando de Fuentes – (

) *'' DuBarry Was a Lady'', starring Lucille Ball and Red Skelton

E

*'' Edge of Darkness'', starring Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan *'' L'Éternel retour'' (The Eternal Return), directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais – (

)

F

*'' Fires Were Started'', directed by Humphrey Jennings – ( GB) *'' Five Graves to Cairo'', directed by

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, starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter *'' Flesh and Fantasy'', starring

, Barbara Stanwyck and Charles Boyer *'' Flor Silvestre'', starring Dolores del Río – (

) *''

Forces Occultes ''Forces occultes'' (''Occult Forces'' – subtitled ''The mysteries of Freemasonry unveiled for the first time on the screen'') is a French film of 1943, notable as the last film to be directed by Paul Riche (the pseudonym of Jean Mamy). Plot ...

'', directed by Jean Marny, starring Maurice Rémy, Marcel Vibert, Auguste Bovério, Giséle Parry – (

) *'' For Whom the Bell Tolls'', directed by Sam Wood, starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman *'' Forever and a Day'', featuring an all-star cast *'' Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man'' starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Béla Lugosi *'' Der Fuehrer's Face'', Donald Duck's Academy Award-winning short

G

*'' The Gang's All Here'', directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda *''

'', starring

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*'' Girl Crazy'', starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney *'' Guadalcanal Diary'', starring Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Preston Foster, William Bendix, Anthony Quinn *'' A Guy Named Joe'', starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne

H

*'' Hangmen Also Die!'', starring Brian Donlevy and Walter Brennan *'' Happy Land'', starring Don Ameche and Frances Dee *'' The Hard Way'', starring Ida Lupino *'' Harlem'', directed by Carmine Gallone, starring Massimo Girotti and Amedeo Nazzari (Italy) *''

'', directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Gene Tierney and Don Ameche *'' Hello, Frisco, Hello'', starring Alice Faye *'' Hi Diddle Diddle'', starring Adolphe Menjou and Pola Negri *''

'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello *'' Hitler's Children'', directed by Edward Dmytryk *'' Holy Matrimony'', starring Monty Woolley and Gracie Fields *''

'' (A Sight of Light) – (

) *'' The Human Comedy'', starring Mickey Rooney

I

*'' I Walked with a Zombie'', starring Frances Dee *'' Immensee'' (aka Immensee: A German Folksong) – (

) *''

'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello *''

'', starring Gloria Jean and Donald O'Connor

J

*'' Jack London'', starring Michael O'Shea and Susan Hayward *'' Jane Eyre'', directed by

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, starring

Orson Welles George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his innovative work in film, radio and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential f ...

and Joan Fontaine *'' Journey into Fear'', starring Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Río,

K

*'' The Kansan'', starring

and Jane Wyatt *'' Kismet'', starring Ashok Kumar – (

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)

L

*'' Lassie Come Home'', starring Roddy McDowall and Donald Crisp *'' The Leopard Man'', directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dennis O'Keefe *'' The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'', directed by

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, starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook – ( GB)

M

*'' The Mad Ghoul'', starring George Zucco *'' Madame Curie'', starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon *'' The Man in Grey'', the first of the Gainsborough melodramas starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason – ( GB) *'' María Candelaria'', starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz – (

) *'' Meshes of the Afternoon'', directed by Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid *'' Millions Like Us'', directed by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder – ( GB) *'' Mission to Moscow'', directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Walter Huston *'' Mister Big'', starring Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean *'' The More the Merrier'', directed by George Stevens, starring Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea *'' Mr. Lucky'', starring

*'' Münchhausen'' – (

) *'' My Learned Friend'', starring Will Hay – ( GB)

N

*''

'' – ( U.S.S.R.) *'' No Place for a Lady'', starring William Gargan and Phyllis Brooks *'' No Time for Love'', starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray *'' The North Star'', starring Anne Baxter and Dana Andrews *'' Northern Pursuit'', starring Errol Flynn

O

*'' Old Acquaintance'', starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins *'' Ossessione'' (Obsession), directed by

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– (

) *'' The Outlaw'', controversial western directed by Howard Hughes, starring Jane Russell *'' The Ox-Bow Incident'', directed by William Wellman, starring Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan, Dana Andrews

P

*'' Phantom of the Opera'', starring Claude Rains *'' Prelude to War'', directed by Frank Capra *'' Princess O'Rourke'', starring Olivia de Havilland and Robert Cummings

R

*'' The Return of the Vampire'', starring Béla Lugosi *'' Revenge of the Zombies'', starring John Carradine *'' Riding High'', starring Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell

S

*''

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'', starring Humphrey Bogart *'' Saludos Amigos'', a

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...

animated film starring

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic American Pekin, white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit, sailor shi ...

and

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*'' Sanshiro Sugata'', directed by

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dy ...

– ( Japan) *'' The Seventh Victim'', starring Tom Conway *''

'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten *'' Sherlock Holmes Faces Death'', directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, co-starring Hillary Brooke *'' Sherlock Holmes in Washington'', directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, co-starring Henry Daniell and George Zucco *''

'', directed by John Baxter – ( GB) *'' The Silver Fleet'', starring Ralph Richardson and Googie Withers – ( GB) *'' The Sky's the Limit'', starring Fred Astaire and Joan Leslie *'' So Proudly We Hail!'', starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake *'' Son of Dracula'', starring Lon Chaney Jr. *'' The Song of Bernadette'', starring Jennifer Jones *'' Squadron Leader X'', starring Eric Portman and Ann Dvorak – ( GB) *'' Stormy Weather'', starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson,

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and the Nicholas Brothers * ''

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'', starring

Assia Noris Assia Noris (16 February 1912 – 27 January 1998) was a Russian-Italian film actress. Born Anastasia Noris fon Gerzfeld (Anastassia Noris von Herzfeld), she appeared in over 35 films between 1932 and 1965. She starred in films such as the Mar ...

and

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– (

) *'' A Stranger in Town'', starring Frank Morgan

T

*'' Tender Comrade'', starring Ginger Rogers and Robert Ryan *'' Thank Your Lucky Stars, starring Eddie Cantor *'' Theatre Royal'', starring Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen – ( GB) *'' They Came to Blow Up America'', starring George Sanders *'' This is the Army'', directed by Michael Curtiz *'' This Land Is Mine'', directed by Jean Renoir, starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara *'' Thousands Cheer'', starring Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson, Mary Astor *'' Titanic'' – (

) *'' Top Man'', starring Donald O'Connor

U

*'' Ukraine in Flames'' () – ( U.S.S.R.)

V

*'' Victory Through Air Power'', a propaganda film by

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W

*''

'' (a.k.a. ''In Old Oklahoma''), starring John Wayne *'' Watch on the Rhine'', starring Paul Lukas and Bette Davis *''

'', directed by Anthony Asquith, starring John Mills – ( GB) *'' We've Never Been Licked'', starring Richard Quine and

Noah Beery, Jr. Noah Lindsey Beery (August 10, 1913 – November 1, 1994) was an American actor often specializing in warm, friendly character roles similar to many portrayed by his Oscar-winning uncle, Wallace Beery. Unlike his more famous uncle, however, Be ...

*'' Whistling in Brooklyn'', starring Red Skelton *'' The Woman of the Town'', starring Claire Trevor and Albert Dekker

Y

*'' Yellow Canary'', starring Anna Neagle and Richard Greene – ( GB)

Serials

*'' Adventures of the Flying Cadets'' *'' The Adventures of Smilin' Jack'' *''

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'', starring Lewis Wilson *'' Daredevils of the West'', starring Allan Lane, directed by John English *'' Don Winslow of the Coast Guard'' *'' G-Men vs the Black Dragon'', starring Rod Cameron, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet *'' The Masked Marvel'', directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet *'' The Phantom'', starring Tom Tyler *'' Secret Service in Darkest Africa'', starring Rod Cameron, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet

Comedy film series

*'' Buster Keaton'' (1917–1944) *'' Laurel and Hardy'' ( 1921-1945) *'' Our Gang'' ( 1922– 1944) *'' The Marx Brothers'' (1929–1946) *'' The Three Stooges'' ( 1934– 1959)

Animated short film series

*'' Mickey Mouse'' ( 1928– 1953) *'' Looney Tunes'' ( 1930– 1969) *'' Terrytoons'' ( 1930– 1964) *'' Merrie Melodies'' ( 1931– 1969) *'' Scrappy'' ( 1931– 1941) *'' Popeye'' ( 1933– 1957) *'' Color Rhapsodies'' ( 1934– 1949) *''

'' ( 1934– 1956) *'' Daffy Duck'' ( 1937 – 1966) *''

'' ( 1939– 1955) *'' Andy Panda'' ( 1939– 1949) *'' Tom and Jerry'' ( 1940– 1958) *'' Woody Woodpecker'' ( 1941– 1949) *''Swing Symphonies'' ( 1941– 1945) *'' The Fox and the Crow'' ( 1941– 1950) *'' Red Hot Riding Hood'' (1943– 1949) *'' Chip 'n Dale'' (1943– 1956) *'' Droopy'' (1943– 1958)

Births

*January 1 – Don Novello, American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer and comedian *January 13 – Richard Moll, American actor *January 14 – Holland Taylor, American actress *January 18 – Paul Freeman, English actor *January 19 - Larry Clark, American director, producer and writer *January 24 – Sharon Tate, American actress and model (murdered 1969) *January 25 – Tobe Hooper, American director and screenwriter (died 2017) *January 28 – John Beck, American actor *January 31 – Peter McRobbie, Scottish-born American actor *February 3 – Blythe Danner, American actress *February 9 – Joe Pesci, American actor *February 20 –

Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design ...

, English director *February 25 – George Harrison, English musician and songwriter (died 2001) *February 26 – Bill Duke, American actor and director *March 8 – Lynn Redgrave, English actress (died 2010) *March 15 – David Cronenberg, Canadian director and screenwriter *March 25 – Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director *March 29 ** Eric Idle, English actor, comedian, author and musician ** Vangelis, Greek-born film composer (died 2022) *March 31 – Christopher Walken, American actor *April 8 – Jack O'Halloran, American actor *April 10 - Tom Pollock, American producer (died 2020) *April 20 – Edie Sedgwick, American actress, socialite, model and heiress (died 1971) *April 26 – Leon Pownall, Welsh-Canadian actor (died 2006) *May 25 - Leslie Uggams, American actress and singer *May 27 – Raye Birk, American actor *June 2 – Charles Haid, American actor and film director *June 7 – Michael Pennington, English actor, director and writer *June 13 – Malcolm McDowell, English actor *June 22 ** Judith Barker, English actress ** Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director *June 23 – Patrick Bokanowski, French director *June 24 – Georg Stanford Brown, American actor and director *July 3 – Kurtwood Smith, American actor *July 11 - Tom Holland (filmmaker), American screenwriter, actor and director *July 21 – Edward Herrmann, American actor (died 2014) *July 25 - Janet Margolin, American actress (died 1993) *August 15 – Barbara Bouchet, German-American actress *August 17 – Robert De Niro, American actor *August 18 – Martin Mull, American actor and comedian *August 21 ** Lino Capolicchio, Italian actor, screenwriter and director (died 2022) ** Hugh Wilson, American director, writer, television showrunner and actor (died 2018) *August 27 – Tuesday Weld, actress *September 1 – Don Stroud, American actor and musician *September 3 – Valerie Perrine, American actress and model *September 5 -

Jack Charles Jack Charles (5 September 1943 – 13 September 2022), also known as Uncle Jack Charles, was an Australian stage and screen actor and activist, known for his advocacy for Aboriginal people. He was involved in establishing the first Indigenous t ...

, Australian actor (died 2022) *September 9 – Art LaFleur, American character actor and acting coach (died 2021) *September 10 – Daniel Truhitte, American actor *September 19 - Diana Bellamy, American character actress (died 2001) *September 21 – Jerry Bruckheimer, producer *September 23 - Toni Basil, American singer, actress and director *September 24 – Randall Duk Kim, Korean American stage, film and television actor *September 28 – J. T. Walsh, American character actor (died 1998) *October 4 – John Bindon, English actor and bodyguard (died 1993) *October 8 – Chevy Chase, American actor and comedian *October 12 – Lin Shaye, American actress *October 15 – Penny Marshall, American television actress, film director and producer (died 2018) *October 20 – George Wyner, American actor *October 22 ** Jan de Bont, Dutch cinematographer, director and producer ** Catherine Deneuve, French actress *October 24 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand director *October 27 - Carmen Argenziano, American actor (died 2019) *October 29 ** Margaret Nolan, English actress (died 2020) ** Don Simpson, American producer, screenwriter and actor (died 1996) *November 1 – John McEnery, English actor and writer (died 2019) *November 5 – Sam Shepard, American actor (died 2017) *November 7 – Michael Byrne, British actor *November 10 - William Hoyland, English actor (died 2017) *November 12 ** Valerie Leon, English actress and model ** Wallace Shawn, American actor *November 20 – Mie Hama, former Japanese actress, radio and television presenter *November 23 – Tony Bonner, Australian actor and singer *November 28 – Randy Newman, American singer, film composer *December 12 ** Gianni Russo, American actor and singer ** Phyllis Somerville, American actress (died 2020) *December 13 – Arturo Ripstein, Mexican director *December 16 –

Patti Deutsch Patricia Deutsch Ross (born Elaine Patricia Deutsch; December 16, 1943 – July 26, 2017) was an American actress and comedian who was well known as a recurring panelist on the 1970s game shows '' Match Game'' and '' Tattletales''. Early life Deu ...

, American voice artist, actress and comedian (died 2017) *December 21 – Jack Nance, American actor (died 1996) *December 23 –

Harry Shearer Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, writer, musician, radio host, director and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a membe ...

, American voice actor *December 31 ** Ben Kingsley, English actor ** Victor Raider-Wexler, American actor

Deaths

*January 25 – Spencer Charters, 67, American actor, ''

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine ''The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine'' is a 1942 American comedy crime film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Terry, and Gloria Dickson. The film is also known as ''Unforgotten Crime'' (American TV title) and ''Find Jimmy ...

'', '' The Postman Didn't Ring'' *February 14 – Dora Gerson, 43, German actress, '' Caravan of Death'', '' On the Brink of Paradise'' *February 19 – Lynne Overman, 58, American actor, '' Little Miss Marker'', '' Union Pacific'', ''

Dixie Dixie, also known as Dixieland or Dixie's Land, is a nickname for all or part of the Southern United States. While there is no official definition of this region (and the included areas shift over the years), or the extent of the area it cove ...

'' *February 20 – Donald Haines, 23, American child actor, ''

Skippy Skippy may refer to: People * Skippy (nickname), a list of people Arts and entertainments * ''Skippy'' (comic strip), an American strip published from 1923 to 1945. ** ''Skippy'' (film), based on the comics strip, released in 1931 and sta ...

'', '' A Tale of Two Cities'' *March 10 – Tully Marshall, 78, American actor, '' Paid in Full'', '' The Big Trail'' *April 3 –

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films '' Different from the Others'' (1919), ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and '' The Man Who Laug ...

, 50, German actor, '' Casablanca'', ''

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (german: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) is a 1920 German silent horror film, directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. Considered the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, ...

'', '' The Thief of Baghdad'', '' The Spy in Black'' *June 1 – Leslie Howard, 50,

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment in ...

-nominated British actor, '' Gone with the Wind'', '' Pygmalion'', '' The Petrified Forest'', '' Of Human Bondage'' *June 30 – Carlo Wieth, 57, Danish actor *July 16 – Arthur Byron, 71, American actor, ''

20,000 Years in Sing Sing ''20,000 Years in Sing Sing'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film set in Sing Sing Penitentiary, the maximum security prison in Ossining, New York, starring Spencer Tracy as an inmate and Bette Davis as his girlfriend. It was directed by Mi ...

'', ''

Gabriel Over the White House ''Gabriel Over the White House'' is a 1933 American pre-Code political fantasy film starring Walter Huston as a genial but politically corrupt U.S. President who has a near-fatal automobile accident and comes under divine influence—specifical ...

Film Debuts

* June Allyson – '' Best Foot Forward'' * Jeanne Crain – '' The Gang's All Here'' * Hume Cronyn – ''

'' * Rhonda Fleming – '' In Old Oklahoma'' * Kim Hunter – '' The Seventh Victim'' * Richard Jaeckel – '' Guadalcanal Diary'' * Dorothy McGuire – '' Claudia'' * Robert Mitchum – '' The Human Comedy'' *

Dorothy Malone Dorothy Malone (born Mary Dorothy Maloney; January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years, she played small roles, mainly in B-movies, with the exception of a supporting role ...

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Gildersleeve on Broadway ''Gildersleeve on Broadway'' is a 1943 American film starring Harold Peary as his radio character The Great Gildersleeve. It is the third of four Gildersleeve features, others were ''The Great Gildersleeve'' (1942), ''Gildersleeve's Bad Day'' (19 ...

'' * Ella Raines – '' Corvette K-225'' * Jane Russell – '' The Outlaw'' * Cliff Robertson – '' We've Never Been Licked'' * Lawrence Tierney – ''

'' * Shelley Winters – ''There's Something About a Soldier'' *

Natalie Wood Natalie Wood ( Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring r ...

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The Moon Is Down ''The Moon Is Down'' is a novel by American writer John Steinbeck. Fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross, it was published by Viking Press in March 1942. The story t ...

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