1942 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1942









25.       ROAD TO MOROCCO

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  THE DOVER BOYS AT PIMENTO 

 UNIVERSITY OR THE RIVALS OF 

24.       ROQUEFORT HALL

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23.       RANDOM HARVEST

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22.THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES

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21.        LISTEN TO BRITAIN

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20.             BLITZ WOLF

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19.      MY FAVORITE BLONDE

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18.                 BAMBI

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17.              ANIKI BOBO

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16.YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER

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15.      IN WHICH WE SERVE

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14.     LA NUIT FANTASTIQUE

[THE FANTASTIC NIGHT]

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13.             SABOTEUR

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12.THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR

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11.      TALK OF THE TOWN

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10.        I MARRIED A WITCH

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9.    YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

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8.          NOW, VOYAGER

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7.        THIS GUN FOR HIRE

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6.           49TH PARALLEL

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5.    THE PALM BEACH STORY

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4.      TO BE OR NOT TO BE

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3.              CAT PEOPLE

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2.      THERE WAS A FATHER

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THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other films of '42 that could've placed)

NATIVE LAND

THE UNDYING MONSTER

MRS. MINIVER

HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL

SON OF FURY:

THE STORY OF BENJAMIN BLAKE

GENTLEMAN JIM

JUNGLE BOOK

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1942

TOP 25

1. MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (Welles)
2. THERE WAS A FATHER (Ozu)
3. CAT PEOPLE (Tourneur)
4. TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Lubitsch)
5. PALM BEACH STORY (Preston Sturges)
6. 49TH PARALLEL (Powell)
7. THIS GUN FOR HIRE (Tuttle)
8. NOW VOYAGER (Rapper)
9. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (Curtiz)
10. I MARRIED A WITCH (René Clair)
11. TALK OF THE TOWN (Stevens)
12. MAJOR & THE MINOR (Wilder)
13. SABOTEUR (Hitchcock)
14. FANTASTIC NIGHT (L'Herbier)
15. IN WHICH WE SERVE (Lean)
16. YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER (Seiter)
17. ANIKI BOBO (de Oliveira)
18. BAMBI (Disney)
19. MY FAVORITE BLONDE (Landield)
20. BLITZ WOLF (Tex Avery)
21. LISTEN TO BRITAIN (Jennings)
22. PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (Wood)
23. RANDOM HARVEST (LeRoy) 
24. DOVER & ROQUEFORT HALL BOYS (Chuck Jones)
25. ROAD TO MOROCCO (Butler) 

RUNNER-UP:
NATIVE LAND (Hurwitz/Strand), UNDYING MONSTER (Brahm), MRS. MINIVER (Wyler), HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL (Kinney), SON OF FURY (Cromwell), GENTLEMAN JIM (Walsh), THE JUNGLE BOOK (Korda)