1946 in film
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The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- November 21 – William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell.
- December 20 – Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Thomas Mitchell opens in New York.
- Cinemagoing in the United Kingdom reaches an all-time peak, with 1,635 million admissions during the year.[1]
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Song of the South* | Disney | $29,229,000 | |
| 2. | The Best Years of Our Lives | Samuel Goldwyn | Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Teresa Wright | $11,300,000 |
| Duel in the Sun | Selznick | Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten | ||
| 3. | The Postman Always Rings Twice | MGM | Lana Turner, John Garfield | $7,600,000 |
| 4. | Blue Skies | Paramount | Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire | $5,700,000 |
| 5. | The Yearling | MGM | Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman | $5,568,000 |
| 6. | The Razor's Edge | Fox | Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb | $5,000,000 |
| 7. | Notorious | RKO | Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman | $4,800,000 |
| 8. | Till the Clouds Roll By | MGM | Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Robert Walker | $4,762,000 |
| 9. | Road to Utopia | Paramount | Bing Crosby, Bob Hope | $4,500,000 |
| 10. | Gilda | Columbia | Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford | $4,488,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
Awards
- Best Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives – Goldwyn, RKO Radio
- Best Director: William Wyler – The Best Years of Our Lives
- Best Actor: Fredric March – The Best Years of Our Lives
- Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland – To Each His Own
- Best Supporting Actor: Harold Russell – The Best Years of Our Lives
- Best Supporting Actress: Anne Baxter – The Razor's Edge
- Best Picture: The Best Years of Our Lives
- Best Director: Frank Capra – It's a Wonderful Life
- Best Actor: Gregory Peck – The Yearling
- Best Actress: Rosalind Russell – Sister Kenny
- Best Film Promoting International Understanding: The Last Chance (Switzerland)
GRAND PRIX (Cannes Film Festival):
- Portrait of Maria (María Candelaria), directed by Emilio Fernández, Mexico
- The Turning Point (Великий перелом, Velikiy perelom), directed by Fridrikh Ermler, Soviet Union
- La Symphonie pastorale, directed by Jean Delannoy, France
- The Last Chance (Die Letzte Chance), directed by Leopold Lintberg, Switzerland
- Men Without Wings (Muži bez křídel), directed by František Čáp, Czechoslovakia
- Rome, Open City (Roma, città aperta), directed by Roberto Rossellini, Italy
Top Ten Money Making Stars
| Rank | Actor/Actress |
|---|---|
| 1. | Bing Crosby |
| 2. | Ingrid Bergman |
| 3. | Van Johnson |
| 4. | Gary Cooper |
| 5. | Bob Hope |
| 6. | Humphrey Bogart |
| 7. | Greer Garson |
| 8. | Margaret O'Brien |
| 9. | Betty Grable |
| 10. | Roy Rogers |
Notable films released in 1946
U.S.A. unless stated
A
- Abilene Town, starring Randolph Scott and Ann Dvorak
- Angel on My Shoulder, starring Paul Muni, Claude Rains, poepie
- Anmol Ghadi (Precious Time)
- Anna and the King of Siam, starring Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell
- Appointment with Crime, starring William Hartnell
B
- Bad Bascomb, starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien
- The Bandit (Il Bandito), starring Anna Magnani
- La Bataille du rail (The Battle of the Rails), directed by René Clément
- The Beast with Five Fingers, starring Robert Alda and Peter Lorre
- Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête), directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais and Josette Day
- Bedlam, starring Boris Karloff
- The Best Years of Our Lives, directed by William Wyler, starring Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell – winner of 8 Oscars
- Beware, starring Louis Jordan
- The Big Sleep, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
- Black Angel, starring Dan Duryea
- The Blue Dahlia, starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Hugh Beaumont
- Blue Skies, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire
- Boom in the Moon (El Moderno Barba Azul), starring Buster Keaton
C
- Canyon Passage, directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews and Brian Donlevy
- The Captive Heart, starring Michael Redgrave, the first Prisoner of War film from World War II
- Centennial Summer, starring Jeanne Crain and Cornel Wilde
- The Chase, starring Robert Cummings and Michele Morgan
- Cluny Brown, starring Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones
- Crack-Up, starring Pat O'Brien and Claire Trevor
- Crisis (Kris), directed by Ingmar Bergman
- Cross My Heart, starring Betty Hutton
D-F
- The Dark Corner, starring Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens
- The Dark Mirror, starring Olivia de Havilland
- A Day in the Country (Partie de campagne), directed by Jean Renoir
- Deception, starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid
- Decoy, a film noir starring Jean Gillie
- Devotion, starring Ida Lupino, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Henreid
- The Diary of a Chambermaid, directed by Jean Renoir, starring Paulette Goddard
- Ditte, Child of Man (Ditte Menneskebarn)
- Doll Face, starring Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como and Carmen Miranda
- Dragonwyck, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price
- Dressed to Kill, starring Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes), Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison
- Duel in the Sun, directed by King Vidor, starring Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish
- Enamorada, starring Pedro Armendáriz
- From This Day Forward, starring Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Harry Morgan, Rosemary DeCamp
G
- Gallant Journey, directed by William A. Wellman, starring Glenn Ford and Janet Blair
- Gilda, directed by Charles Vidor, starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford
- God's Country, starring Robert Lowery and Buster Keaton
- Great Expectations, directed by David Lean, starring John Mills, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson – (GB)
- Green for Danger, starring Alastair Sim and Trevor Howard
- The Green Years, starring Charles Coburn and Hume Cronyn
H-J
- The Harvey Girls, directed by George Sidney, starring Judy Garland and John Hodiak
- The Hoodlum Saint, starring William Powell
- Humoresque, starring Joan Crawford and John Garfield
- If I'm Lucky, starring Vivian Blaine, Perry Como and Carmen Miranda
- I See a Dark Stranger, directed by Frank Launder, starring Deborah Kerr and Trevor Howard
- It Rains on Our Love (Det regnar på vår kärlek), directed by Ingmar Bergman
- It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog, starring Carole Landis
- Janie Gets Married, starring Joan Leslie
- The Jolson Story, a biopic of Al Jolson starring Larry Parks
K-L
- The Kid from Brooklyn, starring Danny Kaye
- The Killers, directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner
- A Letter for Evie, starring Marsha Hunt
- Little Giant, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Little Iodine, directed by Reginald Le Borg
- The Locket, starring Laraine Day, Brian Aherne and Robert Mitchum
- London Town, directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Sid Field and Petula Clark – (GB)
- Love Laughs at Andy Hardy, starring Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Sara Haden, Bonita Granville
M
- Make Mine Music, starring Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman
- The Man Who Dared, starring Leslie Brooks and Forrest Tucker
- Margie, directed by Henry King, starring Jeanne Crain, Alan Young, Glenn Langan, Conrad Janis, Barbara Lawrence
- A Matter of Life and Death, written and directed by Powell and Pressburger, starring David Niven
- Men Without Wings (Muži bez křídel)
- Miss Susie Slagle's, starring Veronica Lake and Joan Caulfield
- The Murderers Are Among Us (Die Mörder sind unter uns), starring Hildegard Knef – (Germany)
- My Darling Clementine, directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell
- My Reputation, starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
N
- Neecha Nagar (Lowly City), directed by Chetan Anand – winner of Palme d'Or at the 1st Cannes Film Festival
- Night and Day, starring Cary Grant (as Cole Porter)
- A Night in Casablanca, with the Marx Brothers
- Night Editor, starring Janis Carter
- Night in Paradise, starring Merle Oberon and Gale Sondergaard
- No Regrets for Our Youth (Waga seishun ni kuinashi), directed by Akira Kurosawa
- Nobody Lives Forever, starring John Garfield
- Notorious, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman
O-Q
- The Others (La Otra), starring Dolores del Río
- The Overlanders, starring Chips Rafferty
- Paisan, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- Piccadilly Incident, starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding
- The Postman Always Rings Twice, directed by Tay Garnett, starring Lana Turner and John Garfield
R-S
- The Razor's Edge, starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney
- Road to Utopia, starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope
- A Scandal in Paris, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring George Sanders and Carole Landis
- School for Secrets, directed by Peter Ustinov, starring Ralph Richardson
- The Secret of the Whistler, starring Richard Dix
- She-Wolf of London, starring June Lockhart
- She Wrote the Book, starring Joan Davis
- Shock, directed by Alfred L. Werker, starring Vincent Price and Lynn Bari
- Shoeshine (Sciuscià), directed by Vittorio De Sica
- Sister Kenny, starring Rosalind Russell
- Smithy
- Somewhere in Berlin (Irgendwo in Berlin)
- Somewhere in the Night, starring John Hodiak
- Song of the South by Walt Disney, combines animation and live action
- The Spiral Staircase, starring Dorothy McGuire
- A Stolen Life, starring Bette Davis
- The Stone Flower (Kamennyy tsvetok)
- Strange Holiday
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas
- The Stranger, directed by and starring Orson Welles, with Loretta Young, Edward G. Robinson
- Swing Parade of 1946, starring The Three Stooges and Gale Storm
- La Symphonie Pastorale, directed by Jean Delannoy, starring Michèle Morgan
T-V
- Tangier, starring Maria Montez
- Terror by Night, starring Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) and Nigel Bruce
- Theirs is the Glory
- Those Who Make Tomorrow, directed by Akira Kurosawa
- Three Strangers, starring Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre
- Till the Clouds Roll By, starring Judy Garland, June Allyson, Lena Horne
- The Time of Their Lives, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- To Each His Own, starring Olivia de Havilland
- Tomorrow is Forever, starring Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles
- The Trap, aka Charlie Chan in the Trap, starring Sidney Toler (in his final film)
- Two Smart People, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Lucille Ball and John Hodiak
- Two Years Before the Mast, starring Alan Ladd and Brian Donlevy
- Utamaro and His Five Women (Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
- The Verdict, directed by Don Siegel, starring Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre
W-Z
- Wake Up and Dream, starring June Haver
- The Walls Came Tumbling Down, starring Marguerite Chapman
- Wanted for Murder (aka A Voice in the Night), starring Eric Portman and Dulcie Gray – (GB)
- The Well-Groomed Bride, starring Olivia de Havilland
- Where Words Fail (Donde mueren las palabras)
- Wife Wanted, starring Kay Francis
- Without Reservations, starring Claudette Colbert and John Wayne
- The Yearling, starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman
- The Years Between, starring Michael Redgrave and Valerie Hobson
Serials
- Daughter of Don Q
- Chick Carter, Detective
- The Crimson Ghost
- Hop Harrigan
- King of the Forest Rangers
- Lost City of the Jungle
- The Mysterious Mr. M
- The Phantom Rider, starring Robert Kent and Peggy Stewart
- The Scarlet Horseman
- Son of the Guardsman
Short film series
- Shirley Temple (1932–1946)
- The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
- Popular Science (1935–1950)
Animated Short Film Series
- Mickey Mouse (1928–1952)
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Terrytoons (1930–1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- Popeye (1933–1957)
- Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
- Donald Duck (1936–1956)
- Pluto (1937–1951)
- Andy Panda (1939–1949)
- Goofy (1939–1953)
- Bugs Bunny (1940–1962)
- Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
- The Fox and the Crow (1941–1950)
- Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949)
- Mighty Mouse (1942–1955)
- Droopy (1943–1958)
- Chip and Dale (1943–1956)
- Screwball Squirrel (1943–1946)
- Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
- George and Junior (1946–1948)
Births
- January 5 – Diane Keaton, American actress, producer and director
- January 19 – Dolly Parton, American country singer and actress
- January 20 – David Lynch, American director
- January 26 – Gene Siskel, American film critic, Siskel and Ebert (d. 1999)
- February 7 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)
- February 20
- Brenda Blethyn, English actress
- Sandy Duncan, American actress, comedian, dancer, and singer
- February 21 – Alan Rickman, English actor (d. 2016)
- March 12 – Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
- March 21 – Timothy Dalton, Welsh actor
- April 18 – Hayley Mills, English actress and singer
- April 19 – Tim Curry, English actor and singer
- April 21 – Claire Denis, French director
- April 25 – Talia Shire, American actress
- May 9 – Candice Bergen, American actress and model
- May 20 – Cher, American singer and actress
- June 1 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
- June 15 – Brigitte Fossey, French actress
- July 6 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor, screenwriter and director
- July 13 – Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian
- July 22 – Danny Glover, American actor and director
- August 16 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress and singer
- September 15
- Oliver Stone, American director and producer
- Tommy Lee Jones, American actor
- September 19 – Michael Elphick, English actor (d. 2002)
- September 28 – Jeffrey Jones, American actor
- October 4 – Susan Sarandon, American actress
- October 15 – John Getz, American actor
- October 27 – Ivan Reitman, Slovakian-born director and producer
- October 31 – Stephen Rea, Northern Irish actor
- November 6 – Sally Field, American actress and singer
- December 14 – Patty Duke, American actress (d. 2016)
- December 17 – Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, comedian and director
- December 18 – Steven Spielberg, American director and producer
Deaths
- January 5 – Slim Summerville, 53, American actor and comedian, All Quiet on the Western Front, Captain January, Niagara Falls, Charlie Chan in Reno
- February 1 – Jenő Törzs, 58, Hungarian actor, Secret of St. Job Forest, Alraune, Oliver Twist, Number 111
- February 6 – Justus D. Barnes, 84, American actor
- April 1 – Noah Beery, Sr., 64, American actor, She Done Him Wrong, The Trail Beyond, The Mark of Zorro, Mystery Liner
- June 23 – William S. Hart, 81, American actor, The Narrow Trail, The Silent Man, The Money Corral, The Return of Draw Egan
- July 2 – Mary Alden, 63, American actress, The Birth of a Nation, The Plastic Age, Brown of Harvard, Strange Interlude
- August 9 – Léon Gaumont, 82, French film pioneer
- August 13 – H. G. Wells, 79, British science fiction writer, The First Men in the Moon, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The Island of Dr. Moreau
- August 26 – Jeanie MacPherson, 59, American actress and screenwriter, Dynamite, Manslaughter, The Godless Girl, The Captive
- August 28 – Florence Turner, 61, American actress, The Chinese Parrot
- September 21 – Olga Engl, 75, Austrian actress, Phantom, Frauenmoral
- October 31 – Gabriel Gabrio, 59, French actor, Pépé le Moko, Wooden Crosses, Lucrezia Borgia, Gigolette
- November 18 – Donald Meek, 68, American actor, Stagecoach, You Can't Take It with You, Captain Blood, State Fair
- December 12 – Renée Jeanne Falconetti, 54, French actress, The Passion of Joan of Arc
- December 25 – W. C. Fields, 66, American comedian and actor, The Bank Dick, It's a Gift, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, My Little Chickadee
Film debuts
- Kirk Douglas – The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- Burt Lancaster – The Killers
- Dean Martin – Film Vodvil: Art Mooney and Orchestra
- Yves Montand – Star Without Light
References
- ↑ Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain 1945–1951. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7985-4.
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