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1947 in film

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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:

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RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
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| Welcome Stranger

| Paramount

| $6,100,000{{cite book |last=Finler |first=Joel Waldo |year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA356#v=twopage 356–357]}}

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|The Egg and I

| Universal

| $5,500,000

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| Life with Father

| Warner Bros.

| $5,057,000Warner 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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|Forever Amber

| 20th Century Fox

| $5,000,000

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|Unconquered

| rowspan="2"|Paramount

| $4,633,486{{sfn|Birchard|2004|p=329}}

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|Road to Rio

| $4,500,000

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|Green Dolphin Street

| MGM

| $4,384,380{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.

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|The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

| RKO

| $4,200,000Jewel, Richard. "RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951" in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55

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|Mother Wore Tights

| 20th Century Fox

| $4,100,000{{cite book |last=Finler |first=Joel Waldo |year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA358#v=twopage 358–359]}}

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| Cass Timberlane

| MGM

| $3,983,000

Events

Awards

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style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization" style="width:250px;"| 5th Golden Globe Awards
March 10, 1948		style="width:250px;"| 20th Academy Awards
March 20, 1948
Best Filmcolspan="2" | Gentleman's Agreement
Best Directorcolspan="2" | Elia Kazan
Gentleman's Agreement
Best Actorcolspan="2" | Ronald Colman
A Double Life
Best ActressRosalind Russell
Mourning Becomes Electra		Loretta Young
The Farmer's Daughter
Best Supporting Actorcolspan="2" | Edmund Gwenn
Miracle on 34th Street
Best Supporting Actresscolspan="2" | Celeste Holm
Gentleman's Agreement
Best Screenplay, Adaptedrowspan="2" | George Seaton
Miracle on 34th Street		George Seaton
Miracle on 34th Street
Best Screenplay, OriginalSidney Sheldon
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Top Ten Money Making Stars

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Rank

!Actor/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

United States unless stated

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Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

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References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book |last=Birchard |first=Robert S. |title=Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |date=2004 |isbn=978-0813123240}}

External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1947-01-01,1947-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1947 films] at IMDb
  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1947-01-01,1947-12-31&adult=include List of 1947 deaths] at IMDb
  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1947-01-01,1947-12-31&adult=include List of 1947 births] at IMDb

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