Events Top Grossing Films of the Year Song of the South by Walt Disney, combines animation and live action. The Best Years of Our Lives Duel in the Sun Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious, starring Cary Grant The Yearling, starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman The Razor's Edge, starring Tyrone Power Tomorrow Is Forever Without Reservations Births January 5 - Diane Keaton, actress January 16 - Kabir Bedi, actor January 19 - Dolly Parton, singer, actress January 20 - David Lynch, film director January 26 - Gene Siskel, film critic, Siskel and Ebert (+ 1999) May 20 - Cher, American singer September 15 - Oliver Stone, American film director December 18 - Steven Spielberg, film director Deaths August 13 - H.G. Wells, science fiction writer Other Movies Released Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart Henry V La Belle et la bête The Big Sleep, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Top Grossing Films of the Year Song of the South by Walt Disney, combines animation and live action. The Best Years of Our Lives Duel in the Sun Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious, starring Cary Grant The Yearling, starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman The Razor's Edge, starring Tyrone Power Tomorrow Is Forever Without Reservations Births January 5 - Diane Keaton, actress January 16 - Kabir Bedi, actor January 19 - Dolly Parton, singer, actress January 20 - David Lynch, film director January 26 - Gene Siskel, film critic, Siskel and Ebert (+ 1999) May 20 - Cher, American singer September 15 - Oliver Stone, American film director December 18 - Steven Spielberg, film director Deaths August 13 - H.G. Wells, science fiction writer Other Movies Released Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart Henry V La Belle et la bête The Big Sleep, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall