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February 10 – Glenn Miller receives his first gold disc, for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".; March 1 – Marianne Lorraine appears with John Serry Sr. at The Town Hall (New York City) in a performance of poetry by Carl Sandburg and Archibald MacLeish as presented by the Free World Association and sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt.
January 16 – Actress Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash west of Las Vegas while returning home to Los Angeles from a War Bond tour.; June 4 – British-set wartime romantic drama Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, opens at Radio City Music Hall in New York, in what will become a record-breaking 10-week run.
1942 music festivals (1 C) M. Musical groups disestablished in 1942 (4 P) Musical groups established in 1942 (23 P) 1942 musicals (5 P) R. 1942 record charts (2 P)
Holiday Inn is a 1942 American musical film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, with Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, and Walter Abel. [2] It was directed by Mark Sandrich with music by Irving Berlin. The composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being "White Christmas".
4 Film and Incidental music. 5 Musical theatre. 6 Musical films. 7 Births. 8 Deaths. 9 See also. 10 References. ... This is a summary of 1942 in music in the United ...
Lemonade Mouth (television film) Mama, I Want to Sing! (direct-to-DVD) A Monster in Paris (animated) The Muppets; The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall; Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (animated, TV film) Rio (animated) Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (television film) Winnie the Pooh (animated)
'Orchestra Wives' was the second and final film made by famed band leader Glenn Miller, who disbanded his orchestra in September 1942 in order to enter the military. A July 8, 1942, Variety news item reported that the song "At Last," composed by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren , had originally been recorded by Miller and his orchestra for the 1941 ...
A list of American films released in 1942. Bob Hope hosted the 15th Academy Awards ceremony at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The winner of the Outstanding Motion Picture (later: Best Picture) category was MGM 's Mrs. Miniver .