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The History of Cinema: 1942 |
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Algeria - Germany |
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Algeria |
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Due to a coal shortage, all weekday film matinees are canceled. [ADD] |
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Canada |
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The wartime information series of films The World in Action, described as "a screen editorial on great events shaping the destiny of nations the world over," begins. [ADD] |
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Following the Vining Report of July 1942, which calls for an overhaul of the country’s propaganda efforts and the replacement of the Bureau of Public Information, the Wartime Information Board is established with Charles Vining as chairman and John Grierson as General Manager. [ADD] |
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– Norman McLaren joins the National Film Board of Canada as head of animation. [ADD] |
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Chile |
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– Chile Films is created by the government’s Corporacion de Formento de la Produccion to make newsreels, films and documentaries. [ADD] |
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Denmark |
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The preview in Copenhagen of Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritsen’s Afsporet (Distraction), a tale of crime and amnesia, is applauded by critics. [ADD] |
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– A total of 19 films are made in 1942 – well above the pre-war average. [ADD] |
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Germany |
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Rolf Hansen’s Die große Liebe is released. Starring Zarah Leander and Viktor Staal, the film goes on to become the greatest box-office success of the era of the Third Reich. [ADD] |
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Veit Harlan’s Agfacolor film Die goldene Stadt (The Golden City) is released. [ADD] |
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– The newspaper Der Sturmer denounces naturalised American Marlene Dietrich, photographed posing in front of the American flag, with the caption "Born in Germany, Dietrich has become totally de-Germanized by consorting with the Jews of Hollywood." [ADD] |
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– UFA Film becomes the only film production company in Germany. It is dubbed ‘Ufi’ to distinguish it from the former UFA. [ADD] |
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– Josef Goebbels appoints Fritz Hippler Reichsfilmdirektor. [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1942 |
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Andorra |
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Andorra ou les hommes d'Airain (Emile Couzinet) [ADD] |
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Sangre en la Nieve (Xavier Areny Plandolit) [ADD] |
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Argentina |
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La Guerra Gaucha (Lucas Demare) [ADD] |
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Canada |
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Churchill’s Island [ADD] |
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Croatia |
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straža na Drini (Branko Marjanovic) [ADD] |
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Denmark |
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Gas under jorden (Theodor Christensen) [ADD] |
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Mødrehjælpen (Carl Theodor Dreyer) [ADD] |
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Papir (Bjarne Henning-Jensen) [ADD] |
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Skoven (Theodor Christensen) [ADD] |
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Spild er penge (Ole Palsbo) [ADD] |
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Vi snakker færdsel (Mogens Skot-Hansen) [ADD] |
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Germany |
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Wiener Blut (Willi Forst) [ADD] |
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The History of Cinema: 1942 |
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