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Overview of the events of 1947 in film
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events.
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The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1947
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1 Welcome Stranger Paramount
$6,100,000[1]
2 The Egg and I Universal
$5,500,000[1]
3 Life with Father Warner Bros.
$5,057,000[2]
4 Forever Amber 20th Century Fox
$5,000,000[1]
5 Unconquered Paramount
$4,633,486
6 Road to Rio $4,500,000[1]
7 Green Dolphin Street MGM
$4,384,380[4]
8 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer RKO
$4,200,000[5]
9 Mother Wore Tights 20th Century Fox
$4,100,000[6]
10 Cass Timberlane MGM
$3,983,000[4]
Events
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Awards
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Top Ten Money Making Stars
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Notable films released in 1947
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United States unless stated
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A
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B
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Cary Grant , Shirley Temple , Myrna Loy
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow Hildegard Knef – (Germany )
The Big Fix Sheila Ryan
The Bishop's Wife Cary Grant , Loretta Young , David Niven
Black Narcissus Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger , starring Deborah Kerr , Sabu , Jean Simmons – (GB
Body and Soul Robert Rossen , starring John Garfield and Lilli Palmer
Boomerang Dana Andrews
Born to Kill Claire Trevor and Lawrence Tierney
The Brasher Doubloon George Montgomery
Brighton Rock Boulting Brothers film, starring Richard Attenborough – (GB
Brute Force Jules Dassin , starring Burt Lancaster
Buck Privates Come Home Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Bury Me Dead June Lockhart and Hugh Beaumont
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Captain Boycott Frank Launder , starring Stewart Granger – (GB
Captain from Castile Tyrone Power
Carnegie Hall Marsha Hunt
Cass Timberlane Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner
Cinderella U.S.S.R. )
Copacabana Groucho Marx and Carmen Miranda
Crossfire Robert Young , Robert Mitchum , Robert Ryan , Gloria Grahame
Cynthia (film)Elizabeth Taylor and George Murphy
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Daisy Kenyon Otto Preminger , starring Joan Crawford , Henry Fonda , Dana Andrews
Dancing with Crime Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim – (GB
Dark Passage Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall '
Dead Reckoning Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott
Deep Valley Jean Negulesco , starring Ida Lupino
Desert Fury John Hodiak , Burt Lancaster , Lizabeth Scott
Desperate Anthony Mann , starring Steve Brodie and Raymond Burr
Devil in the Flesh France )
The Devil Thumbs a Ride Lawrence Tierney
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Boris Karloff and Ralph Byrd
Driftwood Walter Brennan and Natalie Wood
A Double Life Ronald Colman and Shelley Winters
Down to Earth Rita Hayworth and Larry Parks
Dreams That Money Can Buy Hans Richter
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Fame is the Spur Boulting Brothers film, with Michael Redgrave – (GB
Far Away Love Chen Liting , starring Zhao Dan and Qin Yi – (China )
The Farmer's Daughter Loretta Young
Fear in the Night DeForest Kelley
Fireworks Kenneth Anger
The Flame Vera Ralston and Broderick Crawford
Flesh Will Surrender Aldo Fabrizi – (Italy )
Forever Amber Linda Darnell
The Foxes of Harrow Rex Harrison and Maureen O'Hara – (GB/U.S.)
Framed Glenn Ford
Frieda Basil Dearden , starring David Farrar , Glynis Johns , Mai Zetterling – (GB
The Fugitive John Ford , starring Henry Fonda and Dolores del Río
Fun and Fancy Free Disney and RKO
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The Garcias Return! Pedro Infante – (Mexico )
Gentleman's Agreement Elia Kazan , starring Gregory Peck , Dorothy McGuire , Celeste Holm , John Garfield
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison
Golden Earrings Ray Milland and Marlene Dietrich
Good News June Allyson and Peter Lawford
Green Dolphin Street Lana Turner and Donna Reed
The Guilt of Janet Ames Rosalind Russell
The Guilty Bonita Granville
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An Ideal Husband Alexander Korda , starring Michael Wilding and Paulette Goddard – (GB
If Winter Comes Deborah Kerr , Walter Pidgeon , Angela Lansbury
The Imperfect Lady Ray Milland and Teresa Wright
In Those Days Germany )
It Always Rains on Sunday Googie Withers and Jack Warner – (GB
It Happened in Brooklyn Frank Sinatra , Kathryn Grayson , Peter Lawford , and Jimmy Durante
It Happened on Fifth Avenue Victor Moore , Don DeFore , Gale Storm , Charlie Ruggles
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The Lady from Shanghai Orson Welles , with Rita Hayworth
Lady in the Lake Robert Montgomery
Last of the Redskins Michael O'Shea
The Last Stage Poland )
The Late George Apley Ronald Colman
Law of the Lash Lash LaRue
Life with Father William Powell and Elizabeth Taylor
A Likely Story Barbara Hale and Bill Williams
Living in a Big Way Gene Kelly and Marie McDonald
The Long Night Henry Fonda and Barbara Bel Geddes
Lost Honeymoon Franchot Tone and Ann Richards
The Lost Moment Robert Cummings and Susan Hayward
Lost Youth Pietro Germi – (Italy )
Love from a Stranger John Hodiak
Lured George Sanders and Lucille Ball
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The Macomber Affair Gregory Peck and Joan Bennett
The Man I Love Ida Lupino and Robert Alda
The Mark of Cain Brian Desmond Hurst (GB )
Marriage in the Shadows East Germany )
Mine Own Executioner Burgess Meredith – (GB
Miracle on 34th Street Edmund Gwenn , John Payne , Maureen O'Hara
Monsieur Verdoux Charles Chaplin
Monsieur Vincent Pierre Fresnay – (France )
Moss Rose Peggy Cummins and Victor Mature
Mother Wore Tights Betty Grable
Mourning Becomes Electra Rosalind Russell and Michael Redgrave
My Favourite Brunette Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour
My Wild Irish Rose biopic starring Dennis Morgan (as Chauncey Olcott )
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The Paradine Case Alfred Hitchcock , starring Gregory Peck , Alida Valli , Ann Todd , Louis Jourdan , Charles Laughton
The Pearl Emilio Fernández , starring Pedro Armendáriz – (Mexico )
The Perils of Pauline Betty Hutton
Pirates of Monterey Rod Cameron and Maria Montez
Possessed Joan Crawford and Van Heflin
Pursued Raoul Walsh , starring Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright
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Railroaded! Anthony Mann , starring John Ireland and Hugh Beaumont
Ramrod Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake
The Record of a Tenement Gentleman Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan )
The Red House Edward G. Robinson and Judith Anderson
Repeat Performance Louis Hayward and Joan Leslie
Ride the Pink Horse Robert Montgomery
Riffraff Pat O'Brien and Anne Jeffreys
Road to Rio Bing Crosby , Dorothy Lamour , Bob Hope
The Romance of Rosy Ridge Van Johnson , Thomas Mitchell , Janet Leigh
The Root of All Evil Phyllis Calvert and Michael Rennie – (GB
Roses Are Red Peggy Knudsen
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Scared to Death Bela Lugosi and George Zucco
School for Postmen Jacques Tati – (France )
The Sea of Grass Elia Kazan , starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy
Secret Agent Boris Barnet – (U.S.S.R. )
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo
The Senator Was Indiscreet William Powell
A Ship to India Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden )
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim Betty Grable
Sinbad the Sailor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Maureen O'Hara
Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman Susan Hayward
Snow Trail Toshiro Mifune – (Japan )
So Well Remembered Edward Dmytryk , starring John Mills and Martha Scott – (GB
Something in the Wind Deanna Durbin and Donald O'Connor
Song of Scheherazade Yvonne De Carlo , Jean-Pierre Aumont , Brian Donlevy
Song of the Thin Man William Powell and Myrna Loy
The Spring River Flows East China )
Story of a Bad Woman Dolores del Río – (Argentina )
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T-Men Anthony Mann , starring Dennis O'Keefe
Temptation Harbour Robert Newton and Simone Simon – (GB )
They Made Me a Fugitive Alberto Cavalcanti , starring Trevor Howard – (GB
They Won't Believe Me Robert Young and Susan Hayward
This Time for Keeps Esther Williams and Jimmy Durante
The Three Garcias Pedro Infante – (Mexico )
To Live in Peace Italy )
The Two Mrs. Carrolls Humphrey Bogart , Barbara Stanwyck , Alexis Smith
Trail Street Randolph Scott
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Serials
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Short film series
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Births
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January 4 – Tim Rooney , American actor (d. 2006)
January 8 – David Bowie , English singer, songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
January 11
January 15 – Andrea Martin , Canadian-American actress
January 17
January 18 – Takeshi Kitano , Japanese writer-director, actor, comedian, author and video game creator
January 23 – Joel Douglas , American producer
January 26 – Richard Portnow , American actor
January 27 – Peter Burroughs , British actor
January 29 – Ernie Lively , American actor and acting coach (d. 2021)
January 31
February 2 – Farrah Fawcett , American actress (d. 2009)
February 3
February 5 – David Ladd , American producer, actor
February 7 – Wayne Allwine , American voice actor (d. 2009)
February 11 – Brian Capron , English actor
February 24 – Edward James Olmos , American actor
February 28 – Stephanie Beacham , English actress
March 1 – Alan Thicke , Canadian-American actor (d. 2016)
March 4 – Gunnar Hansen , Icelandic actor (d. 2015)
March 6 – Rob Reiner , American actor, comedian, producer and director
March 10 – Colin Stinton , Canadian actor
March 12 - Rupert Frazer , British actor
March 18
March 19
March 20 – Anthony Peck , American actor (d. 1996)
March 22 – Tony Pope , American voice actor (d. 2004)
March 23 – Kim Hee-ra , South Korean movie actor
March 25 – Elton John , English singer and songwriter
March 26 – John Morton , American movie actor, stuntman and writer
April 2
April 6 – John Ratzenberger , American actor
April 11
April 15 – Lois Chiles , American actress
April 18
April 19 – Gillian Jones , Australian actress
April 25 – Jeffrey DeMunn , American actor
April 26 – Ron McLarty , American actor and playwright (d. 2020)
April 30 – Elizabeth Hawthorne , New Zealand actress
May 4 – Richard Jenkins , American actor
May 6 – Alan Dale , New Zealand actor
May 8
May 9 – Anthony Higgins , English actor
May 13 – Charles Gordon , American producer (d. 2020)
May 14 – Hans Strydom , South African actor and writer
May 16 – Bill Smitrovich , American actor
May 18 – Hugh Keays-Byrne , British-Australian actor and director (d. 2020)
May 25 – Jacki Weaver , Australian actress
May 31 – Steven Kampmann , American actor, writer and director
June 1 – Jonathan Pryce , Welsh actor
June 6 – Robert Englund , American actor
June 10 – Fred Asparagus , American comedian and actor (d. 1998)
June 18 - Hanns Zischler , German actor
June 19 – Youn Yuh-jung , South-Korean actress
June 20 – Candy Clark , American actress
June 22 – David Lander , American character actor, comedian, musician and baseball scout (d. 2020)
June 23
June 24 – Peter Weller , American actor
June 25 – Jimmie Walker , American actor and comedian
June 30 – Tõnis Rätsep , Estonian actor
July 6 – Richard Beckinsale , English actor (d. 1979)
July 9 – O. J. Simpson , American football player and actor (d. 2024)
July 22 – Albert Brooks , American actor, comedian and director
July 29 – Dennis Cleveland Stewart , American actor and dancer (d. 1994)
July 30
July 31 – Richard Griffiths , English actor (d. 2013)
August 3 – John Wesley , American actor (d. 2019)
August 5 – Angry Anderson , Australian singer-songwriter, television personality and actor
August 15 – Jenny Hanley , English actress
August 19 - Gerald McRaney , American actor
August 20 - Ray Wise , American actor
August 22 – Cindy Williams , American actress (d. 2023)
August 24 – Anne Archer , American actress
August 27 – Barbara Bach , American actress
August 31 – Mona Marshall , American voice actress
September 6
September 7 – David McGillivray , British screenwriter
September 12 – Bjørn Floberg , Norwegian actor
September 14 – Sam Neill , New Zealand actor
September 15 – Sandra Prinsloo , South African actress
September 21 – Stephen King , American author
September 23
September 27 – Denis Lawson , Scottish actor and director
September 29 – Martin Ferrero , American actor
October 1
October 13 – Susan Blommaert , American actress
October 16 - David Zucker , American director, producer and screenwriter
October 17
October 18 – Joe Morton , American actor
October 23 – Frank DiLeo , American actor (d. 2011)
October 24 – Kevin Kline , American actor
October 26 – Ene Järvis , Estonian actress
October 29 – Richard Dreyfuss , American actor
November 13 – Joe Mantegna , American actor
November 21 – Tiny Ron Taylor , American actor (d. 2019)
November 24 – Dwight Schultz , American actor and voice actor
November 25
November 30
December 4 – Tõnu Kark , Estonian actor
December 5 – JoBe Cerny , American actor
December 8 – Bruce Kimmel , American actor, director, writer
December 10 – Kathy Lamkin , American actress (d. 2022)
December 11 – Teri Garr , American actress and comedian
December 16 – Ben Cross , English actor (d. 2020)
December 17 – Wes Studi , Cherokee American actor and film producer
December 25
December 26 – Trina Parks , American actress
December 28 – Peter MacGregor-Scott , British producer (d. 2017)
December 29 – Ted Danson , American actor
December 31 – Tim Matheson , American actor, director and producer
Deaths
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January 26 – Grace Moore , 48, American opera singer and actress, One Night of Love The King Steps Out When You're in Love
February 12 – Sidney Toler , 72, American actor, Charlie Chan in the Secret Service The Chinese Cat Black Magic The Jade Mask
March 8 – Victor Potel , 57, American actor and comedian, Sullivan's Travels The Miracle of Morgan's Creek The Palm Beach Story The Egg and I
May 18 - Lucile Gleason , 59, American actress, I Like It That Way A Successful Failure Should Husbands Work? The Clock
May 31 – Adrienne Ames , 39, American actress, The Death Kiss You're Telling Me! Slander House Gigolette
June 1 – Anna Hofman-Uddgren , 79, Swedish director and actress
June 5 – Nils Olaf Chrisander , 63, Swedish actor and director
July 15 – Henry Kolker , 72, American actor and director, Baby Face Holiday The Great Swindle The Parson of Panamint
July 28 – Robert Homans , 69, American actor, Suicide Squad The Grapes of Wrath Night Monster The Scarlet Clue
August 30 – Gunnar Sommerfeldt , 56, Danish actor and director
September 21 – Harry Carey , 69, American actor, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Angel and the Badman Red River Beyond Tomorrow
October 1 – Olive Borden , 40, American actress, 3 Bad Men Half Marriage Leave It to Me
October 13 – LeRoy Mason , 44, American actor, The Painted Stallion Silver Stallion
October 17 – John Halliday , 67, American actor, The Philadelphia Story Intermezzo
October 18 – Harry C. Bradley , 78, American actor, Beyond the Law Sing While You're Able
October 24 – Dudley Digges , 68, Irish actor, The Maltese Falcon Mutiny on the Bounty The Fight for Life
November 10 – Jack Rockwell , 57, American actor
November 26 – Ernie Adams , 62, American actor The Pride of the Yankees Invisible Ghost
December 21 – Mark Hellinger , 47, American producer, High Sierra They Drive By Night The Two Mrs. Carrolls
December 26 – Urban Gad , 68, Danish director and screenwriter, The Abyss Little Angel The Island of the Lost
Film debuts
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References
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^ Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 28 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger , Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
^ Jewel, Richard.『RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951』in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television , Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
^ Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359 . ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6
^ "Scotland Hosts the World's Longest Running Film Festival" . Scotland.com . Retrieved 2014-07-18 .
Bibliography
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Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood . University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813123240
External links
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