1947 in film

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The year 1947 in film involved some significant events.

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[edit] Events

[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

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)

[edit] Films released in 1947

[edit] Serials

[edit] Short film series

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