1947 in film
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The year 1947 in film involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York.
- November 24 : The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten."
- November 25 : The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry that marks the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist.
[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Welcome Stranger | Paramount | $6,100,000 |
| 2. | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | RKO | $5,500,000 |
| 2. | The Egg and I | Universal | $5,500,000 |
| 4. | Unconquered | Paramount | $5,250,000 |
| 5. | Life With Father | Warner Brothers | $5,057,000 |
| 6. | Forever Amber | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000 |
| 7. | Road to Rio | Paramount | $4,500,000 |
| 8. | Green Dolphin Street | MGM | $4,384,000 |
| 9. | Mother Wore Tights | 20th Century Fox | $4,100,000 |
| 10. | Cass Timberlane | MGM | $3,983,000 |
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1947.shtml
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Gentleman's Agreement - 20th Century-Fox
- Best Director: Elia Kazan - Gentleman's Agreement
- Best Actor: Ronald Colman - A Double Life
- Best Actress: Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter
- Best Supporting Actor: Edmund Gwenn - Miracle on 34th Street
- Best Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm - Gentleman's Agreement
- Best Picture: Gentleman's Agreement
- Best Director: Elia Kazan - Gentleman's Agreement
- Best Actor: Ronald Colman - A Double Life
- Best Actress: Rosalind Russell - Mourning Becomes Electra
Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival): not awarded
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)
- Siréna, directed by Karel Stekly (Czechoslovakia)
[edit] Films released in 1947
- An Ideal Husband
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
- The Bishop's Wife
- Black Narcissus
- Brighton Rock
- Body and Soul
- Boomerang
- Born to Kill
- Buck Privates Come Home, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Captain from Castile
- Crossfire
- Desert Fury
- A Double Life
- The Egg and I
- Fame is the Spur, with Michael Redgrave
- The Farmer's Daughter
- Forever Amber
- The Foxes of Harrow
- Framed
- Fun and Fancy Free
- Gentleman's Agreement
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
- Good News
- Great Expectations (U.S. release)
- Hi-De-Ho, starring Cab Calloway
- High Wall
- Hue and Cry, the first Ealing comedy
- It Always Rains on Sunday
- Ivan the Terrible (U.S. release)
- Kiss of Death
- Lady in the Lake
- The Last Stage
- Life with Father
- Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
- The Long Night
- Mine Own Executioner
- Miracle on 34th Street
- Monsieur Verdoux
- Moss Rose
- Mother Wore Tights
- Mourning Becomes Electra
- My Wild Irish Rose, a biography starring Dennis Morgan as Chancellor Olcott
- Nightmare Alley
- Odd Man Out, directed by Carol Reed
- Out of the Past
- The Paradine Case
- The Perils of Pauline
- Possessed'
- Quai des Orfèvres
- Ride the Pink Horse
- Road to Rio, starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
- T-Men
- The Sea of Grass
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, from Frederica Sagor Maas
- Shoeshine (U.S. release)
- Song of Scheherazade, starring Yvonne De Carlo, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Brian Donlevy
- Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman
- Unconquered
- Vivere in pace
- The Voice of the Turtle
- The Web
- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
[edit] Serials
- The Black Widow, starring Bruce Edwards
- Brick Bradford, starring Kane Richmond
- Jack Armstrong
- Jesse James Rides Again, starring Clayton Moore and Linda Stirling
- The Sea Hound, starring Buster Crabbe
- Son of Zorro, starring George Turner and Peggy Stewart
- The Vigilante, starring Ralph Byrd
[edit] Short film series
- Mickey Mouse (1928-1952)
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Terrytoons (1930-1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
- Donald Duck (1934-1956)
- Andy Panda (1939-1949)
- Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
- The Fox and the Crow (1941-1950)
- Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
- Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
- Red Hot Riding Hood (1943-1949)
- Popeye (1933-1957)
- Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
- George and Junior (1946-1948)
- Blackie the Sheep (1947-1949)
- Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
- Pluto (1937-1951)
- Goofy (1939-1953)
- Woody Woodpecker (1941-1949)
- Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)
[edit] Births
- February 7 - Wayne Allwine, voiceover actor
- March 6 - Rob Reiner, actor, comedian, movie producer
- March 11 - Brigitte Fossey, French actress
- March 26 – Dar Robinson, film stuntman (+ 1986)
- April 12 - David Letterman - US entertainer
- April 15 - Lois Chiles - US actress
- April 23 - Blair Brown, actress
- October 15 - Lynn Lowry - US actress
- September 21 - Stephen King, author
[edit] Deaths
- January 26 - Grace Moore, singer(opera) & actress
- May 31 - Adrienne Ames, 39, actress, from cancer.
- September 21 - Harry Carey, actor