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1941 is a 1979 American war comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.The film stars an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Stack, Nancy Allen, and Mickey Rourke in his film debut.
The following events occurred in July 1941: July 1, 1941 (Tuesday) ... The biographical film Sergeant York about the life of Alvin C. York was released, ...
July 2 – Sergeant York, the film biopic of World War I hero Alvin C. York, starring Gary Cooper in the title role, premieres in New York City. It is the highest-grossing picture of the year and earns Cooper the first of two Academy Awards for Best Actor .
RKO; Academy Award Best Original Screenplay; voted AFI and Sight & Sound greatest film of all time City of Missing Girls: Elmer Clifton: Astrid Allwyn, H. B. Warner, John Archer: Crime: Independent: Come Live with Me: Clarence Brown: James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter: Comedy: MGM: Confessions of Boston Blackie: Edward Dmytryk
Josef Schulz (1909/1910 – 20 July 1941), also spelled Joseph Schultz, was a German soldier of the 714th Infantry Division stationed in German-occupied Serbia during World War II. He died in 1941, allegedly executed after refusing to take part in an execution of partisans. The German High Command recorded him as killed in action.
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay. Citizen Kane is frequently cited as the greatest film ever made. [1] Kane was the only film made under Welles's original contract with RKO Pictures, which gave him complete creative control.
The film was released in the UK on 26 July 1941. The Blitz had ended just 10 weeks before, on 11 May, and the British were suffering greatly. The film ends on 30 September 1939, the eve of the joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union.
This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1940–1949, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is the main motion picture production and distribution arm of Universal Studios , a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast .