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The History of French Cinema: 1947

4/1 -

Rene Clement completes filming of Les Maudits (The Damned) at the Victorine studios in Nice.   The film, which stars Michel Auclair, Florence Marly and Henri Vidal, is released on 19^th September.  [ADD]

29/1 -

The marriage takes place of director Christian-Jaque and actress Renée Faure, who worked together on La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma). [ADD]

10/4 -

Depressed and lonely, actress Martine Carol attempts suicide in Paris by throwing herself into the Seine from the Alma Bridge at 5.15am. [ADD]

21/5 -

Actress Danielle Darrieux divorces South American diplomat and playboy, Porfirio Rubirosa. [ADD] 

19/7 -

Jean Dréville's Copie conforme (Confessions of a Rogue), starring Louis Jouvet in a dual role, is released.   Jean Carnet also stars. [ADD]

20/7 -

Filming of Marcel Carne’s La Fleur de l'age, which began in May, is halted by its producers after it runs over budget.   The film, which stars Anouk Aimee, is never released. [ADD]

28/7 -

Two months after divorcing Porfirio Rubirosa, Danielle Darrieux breaks off her engagement to Pierre Louis, citing incompatibility of temperament of their mothers. [ADD]

3/9 -

The French public vote Bette Davis, Gary Cooper and William Wyler the most popular Americans in films.   Each is awarded with a reproduction of the sculpture La Victoire de Samothrace. [ADD]

3/9 -

90 people out of an audience of nearly 800 die in a blaze at the Select cinema in Rueil, in the suburbs of Paris. [ADD]

12/9 -

Cinemas in Cannes go on a two-hour strike to demand compensation for the loss of revenue suffered during the film festival. [ADD] 

22/9 -

The release of Claude Autant-Lara’s Le Diable au corps (Devil in the Flesh) is greeted with a scandalised outcry from the press, quick to denounce the story of a love affair between a student and a married woman whose husband is fighting at the front during the Great War.   The publicity for the film, which stars Gérard Philipe and Micheline Presle, serves only to boost its box office receipts.  [ADD]

28/9 -

As the Cannes Film Festival draws to a close, dissatisfaction is expressed about the number of festivals at this time of year.   Lugano (Switzerland), Venice and Cannes all take place within a few months of each other. [ADD]

Sept -

The International Federation of Film Societies is founded in Cannes. [ADD]

3/10 -

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Quai des Orfevres, starring Louis Jouvet is released.   It is Clouzot’s first film since 1943’s Le Corbeau, which was considered anti-French propaganda at the time of the liberation, despite being banned by the Germans. [ADD]

8/10 -

Yves Allegret begins shooting Dédée d'Anvers (Dedee), starring Simone Signoret and Bernard Blier. [ADD]

14/10 -

Jean Cocteau begins location shooting of L'Aigle à deux têtes (The Eagle Has Two Heads) with Jean Marais at Vizelle. [ADD]

31/10 -

The Gaumont Palace in Paris offers free admission to customers who share the same first name as the protagonists in Jacques Becker's latest film Antoine et Antoinette. [ADD]

Other Key French Films of 1947

The History of Cinema: 1947