1942

The year 1942 (MCMXLII) was the third year of 1940's.

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• January 10 - All Through the Night (US)
• February 7 - Atlantic Ferry (US)
• March 14 - Always in My Heart
• May 29 - Yankee Doodle Dandy (New York City, New York)
• June 6 - Yankee Doodle Dandy
• September 4 - Across the Pacific

Shorts

• January 3 - Hop, Skip and a Chump
• January 17
  • The Bird Came C.O.D.
  • Porky's Pastry Pirates
• January 31 - Aloha Hooey
• February 14 - Who's Who in the Zoo
• February 21 - Porky's Cafe
• February 28 - Conrad the Sailor
• March 14 - Crazy Cruise
• March 28 - The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
• April 2 - Any Bonds Today?
• April 11
  • Horton Hatches the Egg
  • Saps in Chaps
• April 25 - Dog Tired
• May 2
  • Daffy's Southern Exposure
  • The Wacky Wabbit
• May 9 - The Draft Horse
• May 23
  • Lights Fantastic
  • Nutty News
• June 6
  • Hold the Lion, Please
  • Hobby Horse-Laffs
• June 27
  • Double Chaser
  • Gopher Goofy
• July 11
  • Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
  • Wacky Blackout
• August 1
  • The Ducktators
  • Foney Fables
• August 8 - The Squawkin' Hawk
• August 22
  • Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came To Dinner
  • Fresh Hare
• September 5
  • Fox Pop
  • The Impatient Patient
• September 19 - The Dover Boys at Pimento University
• October 3 - The Hep Cat
• October 17 - The Sheepish Wolf
• October 24 - The Daffy Duckaroo
• October 31 - The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
• November 21 - A Tale of Two Kitties
• December 5
  • Ding Dog Daddy
  • My Favorite Duck
• December 12 - Case of the Missing Hare

People

Births

• April 6 - Barry Levinson (director, producer and screenwriter)
• May 1 - Stephen Macht (actor)
• June 14 - Allen Daviau (cinematographer)
• July 13 - Harrison Ford (actor and producer)

Deaths

• January 4 - Otis Skinner (actor and writer)
• January 11 - Barney McGill (cinematographer)
• January 16 - Carole Lombard (actress)
• March 31 - Ed Brady (actor)
• April 8 - Arthur Housman (actor)
• May 19 - Hale Hamilton (actor)
• May 29 - John Barrymore (actor)
• June 12 - Richard Carlyle (actor)
• August 5 - Sidney Bracey (actor)
• August 12
  • Pasquale Amato (operatic baritone)
  • Phillips Holmes (actor)
• August 14 - Rafaela Ottiano (actress)
• August 23 - Louis Natheaux (actor)
• August 28 - Arthur L. Todd (cinematographer)
• October 8 - Effie Ellsler (actress)
• October 24 - James C. Morton (actor)
• November 12 - Laura Hope Crews (actress)
• December 5 - Richard Tucker (actor)
• December 12 - Helen Westley (actress)

Events

• Norman McCabe joins the army after completing work on Tokio Jokio.
• September - Frank Tashlin returns after a stint at Disney and Screen Gems and becomes a story director. He later replaces Norman McCabe as a director after a few weeks, when McCabe joined the army.

Character debuts

• January 17 - Conrad the Cat
• June 6 - Leo the Lion, Honey Bunny
• July 11 - Beaky Buzzard, Mama Buzzard
• August 8 - Henery Hawk
• August - Two Face
• September 5 - The Dover Boys, Dan Backslide, Dora Standpipe
• October 3 - The Hep Cat, Rosebud
• November 21 - Babbit and Catstello, Tweety
• December 12 - Ala Bahma

Behind the scenes

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