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The History of Cinema: 1947 |
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Madagascar |
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– Rasalama Maritiora, a documentary about a famous Malagasy Protestant martyr, is the first film to be produced on the island of Madagascar. [ADD] |
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Mexico |
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Gran Casino, Luis Bunuel’s first Mexican film, is released. Produced by Oscar Dancigers, it stars Jorge Negrete and the Argentinian Libertad Lamarque. [ADD] |
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– The Cinematographic National Bank is founded. [ADD] |
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Mongolia |
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– The MPRP undertake to improve mobile film units and organise the screening of propaganda films for workers. [ADD] |
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Myanmar |
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– At a celebration of the silver anniversary of Burmese cinema (held two years late because of the war), Gen Aung San urges Burmese actors and directors to ‘serve the country with their talents.’ [ADD] |
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New Zealand |
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– On average, New Zealanders visit the cinema 22 times each year. [ADD] |
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Norway |
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– The country’s first film society is founded in Oslo. [ADD] |
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Pakistan |
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The Jubilee Cinema in Karachi becomes the first Pakistani cinema to open since independence. [ADD] |
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– The Lahore film industry collapses as a result of the partition of India into two independent states. However, the situation improves when a number of Muslims previously working in Bombay migrate to Pakistan. [ADD] |
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Paraguay |
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Agustín Carrón Quell records oil drillings in the Chaco for Pure Oil. The film is shot on 35mm with sound. [ADD] |
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– Agustín Carrón Quell films the surgical operations of doctor Héctor Blas Ruiz. [ADD] |
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Poland |
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– Antoni Bohdziewicz founds the National Film School in Lódz (Panstowa Wysza Szkola Filmowa). [ADD] |
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Serbia |
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Vjekoslav Afric’s Slavica, the first film made in Yugoslavia since WWII, is released. [ADD] |
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– Zastava Film is established. [ADD] |
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Singapore |
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– The Run Run Shaw and Runme Shaw establish the Malay Film Production Ltd at 8 Jalan Ampas. Their first post-war release is Singapura Di Waktu Malam (Singapore by Night) directed by B. S. Rajhans. [ADD] |
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– After entering into a joint venture partnership with the J Arthur Rank Organisation, Loke Wan Tho forms Caravan Films. The company despatches mobile film units to remote villages, factories and rubber estates. [ADD] |
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Sri Lanka |
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The Sinhalese language Kadawunu Poronduwa (Broken Promise), the first film produced in Sri Lanka, is released. It is produced by S.M.Nayagam for Chitrakala Movietone in South India. It premieres at the Kingsley Cinema in Colombo. [ADD] |
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Sweden |
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Gustaf Molander’s Kvinna utan Ansikte (Woman Without a Face), starring Alf Kjellen and Anita Björk, is released. The script was written by Ingmar Bergman. [ADD] |
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Syria |
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– Nazih Al-Shahbandar establishes a film production company. [ADD] |
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– Nazih Al-Shahbander’s Nur wa Zalem (Light and Darkness), the first sound film produced in Syria, is released. [ADD] |
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Thailand |
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–16mm becomes the film industry standard until 1972 because of its cheapness and the ease of dubbing. [ADD] |
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– A company is established to distribute American films throughout Thailand, thus beginning the domination of Hollywood product. [ADD] |
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Uruguay |
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Así te deseo, a Uruguayan-Argentinean co-production directed by Belisario Garcia Villar, is released. [ADD] |
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USSR |
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Sergei Eisenstein and Nikolai Cherkasov, director and star of Ivan Groznyy II (Ivan the Terrible Part II) have a meeting with Stalin to discuss the film, which has angered Stalin because of its exploration of the abuse of power. [ADD] |
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Actor Nikolai Cherkasov is made ‘an artist of the people’ by Stalin. [ADD] |
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Sergei Eisenstein is made head of the cinematographic section of the History and Art Institute at the Soviet Union Science Academy. [ADD] |
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The Soyezdetfilm studios release Mark Donskoi’s Selskaya outchitelnitsa (The Village Teacher). [ADD] |
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– Ivan Ivanov-Vano’s Konyok-gorbunok (The Magic Horse), the Soviet Union’s first full-length animation film, is released. [ADD] |
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Vietnam |
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– Cinema Zone 8 in the Nam Bo military zone is formed, closely followed by Cinema Zone 9 and Cinema Zone 7. Films are shot of the battles and revolutionary bases during the resistance war against French colonialist aggression. [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1947 |
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Mexico |
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Los Tres Garcia (Ismael Rodriguez) [ADD] |
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Poland |
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Jasne lany (Eugeniusz Cekalski) [ADD] |
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Zakazane piosenki (Leonard Buczkowski) [ADD] |
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Romania |
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Două lumi şi o dragoste (Two Worlds and One Love) (Viktor Gertler) [ADD] |
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Singapore |
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Chempaka (B. S. Rajhans) [ADD] |
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Singapura Di Waktu Malam (B. S. Rajhans) [ADD] |
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Slovakia |
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Varuj…! (Palo Bielik, Martin Fric) [ADD] |
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Uruguay |
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Come tu me vuoi (Belisario García Villar) [ADD] |
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USSR |
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Marite (Vera Stroyeva) [ADD] |
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