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The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.
Contents |
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.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Song of the South* | Disney/RKO | $29,229,000 |
| 2. | The Best Years of Our Lives | RKO | $11,300,000 |
| 2. | Duel in the Sun | Selznick | $11,300,000 |
| 4. | The Jolson Story | Columbia | $7,600,000 |
| 5. | Blue Skies | Paramount | $5,700,000 |
| 6. | The Yearling | MGM | $5,568,000 |
| 7. | The Razor's Edge | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000 |
| 8. | Notorious | RKO | $4,800,000 |
| 9. | Till the Clouds Roll By | MGM | $4,762,000 |
| 10. | Road to Utopia | Paramount | $4,500,000 |
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1946.shtml
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 (1946 film)
- 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 Markovitch 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
Films released in 1946
- Anna and the King of Siam
- Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête), directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais and Josette Day
- The Beast with Five Fingers, starring Robert Alda and Peter Lorre
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- Beware, directed by Bud Pollard, starring Louis Jordan
- The Big Sleep, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
- The Blue Dahlia
- Blue Skies
- Boom in the Moon starring Buster Keaton
- Brief Encounter
- Caesar and Cleopatra (U.S. release)
- The Captive Heart, the first Prisoner of War film from World War II
- Centennial Summer
- Children of Paradise (U.S. release)
- The Dark Mirror
- Decoy, a film noir starring Jean Gillie
- Dragonwyck
- Duel in the Sun
- Gallant Journey, directed by William A. Wellman
- Great Expectations, directed by David Lean
- Green for Danger, starring Alastair Sim
- The Green Years
- The Harvey Girls, directed by George Sidney, starring Judy Garland
- Henry V (U.S. release)
- Humoresque, directed by Jean Negulesco
- It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart
- Ivan the Terrible
- The Killers
- Little Giant, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- The Jolson Story
- Make Mine Music
- A Matter of Life and Death, written and directed by Powell and Pressburger
- My Darling Clementine
- Night and Day
- A Night in Casablanca with the Marx Brothers
- Notorious, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman
- The Overlanders
- The Postman Always Rings Twice
- The Razor's Edge, starring Tyrone Power
- Road to Utopia
- She-Wolf of London
- Shock
- The Seventh Veil (U.S. release)
- Sister Kenny
- Smithy
- Song of the South by Walt Disney, combines animation and live action.
- The Spiral Staircase
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- The Stranger, starring Orson Welles and Edward G. Robinson
- A Stolen Life
- Theirs is the Glory
- The Time of Their Lives, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- To Each His Own
- Tomorrow is Forever
- Without Reservations
- The Yearling, starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman
Serials
- Daughter of Don Q
- Chick Carter, Detective
- The Crimson Ghost
- Hop Harrigan
- King of the Forest Rangers, starring Larry Thompson
- 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
- 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, actress
- January 16 - Kabir Bedi, actor
- January 19 - Dolly Parton, singer, actress
- January 20 - David Lynch, film director
- January 26 - Gene Siskel, film critic, Siskel and Ebert (d. 1999)
- April 25 - Talia Shire, actress
- May 20 - Cher, American singer/actress
- September 15- Oliver Stone, American film director
- September 18- Nicholas Clay, actor (d. 2000)
- October 4 - Susan Sarandon, actress
- October 17 - Vicki Hodge, actress
- October 18 - Andrea Zsadon, actress
- October 25 - Edith Leyrer. actress
- October 27 - Carrie Snodgress, actress
- November 6 - Sally Field, actress
- November 8 - Jill Banner, actress (d. 1982)
- November 18 - Andrea Allan, actress
- November 21 - Emma Cohen, actress
- November 21 - Ulla Jessen, actress
- November 22 - Baisho Mitsuko, actress
- November 25 - Marika Lindstrom, actress
- November 27 - Nina Maslova, actress
- December 2 - Gulsun Karamustafa, film director
- December 8 - Sharmila Tagore, actress
- December 14 - Patty Duke, actress
- December 18 - Steven Spielberg, film director
Deaths
- April 1 - Noah Beery, Sr., American actor
- June 23 - William S. Hart, American actor
- August 10 - Léon Gaumont, French film pioneer
- August 13 - H.G. Wells, British science fiction writer
- August 26 - Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter
- August 28 - Florence Turner, American actress
- September 21 - Olga Engl, Austrian actress
- December 12 - Renée Jeanne Falconetti, French actress
Film Debuts
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