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See also: 1945 in film, other events of 1946, 1947 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Song of the South by Walt Disney, combines animation and live action.
2. The Best Years of Our Lives
3. Duel in the Sun
4. Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious, starring Cary Grant
5. The Yearling, starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman
6. The Razor's Edge, starring Tyrone Power
7. Tomorrow Is Forever[?]
8. Without Reservations[?]

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 (+ 1999)
• May 20 - Cher, American singer
• September 15 - Oliver Stone, American film director
• December 18 - Steven Spielberg, film director

Deaths

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

Other Movies Released

• Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart
• Henry V
• La Belle et la bête[?]
• The Big Sleep, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall