Helmut Dantine "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), playing a downed German pilot captured by the title character (played by Greer Garson). This film was a huge hit and Dantine received much positive attention. In August 1942 Warners signed him to a new contract. The studio kept him busy in war films: "The Pied Piper" (1942); "Desperate Journey" (1942), fighting Errol Flynn; and "The Navy Comes Through" (1942). He had a sympathetic role in "Casablanca" (1942), as the young refugee trying to earn money for a visa via gambling who is helped by Humphrey Bogart. Warners begin to give Dantine more sizeable roles in "A"
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941 film) "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" was the last film released before Lombard's death. "To Be or Not to Be" (1942) was her final film, released two months after she died in an aircraft crash while on a War Bond tour. The film is one of the earliest to show a pizzeria and was supposed to contain sounds of a toilet flushing, which was altered to banging pipes for purposes of censorship. "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" was a hit and made a profit of $750,000. The review in "The New York Times" described the film thus: "Despite the performances, despite the endless