Best Films – 1947

Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron, David Farrar in Black Narcissus
FILM
Black Narcissus
d, scr: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Cheyenne
d: Raoul Walsh; scr: Alan Le May, Thames Williamson
Crossfire
d: Edward Dmytryk; scr: John Paxton
Down to Earth
d: Alexander Hall; scr: Edwin Blum, Don Hartman
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
d: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; scr: Philip Dunne
Life with Father
d: Michael Curtiz; scr: Donald Ogden Stewart
Miracle on 34th Street
d, scr: George Seaton
Monsieur Vincent
d: Maurice Cloche; scr: Jean Bernard Luc, Jean Anouilh
Mourning Becomes Electra
d, scr: Dudley Nichols
Nicholas Nickleby
d: Alberto Cavalcanti; scr: John Dighton
The Perils of Pauline
d: George Marshall; scr: P. J. Wolfson, Frank Butler
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Body and Soul
d: Robert Rossen; scr: Abraham Polonsky
A Double Life
d: George Cukor; scr: Ruth Gordon; Garson Kanin
The Farmer’s Daughter
d: H. C. Potter; scr: Allen Rivkin, Laura Kerr
The Fugitive
d: John Ford; scr: Dudley Nichols
Lady in the Lake
d: Robert Montgomery; scr: Steve Fisher
Monsieur Verdoux
d, scr: Charles Chaplin
Odd Man Out
d: Carol Reed; scr: F. L. Green, R. C. Sheriff
Out of the Past
d: Jacques Tourneur; scr: Geoffrey Homes
Possessed
d: Curtis Bernhardt; scr: Silvia Richards, Ranald MacDougall
The Woman on the Beach
d: Jean Renoir; scr: Frank Davis, Jean Renoir, Michael Hogan
ACTOR
Charles Chaplin
Monsieur Verdoux
Ronald Colman
A Double Life
Henry Fonda
The Fugitive
Pierre Fresnay
Monsieur Vincent
Rex Harrison
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
James Mason
Odd Man Out
Robert Montgomery
Ride the Pink Horse
William Powell
Life with Father

Van Heflin, Joan Crawford in Possessed
ACTRESS
Claudette Colbert
The Egg and I
Joan Crawford
Possessed
Irene Dunne
Life with Father
Rita Hayworth
Down to Earth
Betty Hutton
The Perils of Pauline
Deborah Kerr
Black Narcissus
Lilli Palmer
Body and Soul
Ginger Rogers
It Had to Be You
Gene Tierney
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Loretta Young
The Farmer’s Daughter

Maureen O’Hara, Edmund Gwenn in The Miracle on 34th Street
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Charles Bickford
The Farmer’s Daughter
Charles Bickford
The Woman on the Beach
William Conrad
Body and Soul
Roland Culver
Down to Earth
David Farrar
Black Narcissus
Lloyd Gough
Body and Soul
Edmund Gwenn
Miracle on 34th Street
Cedric Hardwicke
Nicholas Nickleby
Robert Ryan
Crossfire
Aubrey Woods
Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye in Monsieur Verdoux
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ethel Barrymore
The Farmer’s Daughter
Dolores del Río
The Fugitive
May Hallatt
Black Narcissus
Signe Hasso
A Double Life
Vida Hope
Nicholas Nickleby
Marjorie Main
The Egg and I
Mary Merrall
Nicholas Nickleby
Martha Raye
Mounsieur Verdoux
Anne Revere
Body and Soul
Audrey Totter
Lady in the Lake
CINEMATOGRAPHY
George Barnes
Mourning Becomes Electra
Elwood Bredell
The Unsuspected
Jack Cardiff
Black Narcissus
Gabriel Figueroa
The Fugitive
James Wong Howe
Pursued
Robert Krasker
Odd Man Out
Charles B. Lang
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Peverell Marley, William V. Skall
Life with Father
Harry Stradling
The Sea of Grass
Joseph A. Valentine
Possessed
MUSIC
William Alwyn
Odd Man Out
Lord Berners
Nicholas Nickleby
Brian Easdale
Black Narcissus
Richard Hageman
Mourning Becomes Electra
Bernard Herrmann
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Heinz Roemheld
Down to Earth
Max Steiner
Cheyenne
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Tags: A Double Life, Abraham Polonsky, Alan Le May, Alberto Cavalcanti, Alexander Hall, Allen Rivkin, Anne Revere, Aubrey Woods, Audrey Totter, Bernard Herrmann, Betty Hutton, Black Narcissus, Body and Soul, Brian Easdale, Carol Reed, Cedric Hardwicke, Charles B. Lang, Charles Bickford, Charles Chaplin, Cheyenne, Claudette Colbert, Crossfire, Curtis Bernhardt, David Farrar, Deborah Kerr, Dolores del Rio, Don Hartman, Donald Ogden Stewart, Down to Earth, Dudley Nichols, Edmund Gwenn, Edward Dmytryk, Edwin Blum, Elwood Bredell, Emeric Pressburger, Ethel Barrymore, F. L. Green, Frank Butler, Frank Davis, Gabriel Figueroa, Garson Kanin, Gene Tierney, Geoffrey Homes, George Barnes, George Cukor, George Marshall, George Seaton, Ginger Rogers, H. C. Potter, Harry Stradling, Heinz Roemheld, Henry Fonda, Irene Dunne, It Had to Be You, Jack Cardiff, Jacques Tourneur, James Mason, James Wong Howe, Jean Anouilh, Jean Bernard Luc, Jean Renoir, Joan Crawford, John Dighton, John Ford, John Paxton, Joseph A. Valentine, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lady in the Lake, Laura Kerr, Life with Father, Lilli Palmer, Lloyd Gough, Lord Berners, Loretta Young, Marjorie Main, Martha Raye, Mary Merrall, Maureen O'Hara, Maurice Cloche, Max Steiner, May Hallatt, Michael Curtiz, Michael Hogan, Michael Powell, Miracle on 34th Street, Monsieur Vincent, Mourning Becomes Electra, Nicholas Nickleby, Odd Man Out, Out of the Past, P. J. Wolfson, Peverell Marley, Philip Dunne, Pierre Fresnay, Possessed, Pursued, R. C. Sheriff, Ranald MacDougall, Raoul Walsh, Rex Harrison, Richard Hageman, Ride the Pink Horse, Rita Hayworth, Robert Krasker, Robert Montgomery, Robert Rossen, Robert Ryan, Roland Culver, Ronald Colman, Ruth Gordon, Signe Hasso, Silvia Richards, Thames Williamson, The Egg and I, The Farmer's Daughter, The Fugitive, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Perils of Pauline, The Sea of Grass, The Unsuspected, The Woman on the Beach, Van Heflin, Vida Hope, William Alwyn, William Conrad, William Powell, William V. Skall
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