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Overview of the events of 1943 in film
Overview of the events of 1943 in film
The year 1943 in film featured various significant events for the film industry.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1943 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1943
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
This is the Army
Warner Bros.
$8,301,000
[1]
2
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Paramount
$6,300,000
[2]
3
The Song of Bernadette
20th Century Fox
$4,700,000
[3]
4
Stage Door Canteen
United Artists
$4,350,000
[4]
5
Star Spangled Rhythm
Paramount
$3,850,000
[5]
6
Thousands Cheer
MGM
$3,751,000
[6]
7
Casablanca
Warner Bros.
$3,398,000
[1]
8
Coney Island
20th Century Fox
$3,305,000
[7]
9
Destination Tokyo
Warner Bros.
$3,237,000
[1]
10
Dixie
Paramount
$3,100,000
[5]
Events
Awards
Top Ten Money Making Stars
1943 film releases
United States
January–March
January 1943
February 1943
3 February
5 February
11 February
12 February
19 February
20 February
March 1943
1 March
2 March
3 March
5 March
10 March
11 March
15 March
19 March
22 March
25 March
26 March
27 March
April–June
April 1943
2 April
9 April
12 April
15 April
22 April
23 April
24 April
30 April
May 1943
4 May
7 May
8 May
13 May
14 May
16 May
17 May
21 May
22 May
27 May
28 May
June 1943
2 June
3 June
10 June
11 June
22 June
23 June
July–September
July 1943
3 July
8 July
16 July
17 July
21 July
26 July
August 1943
1 August
2 August
11 August
12 August
14 August
19 August
21 August
23 August
27 August
30 August
September 1943
2 September
9 September
10 September
13 September
16 September
17 September
24 September
25 September
28 September
29 September
October–December
October 1943
7 October
8 October
13 October
19 October
23 October
29 October
November 1943
4 November
5 November
10 November
11 November
12 November
13 November
19 November
23 November
26 November
27 November
December 1943
3 December
6 December
14 December
15 December
17 December
20 December
24 December
25 December
29 December
31 December
Notable films released in 1943
United States unless stated
A
B
Background to Danger , directed by
Raoul Walsh , starring
George Raft and
Peter Lorre
Bataan , directed by
Tay Garnett , starring
Robert Taylor and
Lloyd Nolan
Behind the Rising Sun , starring
Tom Neal , produced by
Howard Hughes
The Bells Go Down , starring
Tommy Trinder and
James Mason – (
GB )
Best Foot Forward , starring
Lucille Ball ,
William Gaxton ,
Virginia Weidler
Bombardier , starring
Pat O'Brien ,
Randolph Scott ,
Anne Shirley
Border Patrol , starring
William Boyd ,
George Reeves ,
Robert Mitchum
C
Cabin in the Sky , directed by
Vincente Minnelli , starring
Ethel Waters
Calling Dr. Death , first of the
Inner Sanctum Mysteries , starring
Lon Chaney Jr.
Clancy Street Boys , starring
The East Side Kids
Coney Island , starring
Betty Grable
The Constant Nymph , starring
Joan Fontaine
Le Corbeau (The Raven), directed by
Henri-Georges Clouzot , starring
Pierre Fresnay – (
France )
Corvette K-225 , starring
Randolph Scott
O Costa do Castelo (The Costa from the Castle) – (
Portugal )
Cowboy in Manhattan
Crash Dive , starring
Tyrone Power and
Anne Baxter
Crazy House , starring
Ole Olsen and
Chic Johnson
The Crew of the Dora (Besatzung Dora) – (
Germany )
Crime Doctor , starring
Warner Baxter
Cry 'Havoc' , starring
Margaret Sullavan ,
Ann Sothern ,
Joan Blondell
D
E
F
Fires Were Started , directed by
Humphrey Jennings – (
GB )
Five Graves to Cairo , directed by
Billy Wilder , starring
Franchot Tone and
Anne Baxter
Flesh and Fantasy , starring
Edward G. Robinson ,
Barbara Stanwyck and
Charles Boyer
Flor Silvestre , starring
Dolores del Río – (
Mexico )
Forces Occultes , directed by
Jean Marny , starring
Maurice Rémy ,
Marcel Vibert ,
Auguste Bovério ,
Giséle Parry – (
France )
For Whom the Bell Tolls , directed by
Sam Wood , starring
Gary Cooper and
Ingrid Bergman
Forever and a Day , featuring an all-star cast
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man starring
Lon Chaney Jr. and
Béla Lugosi
Der Fuehrer's Face , Donald Duck's Academy Award-winning short
G
The Gang's All Here , directed by
Busby Berkeley , starring
Alice Faye and
Carmen Miranda
The Ghost Ship , starring
Richard Dix
Girl Crazy , starring
Judy Garland and
Mickey Rooney
Guadalcanal Diary , starring
Lloyd Nolan ,
Richard Conte ,
Preston Foster ,
William Bendix ,
Anthony Quinn
A Guy Named Joe , starring
Spencer Tracy and
Irene Dunne
H
Hangmen Also Die! , starring
Brian Donlevy and
Walter Brennan
Happy Land , starring
Don Ameche and
Frances Dee
The Hard Way , starring
Ida Lupino
Harlem , directed by
Carmine Gallone , starring
Massimo Girotti and
Amedeo Nazzari (Italy)
Heaven Can Wait , directed by
Ernst Lubitsch , starring
Gene Tierney and
Don Ameche
Hello, Frisco, Hello , starring
Alice Faye
Hi Diddle Diddle , starring
Adolphe Menjou and
Pola Negri
Hit the Ice , starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
Hitler's Children , directed by
Edward Dmytryk
Holy Matrimony , starring
Monty Woolley and
Gracie Fields
Huella de luz (A Sight of Light) – (
Spain )
The Human Comedy , starring
Mickey Rooney
I
J
K
L
M
The Mad Ghoul , starring
George Zucco
Madame Curie , starring
Greer Garson and
Walter Pidgeon
The Man in Grey , the first of the
Gainsborough melodramas starring
Margaret Lockwood and
James Mason – (
GB )
María Candelaria , starring
Dolores del Río and
Pedro Armendáriz – (
Mexico )
Meshes of the Afternoon , directed by
Maya Deren and
Alexander Hammid
Millions Like Us , directed by
Sidney Gilliat and
Frank Launder – (
GB )
Mission to Moscow , directed by
Michael Curtiz , starring
Walter Huston
Mister Big , starring
Donald O'Connor and
Gloria Jean
The More the Merrier , directed by
George Stevens , starring
Jean Arthur and
Joel McCrea
Mr. Lucky , starring
Cary Grant
Münchhausen – (
Germany )
My Learned Friend , starring
Will Hay – (
GB )
N
O
P
R
S
Sahara , starring
Humphrey Bogart
Saludos Amigos , a
Walt Disney animated film starring
Donald Duck and
Goofy
Sanshiro Sugata , directed by
Akira Kurosawa – (
Japan )
The Seventh Victim , starring
Tom Conway
Shadow of a Doubt , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
Teresa Wright and
Joseph Cotten
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death , directed by Roy William Neill, starring
Basil Rathbone and
Nigel Bruce , co-starring Hillary Brooke
Sherlock Holmes in Washington , directed by Roy William Neill, starring
Basil Rathbone and
Nigel Bruce , co-starring Henry Daniell and George Zucco
The Shipbuilders , directed by
John Baxter – (
GB )
The Silver Fleet , starring
Ralph Richardson and
Googie Withers – (
GB )
The Sky's the Limit , starring
Fred Astaire and
Joan Leslie
So Proudly We Hail! , starring
Claudette Colbert ,
Paulette Goddard ,
Veronica Lake
Son of Dracula , starring
Lon Chaney Jr.
The Song of Bernadette , starring
Jennifer Jones
Squadron Leader X , starring
Eric Portman and
Ann Dvorak – (
GB )
Stormy Weather , starring
Lena Horne ,
Bill Robinson ,
Cab Calloway and the
Nicholas Brothers
Strange Inheritance , starring
Assia Noris and
Jules Berry – (
France )
A Stranger in Town , starring
Frank Morgan
T
Tender Comrade , starring
Ginger Rogers and
Robert Ryan
Thank Your Lucky Stars , starring
Eddie Cantor
Theatre Royal , starring
Bud Flanagan and
Chesney Allen – (
GB )
They Came to Blow Up America , starring
George Sanders
This is the Army , directed by
Michael Curtiz
This Land Is Mine , directed by
Jean Renoir , starring
Charles Laughton and
Maureen O'Hara
Thousands Cheer , starring
Gene Kelly ,
Kathryn Grayson ,
Mary Astor
Titanic – (
Germany )
Top Man , starring
Donald O'Connor
U
V
W
Y
Serials
Comedy film series
Animated short film series
Births
January 1 –
Don Novello , American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer and comedian
January 13 –
Richard Moll , American actor (died 2023)
January 14 –
Holland Taylor , American actress
January 18
January 19 -
Larry Clark , American director, producer and writer
January 24 –
Sharon Tate , American actress and model (murdered 1969)
January 25 –
Tobe Hooper , American director and screenwriter (died 2017)
January 28 –
John Beck , American actor
January 31 –
Peter McRobbie , Scottish-born American actor
February 1 -
Linda Gaye Scott , American actress
February 3 –
Blythe Danner , American actress
February 5 -
Michael Mann , American director, screenwriter and producer
February 9 –
Joe Pesci , American actor
February 20 –
Mike Leigh , English director
February 25 –
George Harrison , English musician and songwriter (died 2001)
February 26 –
Bill Duke , American actor and director
March 8 –
Lynn Redgrave , English actress (died 2010)
March 15 –
David Cronenberg , Canadian director and screenwriter
March 25 –
Paul Michael Glaser , American actor and director
March 26 -
Giusi Merli , Italian actress
March 28 –
Conchata Ferrell , American actress (died 2020)
March 29
Eric Idle , English actor, comedian, author and musician
Vangelis , Greek-born film composer (died 2022)
March 31 –
Christopher Walken , American actor
April 8 –
Jack O'Halloran , American actor
April 10 -
Tom Pollock , American producer (died 2020)
April 20 –
Edie Sedgwick , American actress, socialite, model and heiress (died 1971)
April 26 –
Leon Pownall , Welsh-Canadian actor (died 2006)
May 5 –
Michael Palin , English actor, comedian and musician
May 7 -
Donal McCann , Irish actor (died 1999)
May 25 -
Leslie Uggams , American actress and singer
May 27 –
Raye Birk , American actor
June 2 –
Charles Haid , American actor and film director
June 4 -
Tom Luddy , American producer (died 2023)
June 7 –
Michael Pennington , English actor, director and writer
June 11 -
Oleg Vidov , Russian-American actor, director and producer (died 2017)
June 13 –
Malcolm McDowell , English actor
June 19 -
Peter Belli , Danish actor and singer (died 2023)
June 22
June 23 –
Patrick Bokanowski , French director
June 24 –
Georg Stanford Brown , American actor and director
June 26 -
John Beasley , American actor (died 2023)
July 3 –
Kurtwood Smith , American actor
July 11 -
Tom Holland , American screenwriter, actor and director
July 21
July 25 -
Janet Margolin , American actress (died 1993)
July 26 –
Mick Jagger , English singer, songwriter, actor, filmmaker, and dancer
July 28 –
Frances Lee McCain , American actress
July 29 -
Jim Ishida , Japanese-American character actor
August 6 -
Ray Buktenica , American character actor
August 15 –
Barbara Bouchet , German-American actress
August 17 –
Robert De Niro , American actor
August 18 –
Martin Mull , American actor and comedian
August 20 -
Sylvester McCoy , Scottish actor
August 21
Lino Capolicchio , Italian actor, screenwriter and director (died 2022)
Hugh Wilson , American director, writer, television showrunner and actor (died 2018)
August 27 –
Tuesday Weld , actress
August 28 -
David Soul , American-British actor and singer (died 2024)
August 30 -
Miri Fabian , Israeli actress
September 1 –
Don Stroud , American actor and musician
September 3 –
Valerie Perrine , American actress and model
September 5 -
Jack Charles , Australian actor (died 2022)
September 9 –
Art LaFleur , American character actor and acting coach (died 2021)
September 10 –
Daniel Truhitte , American actor
September 19 -
Diana Bellamy , American character actress (died 2001)
September 21 –
Jerry Bruckheimer , producer
September 23 -
Toni Basil , American singer, actress and director
September 24 –
Randall Duk Kim , Korean American stage, film and television actor
September 28 –
J. T. Walsh , American character actor (died 1998)
October 4 –
John Bindon , English actor and bodyguard (died 1993)
October 5 -
Jennifer Hagan , Australian actress
October 8 –
Chevy Chase , American actor and comedian
October 12 –
Lin Shaye , American actress
October 15 –
Penny Marshall , American television actress, film director and producer (died 2018)
October 20 –
George Wyner , American actor
October 22
October 24 –
Martin Campbell , New Zealand director
October 27 -
Carmen Argenziano , American actor (died 2019)
October 29
November 1 –
John McEnery , English actor and writer (died 2019)
November 5 –
Sam Shepard , American actor (died 2017)
November 7 –
Michael Byrne , British actor
November 10 -
William Hoyland , English actor (died 2017)
November 12
November 16 -
Wai Ching Ho , Hong Kong actress
November 20 –
Mie Hama , former Japanese actress, radio and television presenter
November 23 –
Tony Bonner , Australian actor and singer
November 28
December 12
December 13 –
Arturo Ripstein , Mexican director
December 16 –
Patti Deutsch , American voice artist, actress and comedian (died 2017)
December 21 –
Jack Nance , American actor (died 1996)
December 23 –
Harry Shearer , American voice actor
December 25 -
David Darlow , American actor
December 31
Deaths
January 25 –
Spencer Charters , 67, American actor,
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine ,
The Postman Didn't Ring
February 14 –
Dora Gerson , 43, German actress,
Caravan of Death ,
On the Brink of Paradise
February 19 –
Lynne Overman , 58, American actor,
Little Miss Marker ,
Union Pacific ,
Dixie
February 20 –
Donald Haines , 23, American child actor,
Skippy ,
A Tale of Two Cities
March 10 –
Tully Marshall , 78, American actor,
Paid in Full ,
The Big Trail
April 3 –
Conrad Veidt , 50, German actor,
Casablanca ,
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ,
The Thief of Baghdad ,
The Spy in Black
June 1 –
Leslie Howard , 50,
Academy Award -nominated British actor,
Gone with the Wind ,
Pygmalion ,
The Petrified Forest ,
Of Human Bondage
June 30 –
Carlo Wieth , 57, Danish actor
July 16 –
Arthur Byron , 71, American actor,
20,000 Years in Sing Sing ,
Gabriel Over the White House
Film Debuts
References
Further reading
External links