Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1947

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip47banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Top Ten Films of 1947: World Premieres</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1><br></Font> <Table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>1. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Fireworks</Font></b></Font> Dir. Kenneth Anger. With Kenneth Anger, Gordon Gray, Bill Seltzer <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Black Narcissus</Font></b></Font> Dirs. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. With Deborah Kerr <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">The Lost Moment</Font></b></Font> Dir. Martin Gabel. With Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Ride the Pink Horse</Font></b></Font> Dir. Robert Montgomery. With Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmspossessed.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none">Possessed</a></b></Font> Dir. Curtis Bernhardt. With Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1947</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">★</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0099CC">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">★</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog/Favorites Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <a href=mirc34th.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Miracle on 34th Street</b></a></Font> Dir. George Seaton. With Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1947</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Monsieur Verdoux</b></Font> Dir. Charlie Chaplin. With Charlie Chaplin, Martha Raye, Isobel Elsom <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Mourning Becomes Electra</b></Font> Dir. Dudley Nichols. With Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman</b></Font> Dir. Stuart Heisler. With Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The Two Mrs. Carrolls</b></Font> Dir. Peter Godfrey. With Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>Also from 1947</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fetching</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer</b></Font> Dir. Irving Reis. With Cary Grant, Myrna Loy<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The Bishop's Wife</b></Font> Dir. Henry Koster. With Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>A Double Life</b></Font> Dir. George Cukor. With Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The Farmer's Daughter</b></Font> Dir. H.C. Potter. With Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Gentleman's Agreement</b></Font> Dir. Elia Kazan. With Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The Lady from Shanghai</b></Font> Dir. Orson Welles. With Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth<br> <hr> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>Still to Come from 1947</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Ten Most Enticing Prospects:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Boomerang!</b></Font> Dir. Elia Kazan. With Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Brighton Rock</b></Font> Dir. John Boulting. With Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Crossfire</b></Font> Dir. Edward Dmytryk. With Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Daisy Kenyon</b></Font> Dir. Otto Preminger. With Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Ghost and Mrs. Muir</b></Font> Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Kiss of Death</b></Font> Dir. Henry Hathaway. With Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Richard Widmark<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Odd Man Out</b></Font> Dir. Carol Reed. With James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Out of the Past</b></Font> Dir. Jacques Tourneur. With Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Quai des Orf&#232vres</b></Font> Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot. With Suzy Delair, Bernard Blier<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>La Terra Trema</b></Font> Dir. Luchino Visconti. With Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli<br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Further Research:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>13 Rue Madeleine</b></Font> Dir. Henry Hathaway. With James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Angel and the Badman</b></Font> Dir. Jules Dassin. With Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Body and Soul</b></Font> Dir. Robert Rossen. With John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Boy! What a Girl!</b></Font> Dir. Arthur Leonard. With Tim Moore, Edward Smith, Duke Williams<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Captain from Castile</b></Font> Dir. Henry King. With Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Cry Wolf</b></Font> Dir. Peter Godfrey. With Barbara Stanwyck, Errol Flynn, Geraldine Brooks<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Dark Passage</b></Font> Dir. Delmer Daves. With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Dead Reckoning</b></Font> Dir. John Cromwell. With Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Desire Me</b></Font> Dir. George Cukor. With Greer Garson, Robert Mitchum, Richard Hart<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Egg and I</b></Font> Dir. Chester Erskine. With Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Forever Amber</b></Font> Dir. Otto Preminger. With Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Foxes of Harrow</b></Font> Dir. John M. Stahl. With Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Golden Earrings</b></Font> Dir. Mitchell Leisen. With Marlene Dietrich, Ray Milland<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Green Dolphin Street</b></Font> Dir. Victor Saville. With Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>It Happened on Fifth Avenue</b></Font> Dir. Roy Del Ruth. With Don DeFore, Ann Harding<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Juke Joint</b></Font> Dir. Spencer Williams. With Spencer Williams, July Jones, Inez Newell<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Lady in the Lake</b></Font> Dir. Robert Montgomery. With Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Life with Father</b></Font> Dir. Michael Curtiz. With William Powell, Irene Dunne, Jimmy Lydon<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Lured</b></Font> Dir. Douglas Sirk. With Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Magic Town</b></Font> Dir. William Wellman. With James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Monsieur Vincent</b></Font> Dir. Maurice Cloche. With Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Gaudeau<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Mother Wore Tights</b></Font> Dir. Walter Lang. With Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>New Orleans</b></Font> Dir. Arthur Lubin. With Arturo de Cord&#243va, Dorothy Patrick<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Nightmare Alley</b></Font> Dir. Edmund Goulding. With Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>One Wonderful Sunday</b></Font> Dir. Akira Kurosawa. With Isao Numasaki, Chieko Nakakita<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Paradine Case</b></Font> Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. With Gregory Peck, Alida Valli, Ann Todd<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Pursued</b></Font> Dir. Raoul Walsh. With Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Railroaded!</b></Font> Dir. Anthony Mann. With John Ireland, Hugh Beaumont, Sheila Ryan<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Record of a Tenement Gentleman</b></Font> Dir. Yasujiro Ozu. With Chouko Iida, Hohi Aoki<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Red House</b></Font> Dir. Delmer Daves. With Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Sea of Grass</b></Font> Dir. Elia Kazan. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>The Secret Life of Walter Mitty</b></Font> Dir. Norman Z. McLeod. With Danny Kaye<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Sinbad the Sailor</b></Font> Dir. Richard Wallace. With Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maureen O'Hara<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Song of Love</b></Font> Dir. Clarence Brown. With Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>T-Men</b></Font> Dir. Anthony Mann. With Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Meade, Charles McGraw<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Unconquered</b></Font> Dir. Cecil B. DeMille. With Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Woman on the Beach</b></Font> Dir. Jean Renoir. With Robert Ryan, Joan Bennett<br> </Table> <hr> <Font Face=Garamond> <table cellpadding=12><tr> <td>Trackbacks:</td> <td><b><a href=movies47home.html target="_top">Permalink</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=movies47.html target="_top">1947</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=movarchs.html target="_top">Home</a></b></td> <td><b><a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com" target="_new">Blog</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=email.html target="_top">E-Mail</a></b></td> </tr></table> </Font> </center> </body>