This movie page looks at 1947 Top Box Office Movies. Finding box office information for movies made in the 1930s and 1940s is extremely difficult. For somebody looking for box office information on 1947 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 33,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1947 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1947. Obviously many movies made in 1946 earned box office dollars in 1947. On the other side many movies made in 1947 made money in 1948 and later. This page will looks at 152 1947 Top Box Office Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.
The following massive table only includes the movies made in 1947 that are in our database. Since we are constantly adding new movies to our database….this page will quickly become obsolete. We will try and update this page on a regular basis.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1947
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
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Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1947
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
AA Best Picture Win
1947
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
AA Best Picture Nom
1947
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
AA Best Picture Nom
1947
Crossfire (1947)
AA Best Picture Nom
1947
Life with Father (1947)
1947
Road to Rio (1947)
1947
Wild Harvest (1947)
1947
The Hucksters (1947)
1947
Dark Passage (1947)
1947
Pursued (1947)
1947
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
1947
Brute Force (1947)
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
1947
The Egg and I (1947)
1947
Dear Ruth (1947)
1947
Desert Fury (1947)
1947
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
1947
Sinbad, the Sailor (1947)
1947
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
1947
The Voice of the Turtle (1947)
1947
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
1947
Cheyenne (1947)
1947
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
1947
Possessed (1947)
1947
Unconquered (1947)
1947
The Sea of Grass (1947)
1947
The Foxes of Harrow (1947)
1947
The Homestretch (1947)
1947
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
1947
Boomerang! (1947)
1947
Nora Prentiss (1947)
1947
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
1947
Out of the Past (1947)
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
1947
Song of Love (1947)
1947
The Unsuspected (1947)
1947
Captain from Castile (1947)
1947
Tycoon (1947)
1947
California (1947)
1947
Kiss of Death (1947)
Uncredited Role
1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
1947
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
1947
Body and Soul (1947)
1947
Where There's Life (1947)
1947
Variety Girl (1947)
1947
Down To Earth (1947)
1947
Odd Man Out (1947)
1947
Saigon (1947)
1947
Fiesta (1947)
Year | Movie (Year) | Rating | S |
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Year | Movie (Year) | Rating | S |
1947 | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) AA Best Picture Win |
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1947 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1947 | The Bishop's Wife (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1947 | Crossfire (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1947 | Life with Father (1947) | ||
1947 | Road to Rio (1947) | ||
1947 | Wild Harvest (1947) | ||
1947 | The Hucksters (1947) | ||
1947 | Dark Passage (1947) | ||
1947 | Pursued (1947) | ||
1947 | The Farmer's Daughter (1947) | ||
1947 | Brute Force (1947) | ||
1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) | ||
1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) | ||
1947 | The Egg and I (1947) | ||
1947 | Dear Ruth (1947) | ||
1947 | Desert Fury (1947) | ||
1947 | Green Dolphin Street (1947) | ||
1947 | Sinbad, the Sailor (1947) | ||
1947 | My Favorite Brunette (1947) | ||
1947 | The Voice of the Turtle (1947) | ||
1947 | Mother Wore Tights (1947) | ||
1947 | Cheyenne (1947) | ||
1947 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) | ||
1947 | Possessed (1947) | ||
1947 | Unconquered (1947) | ||
1947 | The Sea of Grass (1947) | ||
1947 | The Foxes of Harrow (1947) | ||
1947 | The Homestretch (1947) | ||
1947 | Fun and Fancy Free (1947) | ||
1947 | Boomerang! (1947) | ||
1947 | Nora Prentiss (1947) | ||
1947 | The Perils of Pauline (1947) | ||
1947 | Out of the Past (1947) | ||
1947 | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) | ||
1947 | Song of Love (1947) | ||
1947 | The Unsuspected (1947) | ||
1947 | Captain from Castile (1947) | ||
1947 | Tycoon (1947) | ||
1947 | California (1947) | ||
1947 | Kiss of Death (1947) Uncredited Role |
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1947 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) | ||
1947 | Buck Privates Come Home (1947) | ||
1947 | Body and Soul (1947) | ||
1947 | Where There's Life (1947) | ||
1947 | Variety Girl (1947) | ||
1947 | Down To Earth (1947) | ||
1947 | Odd Man Out (1947) | ||
1947 | Saigon (1947) | ||
1947 | Fiesta (1947) |
1947 Top Box Office Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1947 Top Box Office Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1947 Top Box Office Movies by domestic actual box office grosses (in millions)
- Sort 1947 Top Box Office Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1947 Top Box Office Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each 1947 Top Box Office Movies received.
- Sort 1947 Top Box Office Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | UMR Score | ||||||
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R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
1 | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) AA Best Picture Win |
Gregory Peck & Dorothy McGuire |
10.5 | 307.1 | 307.10 | 12 | 75 | 08 / 03 | 99.8 | |
2 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Edmund Gwenn & Maureen O'Hara |
7.2 | 208.7 | 208.70 | 35 | 86 | 04 / 03 | 99.5 | |
3 | The Bishop's Wife (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Cary Grant & David Niven |
9.4 | 272.5 | 363.00 | 20 | 78 | 05 / 01 | 98.8 | |
4 | Crossfire (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Ryan & Robert Mitchum |
6.8 | 196.9 | 253.90 | 41 | 76 | 05 / 00 | 98.4 | |
4 | Life with Father (1947) | William Powell & Elizabeth Taylor |
13.7 | 398.2 | 508.30 | 4 | 81 | 04 / 00 | 98.2 | |
7 | Road to Rio (1947) | Bing Crosby & Bob Hope |
12.2 | 354.3 | 354.30 | 7 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 97.6 | |
7 | Wild Harvest (1947) | Alan Ladd & Dorothy Lamour |
6.9 | 200.8 | 200.80 | 37 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.5 | |
8 | The Hucksters (1947) | Clark Gable & Ava Gardner |
9.8 | 286.2 | 350.00 | 17 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 97.2 | |
9 | Dark Passage (1947) | Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall |
8.1 | 236.2 | 323.80 | 29 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 97.1 | |
11 | Pursued (1947) | Robert Mitchum & Teresa Wright |
7.8 | 228.4 | 228.40 | 31 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 96.9 | |
9 | The Farmer's Daughter (1947) | Charles Bickford & Joseph Cotten |
8.9 | 259.9 | 259.90 | 21 | 74 | 02 / 01 | 96.8 | |
12 | Brute Force (1947) | Burt Lancaster | 5.9 | 173.2 | 173.20 | 53 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 96.5 | |
13 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) | Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo & Bor |
9.7 | 281.9 | 429.50 | 19 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.4 | |
12 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) | Cary Grant & Myrna Loy & Shirley Te |
13.2 | 385.8 | 492.10 | 6 | 73 | 01 / 01 | 96.3 | |
13 | The Egg and I (1947) | Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray |
14.9 | 433.1 | 433.10 | 1 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 96.2 | |
14 | Dear Ruth (1947) | William Holden & Joan Caulfield |
10.3 | 299.2 | 299.20 | 15 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
15 | Desert Fury (1947) | Burt Lancaster | 8.1 | 236.2 | 236.20 | 28 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.9 | |
16 | Green Dolphin Street (1947) | Lana Turner & Van Heflin |
11.6 | 338.9 | 564.80 | 8 | 67 | 04 / 01 | 95.5 | |
21 | Sinbad, the Sailor (1947) | Maureen O'Hara & Anthony Quinn |
7.6 | 220.5 | 383.90 | 33 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
18 | My Favorite Brunette (1947) | Bob Hope & Peter Lorre |
8.4 | 244.1 | 244.10 | 26 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
21 | The Voice of the Turtle (1947) | Ronald Reagan & Eleanor Parker |
7.1 | 206.1 | 245.40 | 36 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
22 | Mother Wore Tights (1947) | Betty Grable & Dan Dailey |
11.1 | 322.8 | 322.80 | 9 | 64 | 03 / 01 | 94.7 | |
24 | Cheyenne (1947) | Jane Wyman & Directed by Raoul Walsh |
6.8 | 197.3 | 260.10 | 39 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.3 | |
22 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) | June Haver & Mark Stevens |
8.6 | 252.0 | 252.00 | 23 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 94.3 | |
27 | Possessed (1947) | Joan Crawford & Van Heflin |
5.4 | 156.5 | 156.50 | 63 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 93.9 | |
26 | Unconquered (1947) | Gary Cooper & Boris Karloff |
14.2 | 413.4 | 413.40 | 3 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 93.7 | |
27 | The Sea of Grass (1947) | Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy |
8.5 | 248.0 | 369.20 | 24 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 93.6 | |
28 | The Foxes of Harrow (1947) | Maureen O'Hara | 8.6 | 252.0 | 252.00 | 22 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 93.6 | |
30 | The Homestretch (1947) | Maureen O'Hara | 6.4 | 185.0 | 185.00 | 44 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 93.6 | |
32 | Fun and Fancy Free (1947) | Disney Animated Movies | 6.5 | 189.0 | 277.60 | 43 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
31 | Boomerang! (1947) | Elia Kazan & Dana Andrews |
6.1 | 177.2 | 177.20 | 47 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 93.5 | |
34 | Nora Prentiss (1947) | Ann Sheridan | 6.0 | 175.5 | 261.70 | 51 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 93.4 | |
33 | The Perils of Pauline (1947) | Betty Hutton | 10.3 | 299.2 | 299.20 | 14 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 93.3 | |
34 | Out of the Past (1947) | Kirk Douglas & Robert Mitchum |
4.0 | 117.7 | 166.90 | 87 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
35 | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) | Bud Abbott | 6.5 | 189.0 | 189.00 | 42 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
36 | Song of Love (1947) | Katharine Hepburn & Paul Henreid |
8.4 | 244.1 | 344.00 | 25 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
37 | The Unsuspected (1947) | Claude Rains & Joan Caulfield |
5.4 | 157.5 | 157.50 | 61 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
38 | Captain from Castile (1947) | Tyrone Power | 9.9 | 287.4 | 287.40 | 16 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 92.9 | |
37 | Tycoon (1947) | John Wayne & Anthony Quinn |
7.6 | 222.5 | 301.20 | 32 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.8 | |
39 | California (1947) | Barbara Stanwyck & Anthony Quinn |
10.5 | 307.1 | 307.10 | 13 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.6 | |
41 | Kiss of Death (1947) Uncredited Role |
Richard Widmark & Victor Mature |
4.5 | 129.9 | 129.90 | 78 | 81 | 02 / 00 | 92.4 | |
42 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) | Humphrey Bogart & Barbara Stanwyck |
6.2 | 180.5 | 281.00 | 46 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 92.2 | |
45 | Buck Privates Come Home (1947) | Bud Abbott & Tom Brown |
5.4 | 157.5 | 157.50 | 62 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 92.2 | |
44 | Body and Soul (1947) | John Garfield | 3.8 | 110.2 | 110.20 | 91 | 84 | 03 / 01 | 92.1 | |
45 | Where There's Life (1947) | Bob Hope | 8.1 | 236.2 | 236.20 | 30 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
46 | Variety Girl (1947) | Alan Ladd & Paulette Goddard |
9.7 | 283.5 | 283.50 | 18 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
48 | Down To Earth (1947) | Rita Hayworth & Larry Parks |
6.8 | 196.9 | 196.90 | 40 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 91.9 | |
47 | Odd Man Out (1947) | James Mason | 3.8 | 110.2 | 110.20 | 90 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 91.8 | |
51 | Saigon (1947) | Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake |
6.1 | 177.2 | 177.20 | 48 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 91.3 | |
50 | Fiesta (1947) | Esther Williams & Cyd Charisse |
6.9 | 200.5 | 443.70 | 38 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 91.0 | |
50 | Welcome Stranger (1947) | Bing Crosby & Barry Fitzgerald |
14.6 | 425.2 | 425.20 | 2 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
52 | This Time for Keeps (1947) | Esther Williams | 7.3 | 212.1 | 346.90 | 34 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 90.9 | |
55 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) | Betty Grable & Anne Revere |
6.1 | 177.2 | 177.20 | 49 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 90.9 | |
54 | Killer McCoy (1947) | Mickey Rooney & James Dunn |
5.9 | 173.3 | 251.30 | 52 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 90.9 | |
55 | Forever Amber (1947) | Linda Darnell & George Sanders |
13.5 | 393.7 | 393.70 | 5 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 90.8 | |
57 | High Barbaree (1947) | Van Johnson | 6.0 | 175.7 | 242.80 | 50 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 90.8 | |
57 | Golden Earrings (1947) | Marlene Dietrich & Ray Milland |
8.1 | 236.2 | 236.20 | 27 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 90.7 | |
59 | A Double Life (1947) | Ronald Colman & Shelley Winters |
4.6 | 133.9 | 133.90 | 77 | 69 | 04 / 02 | 90.4 | |
60 | The Paradine Case (1947) | Charles Laughton & Gregory Peck |
5.9 | 173.2 | 173.20 | 54 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 90.4 | |
61 | T-Men (1947) | Dennis O'Keefe & Film Noir Movies |
4.3 | 126.0 | 126.00 | 79 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 90.2 | |
61 | The Red House (1947) | Edward G. Robinson | 4.6 | 133.9 | 133.90 | 76 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
62 | Cass Timberlane (1947) | Spencer Tracy & Lana Turner |
10.8 | 313.7 | 408.40 | 10 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
64 | Song of Scheherazade (1947) | Yvonne De Carlo | 5.7 | 165.4 | 165.40 | 57 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
63 | My Wild Irish Rose (1947) | Arlene Dahl | 10.6 | 308.8 | 385.10 | 11 | 51 | 01 / 00 | 89.6 | |
67 | The Unfaithful (1947) | Ann Sheridan | 5.2 | 152.7 | 234.00 | 64 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
65 | The Macomber Affair (1947) | Gregory Peck & Joan Bennett |
4.3 | 126.0 | 126.00 | 80 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
69 | Angel and the Badman (1947) | John Wayne & Gail Russell |
5.0 | 145.7 | 145.70 | 67 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 89.2 | |
66 | Ride the Pink Horse (1947) | Thomas Gomez & Robert Montgomery |
3.4 | 98.4 | 98.40 | 103 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 88.9 | |
71 | Dead Reckoning (1947) | Humphrey Bogart | 4.7 | 136.2 | 136.20 | 75 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 88.5 | |
70 | Good News (1947) | June Allyson & Peter Lawford |
5.8 | 169.6 | 169.60 | 55 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 88.5 | |
71 | Black Narcissus (1947) | Deborah Kerr & Jean Simmons |
2.4 | 70.9 | 70.90 | 129 | 85 | 02 / 02 | 88.3 | |
73 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) | Natalie Wood & Rex Harrison |
2.8 | 82.7 | 82.70 | 118 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 88.1 | |
72 | Suddenly It's Spring (1947) | Fred MacMurray & Paulette Goddard |
5.5 | 161.4 | 161.40 | 59 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
74 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) | Van Johnson | 4.9 | 143.3 | 192.50 | 70 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 88.0 | |
76 | Song of the Thin Man (1947) | Myrna Loy & William Powell |
3.8 | 110.5 | 181.50 | 89 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 87.4 | |
76 | Monsieur Verdoux (1947) | Charles Chaplin | 2.3 | 66.9 | 66.90 | 130 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 87.3 | |
77 | It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) | Frank Sinatra & Kathryn Grayson |
5.1 | 147.8 | 209.80 | 65 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
78 | Blaze of Noon (1947) | William Holden & Anne Baxter |
5.0 | 145.7 | 145.70 | 68 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
79 | Daisy Kenyon (1947) | Henry Fonda & Joan Crawford |
4.7 | 137.8 | 137.80 | 74 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
81 | That Hagen Girl (1947) | Shirley Temple & Ronald Reagan |
4.9 | 143.2 | 166.90 | 71 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
82 | The Other Love (1947) | Barbara Stanwyck & David Niven |
5.0 | 145.7 | 145.70 | 66 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 86.7 | |
83 | Stallion Road (1947) | Ronald Reagan | 5.7 | 164.7 | 218.70 | 58 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
82 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) | Don DeFore and Ann Harding | 3.4 | 98.4 | 98.40 | 99 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 86.3 | |
85 | It Had To Be You (1947) | Ginger Rogers & Cornel Wilde |
4.1 | 118.1 | 118.10 | 85 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
83 | They Won't Believe Me (1947) | Susan Hayward & Robert Young |
3.6 | 103.9 | 159.10 | 95 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
84 | Deep Valley (1947) | Ida Lupino | 3.8 | 110.2 | 110.20 | 92 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
87 | I Walk Alone (1947) | Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas |
5.7 | 165.4 | 165.40 | 56 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
88 | High Wall (1947) | Robert Taylor | 4.2 | 122.3 | 206.20 | 82 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
90 | Slave Girl (1947) | Broderick Crawford | 5.4 | 157.5 | 157.50 | 60 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
91 | Escape Me Never (1947) | Errol Flynn | 6.2 | 181.1 | 234.70 | 45 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
91 | Driftwood (1947) | Natalie Wood & Walter Brennan |
3.4 | 98.4 | 98.40 | 102 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
93 | The Beginning or the End (1947) | Norman Lloyd | 3.3 | 96.1 | 152.90 | 105 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
92 | The Late George Apley (1947) | Ronald Colman & Richard Haydn |
2.7 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 119 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
94 | The Lady From Shanghai (1947) | Orson Welles & Rita Hayworth |
2.0 | 58.3 | 58.30 | 136 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
97 | Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) | Susan Hayward & Walter Wanger |
4.7 | 138.1 | 196.20 | 72 | 54 | 02 / 00 | 83.5 | |
95 | Nightmare Alley (1947) | Tyrone Power & Joan Blondell |
1.5 | 43.3 | 43.30 | 145 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
97 | Johnny O'Clock (1947) | Dick Powell | 4.7 | 137.8 | 137.80 | 73 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 82.9 | |
99 | Love and Learn (1947) | Jack Carson | 4.1 | 118.1 | 118.10 | 84 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 82.7 | |
99 | The Web (1947) | Edmond O'Brien & Vincent Price |
2.7 | 78.4 | 78.40 | 126 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 82.6 | |
98 | Ramrod (1947) | Joel McCrea & Donald Crisp |
3.5 | 102.4 | 102.40 | 97 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
101 | Desire Me (1947) | Robert Mitchum & Greer Garson |
3.9 | 114.3 | 202.80 | 88 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 81.3 | |
101 | The Fugitive (1947) | Henry Fonda & Ward Bond |
2.2 | 64.4 | 64.40 | 131 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
102 | Desperate (1947) | Steve Brodie | 3.0 | 86.7 | 86.70 | 115 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
105 | Her Husband's Affair (1947) | Lucille Ball | 4.1 | 118.1 | 118.10 | 83 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
103 | Something in The Wind (1947) | Deanna Durbin | 3.1 | 89.9 | 89.90 | 111 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 80.8 | |
106 | Framed (1947) | Glenn Ford & Janis Carter |
3.4 | 98.4 | 98.40 | 101 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
107 | Copacabana (1947) | Marx Brothers | 3.4 | 98.4 | 98.40 | 100 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
108 | Moss Rose (1947) | Vincent Price & Victor Mature |
3.1 | 90.6 | 90.60 | 110 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
110 | The Unfinished Dance (1947) | Cyd Charisse | 3.1 | 88.9 | 181.30 | 113 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 79.0 | |
109 | Ivy (1947) | Joan Fontaine & Herbert Marshall |
2.7 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 121 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 78.8 | |
113 | The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947) | Rosalind Russell & Melvyn Douglas |
3.5 | 102.4 | 102.40 | 96 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
112 | Merton of the Movies (1947) | Red Skelton | 3.4 | 100.3 | 134.80 | 98 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
111 | Lured (1947) | Boris Karloff & Lucille Ball |
1.9 | 55.1 | 55.10 | 140 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 78.2 | |
114 | The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) | William Powell | 3.3 | 96.5 | 96.50 | 104 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 77.9 | |
117 | Trail Street (1947) | Randolph Scott & Robert Ryan |
3.7 | 109.1 | 148.40 | 94 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 76.7 | |
118 | The Mighty McGurk (1947) | Wallace Beery | 3.8 | 110.0 | 141.70 | 93 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 76.6 | |
116 | Night Song (1947) | Dana Andrews & Merle Oberon |
3.2 | 94.1 | 123.60 | 107 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 76.5 | |
118 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) | Boris Karloff | 2.9 | 85.0 | 85.00 | 116 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 76.0 | |
119 | Cry Wolf (1947) | Barbara Stanwyck & Errol Flynn |
5.0 | 145.0 | 211.80 | 69 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 75.7 | |
119 | Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) | Barry Fitzgerald | 2.7 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 120 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
120 | Christmas Eve (1947) | Randolph Scott & Joan Blondell |
2.7 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 122 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 73.8 | |
122 | Dishonored Lady (1947) | Hedy Lamarr | 2.2 | 63.0 | 63.00 | 134 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 72.6 | |
124 | Magic Town (1947) | James Stewart | 4.2 | 123.6 | 143.70 | 81 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
124 | Born To Kill (1947) | Claire Trevor & Directed by Robert Wise |
1.4 | 40.3 | 40.30 | 149 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 71.9 | |
125 | Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) | Johnny Weismuller | 3.1 | 91.3 | 199.60 | 109 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 71.7 | |
128 | Out Of The Blue (1947) | Virginia Mayo | 2.7 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 124 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
125 | The Woman on the Beach (1947) | Robert Ryan & Joan Bennett |
2.5 | 72.1 | 72.10 | 127 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
129 | The Trouble with Women (1947) | Ray Milland & Teresa Wright |
2.2 | 63.5 | 63.50 | 133 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 71.2 | |
128 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) | Angela Lansbury & George Sanders |
2.1 | 60.2 | 60.20 | 135 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 71.2 | |
130 | The Long Night (1947) | Henry Fonda | 2.7 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 123 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 71.1 | |
133 | Gunfighters (1947) | Randolph Scott | 3.2 | 92.6 | 92.60 | 108 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 71.0 | |
132 | That Way With Women (1947) | Sydney Greenstreet | 2.2 | 64.0 | 64.00 | 132 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 71.0 | |
133 | Thunder in the Valley (1947) | 1.4 | 39.4 | 39.40 | 151 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 70.0 | ||
135 | Living in a Big Way (1947) | Gene Kelly | 3.1 | 89.5 | 119.10 | 112 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 69.9 | |
135 | The Lost Moment (1947) | Susan Hayward & Walter Wanger |
2.0 | 57.8 | 57.80 | 137 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 69.8 | |
136 | An Ideal Husband (1947) | Paulette Goddard | 2.5 | 72.0 | 72.00 | 128 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
137 | If Winter Comes (1947) | Walter Pidgeon & Angela Lansbury |
3.0 | 87.8 | 153.50 | 114 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 67.9 | |
137 | Carnival in Costa Rica (1947) | Vera-Ellen | 2.7 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 125 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 67.8 | |
138 | Black Gold (1947) | Anthony Quinn & Katherine DeMille |
1.8 | 53.2 | 53.20 | 141 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 66.6 | |
139 | My Brother Talks To Horses (1947) | Peter Lawford | 2.0 | 57.7 | 76.90 | 138 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 66.3 | |
143 | Cynthia (1947) | Elizabeth Taylor | 3.3 | 95.0 | 129.80 | 106 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 66.2 | |
141 | The Invisible Wall (1947) | Jeff Chandler | 1.1 | 31.2 | 31.20 | 161 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
142 | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) | Harold Lloyd & Directed by Preston Sturges |
1.5 | 43.3 | 78.70 | 146 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 64.4 | |
145 | Honeymoon (1947) | Shirley Temple & Franchot Tone |
4.1 | 118.1 | 147.60 | 86 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
144 | Northwest Outpost (1947) | Nelson Eddy & Elsa Lanchester |
1.0 | 28.4 | 28.40 | 163 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
146 | Carnegie Hall (1947) | 1.7 | 48.4 | 48.40 | 143 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 61.6 | ||
147 | I'll Be Yours (1947) | Deanna Durbin | 2.8 | 82.8 | 82.80 | 117 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 61.3 | |
148 | Brighton Rock (1947) | Richard Attenborough | 0.2 | 6.2 | 6.20 | 177 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 61.2 | |
149 | The Last Round-Up (1947) | Gene Autry | 1.6 | 45.8 | 45.80 | 144 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 60.3 | |
150 | Railroaded! (1947) | 1.1 | 32.7 | 32.70 | 159 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 59.9 | ||
149 | Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) | Walter Wanger & Joan Bennett |
1.1 | 33.5 | 33.50 | 156 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 59.6 | |
152 | Love From A Stranger (1947) | Sylvia Sidney | 1.7 | 49.2 | 49.20 | 142 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 58.1 | |
153 | Dark Delusion (1947) | James Craig & Lionel Barrymore |
1.3 | 37.4 | 37.40 | 154 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 57.6 | |
154 | Captain Boycott (1947) | Stewart Granger & Robert Donat |
1.2 | 33.6 | 33.60 | 155 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 57.3 | |
155 | That's My Man (1947) | Don Ameche | 1.5 | 42.6 | 42.60 | 147 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
157 | Singapore (1947) | Ava Gardner & Fred MacMurray |
1.9 | 56.6 | 56.60 | 139 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | |
156 | So Well Remembered (1947) | Trevor Howard | 0.8 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 169 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 56.5 | |
156 | High Fury (1947) | 0.9 | 27.2 | 27.20 | 164 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 56.2 | ||
158 | Time Out Of Mind (1947) | Leo G. Carroll | 0.8 | 23.8 | 23.80 | 168 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 55.1 | |
161 | Roses Are Red (1947) | Jeff Chandler | 1.0 | 29.5 | 29.50 | 162 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 55.0 | |
162 | I Became A Criminal/The Made Me A Fugitive (1947) | 0.3 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 176 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 55.0 | ||
162 | Fun on a Week-End (1947) | Priscilla Lane | 1.3 | 39.1 | 39.10 | 152 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 55.0 | |
163 | The Arnelo Affair (1947) | John Hodiak & Dean Stockwell |
1.4 | 41.3 | 66.00 | 148 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 54.3 | |
163 | The Gangster (1947) | John Ireland | 0.7 | 19.7 | 19.70 | 170 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 51.0 | |
165 | The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) | Lawrence Tierney | 1.1 | 32.2 | 32.20 | 160 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 50.8 | |
164 | The Exile (1947) | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | 0.6 | 18.6 | 18.60 | 171 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 50.2 | |
166 | The Flame (1947) | Broderick Crawford | 0.9 | 24.9 | 24.90 | 167 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 48.1 | |
168 | Riffraff (1947) | Pat O'Brien & Walter Slezak |
1.4 | 39.5 | 39.50 | 150 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 42.1 | |
167 | Angelina (1947) | 0.1 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 180 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 41.0 | ||
169 | The Inheritance/Uncle Silas (1947) Limited Release |
Jean Simmons | 0.1 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 181 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | |
169 | Saddle Pals (1947) | 0.9 | 25.6 | 25.60 | 166 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 40.4 | ||
171 | Code of The West (1947) | 0.4 | 10.9 | 10.90 | 174 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 34.9 | ||
173 | Fame Is The Spur (1947) | 0.2 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 179 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 34.7 | ||
172 | Design For Death (1947) | Hans Conried | 0.2 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 178 | 59 | 01 / 01 | 34.5 | |
173 | Pirates of Monterey (1947) | Maria Montez | 0.3 | 8.6 | 8.60 | 175 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 34.5 | |
176 | Keeper of the Bees (1947) | Directed by John Sturges | 1.1 | 32.8 | 32.80 | 158 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 33.8 | |
175 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) | Joan Blondell | 1.1 | 32.8 | 32.80 | 157 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 33.8 | |
176 | Michigan Kid (1947) | 0.6 | 18.4 | 18.40 | 172 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 30.5 | ||
178 | Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) | Rosalind Russell & Kirk Douglas |
0.5 | 14.6 | 34.30 | 173 | 54 | 02 / 00 | 29.5 | |
179 | For The Love Of Rusty (1947) | John Sturges | 0.9 | 26.9 | 26.90 | 165 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 25.7 | |
179 | Adventure Island (1947) | Rhonda Fleming & Rory Calhoun |
1.3 | 37.8 | 37.80 | 153 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 | |
180 | Scared To Death (1947) | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.40 | 182 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 1.9 |
My Main Sources
Source 1: Eddie Mannix MGM Ledgers
Source 2: C.J. Tevlin RKO Ledgers
Source 3: Variety Magazines –
Source 4: Year In Review Variety Editions
Source 5: Grand Design: Hollywood As A Modern Business Enterprise 1930-1942 by Tino Balio
Source 6: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon
Source 7: Wikipedia
Source 8: IMDb.com
Source 9: “Revenue sharing and the coming of sound” by H. Mark Glancy
Source 10: Hollywood Power Stats by Christopher Reynolds
1947 Box Office Grosses – Adjusted World Wide
Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
Green Dolphin Street (1947) | Lana Turner & Van Heflin |
564.80 | |
Life with Father (1947) | William Powell & Elizabeth Taylor |
508.30 | |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) | Cary Grant & Myrna Loy & Shirley Te |
492.10 | |
Fiesta (1947) | Esther Williams & Cyd Charisse |
443.70 | |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) | Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo & Bor |
429.50 | |
Cass Timberlane (1947) | Spencer Tracy & Lana Turner |
408.40 | |
My Wild Irish Rose (1947) | Arlene Dahl | 385.10 | |
Sinbad, the Sailor (1947) | Maureen O'Hara & Anthony Quinn |
383.90 | |
The Sea of Grass (1947) | Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy |
369.20 | |
The Bishop's Wife (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Cary Grant & David Niven |
363.00 | |
The Hucksters (1947) | Clark Gable & Ava Gardner |
350.00 | |
This Time for Keeps (1947) | Esther Williams | 346.90 | |
Song of Love (1947) | Katharine Hepburn & Paul Henreid |
344.00 | |
Dark Passage (1947) | Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall |
323.80 | |
Tycoon (1947) | John Wayne & Anthony Quinn |
301.20 | |
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) | Humphrey Bogart & Barbara Stanwyck |
281.00 | |
Fun and Fancy Free (1947) | Disney Animated Movies | 277.60 | |
Nora Prentiss (1947) | Ann Sheridan | 261.70 | |
Cheyenne (1947) | Jane Wyman & Directed by Raoul Walsh |
260.10 | |
Crossfire (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Ryan & Robert Mitchum |
253.90 | |
Killer McCoy (1947) | Mickey Rooney & James Dunn |
251.30 | |
The Voice of the Turtle (1947) | Ronald Reagan & Eleanor Parker |
245.40 | |
High Barbaree (1947) | Van Johnson | 242.80 | |
Escape Me Never (1947) | Errol Flynn | 234.70 | |
The Unfaithful (1947) | Ann Sheridan | 234.00 | |
Stallion Road (1947) | Ronald Reagan | 218.70 | |
Cry Wolf (1947) | Barbara Stanwyck & Errol Flynn |
211.80 | |
It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) | Frank Sinatra & Kathryn Grayson |
209.80 | |
High Wall (1947) | Robert Taylor | 206.20 | |
Desire Me (1947) | Robert Mitchum & Greer Garson |
202.80 | |
Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) | Johnny Weismuller | 199.60 | |
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) | Susan Hayward & Walter Wanger |
196.20 | |
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) | Van Johnson | 192.50 | |
Song of the Thin Man (1947) | Myrna Loy & William Powell |
181.50 | |
The Unfinished Dance (1947) | Cyd Charisse | 181.30 | |
Out of the Past (1947) | Kirk Douglas & Robert Mitchum |
166.90 | |
That Hagen Girl (1947) | Shirley Temple & Ronald Reagan |
166.90 | |
They Won't Believe Me (1947) | Susan Hayward & Robert Young |
159.10 | |
If Winter Comes (1947) | Walter Pidgeon & Angela Lansbury |
153.50 | |
The Beginning or the End (1947) | Norman Lloyd | 152.90 | |
Trail Street (1947) | Randolph Scott & Robert Ryan |
148.40 | |
Honeymoon (1947) | Shirley Temple & Franchot Tone |
147.60 | |
Magic Town (1947) | James Stewart | 143.70 | |
The Mighty McGurk (1947) | Wallace Beery | 141.70 | |
Merton of the Movies (1947) | Red Skelton | 134.80 | |
Cynthia (1947) | Elizabeth Taylor | 129.80 | |
Night Song (1947) | Dana Andrews & Merle Oberon |
123.60 | |
Living in a Big Way (1947) | Gene Kelly | 119.10 | |
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) | Harold Lloyd & Directed by Preston Sturges |
78.70 | |
My Brother Talks To Horses (1947) | Peter Lawford | 76.90 | |
The Arnelo Affair (1947) | John Hodiak & Dean Stockwell |
66.00 | |
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) | Rosalind Russell & Kirk Douglas |
34.30 |
UMR Yearly Reviews
- 1937 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Snow White & Seven Dwarfs
- 1938 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Adventures of Robin Hood
- 1939 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gone With The Wind
- 1940 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Rebecca
- 1941 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? How Green Was My Valley
- 1942 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Mrs. Miniver
- 1943 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Song of Bernadette
- 1944 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Double Indemnity
- 1945 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Lost Weekend
- 1946 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Best Years of Our Lives
- 1947 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gentleman’s Agreement
- 1952 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Greatest Show On Earth
- 1959 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Ben-Hur
- 1976 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Rocky
- 2011 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Help
- 2012 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Argo
- 2013 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gravity
- 2014 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? American Sniper
- 2015 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Martian
- 2016 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? La La Land
I’m also somewhat surprised to see Welcome Stranger at the top of the 1947 list in terms of box office returns. While I’m not an expert on Bing Crosby I don’t think it was one of his most memorable films. Together with the Road to Rio, Bing’s 2 films on the list grossed over $650 million in adjusted box office – no wonder, he again topped the quigley poll’s top money-making stars for the year!
But for me, 1947 is more significant as being the year when Robert Mitchum (who incidentally never made the top 10 in the quigley poll) really broke out as a major star, with 3 memorable classics on this list: Out of the Past, Crossfire and Pursued. Out of the Past has some of the best dialogue I have seen in cinema and Mitchum delivers a great performance. My other favorites on this list are The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Odd Man Out, Black Narcissus, Mr. Verdoux and Gentlemen’s Agreement .
…and for my 9-year old daughter, I would also add Miracle on 34th Street – apparently a timeless classic!
Miracle on 34th Street….a cult classic (it is listed in the Danny Peary Cult Movie books)….has aged very very nicely. Kudos to your 9 year old for liking….gasp…a black and white movie…lol.
…well, our DVD of Miracle on 34th street has both the B&W and colored versions, and I admit we usually play the latter – Still, the colors are rather pale, so it almost qualifies as B&W 🙂
By the way, I just noticed that Great Expectations appears both in the 1947 and 1946 lists – according to IMDB it was released in December 1946 in London, but in 1947 in the US. Not sure if you have a practice to cover such cases! Thanks for your responses and comments.
Hey Phil….I generally try and go with IMDb. I have noticed that Variety regularly messes up their years. I need to delete Great Expectations from my 1946 page.
Hey…black and white or added color…..impressive that your 9 year old is checking out a movie that is 70 years old. 🙂
Hey Phil. Variety lists Welcome Stranger as the 4th biggest hit of 1947…..but the first three movies were made in 1946…..so when you take away those 3….Welcome Stranger jumps to the Top Spot. I think it is the power of Bing Crosby….which is pretty much forgotten. The man was the Top Star for 5 straight years…and Welcome Stranger was made in that peak 5 year span.
Good point about Mitchum. I agree with you about Out of the Past…..my favorites seem for some reason to always end up with a picture on the webpage…not sure how that happens…lol. I have seen and liked all of your favorites with the exception of Odd Man Out…which I have yet to see. Thanks for the comment.
So many of my favorites made close to no money…sometimes I don’t understand this business 😉
Monsieur Verdoux is one of those rare films full of black humor that I thoroughly enjoy. The secret beyond the Door and The Woman on the Beach are pretty good in my opinion, too. Worst of all, one of my fav fantasies, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, did only fair business, as did Ivy, one of my fav Joan Fontaine movies. I am not the biggest Tyrone Power fan, but in Nightmare Alley he really surprised me and I love so many aspects about that movie. Same goes for The lost Moment, an often shown movie in and thus a favorite since my childhood. Not a big western fan, but I like Ramrod and the way the noir genre was incorporated into the Story via “dark Blonde” Veronica Lake. I’d also like to mention High Wall, The Red House, Out of the Past, A Double Life, Pursued, Dark Passage, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (one of the best, though not the most successful Betty Grable films), two wonderful Brits, Black Narcissus and Great Expectation, Life with Father and two of my favourite Christmas movies, Miracle on 34th Street and The Bishop’s Wife. I’ve seen 79 movies listed here, and to this day never ever heard of Welcome Stranger.
Thank you for another box office year.
To give Miss Crawford what is rightfully hers: I forgot to mention Possessed, I remember that she blew me away in the opening scene the first time I saw that film.
LUPINO
“To give Miss Crawford what is rightfully hers —she blew me away in the opening scene—”
1 never thought that I would hear such music to my ears from another on this site. However you are taking a big chance because I once thought I might well be banned from the site for singing Joan’s praises, which on this site seems to be almost regarded as equivalent to the proverbial swearing in church. So thanks for making my weekend Lupin as Joan is my 2nd favourite actress after Deanna Durbin.
LUPINO
Apologies for omitting the ‘O’ from your name at its 2nd mention BOB
🙂
Hello Bob,
to me Crawford has always been one of the Greats of Hollywood’s Golden Era. Before I knew actresses like Sylvia Sidney and Margaret Sullavan, it was Crawford, Davis Hepburn for me. As I already said on Crawford’s own UMR page, I do prefer her 40’s and 50’s films to her earlier work, but I love her Flaemmchen in Grand Hotel, her Sadie Thompson in Rain (I know, critics of the day almost lynched her) and of course her Crystal in The Women. One of the most enduring careers in Hollywood, a lot of classic films and a famous feud to nurture the myth for years to come – who could deny Joan her place in the pantheon of Hollywood’s Greats?
LUPINO
“Who could deny Joan her place in the pantheon of greats?” you ask. I could name you three regulars of this site without having to think about it. However she is I think 10th on AFI’s Legends list so all’s well that ends well as the saying goes. Thanks for your further comments which chime with my own thoughts. As as matter of interest here are my own Top 20 favourite greatest favourite stars of all time in rank order.
1/Richard Widmark
2/Deanna Durbin
3/Gregory Peck
4/James Stewart
5/Joan Crawford
6/Morgan Freeman
7/Alan Ladd
8/John Wayne
9/Marlon Brando
10/Glenn Ford
11/Denzel Washington
12/Doris Day
13/Charlton Heston
14/Dirk Bogarde
15/Edward G Robinson
16/Burt Lancaster/Kirk Douglas – can’t split them!
17/Michael Caine
18/Audie Murphy
19/Julia Roberts
20/Michael Douglas
BOB,
would love to give you my list – but I can’t. For more than 4 decades now my favorite hobby is watching and reading (about) old movies and the people who made them. My favorites have changed over the years, with myself getting more knowledgable and more critical with what I see. Still, somehow they all managed to keep their place on my personal list, and I really don’t KNOW who my favorite actresses are. It is a little easier with the men: Stewart, Grant and Clift are way up there, but then I also love Cooper, Bogarde, Peck, Joseph Cotten, Sidney Poitier, James Mason, Denzel Washington, Idris Elba… even Errol Flynn…plus some 😉
Deanna Durbin is not really known here in germany, the only 2 of her movies I have ever seen on telly are Christmas Holiday and It started with Eve. Liked them both. Since then, I found some of her movies on DVD in England, and have watched quite a few. The only actor on your list I can’t warm up to is Audie Murphy.
HI AGAIN LUPINO
Thanks for giving an insight into how you see things overall. Very interesting BOB
Hey Bob…..glad to see Sir Michael on your Top 20….at least you got one right…..lol. Actually it is a quality list filled with lots of legends.
Hey Bob…we here at UMR think Joan Crawford is an all time great. We are on high standing at the Joan Crawford Chat Room on Facebook. Sorry if we have not given her more credit…especially since her page has been one of our most popular ones.:)
I agree Lupino, Joan Crawford is outstanding in Possessed.
Hey Lupino…..I think most of the movies you mentioned all got great reviews….so even if they did not make much money, the consensus is they are good movies. Your 79 movies only trails Dan in our tally contest.
Many of the movies you mentioned I have not seen…..I will have to check them out. Thanks for the feedback. 🙂
I have seen 38 movies. Favourite movies include:
Out of the Past
Dark Passage
Crossfire
The Ghost and Mrs.Muir
Black Narcissis
The Bishop’s Wife
The Lady From Shanhgai
Lady in theLake
Miracle on 34th Street
Daisy Kenyon
Hey Flora…..thanks for your comment, visit and tally count. 38 tops Steve’s 30 and my 26.
Of your favorites, I have seen them all except for Lady in the Lake…..the rest I enjoyed as well. 🙂
I’ve seen 30 of the 132 films listed here. Favorites include – Black Narcissus, Road to Rio, My Favorite Brunette, Miracle on 34th Street, Kiss of Death, Out of the Past, Great Expectations (1946 in the UK) and Unconquered.
Welcome Stranger the biggest box office hit of the year? Never heard of it.
Good to see ‘Out of the Past’ top the critics chart, retitled ‘Build My Gallows High’ here in the UK, the title of the novel.
Gentleman’s Agreement tops the UMR chart, I watched it once didn’t like it, The Bishop’s Wife isn’t a favorite either but I do have a copy of it.
Looking at my datafiles I have 41 films from 1947 in my movie collection.
Angel and the Badman
Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer ,The
Bishop’s Wife ,The
Black Narcissus
Body and Soul
Boomerang
Born to Kill
Brute Force
Buck Privates Come Home
Captain from Castile
Copacabana
Crossfire
Cry Wolf
Dark Passage
Dead Reckoning
Desert Fury
Double Life ,A
Fun and Fancy Free
Ghost and Mrs.Muir ,The
Good News
Green Dolphin Street
Gunfighters
Kiss of Death
Lady in the Lake
Macomber Affair .The
Miracle on 34th St. ,A
My Favorite Brunette
Nicholas Nickleby
Nightmare Alley
Out of the Past
Paradine Case ,The
Pursued
Road to Rio
Sea of Grass
Secret Life of Walter Mitty ,The
Song of the Thin Man
Tarzan and the Huntress
13 Rue Madeleine
Two Mrs. Carrolls ,The
Tycoon
Unconquered
1947 was a bad year for fans of sci-fi, fantasy and horror cinema. 1950 would kick-start the glorious golden age of science fiction movies, and it was a good decade for horror films too, especially British.
Another expert movie page Bruce. Voted Up!
Hey Steve
1. Thanks for checking out our 1947 movie page.
2. Sorry it took so long to respond back.
3. Your 30 movies watched has me beat…..but I am the only one you topped
4. At least you have seen Gentleman’s Agreement…..it has not aged well even with Gregory Peck in the lead role.
5. Sorry this was a bad year for sci-if movies.
6. Thanks for the list of movies in your collection.
7. Good feedback as usual.
These are the 135 1947 movies I’ve seen since November 1992 when I saw the 8000th film of my life. Key – film, studio, stars until I stopped listing, date seen and source (cable channel, local channel, tape (back in the VHS days) and DVD.
ADVENTURE ISLAND 1947 PAR 11/5 2015 DVD
ANNA KARENINA (U.K.) 1947 FOX VIVIEN LEIGH RALPH RICHARDSON 11/6 1994 AMC
ARNELO AFFAIR 1947 MGM JOHN HODIAK GEORGE MURPHY 9/11 2003 TCM
BELLS OF SAN FERNANDO 1947 SCREEN GUILD 6/6 2016 DVD
BIG TOWN AFTER DARK 1947 PAR HILLARY BROOKE 7/20 1997 21
BISHOP’S WIFE 1947 RKO CARY GRANT LORETTA YOUNG 12/25 1998 AMC
BLACK GOLD 1947 AA ANTHONY QUINN KATHERINE DEMILLE 8/23 2012 TCM
BLACK HILLS 1947 PRC EDDIE DEAN ROSCOE ATES 11/30 2000 WEST
BLAZE OF NOON 1947 PAR WILLIAM HOLDEN STERLING HAYDEN 7/7 1994 AMC
BORDER FEUD 1947 PRC LASH LARUE AL ST. JOHN 11/27 2000 WEST
BORN TO KILL 1947 RKO LAWRENCE TIERNEY CLAIRE TREVOR 5/17 1998 AMC
BRIGHTON ROCK (U.K.) 1947 MAYER-KINGSLEY RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH HERMOINE BADDELEY 11/4 2010 TCM
BRUTE FORCE 1947 UNI BURT LANCASTER 10/6 1997 AMC
BUFFALO BILL RIDES AGAIN 1947 SG RICHARD ARLEN JENNIFER HOLT 1/4 2001 WEST
BUSH CHRISTMAS (AUST.) 1947 UNI CHIPS RAFFERTY HELEN GRIEVE 12/29 2007 TCM
CALENDAR GIRL 1947 REP JANE FRAZEE IRENE RICH 10/29 2007 DVD
CARNIVAL IN COSTA RICA 1947 FOX DICK HAYMES VERA-ELLEN 4/2 2000 LOVE
CHEYENNE 1947 WB DENNIS MORGAN JANE WYMAN 1/4 1994 TNT
CHEYENNE TAKES OVER 1947 EL LASH LARUE NANCY GATES 1/4 2001 WEST
CHRISTMAS EVE 1947 UA GEORGE RAFT ANN HARDING 6/27 1997 AMC
CODE OF THE SADDLE 1947 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN 12/25 2009 DVD
CODE OF THE WEST 1947 RKO STEVE BRODIE JAMES WARREN 11/2 2000 WEST
CORPSE CAME C.O.D. 1947 COL JOAN BLONDELL GEORGE BRENT 1/25 2013 TCM
CRIME DOCTOR’S GAMBLE 1947 COL WARNER BAXTER MICHELINE CHEIREL 5/6 2007 TCM
CYNTHIA 1947 MGM ELIZABETH TAYLOR MARY ASTOR 9/25 1998 TCM
DANGER STREET 1947 PAR JANE WITHERS ROBERT LOWERY 2/13 1997 TAPE
DANGEROUS VENTURE 1947 UA WILLIAM BOYD ANDY CLYDE 4/16 2001 WEST
DARK DELUSION 1947 MGM LIONEL BARRYMORE JAMES CRAIG 2/6 2000 TCM
DEAD OF NIGHT 1947 PAR ? ? 1/21 2007 DVD
DEAR MURDERER (U.K.) 1947 UNI ERIC PORTMAN GRETA GYNT 10/23 2008 TCM
DEAR RUTH 1947 PAR JOAN CAULFIELD WILLIAM HOLDEN 6/21 1994 AMC
DESIRE ME 1947 MGM GREER GARSON 8/27 1999 TCM
DEVIL THUMBS A RIDE 1947 RKO LAWRENCE TIERNEY 10/3 1993 AMC
END OF THE RIVER (U.K.) 1947 UNI SABU RAYMOND LOVELL 9/13 2009 TCM
ESCAPE ME NEVER 1947 WB IDA LUPINO ERROL FLYNN 1/5 1999 TCM
EXILE, THE 1947 UNI DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. MARIA MONTEZ 1/24 2012 TCM
EXPOSED 1947 REP ADELE MARA 7/15 1995 TAPE
FEAR IN THE NIGHT 1947 PAR PAUL KELLY ANN DORAN 6/27 2012 DVD
FIGHTING VIGILANTES 1947 EL LASH LARUE FUZZY ST. JOHN 5/15 2001 WEST
FOR THE LOVE OF RUSTY 1947 COL TED DONALDSON TOM POWERS 5/29 2007 TCM
FOXES OF HARROW 1947 FOX REX HARRISON MAUREEN O’HARA 10/31 1999 MAX
FRIEDA (U.K.) 1947 UNI MAI ZETTERLING DAVID FARRAR 5/19 1996 21
FUN ON A WEEK-END 1947 UA EDDIE BRACKEN PRISCILLA LANE 9/6 2010 TCM
GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT 1947 FOX GREGORY PECK DOROTHY MCGUIRE 1/15 1994 DIS
GHOST TOWN RENEGADES 1947 EL LASH LARUE XXX 10/7 2000 WEST
GUILT OF JANET AMES 1947 COL ROSALIND RUSSELL MELVYN DOUGLAS 12/11 1993 TNT
GUN TALK 1947 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN 4/7 2012 DVD
HAT BOX MYSTERY 1947 SG TOM NEAL ALLEN JENKINS 3/7 2006 DVD
HEADING FOR HEAVEN 1947 EL 10/1 2015 DVD
HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS 1947 UNI ROBERT CUMMINGS BRIAN DONLEVY 4/17 2010 TCM
HER HUSBAND’S AFFAIRS 1947 COL LUCILLE BALL FRANCHOT TONE 3/18 2009 TCM
HOLIDAY CAMP (U.K.) 1947 UNI FLORA ROBSON DENNIS PRICE 1/2 2012 TCM
HOLLYWOOD BARN DANCE 1947 SG ERNEST TUBB LORI TALBOTT 3/4 2012 TCM
HOMESTEADERS OF PARADISE VALLEY 1947 REP ALLAN LANE BOBBY BLAKE 10/5 2013 DVD
HUE AND CRY (U.K.) 1947 FINE ARTS ALASTAIR SIM JACK WARNER 12/5 1993 21
HUMORESQUE 1947 WB JOAN CRAWFORD JOHN GARFIELD 6/2 1994 TMC
I SEE A DARK STRANGER (U.K.) 1947 EL DEBORAH KERR TREVOR HOWARD 5/13 2009 TCM
IT HAD TO BE YOU 1947 COL GINGER ROGERS CORNEL WILDE 4/28 2007 TCM
IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN 1947 MGM FRANK SINATRA JIMMY DURANTE 9/5 1998 TCM
IVY 1947 UNI JOAN FONTAINE PATRIC KNOWLES 6/21 1995 AMC
JACK ARMSTRONG 1947 COL 8/31 1995 TAPE SERIAL
JESSE JAMES RIDES AGAIN 1947 REP CLAYTON MOORE 1/14 1994 TAPE SERIAL
JOHNNY O’CLOCK 1947 COL DICK POWELL LEE J. COBB 9/6 2004 MYST
KING OF THE BANDITS 1947 MONO GILBERT ROLAND 9/21 2010 DVD
LAND OF THE LAWLESS 1947 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN 1/18 2010 DVD
LAST OF THE REDMEN 1947 COL JON HALL MICHAEL O’SHEA 7/31 2014 WEST
LAST ROUNDUP 1947 COL GENE AUTRY 9/12 2005 WEST
LATE GEORGE APLEY 1947 FOX RONALD COLMAN PEGGY CUMMINS 6/19 2000 FXM
LAW OF THE CANYON 1947 COL CHARLES STARRETT 5/15 2001 WEST
LIVING IN A BIG WAY 1947 MGM GENE KELLY MARIE MACDONALD 8/23 2000 TCM
LONE WOLF IN LONDON 1947 COL GERALD MOHR NANCY SAUNDERS 10/28 2007 TCM
LONG NIGHT 1947 RKO HENRY FONDA BARBARA BEL GEDDES 1/25 2010 TCM
LOVE AND LEARN 1947 WB JACK CARSON ROBERT HUTTON 10/27 1998 TCM
LURED 1947 UA GEORGE SANDERS LUCILLE BALL 8/7 2011 TCM
MERTON OF THE MOVIES 1947 MGM RED SKELTON 9/28 1998 TCM
MIGHTY MCGURK 1947 MGM WALLACE BEERY EDWARD ARNOLD 5/3 2012 TCM
MILLERSON CASE 1947 COL WARNER BAXTER NANCY SAUNDERS 11/7 2007 TCM
MINE OWN EXECUTIONER (U.K.) 1947 FOX BURGESS MEREDITH DULCIE GRAY 7/15 1993 21
MONSIEUR VERDOUX 1947 UA CHARLES CHAPLIN MARTHA RAYE 4/15 1998 AMC
MY BROTHER TALKS TO HORSES 1947 MGM PETER LAWFORD DAN DAILEY 10/10 1998 TCM
NEW ORLEANS 1947 UA ARTURO DE CORDOVA LOUIS ARMSTRONG 5/14 2006 TCM
NORA PRENTISS 1947 WB ANN SHERIDAN KENT SMITH 12/16 1998 TCM
NORTHWEST OUTPOST 1947 REP NELSON EDDY 5/31 1993 TAPE
OCTOBER MAN (U.K.) 1947 EL JOHN MILLS JOAN GREENWOOD 3/28 2008 TCM
OUT OF THE BLUE 1947 EL GEORGE BRENT VIRGINIA MAYO 12/11 1994 TAPE
PIONEER JUSTICE 1947 EL LASH LARUE FUZZY ST. JOHN 5/16 2001 WEST
PRAIRIE EXPRESS 1947 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN 6/11 2010 DVD
PRIVATE AFFAIRS OF BEL AMI 1947 UA GEORGE SANDERS ANN DVORAK 6/15 1996 BRAVO
QUEEN OF THE AMAZONS 1947 SG PATRICIA MORISON ROBERT LOWERY 5/14 2012 DVD
RAIDERS OF THE SOUTH 1947 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN EVELYN BRENT 2/28 2010 DVD
RAMROD 1947 UA JOEL MCCRAE VERONICA LAKE 10/19 2000 WEST
RANGE BEYOND THE BLUE 1947 PRC EDDIE DEAN ROSCOE ATES 9/8 2000 WEST
RED STALLION 1947 EL ROBERT PAIGE TED DONALDSON 9/2 2000 WEST
REET, PETITE AND GONE 1947 ASTOR XXX XXX 11/29 2007 DVD
RETURN OF RIN TIN TIN 1947 EL DONALD WOODS ROBERT BLAKE 5/31 1997 TAPE
RETURN OF THE LASH 1947 EL LASH LARUE FUZZY ST. JOHN 1/1 2002 WEST
RIDING THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL 1947 MONO GILBERT ROLAND 2/15 2010 DVD
ROBIN HOOD OF MONTEREY 1947 MONO GILBERT ROLAND 5/1 2010 DVD
ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE 1947 MGM VAN JOHNSON JANET LEIGH 10/6 1999 TCM
SADDLE PALS 1947 REP GENE AUTRY LYNNE ROBERTS 12/6 2002 WEST
SEA HOUND 1947 COL BUSTER CRABBE 12/6 1992 TAPE SERIAL
SEA OF GRASS 1947 MGM SPENCER TRACY KATHARINE HEPBURN 1/24 1993 TNT
SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE 1947 RKO XXX XXX 10/3 1993 AMC
SHADOW VALLEY 1947 EL XXX XXX 3/26 2002 WEST
SHOOT TO KILL 1947 SG XXX XXX 2/18 2007 DVD
SO WELL REMEMBERED (U.K.) 1947 RKO JOHN MILLS PATRICIA ROC 7/11 1999 TCM
SON OF RUSTY 1947 COL XXX XXX 6/3 2007 TCM
SONG OF LOVE 1947 MGM KATHARINE HEPBURN PAUL HENREID 6/9 1993 TNT
SONG OF SCHEREZADE 1947 UNI YVONNE DE CARLO BRIAN DONLEVY 3/1 1995 AMC
STAGE TO MESA CITY 1947 PRC XXX XXX 10/6 2001 WEST
THE FUGITIVE 1947 RKO HENRY FONDA DOLORES DEL RIO 7/20 1994 AMC
THE MARAUDERS` 1947 UA WILLIAM BOYD 3/15 2000 WEST
THE UNFAITHFUL 1947 WB ANN SHERIDAN ZACHARY SCOTT 5/14 1999 TCM
THE UNSUSPECTED 1947 WB CLAUDE RAINS JOAN CAULFIELD 10/23 1998 TCM
THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE (U.K.) 1947 WB SALLY GRAY TREVOR HOWARD 9/27 2009 TCM
THINGS HAPPEN AT NIGHT (U.K.) 1947 TUDOR – ALLIANCE GORDON HARKER 8/3 2007 DVD
THIS TIME FOR KEEPS 1947 MGM ESTHER WILLIAMS 9/16 1999 TCM
THUNDER MOUNTAIN 1947 RKO TIM HOLT MARTHA HYER 6/24 2001 WEST
THUNDERBOLT (DOC.) 1947 U.S. GOVT. JAMES STEWART LLOYD BRIDGES 1/4 1997 21
T-MEN 1947 EL DENNIS O’KEEFE 5/30 1996 55
TRAIL TO SAN ANTONE 1947 REP GENE AUTRY 9/4 2002 WEST
TRAILING DANGER 1947 MONO JOHNNY MACK BROWN 11/21 2011 DVD
TWILIGHT ON THE RIO GRANDE 1947 REP GENE AUTRY 4/27 2008 WEST
TWO MRS. CARROLLS 1947 WB HUMPHREY BOGART BARBARA STANWYCK 9/9 1998 TCM
UNDER COLORADO SKIES 1947 REP ADRIAN BOOTH 7/23 2011 TCM
UNDER THE TONTO RIM 1947 RKO TIM HOLT 10/21 2000 WEST
UNDERCOVER MAISIE 1947 MGM ANN SOTHERN BARRY NELSON 7/3 2001 TCM
VIGILANTE, THE 1947 COL 2/16 2013 DVD SERIAL
VOICE OF THE TURTLE 1947 WB ELEANOR PARKER RONALD REAGAN 10/9 1999 TCM
WEB, THE 1947 UNI EDMOND O’BRIEN ELLA RAINES 9/19 1995 AMC
WEST TO GLORY 1947 PRC XXX XXX 9/18 2002 WEST
WILD COUNTRY 1947 PRC XXX XXX 2/23 1995 21
WILD HARVEST 1947 PAR ALAN LADD ROBERT PRESTON 12/11 1994 AMC
WYOMING 1947 REP BILL ELLIOTT VERA RALSTON 11/29 1997 TAPE
YANKEE FAKIR 1947 REP XXX XXX 4/1 2002 WEST
Serials are usually watched over a few days, date shown is when it was finished. I remember seeing Kiss of Death at the Regency Theater in 1979
These are the 41 1947 films in my collection. If film is not listed above it was seen previous to November 1992.
ANGEL AND THE BADMAN
BILL AND COO
BLACK WIDOW (serial)
BLONDIE’S ANNIVERSARY
BRICK BRADFORD (serial)
BUCK PRIVATES COME HOME
CALIFORNIA
CARNIVAL IN COSTA RICA
CODE OF THE SADDLE
DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME
DOWN TO EARTH
EGG AND I
FARMER’S DAUGHTER
GUN TALK
HIGH BARBAREE
JACK ARMSTRONG (serial)
JESSE JAMES RIDES AGAIN (serial)
KING OF THE BANDITS
LAND OF THE LAWLESS
LAST ROUNDUP
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
NEWS HOUNDS
OUT OF THE PAST
PERILS OF PAULINE
PRAIRIE EXPRESS
RAIDERS OF THE SOUTH
RED STALLION
RETURN OF RIN TIN TIN
RIDING THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL
ROBIN HOOD OF MONTEREY
SEA HOUND (serial)
SINBAD THE SAILOR
SON OF ZORRO (serial)
SONG OF SCHEREZADE
THIS TIME FOR KEEPS
TRAILING DANGER
UNDERCOVER MAISIE
UNFINISHED DANCE
VACATION DAYS
VIGILANTE, THE (serial)
WISTFUL WIDOW OF WAGONS GAP