1946 in film

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The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1946
Rank	Title	Studio	Box-office gross rental
1	The Best Years of Our Lives	RKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions	$10,400,000[1]
2	Duel in the Sun	Selznick International Pictures	$10,000,000[1]
3	The Jolson Story	Columbia Pictures	$8,000,000[1]
4	Blue Skies	Paramount Pictures	$5,700,000[1]
5	The Outlaw [nb 1]	RKO Radio Pictures	$5,100,000[1]
6	The Razor's Edge	20th Century Fox	$5,000,000[1]
7	Notorious	RKO Radio Pictures	$4,800,000[1]
8	The Yearling	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$4,768,000[2]
9	Till the Clouds Roll By	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$4,762,000[2]
10	Road to Utopia	Paramount Pictures	$4,500,000[1]

"The Outlaw" was filmed in 1941 and was first released in theaters in February 1943, but was quickly withdrawn due to violations of the Production Code. It was re-released in April 1946 and became a box office success.

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.

Awards

Category/Organization	4th Golden Globe Awards February 26, 1947	19th Academy Awards March 13, 1947
Best Film	The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Director	Frank Capra It's a Wonderful Life	William Wyler The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Actor	Gregory Peck The Yearling	Fredric March The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Actress	Rosalind Russell Sister Kenny	Olivia de Havilland To Each His Own
Best Supporting Actor	Clifton Webb The Razor's Edge	Harold Russell The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Supporting Actress	Anne Baxter The Razor's Edge

Notable films released in 1946

United States unless stated

U

Utamaro and His Five Women (Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna)

V

The Verdict

W

Wake Up and Dream
Wanted for Murder
The Wife of Monte Cristo, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Without Reservations

Y

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

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 (1944–1946)
Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
George and Junior (1946–1948)

Births

January 5 – Diane Keaton, actress, producer and director
January 19 – Dolly Parton, country singer and actress
January 20 – David Lynch, director
January 26 – Gene Siskel, film critic, Siskel and Ebert (d. 1999)
February 2 - Blake Clark, American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor
February 7 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)
February 20 – Brenda Blethyn, English actress
February 21
- Anthony Daniels, English actor, voice actor and mine artist
- Alan Rickman, English actor (d. 2016)
March 12
- Liza Minnelli, singer and actress
- Frank Welker, American actor, voice actor and former stand-up comedian
March 21 – Timothy Dalton, actor
April 12 - Ed O'Neil, American actor and comedian
April 19 – Tim Curry, English actor and singer
April 25 – Talia Shire, actress
May 1 - Joanna Lumley, British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer and activist
May 9 – Candice Bergen, actress
May 20 – Cher, singer and actress
July 6 – Sylvester Stallone, actor and director
July 10 – Sue Lyon, actress (d. 2019)
July 13 – Cheech Marin, actor and comedian
July 22 – Danny Glover, actor and director
August 16 – Lesley Ann Warren, actress and singer
September 15
- Tommy Lee Jones, actor
- Oliver Stone, director and producer
September 28 – Jeffrey Jones, actor
October 4 – Susan Sarandon, actress
October 15 – John Getz, actor
October 27 – Ivan Reitman, Slovakian-born director and producer
October 31 – Stephen Rea, Northern Irish actor
November 6 – Sally Field, actress
November 20 - Samuel E. Wright, American actor and singer
December 14 – Patty Duke, actress (d. 2016)
December 17 – Eugene Levy, Canadian actor
December 18 – Steven Spielberg, director and producer
unknown – Omar Al-Shammaa, Lebanese actor, voice actor

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
November 2 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor
December 12 – Renée Jeanne Falconetti, French actress
December 25 – W. C. Fields, American comedian and actor

Film Debuts

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References

Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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[outlaw-2] "The Outlaw" was filmed in 1941 and was first released in theaters in February 1943, but was quickly withdrawn due to violations of the Production Code. It was re-released in April 1946 and became a box office success.

[Finler-1] Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.

[Mannix-3] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.