1947 in film explained

The year 1947 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

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
1Welcome Stranger$6,100,000[1]
2 The Egg and IUniversal$5,500,000
3Life with FatherWarner Bros.$5,057,000[2]
4 Forever Amber20th Century Fox$5,000,000
5 UnconqueredParamount$4,633,486
6 Road to Rio$4,500,000
7 Green Dolphin StreetMGM$4,384,380[3]
8 The Bachelor and the Bobby-SoxerRKO$4,200,000[4]
9 Mother Wore Tights20th Century Fox$4,100,000[5]
10 Cass TimberlaneMGM$3,983,000

Events

Awards

Category/Organization " style="width:250px;"5th Golden Globe Awards
March 10, 1948 !
20th Academy Awards
March 20, 1948
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

RankActor/Actress
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

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Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Finler, Joel Waldo . 2003 . The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press . 978-1-903364-66-6 . 356–357.
  2. Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 28 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
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  4. Jewel, Richard. "RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951" in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
  5. Book: Finler, Joel Waldo . 2003 . The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press . 978-1-903364-66-6 . 358–359.
  6. News: Scotland Hosts the World's Longest Running Film Festival. Scotland.com. 2014-07-18.