1947 IN FILM

The year '1947 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1947

Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

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.

Top grossing films

:North America
#''The Best Years of Our Lives''
#''Duel in the Sun''
# tie ''The Jolson Story'', ''Forever Amber''
#''Unconquered''

Awards

'Academy 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''
'Golden Globe Awards:'
: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)

Films released in 1947

★ ''Black Narcissus''

★ ''Brighton Rock''

★ ''Buck Privates Come Home'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''Crossfire''

★ ''Desert Fury''

★ ''A Double Life''

★ ''Fame is the Spur'', with Michael Redgrave

★ ''The Farmer's Daughter''

★ ''Forever Amber''

★ ''Fun and Fancy Free''

★ ''Gentleman's Agreement''

★ ''Hi-De-Ho'', starring Cab Calloway

★ ''Hue and Cry'', the first Ealing comedy

★ ''It Always Rains on Sunday''

★ ''The Last Stage''

★ ''Life with Father''

★ ''Mine Own Executioner''

★ ''Miracle on 34th Street''

★ ''Mourning Becomes Electra''

★ ''Nightmare Alley''

★ ''Odd Man Out'', directed by Carol Reed

★ ''Out of the Past''

★ ''Quai des Orfèvres''

★ ''Road to Rio'', starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby

★ ''The Shocking Miss Pilgrim'', from Frederica Sagor Maas

★ ''Song of Scheherazade'', starring Yvonne De Carlo, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Brian Donlevy

★ ''Unconquered''

★ ''Vivere in pace''

★ ''The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

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

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)

Births

★ February 7 - Wayne Allwine, voiceover actor

★ March 6 - Rob Reiner, actor, comedian, movie producer

★ March 26 – Dar Robinson, film stuntman (+ 1986)

★ April 12 - David Letterman - US entertainer

★ April 15 - Lois Chiles - US actress

★ October 15 - Lynn Lowry - US actress

★ September 21 - Stephen King, author

Deaths

★ May 31 - Adrienne Ames, 39, actress, from cancer.