Film Data for 1946
1) The Lost Weekend (1945)- 447 votes
2) The Green Years- 327
3) Anna and the King of Siam- 324
4) The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)- 318
5) Spellbound (1945)- 294
6) Saratoga Trunk (1945)- 194
7) Henry V (1944)- 192
8) Notorious- 177
9) Leave Her to Heaven (1945)- 164
10) Night and Day- 155
11) To Each His Own- 152
12) State Fair (1945)- 150
13) Sister Kenny- 146
14) Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)- 141
15) The House on 92nd St. (1945)- 137
16) The Killers- 132
17) A Walk in the Sun- 120
18) The Spiral Staircase- 110
19) The Jolson Story- 109
20) The Seventh Veil (1945)- 105
They Were Expendable (1945)- 105
22) Gilda- 86
23) Tomorrow is Forever- 85
24) Love Letters (1945)- 80
25) The Strange Love of Martha Ivers- 75
26) A Stolen Life- 67
27) Kitty- 52
28) The Big Sleep- 49
New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 30, 1946. Awards presented on January 9, 1947, at Leone's restaurant in New York. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)
Best Actress
27) Kitty- 52
28) The Big Sleep- 49
29) The Harvey Girls- 46
The Postman Always Rings Twice- 46
31) The Kid From Brooklyn- 44
32) Blithe Spirit (1945)- 42
Canyon Passage- 42
34) Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)- 41
35) Make Mine Music- 40
36) Till the End of Time- 39
37) Devotion- 38
38) Centennial Summer- 36
39) Ziegfeld Follies- 35
40) Smoky- 33
41) Monsieur Beaucaire- 31
42) Scarlet Street- 30
43) Road to Utopia- 28
44) Of Human Bondage- 26
45) The Searching Wind- 25
46) Adventure- 24
The Postman Always Rings Twice- 46
31) The Kid From Brooklyn- 44
32) Blithe Spirit (1945)- 42
Canyon Passage- 42
34) Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)- 41
35) Make Mine Music- 40
36) Till the End of Time- 39
37) Devotion- 38
38) Centennial Summer- 36
39) Ziegfeld Follies- 35
40) Smoky- 33
41) Monsieur Beaucaire- 31
42) Scarlet Street- 30
43) Road to Utopia- 28
44) Of Human Bondage- 26
45) The Searching Wind- 25
46) Adventure- 24
47) My Darling Clementine- 22
Two Sisters From Boston- 22
49) Claudia and David- 21
Without Love (1945)- 21
Specter of the Rose- 21
52) My Reputation- 20
53) Cloak and Dagger- 19
Easy to Wed- 19
55) The Outlaw- 18
56) Margie- 15
57) Angel On My Shoulders- 13
The Blue Dahlia- 13
The Enchanted Forest- 13
60) I've Always Loved You- 12
61) This Love of Ours- 10
Two Sisters From Boston- 22
49) Claudia and David- 21
Without Love (1945)- 21
Specter of the Rose- 21
52) My Reputation- 20
53) Cloak and Dagger- 19
Easy to Wed- 19
55) The Outlaw- 18
56) Margie- 15
57) Angel On My Shoulders- 13
The Blue Dahlia- 13
The Enchanted Forest- 13
60) I've Always Loved You- 12
61) This Love of Ours- 10
Ten Best Directors of 1945-46
1) Alfred Hitchcock for Spellbound (1945)
2) Billy Wilder for The Lost Weekend (1945)
3) Leo McCarey for The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
4) Sam Wood for Saratoga Trunk (1945)
5) Michael Curtiz for Mildred Pierce (1945)
6) Victor Saville for The Green Years
7) John Cromwell for Anna and the King of Siam
8) John M. Stahl for Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
9) Ernst Lubitsch for Cluny Brown
10) Robert Siodmak for The Spiral Staircase
Best Picture
The Best Years of Our Lives (won on Ballot VI with 12 votes)
Runner-up: Henry V (1944)(6 votes)
Best Director
William Wyler for The Best Years of Our Lives (won on Ballot I with 12 votes)
Runner-up: Laurence Olivier for Henry V (4 votes)
Best Actor
Laurence Olivier in Henry V (won on Ballot II with 12 votes).
Runner-up: Fredric March in The Best Years of Our Lives (6 votes)
Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter (1945)(won on Ballot VI with 11 votes)
Runner-up: Olivia de Havilland in To Each His Own (7 votes).
Best Foreign Film
Best Foreign Film
Open City (Italy)
The Best Years of Our Lives
National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 18, 1946. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).
Best Film
Henry V (1944)
Rest of the Top Ten (Listed in order of preference)
Brief Encounter (1945)
A Walk in the Sun (1945)
It Happened at the Inn (1943- French)
It Happened at the Inn (1943- French)
My Darling Clementine
The Diary of a Chambermaid
The Killers
Anna and the King of Siam
Best Director
William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Actor
Laurence Olivier, Henry V (1944)
Best Actress
Anna Magnani, Open City (1945- Italy)
Best Foreign-Language Film
Open City (1945- Italy)
The Golden Globes (Awards were presented on February 26, 1947 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).
Best Interior Decoration (Color)
Top 60 Grossers of 1946 (Source: Variety, January 8th, 1947)
From the Variety article: "Following are domestic rentals earned by all pictures which grossed more than $2,250,000 in 1946. List includes some pictures released at the tail-end of 1945 and excludes late 1946 releases (such as "Jolson Story" and "Razor's Edge") which haven't played sufficient dates to give adequate opportunity for estimating what total gross will be at the end of each company's standard amortization period."
Best Picture
The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Director
Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life
Best Actor
Gregory Peck, The Yearling
Best Actress
Rosalind Russell, Sister Kenny
Best Supporting Actor
Clifton Webb, The Razor's Edge
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Baxter, The Razor's Edge
Best Film Promoting International Understanding
The Last Chance (1945- Switzerland)
The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 9, 1947. Awards were presented on March 13, 1947 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar). (Winners in bold print).
Best Picture
The Best Years of Our Lives, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn.
Henry V (1944), Rank-Two Cities, UA (British). Produced by Laurence Olivier.
It's a Wonderful Life, Liberty, RKO Radio. Produced by Frank Capra.
The Razor's Edge, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Darryl Zanuck.
The Yearling, MGM. Produced by Sidney Franklin.
Best Director
Clarence Brown for The Yearling (MGM).
Frank Capra for It's a Wonderful Life (Liberty, RKO Radio).
David Lean for Brief Encounter (1945)(Rank, U-I)(British).
Robert Siodmak for The Killers (Hellinger, Universal).
Williams Wyler for The Best Years of Our Lives (Goldwyn, RKO Radio)
Best Actor
Fredric March in The Best Years of Our Lives (Goldwyn, RKO Radio).
Laurence Olivier in Henry V (1944)(J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities, UA)(British).
Larry Parks in The Jolson Story (Columbia).
Gregory Peck in The Yearling (MGM).
James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life (Liberty Films, RKO Radio).
Best Actress
Olivia de Havilland in To Each His Own (Paramount).
Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter (1945)(Rank, U-I)(British).
Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (Selznick International).
Rosalind Russell in Sister Kenny (RKO Radio).
Jane Wyman in The Yearling (MGM).
Best Supporting Actor
Charles Coburn in The Green Years (MGM).
William Demarest in The Jolson Story (Columbia).
Claude Rains in Notorious (RKO Radio).
Harold Russell in The Best Years of Our Lives (Goldwyn, RKO Radio).
Clifton Webb in The Razor's Edge (20th Century-Fox).
Best Supporting Actress
Ethel Barrymore in The Spiral Staircase (RKO Radio).
Anne Baxter in The Razor's Edge (20th Century-Fox).
Lillian Gish in Duel in the Sun (Selznick International).
Flora Robson in Saratoga Trunk (1945)(Warner Bros.).
Gale Sondergaard in Anna and the King of Siam (20th Century-Fox).
Writing- Best Original Story
The Dark Mirror, U-I. Vladimir Pozner.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Wallis, Paramount. Jack Patrick.
The Stranger, International, RKO Radio. Victor Trivas.
To Each His Own, Paramount. Charles Brackett.
Vacation from Marriage (1945), London Films, MGM (British).
Best Original Screenplay
The Blue Dahlia, Paramount. Raymond Chandler.
Children of Paradise (1945), Pathe-Cinema, Tricolore (French).
Notorious, RKO radio. Ben Hecht.
The Road to Utopia, Paramount. Norman Panama and Melvin Frank.
The Seventh Veil (1945), Rank, Universal (British). Muriel Box and Sydney Box.
Best Screenplay
Anna and the King of Siam, 20th Century-Fox. Sally Benson and Talbot Jennings.
The Best Years of Our Lives, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Robert E. Sherwood.
Brief Encounter (1945), Rank, U-I (British). Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean and Ronald Neame.
The Killers, Hellinger, U-I. Anthony Veiller.
Open City (1945), Minerva Films (Italian). Sergio Amidei and Federico Fellini.
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Anna and the King of Siam, 20th Century-Fox. Arthur Miller.
The Green Years, MGM. George Folsey.
Best Cinematography (Color)
The Jolson Story, Columbia. Joseph Walker.
The Yearling, MGM. Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling.
Best Interior Decoration (Black-and-White)
Anna and the King of Siam, 20th Century-Fox. Lyle Wheeler and William Darling; Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes.
Kitty, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler; Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.
The Razor's Edge, 20th Century-Fox. Richard Day and Nathan Juran; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox.
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), Rank, UA (British). John Bryan.
Henry V (1944), Rank, UA (British). Paul Sheriff and Carmen Dillon.
The Yearling, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis.
Best Sound Recording
The Best Years of Our Lives, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Gordon Sawyer.
It's a Wonderful Life, Liberty, RKO Radio. John Aalberg.
The Jolson Story, Columbia. John Livadary.
Best Song
"All Through the Day" (Centennial Summer, 20th Century-Fox); Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
"I Can't Begin to Tell You" (The Dolly Sisters, 20th Century-Fox, 20th Century-Fox); Music by James Monaco. Lyrics by Mack Gordon.
"Ole Buttermilk Sky" (Canyon Passage, Wanger, Universal); Music by Hoagy Carmichael. Lyrics by Jack Brooks.
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (The Harvey Girls, MGM); Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" (Blue Skies, Paramount); Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin.
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Anna and the King of Siam, 20th Century-Fox. Bernard Herrmann
The Best Years of Our Lives, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Hugo Friedhofer.
Henry V (1944), Rank, UA (British). William Walton.
Humoresque, Warner Bros. Franz Waxman.
The Killers, Universal. Miklos Rozsa.
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Blue Skies, Paramount. Robert Emmett Dolan.
Centennial Summer, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.
The Harvey Girls, MGM. Lennie Hayton.
The Jolson Story, Columbia. Morris Stoloff.
Night and Day, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner.
Best Film Editing
The Best Years of Our Lives, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Daniel Mandrell.
It's a Wonderful Life, Liberty, RKO Radio. William Hornbeck.
The Jolson Story, Columbia. William Lyon.
The Killers, Hellinger, Universal. Arthur Hilton.
The Yearling, MGM. Harold Kress.
Best Special Effects
Blithe Spirit (1945), Rank UA (British). Visual: Thomas Howard. Audible: No credit.
A Stolen Life, Warner Bros. Visual: William McGann. Audible: Nathan Levinson.
Best Short Subject Cartoon
The Cat Concerto, MGM (Tom & Jerry Series). Frederick Quimby, producer.
Chopin's Musical Moments, Universal (Musical Miniatures). Walter Lantz, producer.
John Henry and the Inky Poo, Paramount (Puppetoon). George Pal, producer.
Squatter's Rights, Disney-RKO Radio (Mickey Mouse). Walt Disney, producer.
Walky Talky Hawky, Warner Bros. (Merrie Melodies). Edward Selzer, producer.
Best Short Subject (One-Reel)
Dive-hi Champs, Paramount (Sportlights). Jack Eaton, producer.
Facing Your Danger, Warner Bros. (Sports Parade). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
Golden Horses, 20th Century-Fox (Movietone Sports Review). Edmund Reek, producer.
Smart as a Fox, Warner Bros. (Varieties). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
Sure Cures, MGM (Pete Smith Specialty). Pete Smith, producer.
Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)
A Boy and His Dog, Warner Bros. (Featurettes). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
College Queen, Paramount (Musical Parade). George Templeton, producer.
Hiss and Yell, Columbia (All Star Comedies). Jules While, producer.
The Luckiest Guy in the World, MGM (Two-reel Special). Jerry Bresler, producer.
Best Documentary Short Subject
Atomic Power, 20th Century-Fox.
Life at the Zoo, Artkino.
Paramount News Issue #37, Paramount.
Seeds of Destiny, U.S. War Department.
Traffic with the Devil, MGM.
Best Documentary Feature
No nominations this year.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Samuel Goldwyn.
Special Awards
Laurence Olivier for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen (statuette.
Harold Russell for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives (statuette).
Ernst Lubitsch for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture (scroll).
Claude Jarman Jr., outstanding child actor of 1946 (miniature statuette).
Scientific or Technical
Class I (Statuette)
None.
Class II (Plaque)
None.
Class III (Citation)
Harlan L. Baumbach and the Paramount West Coast Laboratory for an improved method for the quantitative determination of hydroquinone and metol in photographic developing baths.
Herbert E. Britt for the development and application of formulas and equipment for producing cloud smoke effects.
Burton F. Miller and the Warner Bros. Studio Sound and Electrical Departments for the design and construction of a motion picture arc lighting generator filter.
Carl Faulkner of the 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department for the reversed bias method, including a double bias method for light value and galvanometer density recording.
Mole Richarson Co. for the Type 450 super high intensity carbon arc lamp.
Arthur F. Blinn, Robert O. Cook, C.O. Slyfield and the Walt Disney Studio Sound Department for the design and development of an audio finder and track viewer for checking and locating noise in sound tracks.
Burton F. Miller and the Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department for the design and application of an equalizer to eliminate relative spectral energy distortion in electronic compressors.
Marty Martin and Hal Adkins of the RKO Radio Studio Miniature Department for the design and construction of equipment providing visual bullet effects.
Harold Nye and the Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Department for the development of the electronically controlled fire and gaslight effect.
Cannes Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Best Films:
La Bataille du Rail (Rene Clement, France)
Symphonie Pastorale (Jean Delannoy, France)
The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, USA)
Brief Encounter (1945)(David Lean, England)
Open City (1945)(Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
Maria Candelaria (Emilio Fernandez, Mexico)
The Last Chance (1945)(Leopold Lindtberg, Switzerland)
Best Director:
Rene Clement, La Bataille du Rail
Best Actor:
Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend
Best Actress:
Michele Morgan, Symphonie Pastorale
Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Best Film:
The Southerner (1945)(Jean Renoir, USA)
Special Mention:
Children of Paradise (1945)(Marcel Carne, France)
The Oath (Mikail Ciaureli, USSR)
Hangmen Also Die (1945)(Fritz Lang)
Henry V (1944)(Laurence Olivier, England)
The Undaunted (Mark Donskoi)
Paisan (Roberto Rossellini)
Panique (Julien Duvivier, France)
Il Sole Sorge Ancora (Aldo Vergano, Italy)
Best Documentary:
In the Sands of Central Asia (Alexandr Zguridi, USSR)
Best Animated Cartoon:
Le Voleur de Paratonneres (Paul Grimault, France)
The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Open City (1945- Italy)
Road to Utopia
The Green Years
Henry V (1944)
Notorious
Brief Encounter (1945)
The Well-Diggers Daughter (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives
My Darling Clementine
Stairway to Heaven
Time Magazine Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Open City (1945)
Henry V (1944)
Anna and the King of Siam
Brief Encounter (1945)
The Killers
The Jolson Story
Margie
My Darling Clementine
The Best Years of Our Lives
It's a Wonderful Life
From the Variety article: "Following are domestic rentals earned by all pictures which grossed more than $2,250,000 in 1946. List includes some pictures released at the tail-end of 1945 and excludes late 1946 releases (such as "Jolson Story" and "Razor's Edge") which haven't played sufficient dates to give adequate opportunity for estimating what total gross will be at the end of each company's standard amortization period."
1) Bells of St. Mary's (RKO- 1945) $8,000,000
2) Leave Her to Heaven (20th- 1945) $5,750,000
3) Blue Skies (Par) $5,000,000
Road to Utopia (Par- 1945) $5,000,000
Spellbound (UA- 1945) $5,000,000
6) The Green Years (MGM) $4,750,000
7) Adventure (MGM- 1945) $4,500,000
Easy to Wed (MGM) $4,500,000
Notorious (RKO) $4,500,000
10) Two Years Before the Mast (Par) $4,400,000
11) The Lost Weekend (Par- 1945) $4,300,000
12) The Harvey Girls (MGM) $4,250,000
Saratoga Trunk (WB- 1945) $4,250,000
14) Holiday in Mexico (MGM) $4,000,000
The Kid From Brooklyn (RKO) $4,000,000
Margie (20th) $4,000,000
Night and Day (WB) $4,000,000
2) Leave Her to Heaven (20th- 1945) $5,750,000
3) Blue Skies (Par) $5,000,000
Road to Utopia (Par- 1945) $5,000,000
Spellbound (UA- 1945) $5,000,000
6) The Green Years (MGM) $4,750,000
7) Adventure (MGM- 1945) $4,500,000
Easy to Wed (MGM) $4,500,000
Notorious (RKO) $4,500,000
10) Two Years Before the Mast (Par) $4,400,000
11) The Lost Weekend (Par- 1945) $4,300,000
12) The Harvey Girls (MGM) $4,250,000
Saratoga Trunk (WB- 1945) $4,250,000
The Kid From Brooklyn (RKO) $4,000,000
Margie (20th) $4,000,000
Night and Day (WB) $4,000,000
The Postman Always Rings Twice (MGM) $4,000,000
Smoky (20th) $4,000,000
20) Gilda (Col) $3,750,000
Two Sisters From Boston (MGM) $3,750,000
Ziegfeld Follies (MGM- 1945) $3,750,000
23) To Each His Own (Par) $3,600,000
24) Anna and the King of Siam (20th) $3,500,000
Kitty (Par) $3,500,000
Monsieur Beaucaire (Par) $3,500,000
27) The Virginian (Par) $3,350,000
28) The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Par) $3,250,000
They Were Expendable (MGM- 1945) $3,250,000
Tomorrow is Forever (RKO) $3,250,000
Undercurrent (MGM) $3,250,000
32) The Stork Club (Par- 1945) $3,200,000
33) The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (Col) $3,000,000
The Big Sleep (WB) $3,000,000
Centennial Summer (20th) $3,000,000
Do You Love Me? (20th) $3,000,000
Dragonwyck (20th) $3,000,000
My Reputation (WB) $3,000,000
San Antonio (WB- 1945) $3,000,000
Sentimental Journey (20th) $3,000,000
A Stolen Life (WB) $3,000,000
Three Little Girls in Blue (20th) $3,000,000
Without Reservations (RKO) $3,000,000
44) OSS (Par) $2,800,000
45) The Blue Dahlia (Par) $2,750,000
The Dark Mirror (Univ) $2,750,000
My Darling Clementine (20th) $2,750,000
The Spiral Staircase (RKO) $2,750,000
49) Bad Bascomb (MGM) $2,500,000
Cloak and Dagger (WB) $2,500,000
The Killers (Univ) $2,500,000
The Sailor Takes a Wife (MGM- 1945)$2,500,000
Scarlet Street (Univ- 1945) $2,500,000
Two Guys From Milwaukee (WB) $2,500,000
55) Deception (WB) $2,300,000
56) Caesar and Cleopatra (UA) $2,250,000
Canyon Passage (Univ) $2,250,000
Make Mine Music (RKO) $2,250,000
The Stranger (RKO) $2,250,000
What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (MGM) $2,250,000
Top Ten Box Office Stars of 1946 (According to Quigley Publications)
1) Bing Crosby
2) Ingrid Bergman
3) Van Johnson
4) Gary Cooper
5) Bob Hope
6) Humphrey Bogart
7) Greer Garson
8) Margaret O'Brien
9) Betty Grable
10) Roy Rogers
The Next Fifteen:
11) Wallace Berry
12) Ray Milland
13) Clark Gable
14) Alan Ladd
15) Bette Davis
16) Rita Hayworth
17) Cary Grant
18) Cornel Wilde
19) Claudette Colbert/Gene Tierney (tie)
20) Abbott & Costello
21) Spencer Tracy
22) Olivia de Havilland
23) Gregory Peck
24) Errol Flynn
25) Judy Garland
Smoky (20th) $4,000,000
20) Gilda (Col) $3,750,000
Two Sisters From Boston (MGM) $3,750,000
Ziegfeld Follies (MGM- 1945) $3,750,000
23) To Each His Own (Par) $3,600,000
24) Anna and the King of Siam (20th) $3,500,000
Kitty (Par) $3,500,000
Monsieur Beaucaire (Par) $3,500,000
27) The Virginian (Par) $3,350,000
28) The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Par) $3,250,000
They Were Expendable (MGM- 1945) $3,250,000
Tomorrow is Forever (RKO) $3,250,000
Undercurrent (MGM) $3,250,000
32) The Stork Club (Par- 1945) $3,200,000
The Big Sleep (WB) $3,000,000
Centennial Summer (20th) $3,000,000
Do You Love Me? (20th) $3,000,000
Dragonwyck (20th) $3,000,000
My Reputation (WB) $3,000,000
San Antonio (WB- 1945) $3,000,000
Sentimental Journey (20th) $3,000,000
A Stolen Life (WB) $3,000,000
Three Little Girls in Blue (20th) $3,000,000
Without Reservations (RKO) $3,000,000
44) OSS (Par) $2,800,000
45) The Blue Dahlia (Par) $2,750,000
The Dark Mirror (Univ) $2,750,000
My Darling Clementine (20th) $2,750,000
The Spiral Staircase (RKO) $2,750,000
49) Bad Bascomb (MGM) $2,500,000
Cloak and Dagger (WB) $2,500,000
The Killers (Univ) $2,500,000
The Sailor Takes a Wife (MGM- 1945)$2,500,000
Scarlet Street (Univ- 1945) $2,500,000
Two Guys From Milwaukee (WB) $2,500,000
55) Deception (WB) $2,300,000
56) Caesar and Cleopatra (UA) $2,250,000
Canyon Passage (Univ) $2,250,000
Make Mine Music (RKO) $2,250,000
The Stranger (RKO) $2,250,000
What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (MGM) $2,250,000
Ten Big Pictures of 1946 (Source: Box Office Digest 1947 Annual, with estimated gross listed):
1) The Best Years of Our Lives- $7,500,000
2) Notorious- $6,250,000
3) The Razor's Edge- $5,750,000
4) The Road to Utopia- $5,000,000
5) Blue Skies- $5,000,000
6) The Outlaw- $5,000,000
7) Night and Day- $4,500,000
8) Two Years Before the Mast- $4,250,000
9) Adventure- $4,000,000
10) 'Till the Clouds Roll By- $4,000,000
Top Ten Box Office Stars of 1946 (According to Quigley Publications)
1) Bing Crosby
2) Ingrid Bergman
3) Van Johnson
4) Gary Cooper
5) Bob Hope
6) Humphrey Bogart
7) Greer Garson
8) Margaret O'Brien
9) Betty Grable
10) Roy Rogers
The Next Fifteen:
11) Wallace Berry
12) Ray Milland
13) Clark Gable
14) Alan Ladd
15) Bette Davis
16) Rita Hayworth
17) Cary Grant
18) Cornel Wilde
19) Claudette Colbert/Gene Tierney (tie)
20) Abbott & Costello
21) Spencer Tracy
22) Olivia de Havilland
23) Gregory Peck
24) Errol Flynn
25) Judy Garland
The Stars of Tomorrow (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).
1) Joan Leslie
2) Butch Jenkins
3) Zachary Scott
4) Don DeFore
5) Mark Stevens
6) Eve Arden
7) Lizabeth Scott
8) Dan Duryea
9) Yvonne De Carlo
10) Robert Mitchum
The Top Ten Western Stars of 1946 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).
1) Roy Rogers
2) Bill Elliot
3) Gene Autry
4) Gabby Hayes
5) Smiley Burnette
6) Charles Starrett
7) Johnny Mack Brown
8) Sunset Carson
9) Fuzzy Knight
10) Eddie Dean
The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1946 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald).
British Stars:
1) James Mason
2) Margaret Lockwood
3) Stewart Granger
4) Michael Redgrave
5) Anna Neagle
6) Phyllis Calvert
7) Rex Harrison
8) John Mills
9) Robert Donat
10) Eric Portman
International Stars:
1) James Mason
2) Bing Crosby
3) Margaret Lockwood
4) Greer Garson
5) Bette Davis
6) Stewart Granger
7) Ingrid Bergman
8) Alan Ladd
9) Bob Hope
10) Van Johnson
Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).
Ten Worst Pictures (12 listed):
Night and Day
I've Always Loved You
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Margie
Adventure
Make Mine Music
The Searching Wind
No Leave, No Love
Road to Utopia
Of Human Bondage
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Harvey Girls
Worst Single Performance- Female:
Alexis Smith, Night and Day
Worst Single Performance- Male:
Orson Welles, The Stranger
Worst Supporting Performance- Female:
Linda Darnell, Anna and the King of Siam
Worst Supporting Performance- Male:
Andy Devine, Canyon Passage
Most Miscast- Female:
Ginny Simms as Ethel Merman, Night and Day
Most Miscast- Male:
Paul Henreid as Somerset Maughan in Of Human Bondage
Most Outrageous Misrepresentation of Fact:
Cornel Wilde as a former Lampoon editor in Leave Her to Heaven
Worst Juvenile Performance:
Jane Powell, Holiday in Mexico
Actress with Most Toes in the Grave:
Joan Crawford
Most Welcome Retirement:
Errol Flynn, Faye Emerson
Least Talented New Finds:
Glenn Ford, Catherine MacLeod
Worst Movie Couple:
Merle Oberon, Turhan Bey, Night in Paradise
Worst Script:
Three Strangers
Most Confusing Plot:
The Big Sleep
Worst Dialogue:
Adventure
Biggest Disappointment:
Song of the South
Least Stimulating Scene:
Nose-rubbing scene in Notorious
Most Ludicrous Scene:
Mickey Rooney, dancing with a 6'6" chorus girl in Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Series Most in Need of Discontinuation:
Claudia and Co.
Most Tiresome Movie Device:
Twin-sister routine as exemplified in A Stolen Life (Bette Davis's) and The Dark Mirror (Olivia de Havilland's)
Most Frankly Cribbed Plot:
Angel on My Shoulder
posted by Vertigo's Psycho @ 11:30 PM
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