1946 IN FILM

The year '1946 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1946

Serials

Short film series

Animated Short Film Series

Births

Deaths

Events

Top grossing films

:North America
#''The Bells of St. Mary's''
#''Leave Her to Heaven''
# tie ''Blue Skies'', ''Road to Utopia'', ''Spellbound''

Awards

'Academy 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)
'Golden Globe Awards:'
: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

★ ''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

★ ''The Captive Heart'', the first Prisoner of War film from World War II

★ ''Duel in the Sun''

★ ''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

★ ''It's a Wonderful Life'', directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart

★ ''Ivan the Terrible''

★ ''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''

★ ''Smithy

★ ''Song of the South'' by Walt Disney, combines animation and live action.

★ ''The Spiral Staircase''

★ ''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)

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 23 - Blair Brown, actress

★ April 25 - Talia Shire, actress

★ May 20 - Cher, American singer/actress

★ June 15 - Brigitte Fossey, French 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., actor

★ June 23 - William S. Hart, silent film star

★ August 10 - Léon Gaumont, French film pioneer

★ August 13 - H.G. Wells, science fiction writer

★ August 26 - Jeanie MacPherson, actress and screenwriter

★ August 28 - Florence Turner, actress

★ December 12 - Renée Jeanne Falconetti, French actress