The year 1942 (MCMXLII) was the third year of 1940's.
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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
- 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
- April 25 - Dog Tired
- May 2
- May 9 - The Draft Horse
- May 23
- June 6
- June 27
- July 11
- August 1
- August 8 - The Squawkin' Hawk
- August 22
- September 5
- September 19 - The Dover Boys at Pimento University
- October 3 - The Hep Cat
- October 17 - The Sheepish Wolf
- October 31 - The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
- November 21 - A Tale of Two Kitties
- December 5
- 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 5 - Virginia Lee Corbin (actress)
- 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 20 - May Robson (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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