Video: 'Random Harvest' (trailer)
(Thursday, December 17, 1942) — Random Harvest, a film about an amnesiac World War I vet who falls in love with a music hall star, opened today at the Music Hall in New York City. Continue reading ‘Random Harvest’ opens in New York City 70 years ago today (1942)
Video: 'Road to Morocco' (trailer)
(Tuesday, November 10, 1942) — Road to Morocco, a comedy film about two fast-talking guys tossed up on a desert shore and sold into slavery to a beautiful princess, opened today in New York City.
Directed by David Butler, the film stars Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and Anthony Quinn.
Video: 'The Palm Beach Story' (trailer)
(Monday, November 2, 1942) — The Palm Beach Story, a romantic screwball comedy film about a married woman who courts an eccentric millionaire to finance her husband’s career, premiered today in New York City.
Directed by Preston Sturges, the film stars Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor and Rudy Vallee.
Video: 'Now, Voyager' (trailer)
(Thursday, October 22, 1942) — Now, Voyager, a drama film about a repressed spinster who is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man, opened today in New York.
Directed by Irving Rapper, the film stars Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Gladys Cooper.
Video: 'The Talk of the Town' (clip)
(Thursday, August 20, 1942) — The Talk of the Town, a film about an escaped prisoner and a stuffy law professor who vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher, opened today in the U.S.
Directed by George Stevens, the film stars Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman and Rex Ingram.
Video: 'Bambi' trailer
(Thursday, August 13, 1942) — Bambi, an animated film about a young deer growing up in the wild after his mother is shot by hunters, premiered in the U.S. today at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, five days after its world premiere in London.
Directed by David Hand, the fifth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series stars Bobby Stewart, Donnie Dunagan and Hardie Albright.
Video: 'The Pied Piper' clip
(Thursday, August 12, 1942) — The Pied Piper, a film about an Englishman on vacation in France who is caught up in the German invasion of that country, premiered today at the Roxy in New York City.
Directed by Irving Pichel, the film stars Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall and Anne Baxter.
Video: 'Wake Island' trailer
(Tuesday, August 11, 1942) — Wake Island, a film about the United States military garrison on Wake Island and the onslaught by the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor, opened today in the U.S.
Directed by John Farrow, the film stars Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston and William Bendix.
Video: 'The Pride of the Yankees' clip
(Wednesday, July 15, 1942) — The Pride of the Yankees, a tribute film to the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, opened today at the Astor Theater in New York City.
Directed by Sam Wood, the film stars Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth and Dan Duryea.
Video: 'The Magnificent Ambersons' trailer
(Friday, July 10, 1942) — The Magnificent Ambersons, a film about an Englishman on vacation in France who is caught up in the German invasion of that country, opened today in the U.S.
Directed by Orson Welles, the film stars Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins.
