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Subgenre Sampler
Dishonored Lady (1947)- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder - Hedy Lamarr and then–husband John Loder star in this deliciously ludicrous, dated melodrama, with Lamarr as a fashion editor and lively party…
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Gregory Peck - Gregory Peck stars in this Academy Award winning melodrama about a writer who, for the sake of research, pretends to be Jewish and becomes a victim…
Germany Year Zero (1947)
- Dir. Roberto Rossellini
- A heart–breaking depiction of life in the post–WW2 ruins of Berlin, in which a boy struggles to help his family who are forced to live in…
Green Dolphin Street (1947)- Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed… - One of the biggest box office hits of its time, this sweeping colonial melodrama of unrequited lovers who migrate to Aotearoa in the 1850s has dated…
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
- Dir. Robert Hamer
Feat. Googie Withers, John McCallum, Jack Warner - Overlooked masterpiece of British crime noir which blends kitchen sink realism with the poetic sensibilities of 30's French cinema. An escaped…
La Terra Trema (1947)- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli - Life–study of a poor Sicilian fishing village that is reverently neo–realist in its approach. Lovely B&W photography never distracts from…
Life with Father (1947)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor - Keen adaptation of the Broadway staple, with a starched–shirt father raising daughter Elizabeth Taylor in 19th century NYC.
Pursued (1947)- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Dame Judith Anderson… - This moody western is one of the best Mitchum performances, in a film famous for it's unusual (at the time) use of Freudian psychology. A nightmarish…
Ship Bound for India, A (1947)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Holger Löwenadler - An early, overlooked play adaptation finds Bergman's visual and dramatic style in its formative stages. Four troubled souls are drawn together by a…
Silence de la Mer, Le (The Silence of the Sea) (1947)- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Howard Vernon - A German officer is billeted with an elderly man and his niece during the occupation of France in this introspective and talky chamber piece, heavy…
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