--- description: Kings Row (Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan; TIME, Feb. 2). The Man Who Came to Dinner (Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante, Reginald Gardiner; TIME, Jan. 26).... title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 9, 1942 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 9, 1942 by [TIME](/author/time/) Feb 9, 1942 5:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Feb 9, 1942 5:00 AM CUT Kings Row (Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan; TIME, Feb. 2). The Man Who Came to Dinner (Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante, Reginald Gardiner; TIME, Jan. 26). Louisiana Purchase (Victor Moore, Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Dona Drake; (TIME, Jan. 26). H. M. Pulham, Esq. (Robert Young, Hedy Lamarr, Ruth Hussey, Charles Coburn; TIME, Jan. 5). Dumbo (Dumbo, Timothy Q. Mouse, Mrs. Dumbo; TIME, Oct. 27). Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 9, 1942 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6774016/cinema-current-choice-feb-9-1942/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6774016/cinema-current-choice-feb-9-1942/"},"headline":"Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 9, 1942","datePublished":"1942-02-09T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T13:54:11.086Z","description":"Kings Row (Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan; TIME, Feb. 2). The Man Who Came to Dinner (Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante, Reginald Gardiner; TIME, Jan. 26)....","url":"https://time.com/archive/6774016/cinema-current-choice-feb-9-1942/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6774016/cinema-current-choice-feb-9-1942/","name":"Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 9, 1942"}}]}] ```