1947 in film
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The year1947 in filminvolved some significant events.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
[edit]The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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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[3] |
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
[edit]- April 19 –Monogram Picturesrelease their first film under their Allied Artists banner,It Happened on Fifth Avenue.
- May 22 –Great Expectationsis premiered in New York.
- August 31 – The firstEdinburgh International Film Festivalopens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by theEdinburgh Film Guildas part of theEdinburgh Festival of the Arts.Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival.[7]
- November 24 – TheUnited States House of Representativesof the80th Congressvotes 346 to 17 to approve citations forcontempt of Congressagainst the "Hollywood Ten".
- November 25 – TheWaldorf Statementis released by the executives of the United Statesmotion pictureindustry, marking the beginning of theHollywood blacklist.
Awards
[edit]Category/Organization | 5th Golden Globe Awards March 10, 1948 |
20th Academy Awards March 20, 1948 |
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Best Film | Gentleman's Agreement | |
Best Director | Elia Kazan Gentleman's Agreement | |
Best Actor | Ronald Colman A Double Life | |
Best Actress | Rosalind Russell Mourning Becomes Electra |
Loretta Young The Farmer's Daughter |
Best Supporting Actor | Edmund Gwenn Miracle on 34th Street | |
Best Supporting Actress | Celeste Holm Gentleman's Agreement | |
Best Screenplay, Adapted | George Seaton Miracle on 34th Street |
George Seaton Miracle on 34th Street |
Best Screenplay, Original | Sidney Sheldon The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer |
Top Ten Money Making Stars
[edit]Rank | Actor/Actress |
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1. | Bing Crosby |
2. | Betty Grable |
3. | Ingrid Bergman |
4. | Gary Cooper |
5. | Humphrey Bogart |
6. | Bob Hope |
7. | Clark Gable |
8. | Gregory Peck |
9. | Claudette Colbert |
10. | Alan Ladd |
Notable films released in 1947
[edit]United Statesunless stated
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[edit]- 13 Rue Madeleine,starringJames Cagney
A
[edit]- Admiral Nakhimov– (USSR)
- Along the Songhua River(Songhua-jiang shang) – (China)
- Angel and the Badman,starringJohn WayneandGail Russell
B
[edit]- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer,starringCary Grant,Shirley Temple,Myrna Loy
- Between Yesterday and Tomorrow,starringHildegard Knef– (Germany)
- The Big Fix,starringSheila Ryan
- The Bishop's Wife,starringCary Grant,Loretta Young,David Niven
- Black Narcissus,written and directed byMichael PowellandEmeric Pressburger,starringDeborah Kerr,Sabu,Jean Simmons– (GB)
- Body and Soul,directed byRobert Rossen,starringJohn GarfieldandLilli Palmer
- Boomerang,starringDana Andrews
- Born to Kill,starringClaire TrevorandLawrence Tierney
- The Brasher Doubloon,starringGeorge Montgomery
- Brighton Rock,aBoulting Brothersfilm, starringRichard Attenborough– (GB)
- Brute Force,directed byJules Dassin,starringBurt Lancaster
- Buck Privates Come Home,starringBud AbbottandLou Costello
- Bury Me Dead,starringJune LockhartandHugh Beaumont
C
[edit]- Captain Boycott,directed byFrank Launder,starringStewart Granger– (GB)
- Captain from Castile,starringTyrone Power
- Carnegie Hall,starringMarsha Hunt
- Cass Timberlane,starringSpencer TracyandLana Turner
- Cinderella(Zolushka) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Copacabana,starringGroucho MarxandCarmen Miranda
- Crossfire,starringRobert Young,Robert Mitchum,Robert Ryan,Gloria Grahame
- Cynthia(film),starringElizabeth TaylorandGeorge Murphy
D
[edit]- Daisy Kenyon,directed byOtto Preminger,starringJoan Crawford,Henry Fonda,Dana Andrews
- Dancing with Crime,starringRichard AttenboroughandSheila Sim– (GB)
- Dark Passage,starringHumphrey BogartandLauren Bacall'
- Dead Reckoning,starringHumphrey BogartandLizabeth Scott
- Deep Valley,directed byJean Negulesco,starringIda Lupino
- Desert Fury,starringJohn Hodiak,Burt Lancaster,Lizabeth Scott
- Desperate,directed byAnthony Mann,starringSteve BrodieandRaymond Burr
- Devil in the Flesh(Diable au corps) – (France)
- The Devil Thumbs a Ride,starringLawrence Tierney
- Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome,starringBoris KarloffandRalph Byrd
- Driftwood,starringWalter BrennanandNatalie Wood
- A Double Life,starringRonald ColmanandShelley Winters
- Down to Earth,starringRita HayworthandLarry Parks
- Dreams That Money Can Buy,directed byHans Richter
E
[edit]- The Egg and I,starringClaudette ColbertandFred MacMurray
- Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon(Ba qian li lu yun he yue) – (China)
- Escape Me Never,starringIda Lupino,Eleanor Parker,Errol Flynn
- The Exile,directed byMax Ophuls,starringDouglas Fairbanks, Jr.andMaria Montez
F
[edit]- Fame is the Spur,aBoulting Brothersfilm, withMichael Redgrave– (GB)
- Far Away Love,directed byChen Liting,starringZhao DanandQin Yi– (China)
- The Farmer's Daughter,starringLoretta Young
- Fear in the Night,starringDeForest Kelley
- Fireworks,directed byKenneth Anger
- The Flame,starringVera RalstonandBroderick Crawford
- Flesh Will Surrender(Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo), starringAldo Fabrizi– (Italy)
- Forever Amber,starringLinda Darnell
- The Foxes of Harrow,starringRex HarrisonandMaureen O'Hara– (GB/U.S.)
- Framed,starringGlenn Ford
- Frieda,directed byBasil Dearden,starringDavid Farrar,Glynis Johns,Mai Zetterling– (GB)
- The Fugitive,directed byJohn Ford,starringHenry FondaandDolores del Río
- Fun and Fancy Free,an animated film fromDisneyandRKO
G
[edit]- The Garcias Return!(¡Vuelven los Garcia!), starringPedro Infante– (Mexico)
- Gentleman's Agreement,directed byElia Kazan,starringGregory Peck,Dorothy McGuire,Celeste Holm,John Garfield
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,starringGene TierneyandRex Harrison
- Golden Earrings,starringRay MillandandMarlene Dietrich
- Good News,starringJune AllysonandPeter Lawford
- Green Dolphin Street,starringLana TurnerandDonna Reed
- The Guilt of Janet Ames,starringRosalind Russell
- The Guilty,starringBonita Granville
H
[edit]- Heaven Only Knows,starringRobert Cummings
- Hi-De-Ho,starringCab Calloway
- High Barbaree,starringVan JohnsonandJune Allyson
- High Wall,starringRobert Taylor
- Honeymoon,starringShirley Temple
- The Hucksters,starringClark GableandDeborah Kerr
- Hue and Cry,the firstEaling comedy,directed byCharles Crichton– (GB)
- The Humpbacked Horse(Konyok Gorbunok) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Hungry Hill,starringMargaret LockwoodandDennis Price– (GB)
I
[edit]- An Ideal Husband,directed byAlexander Korda,starringMichael WildingandPaulette Goddard– (GB)
- If Winter Comes,starringDeborah Kerr,Walter Pidgeon,Angela Lansbury
- The Imperfect Lady,starringRay MillandandTeresa Wright
- In Those Days(In jenen Tagen) – (Germany)
- It Always Rains on Sunday,starringGoogie WithersandJack Warner– (GB)
- It Happened in Brooklyn,starringFrank Sinatra,Kathryn Grayson,Peter Lawford,andJimmy Durante
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue,starringVictor Moore,Don DeFore,Gale Storm,Charlie Ruggles
J
[edit]- Jenny and the Soldier(Soldaten og Jenny) – (Denmark)
- Johnny O'Clock,starringDick Powell
K
[edit]- Killer Dill,starringStuart ErwinandAnne Gwynne
- Kiss of Death,starringVictor MatureandRichard Widmark
L
[edit]- The Lady from Shanghai,directed by and starringOrson Welles,withRita Hayworth
- Lady in the Lake,directed by and starringRobert Montgomery
- Last of the Redskins,starringMichael O'Shea
- The Last Stage(Ostatni etap) – (Poland)
- The Late George Apley,starringRonald Colman
- Law of the Lash,starringLash LaRue
- Life with Father,starringWilliam PowellandElizabeth Taylor
- A Likely Story,starringBarbara HaleandBill Williams
- Living in a Big Way,starringGene KellyandMarie McDonald
- The Long Night,starringHenry FondaandBarbara Bel Geddes
- Lost Honeymoon,starringFranchot ToneandAnn Richards
- The Lost Moment,starringRobert CummingsandSusan Hayward
- Lost Youth(Gioventù perduta), directed byPietro Germi– (Italy)
- Love from a Stranger,starringJohn Hodiak
- Lured,starringGeorge SandersandLucille Ball
M
[edit]- The Macomber Affair,starringGregory PeckandJoan Bennett
- The Man I Love,starringIda LupinoandRobert Alda
- The Mark of Cain,directed byBrian Desmond Hurst(GB)
- Marriage in the Shadows(Ehe im Schatten) – (East Germany)
- Mine Own Executioner,starringBurgess Meredith– (GB)
- Miracle on 34th Street,starringEdmund Gwenn,John Payne,Maureen O'Hara
- Monsieur Verdoux,directed by and starringCharles Chaplin
- Monsieur Vincent,starringPierre Fresnay– (France)
- Moss Rose,starringPeggy CumminsandVictor Mature
- Mother Wore Tights,starringBetty Grable
- Mourning Becomes Electra,starringRosalind RussellandMichael Redgrave
- My Favourite Brunette,starringBob HopeandDorothy Lamour
- My Wild Irish Rose,abiopicstarringDennis Morgan(asChauncey Olcott)
N
[edit]- Neel Kamal(Blue Lotus),first film ofMadhubalaandRaj Kapoorin adult roles – (India)
- Nicholas Nickleby,directed byAlberto Cavalcanti,starringStanley Holloway– (GB)
- Nightmare Alley,starringTyrone PowerandJoan Blondell
- Nora Prentiss,starringAnn Sheridan
- The October Man,starringJohn MillsandJoan Greenwood– (GB)
O
[edit]- Odd Man Out,directed byCarol Reed,starringJames MasonandRobert Newton– (GB)
- One Wonderful Sunday(Subarashiki Nichiyōbi), directed byAkira Kurosawa– (Japan)
- L'onorevole Angelina(Parliamentarian Angelina), directed byLuigi Zampa,starringAnna Magnani– (Italy)
- Out of the Blue,starringVirginia MayoandGeorge Brent
- Out of the Past,directed byJacques Tourneur,starringRobert Mitchum,Jane GreerandKirk Douglas
P
[edit]- The Paradine Case,directed byAlfred Hitchcock,starringGregory Peck,Alida Valli,Ann Todd,Louis Jourdan,Charles Laughton
- The Pearl(La Perla), directed byEmilio Fernández,starringPedro Armendáriz– (Mexico)
- The Perils of Pauline,starringBetty Hutton
- Pirates of Monterey,starringRod CameronandMaria Montez
- Possessed,starringJoan CrawfordandVan Heflin
- Pursued,directed byRaoul Walsh,starringRobert MitchumandTeresa Wright
Q
[edit]- Quai des Orfèvres,directed byHenri-Georges Clouzot,starringLouis Jouvet– (France)
R
[edit]- Railroaded!,directed byAnthony Mann,starringJohn IrelandandHugh Beaumont
- Ramrod,starringJoel McCreaandVeronica Lake
- The Record of a Tenement Gentleman(Nagaya shinshiroku), directed byYasujirō Ozu– (Japan)
- The Red House,starringEdward G. RobinsonandJudith Anderson
- Repeat Performance,starringLouis HaywardandJoan Leslie
- Ride the Pink Horse,directed by and starringRobert Montgomery
- Riffraff,starringPat O'BrienandAnne Jeffreys
- Road to Rio,starringBing Crosby,Dorothy Lamour,Bob Hope
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge,starringVan Johnson,Thomas Mitchell,Janet Leigh
- The Root of All Evil,starringPhyllis CalvertandMichael Rennie– (GB)
- Roses Are Red,starringPeggy Knudsen
S
[edit]- Scared to Death,starringBela LugosiandGeorge Zucco
- School for Postmen(L'École des facteurs), a comedy short directed by and starringJacques Tati– (France)
- The Sea of Grass,directed byElia Kazan,starringKatharine HepburnandSpencer Tracy
- Secret Agent(Podvig razvedchika), directed byBoris Barnet– (U.S.S.R.)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,starringDanny KayeandVirginia Mayo
- The Senator Was Indiscreet,starringWilliam Powell
- A Ship to India(Skepp till India land), directed byIngmar Bergman– (Sweden)
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim,starringBetty Grable
- Sinbad the Sailor,starringDouglas Fairbanks Jr.andMaureen O'Hara
- Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman,starringSusan Hayward
- Snow Trail(Ginrei no hate), starringToshiro Mifune– (Japan)
- So Well Remembered,directed byEdward Dmytryk,starringJohn MillsandMartha Scott– (GB)
- Something in the Wind,starringDeanna DurbinandDonald O'Connor
- Song of Scheherazade,starringYvonne De Carlo,Jean-Pierre Aumont,Brian Donlevy
- Song of the Thin Man,starringWilliam PowellandMyrna Loy
- The Spring River Flows East(Yi jiang chun shui xiang dong liu) – (China)
- Story of a Bad Woman(Historia de una mala mujer), starringDolores del Río– (Argentina)
T
[edit]- T-Men,directed byAnthony Mann,starringDennis O'Keefe
- Temptation Harbour,starringRobert NewtonandSimone Simon– (GB)
- They Made Me a Fugitive,directed byAlberto Cavalcanti,starringTrevor Howard– (GB)
- They Won't Believe Me,starringRobert YoungandSusan Hayward
- This Time for Keeps,starringEsther WilliamsandJimmy Durante
- The Three Garcias(Los tres García), starringPedro Infante– (Mexico)
- To Live in Peace(Vivere in pace) – (Italy)
- The Two Mrs. Carrolls,starringHumphrey Bogart,Barbara Stanwyck,Alexis Smith
- Trail Street,starringRandolph Scott
U
[edit]- Uncle Silas,starringJean Simmons– (GB)
- Unconquered,starringGary CooperandPaulette Goddard
- The Unfaithful,starringAnn SheridanandLew Ayres
- The Unsuspected,starringClaude RainsandJoan Caulfield
V
[edit]- The Voice of the Turtle,starringRonald Reagan
W
[edit]- The Web,starringElla RainesandEdmond O'Brien
- Welcome Stranger,starringBing CrosbyandBarry Fitzgerald
- Whispering City,starringPaul Lukas– (Canada)
- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap,starringBud AbbottandLou Costello
- The Woman on the Beach,starringJoan BennettandRobert Ryan
- Wyoming,starringWild Bill Elliott
Serials
[edit]- The Black Widow,starringBruce Edwards
- Brick Bradford,starringKane Richmond
- Jack Armstrong
- Jesse James Rides Again,starringClayton MooreandLinda Stirling
- The Sea Hound,starringBuster Crabbe
- Son of Zorro,starring George Turner andPeggy Stewart
- The Vigilante,starringRalph Byrd
Short film series
[edit]- 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)
- Mighty Mouse(1942–1955)
- Pluto(1937–1951)
- Goofy(1939–1953)
- Woody Woodpecker(1941–1949)
- Yosemite Sam(1945–1963)
Births
[edit]- January 4 –Tim Rooney,American actor (d. 2006)
- January 8 –David Bowie,English singer, songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
- January 11
- William Caskey Swaim,American actor
- Vinny Vella,American actor, talk show host and comedian (d. 2019)
- January 15 –Andrea Martin,Canadian-American actress
- January 17
- Jane Elliot,American actress
- Peter Werner,American director (d. 2023)
- 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
- Jonathan Banks,American actor
- Glynn Turman,American actor, writer, director and producer
- February 2 –Farrah Fawcett,American actress (d. 2009)
- February 3
- Paul Auster,American novelist, screenwriter and director (d. 2024)
- Stephen McHattie,Canadian actor
- Tonea Stewart,American actress
- 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
- Patrick Barlow,English actor, comedian and playwright
- Aleksander Krupa,Polish actor
- March 19
- Glenn Close,American actress
- Dermot Crowley,Irish stage, film and television actor
- 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
- Sam Anderson,American actor
- Ezra Dagan,Israeli actor
- April 6 –John Ratzenberger,American actor
- April 11
- Peter Riegert,American actor, director and screenwriter
- Meshach Taylor,American actor (d. 2014)
- April 15 –Lois Chiles,American actress
- April 18
- Cindy Pickett,American actress
- James Woods,American actor
- 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
- Jamie Donnelly,American actress
- Katia Tchenko,French actress
- 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
- Bryan Brown,Australian actor
- Kerry Rossall,American stunt coordinator, stuntman, actor and producer
- 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
- Arnold Schwarzenegger,Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder and 38th Governor of California
- William Atherton,American actor
- 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
- Jane Curtin,American actress and comedian
- Keone Young,American actor and voice actor
- 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
- Caroline Lagerfelt,French-born American actress
- Mary Kay Place,American actress
- September 27 –Denis Lawson,Scottish actor and director
- September 29 –Martin Ferrero,American actor
- October 1
- Stephen Collins,American actor
- Richard E. Council,American actor
- October 13 –Susan Blommaert,American actress
- October 16 -David Zucker,American director, producer and screenwriter
- October 17
- Simi Garewal,Indian actress and talk show host
- Michael McKean,American actor and comedian
- 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
- John Larroquette,American actor
- Tracey Walter,American character actor
- November 30
- Stuart Baird,English editor, producer and director
- Jude Ciccolella,American actor and singer
- David Mamet,American filmmaker and screenwriter
- 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
- Twink Caplan,American actress, comedian and producer
- Michael D. Roberts,American actor
- 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
[edit]- 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 actorThe 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
[edit]- Anouk Aimée–La maison sous la mer
- Lola Albright–The Unfinished Dance
- Richard Anderson–The Pearl
- Richard Basehart–Repeat Performance
- Ed Begley–Boomerang
- Honor Blackman–Fame Is the Spur
- George Chakiris–Song of Love
- Helen Cherry–The Courtneys of Curzon Street
- Fred Clark–The Unsuspected
- Russ Conway–Buck Privates Come Home
- Wendell Corey–Desert Fury
- Rosalie Crutchley–Take My Life
- Arlene Dahl–My Wild Irish Rose
- Cesare Danova–The Captain's Daughter
- Frank de Kova–Kiss of Death
- Jack Elam–Mystery Range
- Mel Ferrer–The Fugitive
- Anne Francis–This Time for Keeps
- Jimmy Hunt–My Brother Talks to Horses
- Sid James–Black Memory
- Barry Kelley–Boomerang
- DeForest Kelley–Fear in the Night
- Joi Lansing–When a Girl's Beautiful
- Janet Leigh–The Romance of Rosy Ridge
- Ken Lynch–Gentleman's Agreement
- Marion Marshall–Gentleman's Agreement
- Donna Martell–Apache Rose
- Sean McClory–Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
- William Mervyn–The Loves of Joanna Godden
- Toshiro Mifune–Snow Trail
- Hayley Mills–So Well Remembered
- Martin Milner–Life with Father
- Marilyn Monroe–The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
- Paulene Myers–Boomerang
- Dandy Nichols–Hue and Cry
- Dan O'Herlihy–Hungry Hill
- Sidney Poitier–Sepia Cinderella
- Denver Pyle–The Guilt of Janet Ames
- Thelma Ritter–Miracle on 34th Street
- William Schallert–The Foxes of Harrow
- Gerald Sim–Fame Is the Spur
- Jan Sterling–Tycoon
- Kenneth Tobey–Dangerous Venture
- Jesse White–Kiss of Death
- Richard Widmark–Kiss of Death
References
[edit]- ^abcdFinler, Joel Waldo (2003).The Hollywood Story.Wallflower Press. pp.356–357.ISBN978-1-903364-66-6.
- ^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
- ^Birchard 2004,p. 329.
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