1946 in film
The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Top grossing films (U.S.)
(*) After theatrical re-issue(s)
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1946.shtmlAwards
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):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 byEmilio Fernández , Mexico:"The Turning Point" (Великий перелом, "Velikiy perelom"), directed byFridrikh Markovitch Ermler , Soviet Union:"La Symphonie pastorale ", directed byJean Delannoy , France:"The Last Chance " ("Die Letzte Chance"), directed byLeopold Lintberg , Switzerland:"Men Without Wings " ("Muži bez křídel"), directed byFrantišek Čáp , Czechoslovakia:"Rome, Open City " ("Roma, città aperta"), directed byRoberto Rossellini , ItalyFilms released in 1946
* "
Anna and the King of Siam "
* "Beauty and the Beast" ("La Belle et la Bête"), directed byJean Cocteau , starringJean Marais andJosette Day
* "The Beast with Five Fingers ", starringRobert Alda andPeter Lorre
* "The Best Years of Our Lives "
* "Beware", directed byBud Pollard , starringLouis Jordan
* "The Big Sleep", starringHumphrey Bogart andLauren Bacall
* "The Blue Dahlia "
* "Blue Skies"
* "Boom in the Moon " starringBuster 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 starringJean Gillie
* "Dragonwyck "
* "Duel in the Sun"
* "Gallant Journey ", directed byWilliam A. Wellman
* "Great Expectations", directed byDavid Lean
* "Green for Danger", starringAlastair Sim
* "The Green Years"
* "The Harvey Girls ", directed byGeorge Sidney , starringJudy Garland
* "Henry V" (U.S. release)
* "Humoresque", directed byJean Negulesco
* "It's a Wonderful Life ", directed byFrank Capra , starring James Stewart
* "Ivan the Terrible"
* "The Killers"
* "Little Giant ", starringBud Abbott andLou Costello
* "The Jolson Story "
* "Make Mine Music "
* "A Matter of Life and Death", written and directed byPowell and Pressburger
* "My Darling Clementine "
* "Night and Day"
* "A Night in Casablanca " with theMarx Brothers
* "Notorious", directed byAlfred Hitchcock , starringCary Grant andIngrid Bergman
* "The Overlanders
* "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
* "The Razor's Edge", starringTyrone Power
* "Road to Utopia "
* "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", starringOrson Welles andEdward G. Robinson
* "A Stolen Life "
* "Theirs is the Glory "
* "The Time of Their Lives ", starringBud Abbott andLou Costello
* "To Each His Own"
* "Tomorrow is Forever "
* "Without Reservations "
* "The Yearling", starringGregory Peck andJane Wyman erials
*"
Daughter of Don Q "
*"Chick Carter, Detective "
*"The Crimson Ghost "
*"Hop Harrigan"
*"King of the Forest Rangers ", starringLarry 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 "hort 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 directorDeaths
*
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 actressFilm Debuts
*
Kirk Douglas
*Burt Lancaster
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