1941

The year 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on a Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1941st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 941st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1940's decade.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• January 4 - Four Mothers
• January 11 - The Case of the Black Parrot
• January 18 - Honeymoon for Three
• January 25 - High Sierra
• February 8 - Flight from Destiny
• February 12 - Father's Son
• February 15 - The Great Mr. Nobody
• February 22 - The Strawberry Blonde
• March 1 - Shadows on the Stairs
• March 8 - Footsteps in the Dark
• March 15 - Here Comes Happiness
• March 21 - The Sea Wolf
• March 29 - Knockout
• April 5 - A Shot in the Dark
• April 12 - The Great Lie
• April 19 - Strange Alibi
• April 25 - The Wagons Roll at Night
• May 3
  • Thieves Fall Out
  • Meet John Doe
• May 10 - Affectionately Yours
• May 17 - Singapore Woman
• May 24 - The Nurse's Secret
• May 31 - Million Dollar Baby
• June 7 - Shining Victory
• June 14 - Out of the Fog
• June 28 - Underground
• July 5 - Kisses for Breakfast
• July 12 - The Bride Came C.O.D.
• July 19 - Bullets for O'Hara
• July 26 - Bad Men of Missouri
• August 2 - Three Sons o' Guns
• August 7 - Highway West
• August 9 - Manpower
• August 13 - International Squadron
• August 30 - Dive Bomber
• September 6 - The Smiling Ghost
• September 13 - Navy Blues
• September 20 - Nine Lives Are Not Enough
• September 27 - Sergeant York
• September - Passage from Hong Kong
• October 4 - Law of the Tropics
• October 17 - Target for Tonight
• October 18 - The Maltese Falcon
• November 1 - One Foot in Heaven
• November 15 - Blues in the Night
• November 21 - They Died with Their Boots On
• December 2 - All Through the Night
• December 6 - The Body Disappears
• December 13 - Steel Against the Sky
• December 24 - Dangerously They Live
• December 25 - You're in the Army Now

Shorts

• January 4 - Elmer's Pet Rabbit
• January 11 - Porky's Snooze Reel
• January 18 - The Fighting 69½th
• February 1 - Sniffles Bells the Cat
• February 15
  • The Crackpot Quail
  • The Haunted Mouse
• March 1 - The Cat's Tale
• March 8 - Joe Glow, the Firefly
• March 15 - Tortoise Beats Hare
• March 29
  • Goofy Groceries
  • Porky's Bear Facts
• April 12 - Toy Trouble
• April 19 - Porky's Preview
• April 26 - The Trial of Mr. Wolf
• May 10
  • Farm Frolics
  • Porky's Ant
• May 24 - Hollywood Steps Out
• June 7
  • A Coy Decoy
  • Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
• June 21
  • Porky's Prize Pony
  • The Wacky Worm
• July 5
  • The Heckling Hare
  • Meet John Doughboy
• July 19 - Inki and the Lion
• August 2 - Aviation Vacation
• August 9 - We, The Animals - Squeak!
• August 16 - Sport Chumpions
• August 30
  • The Henpecked Duck
  • Snow Time for Comedy
• September 13 - All This and Rabbit Stew
• September 20 - Notes to You
• September 27 - The Brave Little Bat
• October 11 - The Bug Parade
• October 25
  • Robinson Crusoe Jr.
  • Rookie Revue
• November 8 - Saddle Silly
• November 22
  • The Cagey Canary
  • Porky's Midnight Matinee
• December 6 - Rhapsody in Rivets
• December 20 - Wabbit Twouble
• December 27 - Porky's Pooch

Events

• April 25 - Mel Blanc is signed to an exclusive contract with Leon Schlesinger and prohibits him from doing voice work for cartoon studios outside of Warner Bros.
• May 9 - Michael Maltese has been handed five-year term contract as story and gag man at the Leon Schlesinger cartoon plant where he came up from the animation ranks.
• June 9 - Les Carson, former radio writer, has joined the Leon Schlesinger writing staff.
• June 16 - Tedd Pierce, former story head for Leon Schlesinger cartoon studio, resumes post 23 after more than a year with the Fleischer studios.
• July 2 - Tex Avery was slapped with a four-week, unpaid suspension.
• Bill Melendez was hired by Leon Schlesinger Productions, later known as Warner Bros. Cartoons, where he served as animator on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series.

People

Births

• May 18 - Miriam Margolyes (actress)
• July 28 - Peter Cullen (voice actor)
• ? - Barry Otto (actor and artist)

Deaths

• January 19 - Allan Cavan (actor)
• February 1 - Armand Kaliz (actor)
• February 4 - Margaret Mann (actress)
• April 9 - William Worthington (film actor and director)
• April 23
  • Charles Edward Russell (journalist, opinion columnist, newspaper editor and political activist)
  • Stanley Fields (actor)
• May 10 - Cissy Fitzgerald (actress, dancer and singer)
• May 11 - Peggy Shannon (actress)
• May 12 - Ruth Stonehouse (actress and film director)
• June 16 - Irene Franklin (actress, comedian and singer)
• June 28 - Richard Carle (actor, playwright and director)
• July 25 - Purnell Pratt (actor)
• July 27 - Howard Jones (football player and coach)
• July 29
  • Charles Murray (actor)
  • James Stephenson (actor)
• September 18 - Claude King (actor)
• October 5
  • E. H. Calvert (actor and director)
  • Clarence Wilson (actor)
• October 9 - Helen Morgan (singer and actress)
• November 30 - Adrian Morris (actor)
• December 8 - Howard Truesdale (actor)
• December 23 - William Clifford (actor and screenwriter)
• December 31 - Bodil Rosing (actress)

Character debuts

• March 15 - Cecil Turtle
• May 10 - Pigmy Ant, Rosebud
• June 7 - Hiawatha
• June 21 - The Wacky Worm
• August - Huntress
• August 9 - Kansas City Kitty, Ratt McNalley
• September 13 - Tex's Coon
• September 20 - Singing Cat
• September 27 - Batty
• September - Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow
• October 25 - Friday
• November 22 - Old Woman, Old Woman's Cat, Old Woman's Canary
• December 27 - Porky's Pooch
• December - The Penguin

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